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Why Onyx Storm Fans Think This Character Is Xaden’s Venin Brother
Warning: this nonfiction contains large spoilers for Onyx Storm. Fly—or read—at your ain risk.
A dragon without its rider is simply a tragedy—and a publication without answers leaves fans wanting more.
Indeed, for the bookworms who person already finished Rebecca Yarros’ Onyx Storm—the 3rd publication in her Empyrean series—the installment’s falling enactment provided a not truthful brushed landing and alternatively near readers stranded connected a cliff asking a bid of questions, namely: Who is Xaden Riorson’s caller venin brother?
Thankfully, BookTok has been hard astatine enactment diving heavy into the text, combing the pages for missed details and meticulously evaluating antithetic theories—narrowing down a fewer starring contenders for who whitethorn person turned successful the book’s last pages.
But first, let’s reappraisal what the publication teased astir this enigma caller venin: helium is antheral and has witnessed Xaden’s conflict with becoming venin firsthand. Plus, as Rebecca precocious revealed, helium is missing astatine the extremity of the book.
With those facts successful mind, the astir apt fishy to person joined the ranks of venin—those who corrupt their souls by channeling magic from the earth—seems to beryllium nary different than Xaden’s relative and lone surviving Riorson relative, Bodhi Durran.
Perhaps the biggest hint that points to Bodhi besides answers a 2nd cardinal question: wherefore Violet and Xaden secretly marry. Throughout Onyx Storm, Xaden stresses that Bodhi, his precise reluctant heir, volition request to instrumentality implicit ruling the state of Tyrrendor erstwhile Xaden reaches the constituent of nary instrumentality successful his modulation into venin.
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So if Bodhi is live and well—and, astir importantly, not venin—after Xaden reaches that constituent astatine the extremity of the book, wherefore other would Violet request to person a legally binding necktie to the regularisation of Tyrrendor? If some men are nary longer viable for the Tyrrendor enactment of succession, with Violet arsenic his wife, Xaden has the state is safely successful her hands—for now.
Beyond the funny nuptials is Bodhi’s recurring vexation astatine being sidelined passim the publication owed to his spot in Tyrrendor’s succession line. Really, helium believes helium is meant to combat astatine Xaden’s side, successful portion owed to his signet—the quality to antagonistic the signets of others—he insists could beryllium adjuvant successful warring Theophanie and the different venin.
If helium becomes a venin himself, it stands to crushed his signet—which helium recovered to beryllium useless against venin—might go altered arsenic well, turning Bodhi into a usable limb against the acheronian wielders.
But, portion the grounds is not looking bully for Bodhi, there’s different rider with a rebellion relic who fans deliberation is astir arsenic compelling an option: Garrick Tavis.
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First, portion Bodhi is privy to Xaden’s struggles passim Onyx Storm, it is his BFF Garrick who is astir often by his side, watching retired for him adjacent erstwhile the Duke of Tyrrendor is drawn distant from field and Bohdi is near behind.
Plus, there’s the information that Garrick—whose 2nd signet is revealed to beryllium region wielding—is truthful tally down astatine the extremity of the book. And, arsenic Rebecca hinted during a caller event, the crushed “you crook venin is you weren’t fixed capable power.”
Which brings america to Garrick’s remark astatine the extremity of Onyx Storm. While successful speech with Imogen during the battle, helium laments the toll utilizing his powerfulness truthful overmuch has taken, saying, “I can’t locomotion again. Even if I made it to Aretia, I’d ne'er beryllium beardown capable to get back. So, I’d amended find immoderate f--king mode to bash something.”
But contempt Bodhi and Garrick—who is 1 of the lone missing riders to beryllium named astatine the book’s close—having the strongest cases, determination is 1 much quality we request to look at: Violet’s brother, Brennan Sorrengail.
For one, Xaden reveals Brennan knew astir his turning agelong earlier Violet realized, arsenic the mender attempted to heal Xaden of his venin affliction. (A.K.A., helium besides bore witnesser to Xaden’s struggles.)
There’s besides the verbiage Xaden uses. While the word “brother” could notation to either Bodhi oregon Garrick, possibly helium means member literally—in thic case, Violet’s member and idiosyncratic Xaden could 1 time number arsenic a brother-in-law.
And finally, erstwhile Sloane—a siphon—helps springiness Brennan much powerfulness portion he’s redeeming his and Violet’s sister Mira, Violet notices determination is nary scar aft Sloane removes her hand. It’s a subtle infinitesimal she clocks, remembering that erstwhile Brennan was near with a scar erstwhile his person Naolin utilized his siphoning powerfulness and yet died redeeming Brennan.
So portion Violet’s reflection mightiness not spell retired that Brennan is venin, the mysteries surrounding the oldest Sorrengail are lone intensifying.
While fans volition person to wait—and revisit their favourite theories—until publication 4 arrives, support speechmaking for immoderate much books to cheque retired portion looking to capable the dragon-less void.
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