Ghrim is Kaan’s second in command. Last we see him, he asked Kaan to take leave so he can attempt to steal one of the eggs rumored to be laid by the Great Silver Sabersythe, Ahra.

“This is the middle third of the world […] The clouds are always colorful, as it’s forever cast in the light of a “golden hour.” It’s cold here, often snowy, never rainy, though it sometimes sleets.”

Sometime between her meeting with Kaan in Gore and the end of the book, Kyzari was captured by The Scavenger King who believes that her falling into his hands is a blessing from the Creators. We don’t know how he plans to use Kyzari, but he has her sign a parchment lark that he then sends to Kaan. On this lark, Kyzari writes the phrase “Kill the sadistic fuck” within her signature.

Elluin writes in her diary:

“Then [King Ostern] got real close and looked at me like he could see straight through my skull. Told me he’d been informed that my bleeding is late […] He said this is the only way my youngling will have a chance at life. That if Tyroth believes he sired the small seed apparently growing in my belly, all will be well.”

“I’ve heard from one of his loyal aides—the only folk I’m allowed contact with—that a Bloodlace has arrived on dragonback this rise. If she’s here to test my youngling’s blood once I give birth, the paternal line won’t draw in Tyroth’s direction. It’ll draw north—to Kaan.”

PHASE – “1,000 aurora cycles (akin to a year). The aurora ribbons grow marginally thicker over the course of the phase, then thin out on the thousandth cycle. This ebbing rhythm tracks the phase from start to finish.”

There are 5 Creators, and over 5 million phases ago they used their songs to create the world:

• Bulder, the God of Ground, created the globe and sculpted everything
• Rayne, the Goddess of Water, coated the world with water and frost
• Clode, the Goddess of Air’s, soft words rustled leaves, while her shrieks churned the sea
• Ignos, the God of Fire, loved Clode so fiercely that he did everything to impress her, from blazing jungles to volcanic blasts

While the world was taking shape, the fifth and final God, Caelis the God of Aether, watched on in jealousy of the other creators physical ability to be seen & felt.

 Caelis is the God of Aether. He was chopped up and trapped in the Aether Stone, which is currently guarded/worn by Kyzari Vaegor.

Once she started to learn his language, she fell in love with him and now wants to set him free.

The Tri-Council is a group of ancient people, comprised of tri-beaded elementals (fae who can hear at least three elemental songs, which is extra extra special and rare) and very knowledgeable Runis. They reside in Bothaim, a neutral city between The Fade and The Burn that does not fall under the rule of any king or queen. They hold some sway over the kingdoms because of the councils power and sometimes intervene in political matters.

The Neván bloodline is the family line that is tied to the Aether Stone.

The Aether Stone is passed down and guarded by this bloodline and more recently on the maternal side. The first guardian of the stone was a mighty fae warrior known for his strength and wisdom. The Creators Themselves gifted him a power immense enough that he was able to host the stone and keep Caelis contained. This gift is what is past through the Neván line and allows them to wear the Aether stone.

After Elluin’s death, Tyroth told the world that she died during childbirth. But when Raeve was hurt after her Tookah Trial, Agni, a member of Kaan’s Imperial Court and Royal Fleshthread, discovered a killing wound over Raeve’s heart that suggests her death was intentional.

“His name is Caelis,” [Kyzari] announces, her voice stained with a fierce imperial lilt. She pins me with a stare that cuts through flesh and bone. “And because I’ve fallen in love with him.”

In her final POV chapter, Veya finds Elluin’s diary hidden in a hole in the wall of Elluin’s old sleepsuit.

““Crush your flame, Sire. Or I’ll crush you,” I seethe with cutthroat certainty—violently aware that my Other is on the brink of bursting free. I may be utterly against hurting this male, but I cannot speak for . . . it.”

In the epilogue, we learn the Scavenger King’s name is Arkyn and that he is a Vaegor, “Not that any of his half-brothers knows he exists, as far as he’s aware.”

Sarah A. Parker also includes a family tree with confirms he is Ostern Vaegor’s son with an unknown female.

In her POV chapter, we learn that the bangle DOES hold secrets that Veya doesn’t want to remember.

“Does my little morsel want to know its secrets?”

“Pass,” I say, watching her pull a thread from one of her right palms—so much brighter than any other draped across the cavern’s ceiling. “Definite pass.”

“Such pretty, pretty secrets,” she purrs, her words pinching my nerves.

After Rekk rides Liri into the Burn, Raeve comforts her by telling the moonplume about her scars and “I think you and I were supposed to find one another,” […] “No one will ever hurt you again.”

“Others fell upon a silver book some say Caelis wrote in his desperation to be heard. Who found a different form of power in those runes nobody could read or pronounce, discovering that the strange markings could be wielded. Could mend bones, charm blood, glamour objects . . .”

FÍUR DU ATH – “The rebellious group who are working to counteract the tyranny leeching across the kingdoms (predominantly The Fade). Their reach stretches all over the world.”

THE ELDING – “Head of Fíur du Ath.”

THE FLOURISH – “The underground safe haven ruled by the Elding, nesting in an undisclosed location somewhere in the south.”