#urd

[dominicsorel]

The in-between of black and white, silver is a refined and distinguished color, better known as a noble metal. Its use in jewelry, sculptures, and for monetary value has it associated with wealth and nobility. This color represents balance, grace, the passage of time, renewal, purity, honesty, redemption, and strength. In western cultures, its purity is considered dangerous to evil. There's also the concept of a "silver lining," which suggests that even in difficult or challenging situations, there is always hope for a better outcome.

[telohtwo]

[haunted-xander]

Drawing every kh original character 8/9

[autumn-may]

Just remembered that there’s a canon in-game explanation for the union x medals. Anyway do you think the cards exist in universe as well

[kh-raimu]

Farewell, dear ones.

[polcadotte]

The exact moment Luxu realizes he’s too gosh darn old for all this teenage angst.

[hiimera]

It’s that time of the year again! Happy March Caprice 2023!! Working on this was So much fun

[starlightwayfinder]

Happy first anniversary Dark Road!

[goldenchocobo]

It happened again. I said 'I'm going to just do one study.. and then it turns into the whole class! I had a lot of fun with these, though. They're mainly lighting and rendering studies. I chose the Dark Road classmates, because they're new, and I've not seen a lot of art of them yet, so I wouldn't have any preconceptions of what exactly they'd look like.

[blazernot]

Pov: You're Xehanort and it's a dating sim

[rosie-kairi]

Free my man Luxu he's been through puberty like 5 times

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[tharkflark1]

Hermod's a Muskox and Urd is a jumping spider! special thanks to @phuuca for the spider idea <3

[telohtwo]

dearly departed (?)

[haunted-xander]

I expected more obedience

[scalacaelumxx]

Watercolor practice ft. Urd!

[wingedblooms]

I saw somebody ask @merymoonbeam this and thought it would be fun, as I know there were several theories you had that were also correct.

Could you pleeeaasseee share with us what theories of yours were confirmed or even seemingly true after reading HOFAS?

Thanks!

Thank you so much for sending this ask! 🥹

I will preface my answer by saying that nearly all my theories relate to what will happen in the next acotar book, not hofas (though I love that series). Even when talking about the crossover, I was more focused on why it needed to come first and how it might impact the world of acotar and the maasverse she is building. I am really excited about what we learned, so here is how it tracks with my theories:

1. Urd / Mother, Cauldron, Fate / Stone Mother: Anyone who’s followed me knows how obsessed I am with the Mother, Cauldron, and Fate. Based on what the Under-King tells and shows us, I believe I was correct (and so were others) in thinking they are three faces or forms of a whole and she goes by Urd, which is called Wyrd in Erilea. This is important because Vesperus confirms that the Asteri bound Urd to the land, and she is depicted on the sacred mountain that is located in between the other two: Ramiel. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Elain is so connected to the land, and that she was described in terms of blooming life in Illyria.

2. Mapping secrets underground and the Asteri’s influence on the sacred sister peaks: In hofas, Nesta and Azriel travel underground / near the heart of the Prison mountain with Bryce. In Forbidden secrets, I suspected the next acotar book would involve the sacred sister peaks because they hide secrets (correct) and that’s where the Daglan, who I believed were the Asteri (correct), made their marks the deepest (correct). I theorized they were the ones who caused the sacred sister peaks to become void of life / barren (correct), and I suspected that the secrets they find below will lead them to the top of Ramiel (not totally confirmed yet, but I think it’ll be correct and the monolith on top of Ramiel, though perhaps deteriorated over time, may have once mirrored the behemoth (and behemoth originally meant beast of the land, I’m in heaven and already thinking of a post) of Urd in CC; the bowl is positioned at the bottom of the monolith on Ramiel in the caverns, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was once in the monolith’s upraised arms like in CC, before the Asteri). Vesperus confirms that there are more mysteries to solve under the sacred sister peaks, so that bodes well for Azriel and Elain mapping more secrets of the land.

3. Healing the Womb of the earth: I have always thought that Elain, the sister who loves growing things, would be a healer of the land. I connected that plot thread to the Cauldron since my first post on here. The reason that’s important is because we have sacred land that is clearly chained at the very root by an invasive presence, and it seems the land has waited for someone to open their heart and release them. (I mean, damn, this plot was made for Elain, who loves the land and has been chained magically and physically.) The same can be said for the Cauldron, and I believe it chose to give her something (such powers) so she could restore the land, healing the very womb of their earth (both physically and magically, dream and reality entwined). So, that healing plot in Forbidden secrets seems to be the correct direction for Elain’s book, and hofas really, truly reinforced it.

4. And the path to Hel: This one hasn’t happened yet, but since the acotar plot will likely take Elain and her friends beneath Ramiel, and there is a Helscape depicted at the bottom of it, I can’t help but feel like this one could be on the right track too.

That’s mostly from one post, but my posts are often a web of interconnected theories in one. 😅 I posted a follow-up to Forbidden secrets called Blooming dreams to pull together the new evidence we’ve been given. I’m so excited to see what she’ll do with all the seeds she’s planted.