Here are some predictions I have for dark rise 3 (going from most predictable to me being delusional to the point it’s literally just hcs)
Sun king bad, Dark king not as terrible as everyone makes him to be (History is written by the winners afterall)
Violet leaves the group to join Will
Visander x Philip is a doomed pairing and one of them either dies or betrays the other
Devon and Visander have another conversation about Devon’s relationship to Tom and Devon calls Visander out for being stuck in the past
Cyprian finds out Ettore is his father and after a computer rebooting moment he lashes out at him for leaving him (Bonus points if Cyprian specifically gets mad at him for abandoning not only him, but also Marcus and his mother who is obviously dead)
Will’s magic door opens
Will gets Sarcean’s memories (back?) and figures out how the collar really works
Tom’s gonna die in someway and Devon finally lets himself feel anger and sadness when he sees his dead body
Or Devon dies and finally remembers what promise he made to Visander
Violet is actually the one that needs to kill Tom to come into her true power
Cyprian loses himself to the shadow and Violet has to kill him
Elizabeth snaps at anyone and says she doesn’t know anything because she’s just a child
Justice x Marcus is confirmed (Bonus points if James recalling moments when Marcus was captured and Marcus was calling out Justice’s name like someone who is deep in yearning)
James tells Will how his mom died and sheds a few tears (everyone place your bets on how she died I’m saying James accidentally killed her or she was on patrol with a few Stewards and got killed by enemies)
Grace gets a girlfriend (Shes a lesbian in a room with two raging homosexuals and a mentally unstable asexual)
Carver, Emery and Beatrix get mentioned once, maybe even twice
James casually drops Carver and Emery were dating (His source is that Emery freed James, he said he knew Emery liked him and Emery just says that he’s dating Carver and James is like ohmygod no way (he knew those two were gay asf))
Ok thats all I’m gonna go write some more of my Carver x Emery fanfic 👍
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I'm currently in an "Ettore and Cyprian are descendants of the Sun King" conspiracy theory spiral, and I found a connection between that theory and Cyprian's name! So, in a previous post, I talked about how Cyprian used to mean "a prostitute, a lewd woman, a harlot" or "lewd, licentious, wanton." And the reason behind this meaning is because Cyprian references the island of Cyprus, where people used to worship Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Sex, in ancient times. So, how does this connect to Ettore or the Sun King?
Well, the villagers call Ettore "il Diavolo" or the Devil. The Devil is also known as Lucifer, who was also known as the "shining one" or the "morning star." According to Wikipedia, the name Lucifer" corresponds to the Greek names Phosphorus Φωσφόρος, "light-bringer", and Eosphorus Ἑωσφόρος, "dawn-bringer". But Lucifer did not refer to just any star, it was "the Latin name for the morning appearances of the planet Venus." The goddess Venus is the Roman counterpart of the goddess Aphrodite!
So, there are two ways in which this connects Ettore to Cyprian and vice versa. First, because of that connection to Venus/Aphrodite. And second and more obvious, a Star is the symbol of the Stewards. As the last Steward (besides Ettore), Cyprian is referred to as the "last star". But how does this connect to the Sun King?
Well, the Sun itself is a star. Furthermore, the imagery of the morning and the dawn that the name Lucifer brings with it is associated with the Sun. In Greek and Roman mythology, Lucifer was connected to many deities, including Sol, known as Helios in Ancient Greek. Much like Lucifer is known as the "shining one", Helios was often given the epithet of Phaethon, which means "the shining". Lucifer the Shining One and Helios the Shining. Notably, during one of Will's memories as Sarcean, the Sun King is described as "a Helios on a chariot."
So, in a very convoluted way, I have connected Ettore, Cyprian, Lucifer, and the Sun King all together 😅. Also, there's this passage at the end of Dark Heir that subtly suggests the Lady, the Stewards, and more specifically, Cyprian will continue the light bringing of the Sun King:
"The Light?" said Sarcean. "Today I have put out the sun."
"Light is not something you can extinguish," she said. "Even in the darkest night, there is a star."
Will gasped and came back to himself.
Cyprian stood in front of him, holding a sword.
Interestingly, this connection to the Sun King, the Light, and Lucifer also touches the Blood of the Lady. Visander calls Elizabeth "Lightbringer," which is possibly an even more direct reference to Lucifer than Ettore's nickname. There could also be an argument that James/Anharion's "fall from the light" is also a subtle reference to Lucifer. What does this all mean? I can't say. Maybe nothing. Maybe everything 👀
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Elizabeth: i want my sister back
the Universe: aight bet
Elizabeth:
Elizabeth: fuck go back
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i keep thinking about page 170 of dark rise im not ok rn carver x emery makes me so sad
anyways my friends told me to describe dark rise characters with the worst descriptions possible so heres my attempts:
Will - Sad hamster meme but make it bi
Violet - That one Joan of arc picture
James - Legally blonde
Cyprian - Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg
Justice/Marcus - Tragic yaoi
Katherine - That one meme that goes “When I try to type bro stfu but it autocorrects to mine own valorous fool, tis’ ill adviced to proceed with thy rambunctious ramblings.”
Elizabeth - Fiore from disventure camp
Elder Steward - That grandma from Moana
Jannick - That stereotypical Asian dad or something (I’m Asian)
Simon - Daniel
Philip - The cooler Daniel
Visander - That squirrel from spongebob
Carver/Emery/Beatrix - Homosexuals and the homosexual defender
Devon/Tom - If the rivalry last more then 1000 years then you are no longer rivals, you are gay
Sarcean - We don’t find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, we find him
Anharion - And on the other end we find him
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