One response to “Iron Flame Verdict: Was the parapet storm Lilith Sorrengail’s doing?”

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   Karly McCutcheon

   July 25, 2025 at 1:14 am

   So after Onyx Storm, we now know that Violet has had multiple undecided paths since her partial dedication to Dunne, and also that Theophanie is the storm wielder Lilith’s signet was manifested to match. And that Lilith knew Theophanie outmatched her as early as her own second year at Basgiath. So Lilith knew about venin WELL BEFORE her graduation and later being mentored into the fold as she climbed the rungs of leadership.

   It’s interesting that despite Lilith almost always knowing about Theophanie… Violet was still raised to be a scribe and always believed it was her path, but then the decision had been made by Lilith to force her to join the Rider’s Quadrant less than a year prior to Violet crossing the Parapet. We know it was Violet’s father’s deepest intention for Violet to join the Scribe Quadrant. Probably also something akin to a dying wish to keep her safe especially after they thought they’d lost Brennan.

   Lilith offers a flimsy explanation that Violet’s morals were just too strong and she’d eventually have exposed the big secret, being Markham’s prize pupil. But honestly I think something else might have happened (likely involving Theophanie since she is Lilith’s counter) to scare Lilith into changing Violet’s path at the particular, seemingly random time that she did.

   Maybe it was Theophanie’s storm on the day of the Parapet, not Lilith’s or just a random one. Maybe just a cutesy taunting threat to Lilith (since Theophanie wouldn’t have been able to conjure a full storm beyond the wards, but at least making Violet’s Parapet crossing more dangerous would have sent a message). Or it was a genuine first attempt on Violet’s life, since Violet officially attempting joining the Rider’s Quadrant permanently changed her trajectory from a frail future Scribe to a potential future Rider. When the odds were all against Violet surviving (even Theophanie states that she didn’t expect Violet to be the powerful one of Lilith’s children so it was obviously known even to venin that Violet was “weak”), let alone thriving in the Rider’s Quadrant and bonding with Tairn & Andarna, maybe the original intent was to just take her out to further weaken Lilith. And once Violet manifested not just actual power but her rare dragon bonds, the objective quickly shifted to letting her live so she could potentially be turned.

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