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RE: The Brown's children
September 8 2016, 22:00:06 UTC 10 months ago
Order may be significant here, however -- "cottonwood and quince" might not be the same as "quince and cottonwood", and the only times that lineage has been established is in the context of the /first/ scent being the same (I think -- you likely have better data on this than I do -- a chart showing all the scents revealed in all the books!?).
Beyond that, I rather doubt that King Gilad and Karen are related -- I'm fairly certain that King Gilad is a pure-blood Daoine Sidhe, and I know that neither of Karen's (supposed) parents have any Daoine Sidhe blood at all. It is reasonable for Toby to miss the fact that Karen is a Roane (since she has never smelled the magic of one -- which, in and of itself, is somewhat odd: the Roane in One Salt Sea /does/ See right in front of her, but no mention is made of the scent of her magic) but it seems very unlikely that she would miss Daoine Sidhe blood.
But... Who knows? :)
RE: The Brown's children
September 12 2016, 12:42:08 UTC 10 months ago
Most Fae and changelings that we encounter get identified by their physical features. Pointed ears, but not pointed like a Tuatha De Danan. Or the inhumanly blue eyes of the Twylith Teg.
Even Toby, who is more sensitive to magical signatures than most, had to be told that magic was indicative of your Firstborn. Toby grew up around several Fae of the same race and lineage, and never found a common denominator. In Ashes of Honor, when we first hear about this, the magic only tells which of the twins was that individual's First by a damp smell or a burnt smell, it had nothing to do with which scent was damp/burning.
For this reason, I'm butting more stock in physical appearance than magical signatures, at least until we have more information.
RE: The Brown's children
September 12 2016, 17:11:48 UTC 10 months ago Edited: September 13 2016, 18:40:21 UTC
When I sort my chart based upon magical signature (yeah, I know , I'm a really big nerd who has it on a spreadsheet), I come up with something else interesting - Heather and Fire. Heather as in Amorica and Elton's magic (Tuatha de Dannon) and Quentin. Then fire - as in Amorica and then smoke with Chelsea, Etienne, and Simon. Even Quentin's other signature is steel - a fired forged metal. I wonder if Amorica was the father of the Daoine Sidhe? They have to have one, even if they were claimed by Eira. Maybe that fire accounts for the red hair that some of the Daoine Sidhe seem to have.
RE: The Brown's children
September 14 2016, 14:16:52 UTC 10 months ago
RE: The Brown's children
January 17 2017, 20:14:36 UTC 5 months ago Edited: June 19 2017, 19:34:49 UTC
Re: The Brown's children
March 15 2017, 15:11:58 UTC 4 months ago