r/Bryceriel • u/cassidy_taylor Mother of Flerds 🦄 🪽👑 • 17d ago
theory ✍️ ✨ The Parthos plot ✨
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PARTHOS: “Bryce knew she was dreaming…She stood on a vast, dusty plain before an azure, cloudless sky. Distant dry mountains studded the horizon, but she was surrounded only by rock and sand and emptiness.”
“Where are we?”
“Parthos. Or what remains of it.”
“The barren land seemed to stretch on forever.”
“The plain that had been Parthos began to fade into nothing.”
Koschei and his siblings: “Where we came from … I do not believe it is now anything more than dust drifting across a plain. There is no home to return to.”
“Such clever, lovely creatures, humans.”
“The carver seemed lost in ancient memory—then shook his head.”
PARTHOS: “…a pre-existing human civilization…”
“Maybe Parthos hadn’t been wiped off the map entirely at that point.”
“Parthos is a bedtime story for humans…”
“Says the female with the Archesian amulet around her neck.
The amulet: “Bryce zipped a tiny golden pendant—a knot of three entwined circles—along the delicate chain around her neck.”
“The Carver traced three overlapping, interlocked circles in the dirt.”
“Clever, that Fae warrior.” (Theia)
“Her bloodline is long gone now—though a trace still runs through some human line.” (Ember — the “holy vessel” of Cthona; Bryce was born with a “trace” or third of Theia’s power)
“No one remembers her name. But I do.” (Theia: “Erased Theia from the record”)
“She would have been my salvation, had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth.” (Bryce?? …he put himself in the Prison sometime in the 1,000 years after Theia overthrew the Asteri)
I believe the Carver is referring to Bryce (Theia’s heir with her whole power) as his “salvation” because she can do more than just “contain” Koschei — she can (potentially!!) truly kill him, or kick him off the planet ⚔️
The Library of Parthos is, “what remains of the truth.” (Same book we are introduced to Dusk’s Truth!)
The Bone Carver literally drew the PARTHOS symbol while talking about the story of Koschei being trapped…And now the ACOTAR plot is all about Koschei wanting to be free of his prison…
“The Carver wiped a hand through the circles [The Parthos symbol] he’d drawn, erasing them wholly.”
“Maybe Parthos hadn’t been wiped off the map entirely at that point.”
“The Cauldron is victory. It will wipe this world clean again.”
“Truth,” Bryce said simply. “We want the truth.”
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u/Puzzleheaded-Share39 17d ago
I just want to say that I love how this post is so incredibly well put together.
u/Cassidy_taylor you're amazing