Ep 3 Brimstone Predictions: What We Think Is Coming Next

Summary

Dear Fantasy Reader – Ep 3: Brimstone Predictions: What We Think Is Coming Next

Date: October 9, 2025
Hosts: Hannah, Kinsey, Carly
Main Focus: Theorizing and predicting what’s coming in Brimstone, the highly anticipated next installment in Callie Hart’s Fae & Alchemy series, following up on Quicksilver. The hosts dive deep into character mysteries, fae lore, alchemy secrets, and laid plot traps, balancing wild speculation with careful close reading.

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Episode Overview

In this theory-packed episode, Hannah, Kinsey, and Carly bring their trademark blend of fangirl excitement, sharp analysis, and playful banter to explore burning questions and possible twists awaiting in Brimstone. They dissect the clues and foreshadowing left in Quicksilver, unpack complicated fae lore, speculate about character motives (and potential betrayals!), and make exciting connections to classic fae and vampire mythology. The tone is lively, conspiratorial, and occasionally unhinged—in the best way.

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Key Discussion Points & Theories

1. Who Is The Lawless Fae (The Liar in their Midst)?

[03:12–07:21]

• Carly draws attention to a moment in Quicksilver where it's revealed a "Lawless Fae" can lie—at a steep cost (their "honor")—unlike the rest, who are oathbound to truth. The hosts immediately suspect there's a liar hidden in the inner circle, possibly posing a huge future threat.
  • Suspects: Renfess (“Ren”), Everlane, and Lorath. Ren’s absence at a crucial moment is highlighted as suspicious; Everlane is considered due to her general secrecy.
  • Kinsey brings up Lorath potentially being the one to lie, since he reported Ren’s absence.
  • They debate whether "honor" as a price means more in Fae culture.
• Quote/highlight:
  • “I'm Team Renfess or Everlane. If it's Lorath, I will revolt.” (Carly, 05:06)
• The possibility that Kerrion (due to unique fae status) evaded the oath is floated and discussed as a future plot point.

2. Fae True Names & Power Dynamics

[07:21–10:46]

• The hosts discuss the significance of true names in fae society—a classic motif where knowing one’s true name gives power over them.
  • Carly theorizes the Witch knows Lorath’s true name, potentially holding sway over him—this could tie into pivotal control scenes in Brimstone.
  • They muse about whether Cerys, as half-vampire, might be immune to this fae vulnerability.
• Quote:
  • “I definitely think the witch knows Lorath’s true name and that’s why he hates witches so much.” (Carly, 09:22)

3. Kingfisher’s Missing Father – Dead or Alive?

[10:48–15:14]

• With a string of quotes about Kingfisher’s father, suspicion arises that he’s not truly dead—just missing in Zilvarin.
  • The theory: he may re-emerge as a morally complex antihero, or even be connected to Elroy, the expert blacksmith who mentored Cerys.
  • Discussion of “soul binding” magic—someone used their soul to keep Kingfisher’s father alive, paralleling other soul-bonding revelations.

4. Soul Magic, Resurrection, and Alchemy

[12:08–16:28]

• Analysis of the lore around soul-sharing: Kingfisher’s father and Lorath had stayed alive through magical bonds with others’ souls. Will souls play a bigger part in resurrection or new magic systems in Brimstone?
• Parallels are drawn to Elroy (the blacksmith), possibly having deeper fae ties.

5. Dragons & O’Sheeleth’s Healing Music

[18:41–20:12]

• They spotlight a mystical healing music from legend—the O’Sheeleth. The hosts theorize Everlane (left comatose at the end of Quicksilver) or even Kingfisher might need this healing. The O’Sheeleth link to dragon myths gets them excited for possible dragon appearances.
• Quote:
  • “If we're going there, we're gonna get dragons.”—Hannah [20:13]
  • Quick speculation abounds about dragons who can talk directly into minds.

6. The Triumvirate: Are Malcolm, Madra, & Belacan Truly Killable?

[20:58–24:32]

• Kinsey stresses the importance of this villainous triad's claim: "Three crowns sharing one source. To kill one of us, you must kill us all.” They debate whether Malcolm is really dead after being beheaded by a God sword, or if only destruction of all three (with the right kind of weapon) will suffice.
  • Carly finds the contradictory scenes suspicious but prefers Malcolm stays dead for narrative progression.
• Quote:
  • “I don’t know how interesting I’d find it if Malcolm came back.” (Carly, 22:58)
• Predictions: Carrion may take over as King of Belacan, introducing new courtly conflicts.

7. The Mating Bond—A Tragic Destiny?

[24:50–28:46]

• They discuss the prophecy that couples with more god-markings are fated for tragedy. With Cerys’s death possibly fulfilling that “tragedy,” the hosts hope no further loss is necessary (and that a happy ending is possible).
  • The god Xareth’s blessing may protect Cerys and Kingfisher from other gods’ harm.
  • The complex symbolism of god-markings and the warning from Talanna the healer is revisited.

8. Alchemist Extinction, Blood Magic, and Curses

[27:51–29:04]

• Speculation that the blood curse afflicting the fae may be linked to alchemist magic, with the original alchemists possibly hunted to extinction.
  • Xareth hints more hidden alchemists exist, with Cerys the most powerful. Untapped blood and curse-breaking powers could come into play in Brimstone.

9. Quicksilver Travel, Alchemists, and Lasting Effects

[29:18–30:30]

• Theorizing about how Cerys’s altered body (now half-fae, half-vampire) might allow her unique access to the quicksilver, perhaps even without a relic.
  • Playful banter about Cerys “therapizing” the sentient quicksilver itself.

10. The Real Big Bad—Beyond the Triumvirate

[30:42–34:15]

• A prophecy from Xareth spotlights the need for balance: “Threads like you and Kingfisher…create a well of power…the energy draws an equal and opposite counterweight.” The hosts suspect the true antagonist hasn’t even been revealed yet; the Triumvirate are merely a distraction from a greater looming evil, possibly with ties to the gods themselves.

11. Pregnancy, Choice, and Agency

[34:21–38:15]

• Reflection on whether, now that Cerys is transformed, she could regain her stolen fertility. The group strongly hopes that if fertility is restored, it’s her choice, not just a plot device, and that the series won’t rely on the surprise pregnancy trope.

12. What Does It Mean to Be Half Fae, Half Vampire?

[38:15–41:55]

• The mechanics of Cerys’s new existence puzzle the group: vampires are cursed fae, so isn’t she just…fae with some extra issues? Will she be part-cursed? Will she crave blood? The group jokes about Twilight parallels and expects the next book to clarify vampire vs. fae rules in this world.
• Quote:
  • “Who knows? I hope she sparkles.” (Hannah, 42:01)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• [05:06] Carly: “I'm Team Renfess or Everlane. If it's Lorath, I will revolt.”
• [09:22] Carly: “The witch knows Lorath’s true name and that’s why he hates witches so much. That’s gonna be really important in Brimstone.”
• [22:58] Carly: “I don’t know how interesting I’d find it if Malcolm came back.”
• [20:13] Hannah: “If we're going there, we're gonna get dragons.”
• [34:43] Carly: “I think it would be interesting if at least she has the choice.”
• [41:36] Hannah: “When we're trying to theorize and make predictions, it's a lot more questions than answers and not enough material to make super extensive theories just yet.”
• [42:01] Hannah: “Who knows? I hope she sparkles.”
• [45:13] Kinsey: (Joking prediction at the end) “Cerys is gonna have her brains blown out by Kingfisher.”
• [45:17] Hannah: “All seven gods were aware of that one.”

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Important Timestamps

• [03:12] – Debate over who’s the secret liar in the inner circle.
• [07:21] – The power and implications of true names among the fae.
• [10:48] – Discussion about Kingfisher’s missing father, soul magic, and blacksmith Elroy possible connections.
• [18:41] – Dragon lore and healing magic (the O’Sheeleth).
• [20:58] – Triumvirate villain dynamics and debate over whether you truly have to kill all three.
• [24:50] – Mating bond, tragedy prophecy, and hope for a happy ending.
• [27:51] – Potential origins of the blood curse and the fate of the alchemists.
• [29:18] – What Cerys’s new hybrid nature may enable or limit (quicksilver travel, powers).
• [30:42] – The deeper “counterweight” prophecy: is the true antagonist still hiding?
• [34:21] – Fertility, agency, and the moral undertones of consent.
• [38:15] – Hybrid identity: parsing the rules of half-fae, half-vampire existence.

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Closing Thoughts

The episode wraps with the hosts eager for Brimstone, aware that their theories may need major revision once the book lands. They promise more wild speculation and deep dives in their Discord and tease a lore-centric episode to follow.

Final take: This is a must-listen for anyone invested in Quicksilver—expect animated debate, canon-savvy connections, some wild “what ifs”, and a warm, welcoming fandom energy throughout.

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• Next episode: A deep dive into the lore, world-building, and iconography of Quicksilver—perfect Brimstone prep!

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Prepared for fantasy readers who need their next speculation fix before the next big release!

Transcript

[Carly]

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[Kinsey]

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[Kinsey]

I'm Kinsey.

[Carly]

And I'm Carly.

[Hannah]

Join us as we enter the world of the Fae and Alchemy series, prepping for the highly anticipated release of Brimstone on November 18th of 2025. Today we'll be discussing our top Brimstone theories and predictions.

[Carly]

With that content warning and spoiler alert. This episode is full of quicksilver spoilers. So if you haven't read the book, go do that first. If you need a quick refresher on Quicksilver, check out our recap episode.

[Kinsey]

Also, due to the nature of this book, this podcast is rated R in content and language. If you'd like to watch this episode ad free and full video or audio only if you would prefer, it's available now on Patreon and we've dropped that link down in the show notes as well.

[Hannah]

Not to self brag here, but I also do have some pretty phenomenal facial expressions, especially when Kinsey and Carly start talking about theories, so so in case you don't want to miss out now that is your relics and prepare to dive into the Quicksilver. Sanity is not guaranteed. Let's consult the Oracle at the Tree of Life to see what's in our future with our most interesting predictions for Brimstone. Harley, would you like to take it away?

[Kinsey]

I do.

[Carly]

I've been wanting to talk about this. So there is a moment between Lorath and Cerys where he is explaining to her why they can't lie, and she's. She's pretty skeptical of it. But then he also clarifies that they can choose what's called the Lawless Path, and he says a Lawless Fae may lie, they may cheat, they may steal. Useful tools in many situations, I'll admit, but they come with a price that Kingfisher and the rest of us, I might add, were not willing to pay. So I'm thinking somebody in their inner circle can lie and they don't know it because how would they know?

[Kinsey]

I agree, because I'm like, is it public information? Like, does everybody swear their oaths at the same time? But not to say that I think it's Ren, but he was one of the only people in their Inner circle who was not there at the end of the book because supposedly the Shadow Gate closed before he could go through.

[Carly]

Yeah, I think it's either Renfist or Everlane. If one of them can lie, I.

[Hannah]

Would be really, really sad. If it was Renfrey, I would be.

[Carly]

Really sad too, because I really like Renf. And it wouldn't surprise me if it was Everlane, honestly. But I think it's probably one of the two of them. And I did think it was suspicious he wasn't there at the end. But yeah, I think we're gonna find out somebody in our Inner circle can lie.

[Kinsey]

It could also though, be like Lorath, because wasn't he the one to report that Wren couldn't Cause what if he had prevented Wren from being there? This is turning into, like, who's the bad guy? Like, everybody. But no, it's very strange. Like, I definitely, like. I mean, Bellicon can obviously lie, like, because of the whole, like, brother situation. Like, they're lying about everything happening there. But, yeah, it's like, who would affect us the most. Like, we know for sure. At least we assume it's not Kingfisher, but there are definitely some other suspects.

[Carly]

Yeah, I'm Team Renfess or Everlane. If it's Lorath, I will revolt.

[Hannah]

That makes me feel like it would be.

[Kinsey]

I feel like it's not because the Quicksilvers found him worthy of having magic in his godsword. So I think that could be, like, a good indicator that he's fine.

[Carly]

That's a good point.

[Hannah]

I want to know what the price is.

[Kinsey]

Their honor.

[Carly]

She said it's their honor. And she kind of scoffs at that. And I wonder if we're going to find out that that means more than what she interprets it. To me, I feel like that's a.

[Hannah]

Symbolic statement of whatever the price was.

[Carly]

Yeah, I think we're going to find out that it means, like, more than what she is assuming. It means that in the Fae world, honor means something more. We'll see.

[Kinsey]

And this is Wren telling her this.

[Carly]

Lorath. Oh, Sworn Lauren is explaining this all to her. It would be interesting if Laureth is the one explaining it all to her and he's the one that can lie and he's like, basically outing himself.

[Kinsey]

Well, correct me if I'm wrong here. In the Bonus Point of View chapter, wasn't Ren the one who tried to unalive himself and then, like, that was, like, ruining his honor? So, like, what if that almost undid the oath that he made because he sacrificed his honor and then he was saved by Kingfisher?

[Carly]

I don't know if that would undo it. I guess we don't know enough about the rules. But I just found this. He gives, like, two sentences about the lawless Fae and then they move on. And I'm like, that's highly suspicious. Somebody's lying and we don't know who yet.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, there's no way that it's not a thing. Like, she wouldn't just, like, throw that in there and not have.

[Carly]

What's the point? Unless it's going to be important.

[Kinsey]

I guess Kerrion never had to make that oath. He was hiding his whole identity.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I feel like that could be interesting, but I really don't want that to be the direction his character takes.

[Carly]

Well, I think he was a child when he left, so I don't think he's ever actually done the oath. So I don't think he. Like, it'll be. Whether or not, I guess he probably. He may still have to choose to do it. So we might learn more about this through Carrie on how it works and how they do it and what it means in that moment if he chooses to do it. But maybe it'll be an issue in the next book where he doesn't want to because, you know, he likes to play games. That would be interesting.

[Kinsey]

Well, what if, like, someone kneels before the stone and they, like, bleed on it, but instead of vowing to be truthful, they vow to do something else? Like, so they're, like, presenting themselves as if they did make it the vow, but then they didn't.

[Carly]

Well, I think that's gonna be one of those things where we just don't know enough about it. So it's like, is it out loud? Is it witnessed? Who knows? I'm sure we'll find more about it next in Brimstone, especially with everything going on with Carrion. But I just thought that that line. I was like, there's gotta be somebody lying. And they. Then they think that they can't, and they definitely can, and I want to know who it is. All right, well, while we're on the subject of the Fae being shady, because that's just how they are by nature, I want to talk about their names. So there's a moment where Serious realizes, like, Kingfisher is explaining to her that actually everybody kind of goes by a nickname. And he tells her, we have true names that we don't share with anyone. Not our friends, not our families. Our mothers are often the only people who actually know it. And then a little later on, we get this moment between Lorath and the Witch where the Witch is telling him, what was your name again? And he responds, you know damn well what my name is. And he says, we've met before, Witch. And then she responds, oh, really? I must have forgotten. So, for the most part, we don't know anybody's true name. But I think the Witch knows Laura's true name and can hold power over him. Are you guys on this one, or.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I like this. What are the implications of that?

[Carly]

Yeah, we don't know exactly. He says that it can hold power over them and that even, like, some mothers will use it over their own kids to gain power. And so we don't know exactly what knowing their name can do. But in like Fae mythology, you could like force people to do things and control them and order them to do things. So possibly that, but we're not really sure because it hasn't been defined within this world. But I definitely think knowing the names is going to become really important. It'll be really interesting to see what Kingfisher's real name is. It'll be interesting to see if it's a name that's already been brought up. Maybe somebody lost a history and that's actually his name and that was something. Was actually a reference to him and no one knew it. But I definitely think the witch knows Laura's true name and that's why he hates witches so much. And that's gonna be really important in Brimstone.

[Kinsey]

So what if that's just like his sword or something? Cause like Carrion technically has his true name as well. Maybe that's not his true name, that's just like his true identity. But yeah, King Fisher.

[Hannah]

Well, apparently everyone has a name that they give other people. They just also have a name that they don't give people. So, like, he would.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Carly]

So I don't think Karrion is Karrion's true name. That's just the name people call him.

[Hannah]

Yeah, but that's the thing is none of them would be.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, we think that now that Saris has changed, she has a new name. Or do we think it's so because Kingfisher says you only have one name and that's why he called her Osha?

[Carly]

I don't know. Or maybe it won't matter. Like, maybe that won't apply to her. Like people knowing her name because she's half vampire. It'll protect her from the Fae rules of people knowing her name.

[Kinsey]

No, I like this. I've definitely read books and like other stories and I didn't realize it was like Fae folklore in general where it's like if you know their true name, like, you can call on a favor. Favor of them or in control them or like things like that. And so that's really interesting. Oh gosh. This is like not how I wanted to start this episode. Now I'm like, oh my God, we have a traitor in our midst and someone being controlled by a witch and like secret names. Ooh, yeah.

[Hannah]

That's exactly how I wanted to start the episode.

[Kinsey]

That's great.

[Carly]

Lots of suspicious activity. We also have some suspicious mentions to Kingfisher's dad, who it's alluded to that he's dead, however. Dead. No body, no crime. We get a couple quotes. I'll share them here, just to refresh everybody. It says, when Fisher was 10, the king sent his father on a mission to Zolvar and he never returned. That's when the gateways were stilled. The king said that Finryn, Fisher's father was responsible for the quicksilver stealing and declared him a traitor to the fae. And remember, it was his sword that was lodged in the quicksilver that seemed to be keeping it locked somehow. And then we get this quote. My father has been sent to Zilvarin to hide the Dianthus heir among the humans. The gates had closed not long after. Couple mentions to his dad here. I think there might be a couple more in the book, but these to me were the most important about as far as placing him last time he was seen, which was going to Zilvarin. I mean, I'm thinking he's potentially still alive in Zilvarin.

[Hannah]

And I'd like to just preface for listeners that that quote comes from one of the bonus chapters. That's where that is from.

[Carly]

Oh yeah, it is one of the bonus chapters.

[Hannah]

The last quote, because I'm fully with you, Carly. Do we think he is a good guy or a bad guy?

[Carly]

Tm I think he's going to be more of like a antihero. Like he has his motivations, he's willing to do what he needs to get done. And I don't think those are always going to line up with what they want done. But there's also a mention, I don't have the quote here, but that like how we learn about the souls being tied together and that being able to keep somebody alive, which is how Lorath was kept alive. He has a piece of Kingfisher's soul. Cause Kingfisher voluntarily gave it to him to keep him alive. That there was a friend that did that for Kingfisher's dad.

[Hannah]

Well, it was implied that potentially.

[Carly]

Right.

[Hannah]

Like it was he knew how to do it in case he'd ever need to do it for someone.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, he taught him for that reason, because his own Blair.

[Hannah]

So it was confirmed that someone had done it for him and that that's how he knew.

[Carly]

Yes, I believe it's confirmed that somebody did that for him.

[Kinsey]

And yeah, I saved the highlight. It was either they did it for someone else or they did it for him. But that's because of whoever it was. Like his father was still involved, whether it was on the receiving or giving end that's why he taught Kingfisher.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I also highlighted that quote, but I had interpreted it as like open ended. Like he knew how in case it was ever needed to happen. But I was like, oh, that makes me wonder if it had. So I don't know that it said that it for sure did.

[Carly]

I think it would be really interesting if Kingfisher's dad is somehow connected to Elroy. And that's how Elroy became such a good blacksmith, because he was like, taught.

[Kinsey]

I definitely think that his dad is still alive out there somewhere. Like at the beginning of the book they had made a comment like, oh, all the Fae are dead there and they have no army because nobody can get to them because of the resources. Like, there's no water. But I think that the Fae definitely had survived and like made their own civilization. They just haven't figured out how to like get to Madra. But also like, they say that only Fae can be alchemists, but then like they're saying, well, Seras was meant to be a Fae, but she's a human. But maybe then towards the end they like referred to her as like half Fae. And I'm like, please don't let this be something where they're like distantly related down the line from like his father, because that would be really.

[Carly]

I don't want to see that.

[Hannah]

No, me neither.

[Carly]

I don't want to see that.

[Kinsey]

That's just like my last thing. But I did think it was also really cool how Kingfisher's father had saved Carrion and took him to Zavarin. And then Kingfisher was the one who brought him back. So I thought that was a really cool parallel.

[Carly]

Yeah, we found the quote.

[Hannah]

It confirmed that someone had used his soul to save his dad. And he made sure that Fisher knew how to do it for him or for that reason in case he ever needed it.

[Kinsey]

So if anything, even if his dad is dead, his soul, for all we know, could be around somewhere.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Carly]

I still think it'd be really interesting if it was Elroy.

[Hannah]

It would.

[Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

I don't think I ever really processed why exactly his mother was chosen to be like, essentially made queen. Because right after he's sent off to the dad is sent off to the mission and he's left there, then that's when the king, like forced Kingfisher's mother to marry him.

[Carly]

I think it's because she was a really powerful oracle and he wanted to control that. Because I think we see in the book when they're after dimension how the Oracle kind of gets to say things in court and not control the King, but puts him in positions where he's forced to make decisions based on what the Oracle tells him, especially she says them publicly like that. And I think if he's married to the Oracle, he probably felt like he had more control over her than what he currently has.

[Kinsey]

Now, not to go backwards, but when we were searching for that quote, I came across another quote that I highlighted. And this goes back to the liar thing. So Carrion had made bets with Lorath with like throwing the dagger. And he's like, I thought you weren't supposed to be able to lie. And he's like, well, I didn't lie. But he also was like twisting the truth by saying like, I'd never played this game before, so I don't know if that's like for or against him in points there.

[Hannah]

I feel like that just speaks to how all of the Fae are able to get around the truth by like not directly lying.

[Carly]

It would be interesting foreshadowing if it turned out it is Lorath, but I do think it is more just kind of pointing out how the Fae here get away, like with telling hacks. Yeah.

[Hannah]

I think also going into discussing theories and predictions for Brimstone specifically, Callie has given us some insight that can kind of like lend to. Are some of these theories gonna take place in Brimstone or future books? We now know that there's gonna be at least three trad pub, but also she's gonna be writing five total. So any of these things can take place across books, but for the ones that could be like a little heart wrenching, she said we're only gonna shed one tear. That she does not really like to make readers cry. So, you know, depending on whoever is the traitor, I don't know how much of a gut. How gut riching it would be.

[Kinsey]

It's the librarian.

[Carly]

That'S hard for me to judge though, because I feel like some people are like, oh, this won't make you cry. And then I sob in a book.

[Hannah]

It's so subjective.

[Carly]

Yeah. Or people will be like, oh, this will definitely make you cry. And then I don't cry at all. So it's like, I think it just depends on what somebody thinks will make somebody cry. So true. It's nice that she doesn't want to make her readers cry, but also.

[Kinsey]

That.

[Carly]

Maybe she doesn't know what will make everybody cry.

[Hannah]

That's fair. That's valid.

[Kinsey]

That's true.

[Hannah]

But on that, do you think that we're gonna get more of Kingfisher's dad in Brimstone.

[Carly]

I don't know that he'll actually be in Brimstone, but I think we're probably gonna learn more about him at the very least. But I think he has to come back in some way. Even if it's just a person who his soul is tied to, maybe that person comes back. Maybe the dad really is dead and it's that person. And that's an issue for Kingfisher because maybe that person is keeping his dad from moving on. And maybe he wants to end that. But what if it's somebody, Sarah Snows and Zilvarin, and she doesn't want them to die like Elroy. And she'd be really upset about it. So I think it could be either. But I just find it suspicious that Elroy was such a good blacksmith and like, taught her everything she needed to know to be an alchemist.

[Hannah]

So that'd be so full circle.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

And like, he made like, stained glass. So like, what if he, like, secretly, like, in the artwork of the stained glass, was putting in like, old Fae legends or things?

[Carly]

Ooh, that'd be interesting.

[Kinsey]

Random out there theory that just came out.

[Carly]

Yeah, because he does glass work at the end. That would be interesting. And the last one I have for the section, I know you guys have some others. We have a mention when he's explaining the o', Shelith, he says they have music, though no one knows how. A sweet soft song that's capable of healing. And I think this is going to be needed at some point. That they are going to need to get to the timing of the o' Sheeleth to actually heal somebody. That there's going to be like a really dangerous injury or something.

[Kinsey]

Well, I have two things to say on that. One, I think it could be literal, like how you're saying right now. And by the end of the book, Everlane is still not awake. They're assuming that she will, but we don't know what state she's in, so maybe that's something they'll have to do. But two, what if it's not literal? What if it's another figurative thing? And Kingfisher, for the longest time has been suffering with the quicksilver in his eyes and nothing works. And it's a part of him. By the end of the book, it's finally getting better. They're finally able to make some progress. And he has his Osha like his own little butterfly. So what if it's just her Being representative of, she can heal him too. And it's stuff that she can do. And now that she is changed, their fates cannot be controlled by the gods. So she can change his fate, even for healing. But I do like that, and I hope it comes back.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

I have to add, because I actually put the excerpt in here for our last episode about the butterflies, and it literally says that the location is where dragons used to live. Which means if we're going there, we're gonna get dragons.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

Their dragons are bad, though. Yeah.

[Hannah]

Still cool, best friend.

[Kinsey]

So.

[Carly]

Yeah. Well, interesting. I think the dragons can talk directly into their mind. Right. If you read those bonus chapters, the dragon speaks directly to them, just like the mates can. So I thought that was really interesting.

[Hannah]

See, I'm working without the bonus chapters, so you guys are gonna have to carry my weight for that. But now I like.

[Kinsey]

Oh, man. Okay, switching directions a little bit, maybe. I want to talk about Malcolm, Madra and Belacan. So they refer to themselves as the Triumvirate. So Belacan had said, quote, you really think you can kill me with the powerless sword? You can't kill any of us with the mere blade. We are the Triumvirate dog. Three crowns sharing one source. To kill one of us, you must kill us all. And that is no easy task. So at the end, Karion and Cerys had killed Malcolm together. Carion had given up his blood, and that, like, weakened him. And then Cerys had beheaded him. And at that point, her magic sword did work again. And so I don't know, like, if he's, like, dead dead. But this quote, like, makes me worry because they say that Madra and Belacan basically fled. Like, they went off. Like, we don't see him again. I don't know. Like, I don't know.

[Carly]

Is he really dead?

[Kinsey]

Is he really dead? Like, because he's been beheaded. He was basically melting because of Carrion's blood. But they say three crowns sharing one source.

[Carly]

I did find this interesting in how contradictory these scenes seem to be. And I'm like, which one am I supposed to believe? But he does say, like, a mere blade, but he doesn't realize the God swords are gonna be working again at the end of this labyrinth scene when their magic returns. And so I don't know if it's because it's a God sword, that maybe it trumps whatever tie they've done to keep them all alive. I think that's a possibility. I don't know how interesting I'd find it if Malcolm came back.

[Hannah]

I Was about to say the same.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, I would not be interested at all. But, like, I wonder, like, we still don't even know, like, what Madra is. Like, they're all siblings, what she presents as a human. Like, maybe it's kind of like Carrion's situation, where maybe it's just a glamour, but, like, I don't know. That would almost be boring. If they're all dead all at once.

[Carly]

I don't think it's that they're all going to be dead all at once. I don't think. I think they're still alive. I just don't think Malcolm's still alive.

[Kinsey]

Do we think that they're all, like, sharing soul pieces with each other? And that's like, how they're like, I hope so.

[Hannah]

So he's just forced to rot while he waits for them to die.

[Kinsey]

So it's like the only way to, like, be rid of all of them is to, like, actually kill all of them, because then their souls, like, move on. It's just, like, very strange because I don't think it, like, they can only be killed by a God sword, which Malcolm was. I still think that no matter what, they all have to be killed. I don't know. I don't even know where I'm going with this.

[Hannah]

No, I think I hear you. And what I find strange about it is that why say it at all? Because they're the three big bads, so clearly they're not just gonna stop at killing one of them, they're gonna want to kill all three. So it can't just be that. Okay, now the characters have the motivation that they need to kill them all. They have that. So what's the point of including that in there? And maybe Carly's right, that it was just to show that they really just didn't take this serious and thought up until now that kind of explaining why they've been able to last as long as they have. But now all of a sudden they're able to be taken out. Maybe that can explain it. And now they just misunderstood and are faced with the consequences, which is that he did die and now there's two left. But then it's like it's just suspiciously worded.

[Carly]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kinsey]

If anything, it's just like a piece of his soul is still remaining, probably. But the good news is, with Bellacon running away, I do think this means that we're going to get Carrion taking over the mantle. He's going to end up ruling as king, and I cannot wait to see.

[Carly]

I feel like Carrion as king is going to be hilarious.

[Hannah]

Agreed.

[Carly]

I want to see that.

[Kinsey]

I wonder if the fae, the people of Bellicon's court are going to have issues with him taking over, but probably.

[Hannah]

Like we need some conflict, right?

[Kinsey]

Yeah. And then speaking of conflict. So this is referring to the mating bond. So basically they were told that like the more runes that they have, the more likely that your your relationship's going to like end in tragedy. And serious technically did die. And so a part of me is hoping that this means this is the end of their tragedy in that sense. Because the only other option is that we kind of just have to keep waiting for either Serris or Kingfisher to die. We still know obviously there's gonna be trials that they go through and there's gonna be sacrifices being made. The God markings also show that she is a ward of Xerath, the God of Chaos. So maybe it's not just tragedy but also just like a protection in place for her. But I'm just gonna throw out there, she did technically die. So hopefully this means that nobody else will die. That's my hope.

[Carly]

I really am clinging to the idea that this is a romantasy and by its nature it should have a happily ever after. And that doesn't include one of them dying.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, hopefully.

[Hannah]

Fully agree. I am on the optimist train until I'm told otherwise this counted. I don't think I understand the connection to the markings showing that she's a ward so that the other gods can't harm them. I don't understand what you're trying to say with that.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, so Talanna the healer had like told her like, oh, nobody gets the God markings anymore. Like that's like actually like a really bad thing.

[Hannah]

Only in like stories of like the really historic couples. Yeah, yeah.

[Kinsey]

And then it's like a tragedy and like things like that. But when Seras had gone through the quicksilver and spoke with Xerath, that's when he had told her that he marked her. Basically because the other gods want to take out Kingfisher and Sarris because they're killing the rest of the tree. And each leaf of a tree is a different world. So basically he's marking both of them as his. And so the other gods would have repercussions if they did harm them.

[Hannah]

And that's different or the same from their God blessed markings.

[Kinsey]

It's the same marking but like I think they just take it as tragedy will befall you. I mean like they're still Gonna have tragedies.

[Hannah]

It was very ominous, but they didn't, like, explain what they meant by tragedy.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. And so part of it is that they are chosen by the gods. And we know, like, a part of it is that she's now the ward of the God of chaos, but a lot more.

[Hannah]

But that happened later. So that's where I'm like, yeah, much later.

[Kinsey]

And we also know that she has all the markings of an alchemist. So she has way more abilities than we know.

[Hannah]

Can't wait to see that. Okay, so, pause. What do we think this could be?

[Carly]

Well, I mean, it had all the fact that it's all of the elements.

[Hannah]

Whoa. Jeez, Sky. I was overstimulated.

[Carly]

Okay.

[Hannah]

The elements.

[Kinsey]

All the elements. And then I also found this really interesting, too, because Malcolm had said this to Saris. He said, you know, there was a time when I worked very closely with your kind. It was a very talented alchemist who discovered the key to my blood gift. She was remarkable in many ways, deeply disappointing in others, and so kind of going back to, like, the alchemist's powers. I think that the alchemist is the one that actually cursed the fae. Like, we know from the witch Ishabel had gotten offended and said, that's a lie. We've proved it. The witches had nothing to do with that. We actually found your cure. So I'm thinking it was probably an alchemist who worked closely with Malcolm that started the whole blood curse thing. But that also means that if Serris has all of the abilities of an alchemist, she can do something with blood and maybe something with curses. And I'm hoping maybe it'll help Kingfisher.

[Hannah]

But I don't know.

[Carly]

I think it would make sense it would be an alchemist, because that might be why there were none, because maybe they hunted them all down.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. And we know magic tried. Yeah, she did try.

[Carly]

I mean, part of that was for her to keep the quicksilver closed. But also, why are there no alchemists in the fae realm anymore? What happened to them? And I think they killed them all.

[Kinsey]

And then it was interesting because Xerath was saying, you're not the only one. There's actually a few more hidden. You're just the most powerful one. So it's like, I really hope that we get to see more or have them come out of hiding.

[Carly]

There definitely has to be some interesting ones out there that we're gonna be like, oh, that's the twist.

[Kinsey]

And then just something else. This is more just like an observation, but serris was pulled through the quicksilver without a relic, and she was dying, and she has been changed since then, so her body's different, but I wonder if there will be any, like, lasting effects of that, how it was for Kingfisher when he was younger. Maybe a part of her is gonna go insane.

[Carly]

So am I the only one questioning why the alchemist can't travel through the quicksilver without a relic? Because the whole time I'm like, I bet she can.

[Kinsey]

She probably can.

[Hannah]

You would think that that would be the case, given.

[Carly]

Yeah. Like, she can control it. So why. I feel like she doesn't need one personally to travel through the quicksilver, but if she does, I think in that moment, like, the gods pulling you through probably trumps any of that stuff happening, because she was, like, yanked.

[Hannah]

I mean, has she tried to talk to it?

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

She's like, hey, I'm gonna step through you real quick, but, like, make sure, like, you don't hurt me.

[Hannah]

Taking things too pretty please. Thank you.

[Carly]

Stanley Saris is, like, therapy sessions with the quicksilver, like, working through their issues.

[Hannah]

Basically. Right. What little sweet treat do you want today? What can I. Barbie?

[Kinsey]

Another song? You want a joke? Here you go.

[Hannah]

Another secret?

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

Okay. So we also get, like, this kind of sort of prophecy with, like, Kingfisher and Serris's futures. We learned that they're intertwined with everything. We also learned that Kingfisher was Xerath's champion, which I thought was really interesting that he was, like, pre chosen for that. But I'm going to point out this one part here. He said, this is the God of chaos in nature, there's a counterweight to everything, child. Light has darkness, life has death, joy has sorrow, and good has evil. That law applies no matter which realm you exist in. Threads like you and Kingfisher that are drawn together and cross on an axis, create a well of power. The energy the two of you draw together attracts an equal and opposite counterweight. And that's the reason, like, why the tree is dying. And he said, the moment where you meet, along with the moment you become mates, is a spark, the flame in the dark that draws the moth. It was incumbent upon me to try and stop that spark from taking place. But as you've already learned, the Fates themselves would not be guided down that path. So Serris just barely accepted the mating bond at the very, very end of the book. I do not think that their counter are Bellicon and Madra. I think that there is some other power that's out There. And they're about to find out. They're so fucked.

[Carly]

I'm with you on this. The whole. It draws a moth to the flame. I'm like, what's the freaking moth?

[Kinsey]

Yeah, well, because if you think about it, at the very end of the book, Serris is the Vampire Queen now. So if she's the Queen, then technically the war should stop. Because she can control all the vampires and be like, you know what, guys? We're done here. We're not going to fight anymore. Like, go away. So, like, who's going to battle them now?

[Hannah]

Just to back that up, in an interview, Callie Hart gave a song for Brimstone. She actually gave two, but I'm going to point out one. The first one was Little Girl Gone by Chinchilla. But the second one was Start a War by Valerie Broussard, if I'm saying her name correctly. And it's literally so you want to start a war? It's like, literally, so we're getting a war.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, we're getting a war. But it's like, what are the humans in the other Realm gonna do against all these Fae and these vampires that she now controls? So it's definitely gonna be something crazy.

[Hannah]

I think it's worth mentioning that both of the NOW leaders, Carrion and Cerys, they lived the life of a human. Like, they lived the trials and the oppression and the water, the things that they're facing. So they're not just gonna, to the best of their ability, leave them there. Right. Like, out of anyone, they have the most empathy for them.

[Kinsey]

So, yeah, it might be like another God that's out there. I don't know. It's just like, how do they destroy life as they know it for every world, every realm? Insane. But I just had to throw that out there. I was like, what's the counterweight?

[Carly]

I think you're right, though. I don't think Belacan and Madra are, like, the only evil force we're about to be up against.

[Hannah]

And it would be more interesting if they weren't.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, it'll be like a side quest for revenge. But I don't think that we know the Big Bad well.

[Carly]

I think they're gonna complicate dealing with the other Big Bad. Like, you know, when you have to fight a war on two fronts?

[Hannah]

Well, when do you know a Big Bad in Book one of five, you know?

[Carly]

Yeah, that's true.

[Hannah]

Do you guys think that Serris will now be able to have children after her body has essentially. I mean, I don't even Pretend to know the ways that her turning Fae vampire are going to impact her. But we know that she was sterilized. And that was a big point of not really contention so much as Kingfisher is out for revenge over it.

[Carly]

Yeah. Disgusted that they would do that.

[Hannah]

Fair. And I know that we're not usually pregnancy trope girlies over here.

[Kinsey]

Absolutely.

[Hannah]

I can take it in a romance. But yeah. Kenzie can't stand it. Do you think that that will play a role? Because it was clearly mentioned very intentionally and we didn't really see like much play out from that for it to be the end of it.

[Carly]

I think that it would be interesting if at least she has the choice.

[Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Carly]

I don't really love a surprise pregnancy and I don't need like a pregnancy at the end of a book for a happily ever after at all. But I think the fact that the choice was taken away from her is terrible. And I think that it would be nice for her to at least have that choice given back to her. So I think it would be interesting to see that again. But I still want to see Kingfisher take revenge on Madra.

[Kinsey]

Oh, absolutely. That's a given. I wonder if, like part of the cards being changed in her fate with her being human was also the condition that she would not be able to reproduce as well. But now that the God is like, you know what, like, we're gonna give you full reign. Like, the fates aren't gonna be able to manipulate anything. She has no agency that was taken away from her. So maybe now she will have the choice to make that decision. Do I think it's gonna happen in the next book? Absolutely not. Like there's some big bad coming. We don't even know what's coming. But something is coming. So it's not gonna happen. Maybe like a happily ever after, like, ending chapter. Yeah. But I do think that she's gonna get that choice and her body has changed and like, we don't even know, like, what does it mean to be a half Fae, half vampire?

[Hannah]

Precisely. Which we could also talk about in just a moment. Yeah. The one thing that comes to mind is like, how is she gonna find out that's not the case? And I was like, cause they're just gonna. They're gonna fuck. And then she would have. She'd find out by then becoming pregnant. But hang on just one moment. I'm gonna lose my train of thought. I love your reaction though. I'm excited to see what that was. But it's rare for Faye to have children. So maybe she doesn't know until later and that this is Easter egg in book one. But I do think. I really love that it's about consent and agency and that it's not just an Easter egg. Right. It's not just a trope. Like, this is a bigger moral message here.

[Carly]

I'm just wondering if she'll figure it out like, that it's a possibility for her because maybe how they sterilized her, she wasn't menstruating, and maybe she'll start again in that social now.

[Hannah]

Oh, yeah. Okay.

[Kinsey]

That could be it. Because I was gonna say, like, after they did have sex for the first time, Kingfisher went to go take her to take contraceptives, and that's when he found out. And so they're like, it's not necessary. So now I'm like, oh, God. Like, are we gonna get, like, a surprise pregnancy? Because she's not gonna be taking.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

I'm like, oh, no. Hopefully it's a menstruation thing. And. Oh. But then it's.

[Hannah]

You know, I just forget that menstruation happens in these books because it's. We don't even know which. To be fair, I don't really care.

[Carly]

To hear about it.

[Hannah]

I, like, live it.

[Kinsey]

But.

[Hannah]

Yeah, I didn't even think that that would be a possibility.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. Oh, gosh, that's scary. I hope it's not, like, a surprise. That would not be great.

[Hannah]

I mean, some people really enjoy that. I don't know what Callie's viewpoint is on that, but I definitely agree that it wouldn't be Book two. She's got enough going on. There's enough of a plot. There's enough to get through. But I do think it could. It will in some capacity in her just realizing it and then making that decision for herself to not want children. But it will be later.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. So this isn't like a theory. This is just, like, an ongoing discussion question that I have regarding Serris's new body and change. But, like, how can someone even be a half Fae, half vampire when vampires were Fae? They're just, like, Fae that were cursed. So it's like, is she only half cursed? Does she just only have, like, half. Half the attributes? Because I thought it was interesting that she was even surprised to see that she had Fae ears, because I was assuming that the Vampire Lords all had Fae ears because they were all Fae. I'm like, does she have to stay away from Carrion and his blood? Can his blood kill her too? It's Just, I don't know, half cursed.

[Carly]

I will say that was something that wasn't super explained well, because I was like. Well, they started out as fae and then became vampire. So it's not a breed. Yeah, it's not a curse part. I mean, I guess, but I guess you could potentially turn just a human fully vampire.

[Kinsey]

But they become like the feeders? Mostly.

[Carly]

Yeah, but I don't think that they have to necessarily. I think that that's something that they're choosing to do to build this army. But maybe not. Maybe you have to be like High Fae to become truly vampire. I didn't really fully understand those rules because I felt like it wasn't explained super clearly in Quicksilver.

[Hannah]

So I am hoping we get a lot broken. So is this the direction the Queen is gonna take it in? Like, are we now gonna be after like a cure to the curse?

[Kinsey]

Or maybe she'll go see the butterflies and then be healed of her vampireness. Maybe that's her vampirism. Is that the word?

[Carly]

Well, vampirism, there was a cure though, for everybody else. Like they had a cure and they turn and like Malcolm turned it down. So this would have to be like a cure for what? The feeders.

[Kinsey]

But she's not a feeder. So they said that any vampire could.

[Carly]

Bite or you mean specifically just for Sarris?

[Kinsey]

A cure for just for Saris. Because, like, if any vampire bites you, you just become like a feeder. But if it was Malcolm, you can still retain your personality and like, who you were. And you don't become a feeder, you just become like a vampire. But you have to be powerful like Malcolm. And then we found out that his son, I forgot his name, started with a Z, I think.

[Carly]

Teledaeus.

[Kinsey]

That was not a Z name. But we found out that he. He was basically as powerful as Malcolm. He just hid it. So that's why, like, Serris was able to like retain like who she is. Yeah. I don't know.

[Carly]

I wonder if it's just gonna be that once you turn vampire, maybe you just lose all the things that make you fae and. No. And you don't retain being fae and she's truly going to be like half of each. And maybe she's going to get the best parts of both worlds and she won't have to like be a crazy blood sucking vampire. Which. That would be nice.

[Kinsey]

It did like kind of insinuate that she had like a thirst in her throat. So like maybe there is like a craving for blood or something. Like maybe she can't go Back home and like, see her brother.

[Carly]

Oh, that's sad.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. But then he's saying, but you should be able to eat food in a few days. So I'm like, what?

[Hannah]

Yeah, my only point of reference here is Twilight.

[Carly]

Yeah, I definitely think we're gonna get a lot more clarification around this in the next book. At least. Hopefully around the rules around vampires and the rules around Fae. And with her, we'll probably have to figure it as we go. Cause it sounds like they're implied. We're just gonna have to figure this out as we go. Cause we've never seen anything like you before.

[Hannah]

Well, and you know that's the result of a book one series, right? Like when we're trying to theorize and make predictions, it's a lot more questions than answers and not enough material to make like super extensive theories just yet.

[Carly]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kinsey]

It's just like we've never seen a genetically half Fae, half vampire before.

[Carly]

So we're about to find out.

[Hannah]

Who knows? I hope she sparkles.

[Kinsey]

Well, Fisher does have the shadows, so maybe she will have a little sparkle. Sparkle in his counter.

[Hannah]

That could be cool. Do we have anything else? Is that a no? I think that was it.

[Kinsey]

I'm like, let me see.

[Hannah]

That was still like an hour, at least an hour worth of recording. We're just so used to these like six hours of period theories.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

And I just know that when we stop recording, I'm gonna look back on my other annotations and be like, oh, shoot, I forgot to mention this little bit.

[Hannah]

Well, the fun thing is you guys can follow us on socials and any theories we come up with until, you know, leading up to Brimstone, we can post there. Or if we really do curate enough to do a little minisode, we can always hop on as we get closer and throw those in. I mean, you guys know me.

[Carly]

I'm.

[Hannah]

I'm watching Callie Hart's interviews. I'm listening for hints and clues she's dropping there. So if anything sparks a new theory, we will be sure to let you guys know somehow, some way. And if you're not already in our discord, you should join us there. Especially for the release of Brimstone. It's gonna get crazy.

[Carly]

Yeah.

[Kinsey]

Yeah. We should be grateful that our theories episode now is as short as it is, because I'm sure after Brimstone, it's gonna be like two or three times as long.

[Carly]

Yeah, we'll see. Hopefully not.

[Hannah]

We'll see.

[Kinsey]

Hopefully not. But I'm sure we're gonna get so much more like world building and information. We'll be like, well, what about this and what about that?

[Carly]

So definitely.

[Hannah]

But that's the fun. That's why we do this.

[Carly]

Yep.

[Kinsey]

Cause it's fun.

[Hannah]

And that wraps up our episode on our Brimstone theories and predictions. Thank you so much for listening. Join us for our next episode where we are breaking down lore, world building and iconography used in Quicksilver as we continue our Brimstone Prep series. Once Brimstone releases, we will start our recovery phase with initial reactions, analysis, theories and more.

[Carly]

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[Kinsey]

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[Carly]

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[Hannah]

We appreciate it all.

[Kinsey]

Yeah, we'd love to hear from you. Send us your thoughts, tag us on Instagram, or come fangirl with us over your favorite fantasy books in our free Discord chat. And don't forget to follow us on social media. We release book guides, author updates, our current reads, clips from episodes, pod updates, and more.

[Hannah]

Until next time. Dearest fantasy readers, prepare for Brimstone as we continue our journey through the day and Alchemy series.

[Carly]

Yay.

[Kinsey]

I thought of another prediction. Ceres is gonna have her brains blown out by Kingfisher.

[Hannah]

Oh, that's a given.

[Kinsey]

Obvious.

[Hannah]

All seven gods were aware of that one. All right, bye guys.

[Carly]

Bye. Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

[Kinsey]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[Carly]

Well, I dig the mat and I want to be in a T Mobile commercial like you. Teach me. So, Dana.

[Kinsey]

Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at T Mobile get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system. Wow, Impressive.

[Carly]

Let me try. T Mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network.

[Hannah]

Nice.

[Kinsey]

Jeffrey you you heard them. T Mobile is the best place to.

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[Carly]

So what are we having for launch?

[Kinsey]

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