Hollowpox
I just read Hollowpox.... Oh my god.....
Wow. Just Wow.
SPOILER ALERT!
I was so shocked when Morrigan and Jupiter had 2 arguments, and when I learned that Ezra Squall murdered 8 Wundersmiths, including Elodie Bauer!
And I actually felt sorry for the Kindling, when it asked where Brilliance was....
(Is the Kindling an "it"?)
The End :]
(I would write a lot more, but I don`t want to, because I would write tons of spoilers, and I don`t want to ruin it for the people that haven`t read Hollowpox, but still read this because their curiousty gets piqued very easily.... like me)
For those who cannot buy or find the book, Hollowpox, I found a website when you can read it for free (Its not a dodgy website, I used it, its nice.)
https://archive.org/details/Ho…
Silverborn: What Could it Mean?
I posted this rambling theory over on Tumblr and it was a hit, so I figured I'd crosspost it here for anyone that might like to discuss further! Everything here is based off of fandom discussions that have taken place before end of 2022, with information from plot summaries, Instagram stories, and the seven snippets that have been shared so far.
I feel like the title is likely going to refer to something specific that we don’t know about yet, but here are some ways that silver has come up in the series and what it all might mean:
- 1 Nobility/The Rich + The Silver District
- 2 Silver as it pertains to Witnesses
- 3 Silver as a key to Wunder
- 4 Silver as it relates to the Wintersea Republic
- 5 Silver + Secrets
- 6 Silver + Celestials
The description for Silverborn s…
Is Odbuoy the youngest Wundersmith at Courage Square?
This blog looks at the age (elderliness, not era) of the Wundersmith Odbuoy Jemmity compared to Ezra Squall (and Elodie Bauer and Owain Binks). Who is older?
- 1 Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
- 2 Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
- 3 Evidence
- 3.1 Evidence that Odbuoy is younger than the trio {Owain, Ezra, Elodie}
- 3.1.1 Odbuoy is Listed Last
- 3.1.1.1 Vol 307
- 3.1.1.2 Kindling's lament
- 3.1.1.3 Morrigan's reminiscing
- 3.1.1 Odbuoy is Listed Last
- 3.2 Evidence that Odbuoy is older than the trio
- 3.2.1 Wundrous Acts
- 3.2.2 "Since Ezra Squall"
- 3.3 Evidence that doesn't really go one way or the other
- 3.3.1 Ruination Lesson
- 3.3.2 Harmon Military Academy
- 3.1 Evidence that Odbuoy is younger than the trio {Owain, Ezra, Elodie}
After reading Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow, we don't know much. The evidence we have weakly supports the hypothesis that Decima Kokoro …
The Cadence in Cadence
Blackburn for the Win!!
Cadence Lenore Blackburn is a mesmerist and a member of Unit 919 who ended up finishing the Show Trial in second or third place. Cadence and Morrigan Crow met at least once during each of the entrance trials. While they initially dislike each other, they became best friends by the end of their first year at the Wundrous Society. She uses her mesmerist abilities to an extent; only slightly bending her mesmerism when needed or when Morrigan needs to get away with something in a crafty way; this of which being used in good or bads ways and most likely ends in a horrible predicament.
In my opinion, she's quite posh on the facial complexions with the tanish-brown skin, occasional smirk and witty comebacks; along with these,…
A quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
Present day Ezra Squall remembers seeing a thirteen year old Morrigan Crow when he was a thirteen years old in the (pre-)Whinging Woods though a quirk of Ghostly Hours.
- 1 In there stepped a stately Raven...
- 1.1 ...of the saintly days of yore
- 1.2 And [her] eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming
- 2 Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore
- 2.1 Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore
- 2.2 ’Tis the wind and nothing more!
- 3 Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
- 3.1 Fancy unto fancy
Consider this Ghostly Hour:
Consider this mention of eyes locking from Morrigan's perspective:Consider this monologue from Ezra Squall:
What if Ezra did see Morrigan?
Consider this description of how interations usually…
The Wunderous Art of the Marionnettiste
An accomplished Wundersmith is able to control one or many people like a puppet. The controlled person might be made to simply sit still, or they can be made to
- walk,
- talk,
- take on the subtle mannerisms of the Wundersmith
- hit oneself
- jump off a building
The Art has not been mentioned by anyone in Sub-Nine Academic Group, nor seen in any of the Ghostly Hours
Some of the scenes might have been manufactured by Mathilde Lachance using Puppeteering. It hasn't been explained how she came across all these scenes, maybe she used a fortune teller or a Fortune Telling Wunderous Art. From what the reader has seen so far, I think it is unlikely Mathilde deliberately caused any of the scenes at the museum.
Bid Day and Ezra Squall
For the blog post about Ghostly Hours and a 13 year-old Ezra Squall please see: User blog:OctopusChair/A quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
This blog has been greatly changed. Hypothesis 1 was the original hypothesis, Hypothesis 2 is now my preferred hypothesis.
- Anonymous (Ezra Squall - Squall Industries)
- Devereaux Ladies' College
- Harmon Military Academy
- Jupiter North (Wundrous Society)
- 1 Hypothesis 1: Ezra Squall made the other bids
- 2 Hypothesis 2: The Other Bits were 100 year old Automated Bids
- 2.1 Option 2.1 Coöperation
- 2.2 Option 2.2 Patrons
- 2.3 Option 2.3 Rivals
- 2.4 Automation
Present day Ezra Squall made multiple bids on Morrigan Crow on Bid Day so he could avoid detection by the Wintersea Party.
In the Winter of Eleven, Ezra knew Morrigan was a…
