OS Theory

i finished onyx storm yesterday and here are my theories, it is also my first reddit post so bear with me!

okay first and foremost, “the brother” can only be someone who knew about xaden turning venin before the battle, xaden says something along the lines of “how could he turn when he’s seen me stumble for months trying to abandon the path that i’m on (referring to him being venin ofc)” so i believe it can only be bodhi or garrick. i do however believe bodhi is more likely to be “the brother”, he might’ve decided to turn in order to counter xaden after realising he’d fully turned.

secondly, tairn needing to rest. i’ve seen someone theorising that the reason why tairn was so drained and felt so disconnected from violet after the battle was because adarna broke the bond between him and sgaeyl. it’s a solid theory though the only thing that makes me sceptical is the fact that when they returned, adarna was on high alert and said “i will not let them burn you” referring to the fact that now that xaden being venin was public knowledge, the higher ups would want to kill violet in order to kill him, if the bond between them had been broken why wouldn’t adarna say so as soon as possible. perhaps there wasn’t time and the bond being broken will be revealed right at the beginning of the next book.

thirdly, i believe that sloane will be the key to curing xaden, i’ve been of her signet as way to cure venin since it was revealed. venin drain the magic from others, it does seem like a way of siphoning to me, except instead of releasing the energy into something or someone else, they keep it and harness it as their own. what if sloan could siphon the stolen magic out of xaden and return it to drained land? just a thought. also less importantly, sloan is developing feelings for dain! no one can tell me otherwise, i dont remember exactly when that somewhere in OS, there was a moment where sloane was said to be tracking dain with her eyes/ paying social attention to meand that gave it away to me. they do seem to be a parallel to xaden and violet, a first year cadet and a third year cadet that should absolutely not feel anything for each other except hate and guilt.

this is all i can think about for now ciaooo