#archeron sister theory
I’d previously responded to someone’s post with the following quote, but I wanted to highlight it in my own post. After Feyre learns Nuala and Cerridwen track Amren for Azriel—despite Rhys having told the twins not to do so—Amren says the following (emphasis mine):
‘The Court of Dreams is founded on three things: to defend, to honor, and to cherish. Were you [Feyre] expecting brute strength and obedience? Many of Rhysand’s top officials have little to no power. He values loyalty, cunning, compassion. And Azriel, despite his disobedience, is acting to defend his court, his people. So no, Rhysand does not punish that. There are rules, but they are flexible.’
(Source: ACOMAF, chapter 28)
I love this passage for the reason you suggested, but I also think it shows how eachof the Archeron sisters fit into the Court of Dreams.
- Feyredefended the Rainbow from Hybern’s invasion, and is extremely loyal to her friends, family and court.
- Nesta could be considered as having brought honour to the Valkyries by surviving the Blood Rite/defeating Briallyn, and is studying military strategy with Cassian, ie. honing her cunning mind. Not to mention how she dealt with Tamlin and Eris.
- Elain valued her time in their cottage growing up, no matter how impoverished they were, because she cherished her family; she has also shown great compassionthroughout the series, ie. when she went redirected Cassian’s ire at Nesta towards herself in ACOMAF, when she thought of the humans in their old region during the war, and when she helped Feyre come to terms with gift giving and winter solstice.
I do think each sister embodies all of those traits to varying extents, but it’s possibly significant that they were listed in that particular order, which appears to match the predicted order of their books, so could be more evidence to suggest that Elain does, in fact, have a home in the Night Court.
