heya i was told i could request stuff here so, could i have some icons with me and Lil Rascal? maybe with some red and/or beige/gold? also, if possible, would it be ok if you put a disclaimer that it’s for a fictive and stuff so people don’t tag as kins or whatever? thanks so much - Hunter
Here you go Hunter! I hope these are to your liking! Feel free to request anything else you may want edited, I’m always happy to make stuff for you! ^_^
While the Hexside students were all ganging up on Belos to take him down, I can’t help but notice that Hunter doesn’t make any attempts to get any hits on Belos, and instead helps with defence and or hangs back while the others dish out some damage…
Normally he wouldn’t shy away from a fight but it’s pretty obvious from this fighting scene alone that he’s not ready to fight back yet.
That being said, this just makes Belos’s manipulation all the more disgusting here…
“Why are you hurting me?” he asks, looming over Hunter.
Meanwhile, it’s almost ironic how technically Hunter hasn’t done anything at all in this scene that has dealt any damage to Belos.
I know I made a theory about this before. But I wanted to make a new, and more detailed theory about it. Some of the topics will come up again.
I’m going to do my best to explain everything as best I can!
First we have to look at the secret code message from season 1.
“Two witches torn apart
Now alone
Two hearts of stone
A curse of feathers and mud
A betrayal of blood”
The message talks about two people and two curses, one of mud and one of feathers. Then the message mentions a betrayal by blood.
I suspect that the two persons mentioned in the message are cursed. These two persons are presumably related, since blood can be another word for blood relative. One of the two could presumably have betrayed the other, and that resulted in both being cursed.
But who would this secret code message be about? Well, at first I thought it would be about the Clawthorne sisters. Eda and Lilith are blood relatives, and Lilith betrayed her sister by giving her the curse of feathers. But when you think about it more deeply… What about the curse of mud? Something clearly doesn’t add up.
And then “Yesterdays Lie” came out. This episode confirmed that Philip Wittebane had a brother, and that he was in the demon realm with him.
“Elsewhere and Elsewhen” confirmed that Emperor Belos is none other than Philip Wittebane, something that the fandom had been speculating for a long time.
“Eclipse Lake,” the episode that came out before “Yesterdays Lie” and “Elsewhere and Elsewhen,” also further confirmed that Emperor Belos is apparently cursed. And what strikes me, his curse is also very similar to that of mud.
To put it briefly. Emperor Belos, aka Philip Wittebane has a blood relative, a brother that is. And he has a curse that is very similar to that of mud.
That’s when I realized, if Belos is the person in the message who has the curse of mud. What happened to his brother? Why is he gone? Could Belos’ brother, his blood relative, be the person in the message who has the curse of feathers?
If you’ve seen any of my posts on tumblr and “Any Sport in a Storm,” you know why I call the brother Caleb.
Someone on Tumblr pointed out that when Eda was fully transformed into the owl beast in “Young Blood, Old Souls,” the owl beast was destroying a banner with Belos’ face on it. This is not Eda, this is the owl beast. The owl beast has taken over Eda’s consciousness. Belos had to cast a spell on the owl beast, so Eda could regained her consciousness, and he could speak to her. Because the owl beast, and not Eda, was destroying the banner with Belos’ face on it, it felt like the owl beast was holding some kind of grudge against Belos. As if the owl beast actually recognized Belos. If the owl beast is really Caleb, this makes everything so clear.
But who could be responsible for both brothers being cursed?
In “Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Hooty’s Door,” we found out a little more about the owl beast and his past. We found out that the owl beast is a being with feelings and thoughts of its own, and that it is suffering as much under the curse as Eda.
Not only that, the owl beast also has a past. The owl beast first roamed free, until it was captured by the collector, attached to a curse parchment, and thus became a curse.
Why is the past of the owl beast being shown if the owl beast is not important? No, there is more to the owl beast than simply being the curse of Eda. It is very clear that the owl beast is very important, otherwise the owl beast’s past would not be shown. If Caleb was to be the owl beast, is in my opinion very important though.
The owl beast obviously has some sort of connection and history with the collector. And you know who also has a connection and history with the collector? Exactly, Belos! The collector has a connection and history with both the owl beast and Belos.
i believe the collector is responsibly for both brothers being cursed. Caleb became the owl beast because of the collector, and eventually became a curse. If Belos knows the collector and has a connection to them, then Caleb must have known the collector too, right?
The secret code message talks about a betrayal of blood. These are the options what I think it could mean.
1. Blood probably means blood relative. I believe Philip made a pact with the collector. Why? Maybe he wanted revenge on Caleb. But the collector tricked him, and because of this, both brothers became cursed. Philip technically betrayed Caleb then, because he is the reason they both got cursed.
2. Maybe it’s not about a betrayal by a blood relative at all, but some kind of blood pact Belos made with the collector. Or maybe both brothers made a blood pact? But the collector tricked Philip or both brothers, and because of this the brothers became cursed. A betrayal by blood.
There are so many possible scenarios what could have happened.
I can already see you thinking. “Then what about Hunter? Then how can he be a Grimwalker from Caleb if he is supposed to be the owl beast? You have to have a bone from the person you would like to clone, so Caleb would have to be dead for this, right? And the owl beast is alive.”
Well, maybe there is a logical explanation for that. Here are three options that I can think of.
1. Maybe Belos had managed to get a bone from Caleb before he got the curse of feathers? You can lose a finger or something, and still live. Whether you can live with one less bone without amputation, I don’t know. You can also do many things with magic, anything is possible in the demon realm.
2. We don’t really know everything about the curse of feathers either. We don’t know what it is, how it happened, and how the curse goes into effect. So it’s possible for Belos to still be able to get a bone from Caleb.
3. There is a lot of evidence that there is some kind of connection going on between the Wittebanes and the Clawthornes, and because of this Hunter could be a descendant of the Clawthorne family. Caleb might have been married to a Clawthorne, and together they might have had a son. And that son might be Hunter. Hunter could be the Grimwalker of Caleb’s dead son. That explains why Hunter has witch’s ears. If Hunter were a Grimwalker of Caleb, shouldn’t he have human ears? But how could Caleb’s son have died? Caleb, as the owl beast, might have accidentally killed Belos’ sister-in-law and cousin. Belos says his family is gone because of wild magic, is that what he meant? Hunter said that Belos had found him after an accident with his family by wild magic, and took him in. Maybe Belos had found Hunter’s dead body after Caleb, as the owl beast, killed their family. Took one of his bones, made a Grimwalker, and took him in. If so, then what Hunter said is kind of true.
Speaking of a possible connection between the Wittebanes and the Clawthornes. We know that Caleb was the original owner of Flapjack, right? Dana said that birds are generally a Clawthorne thing. If Caleb were the owl beast, that’s further proof that he married into the Clawthorne family and the connection between the two families. Owls are birds!
“But if Caleb is the owl beast, why didn’t Belos recognized his brother in: Young Blood, Old Souls?” Maybe Belos wasn’t aware of what exactly happened to his brother. Who knows, maybe he only knows that the collector is the reason Caleb is gone.
What struck me, isn’t it strange that Hunter, who is an exact copy of Caleb, is the only one who wears an owl mask when he is the golden guard? Could that be a nod to Caleb being the owl beast?
I wonder why Belos summoned the collector in “Elsewhere and Elsewhen?” Could he have made a second pact with the collector? Could the pact involve his brother? The collector apparently likes to collect unique and rare things. Whether Hunter is a Grimwalker from Caleb or Caleb’s son, he is actually unique and rare. In exchange for Hunter, Belos gets from the collector his brother back, cured of his curse and an extended life so he can bring out the day of unity. Wild witches have taken something precious from him, his brother. So with the day of unity he takes something precious from the witches, their magic. The perfect revenge, right? Plus he’ll be back home with his brother by his side. Okay, perhaps this sounds a little ridiculous. It’s high likely that this probably isn’t Belos’ goal, but who knows
Okay, but the fact that we might have another huntlow interaction in Hollow Mind.
Hear me out!
If you look at Hunter’s feet, there’s a spellcircle. He is purposely doing the spell to go inside Belos’ mind. His staff is activated. It’s definitely from “Hollow Mind”. Obviously, it’s the same spellcircle when Luz and Amity went into Willow’s mind in “Understanding Willow”.
But it makes me wonder, did someone told him about it? How did Hunter know about the spell? Sure, he could’ve read it in a book or something. But what if that isn’t the case? What if someone told him about it?
Luz and Amity surely wouldn’t have told him, even though they are aware of the spell’s excistence. But as for right now, their relationship with Hunter is not so great at the moment. Gus however, also knows about the spell. He and Hunter are friends. They follow each other on Penstagram, so Gus could’ve easily told Hunter about the spell. But I feel like Gus has not enough knowledge about it. He never went in someone’s mind, and nobody went into his. He has no experience.
There is one person left who could’ve most likely have told Hunter about the spell, and that’s Willow. in “Understanding Willow”, Amity and Luz went into Willow’s mind. Willow has enough knowledge and experience, as much as Amity and Luz does.
There was immediately chemistry between Willow and Hunter since they first met. They understand and relate to each other. Hunter and Willow also follow each other on Penstagram, so Willow easily could’ve told Hunter about the spell through text or video calling.
So yeah, there’s a chance that they’re gonna interact again in “Hollow Mind”. I wouldn’t be surprised if the episode starts with Hunter and Willow video calling each other, and that’s when Willow tells him about the spell.
I wonder what Hunter’s and Willow’s relationship is going to be in like “Hollow Mind”. They must’ve texted and video called a lot during that time. Could it be that they’ve developed a crush on each other off screen by now? Or would their relationship just be platonic and it stays that way?
How funny would it be if Willow text Hunter when he and Luz are in Belos’ mind, and Luz immediately knows what’s up and starts to tease Hunter like siblings do. I would love to see it.
What if Philip and Caleb had some type of Grindeldore relationship going on, but platonic? Philip is Grindelwald in that situation, of course. And Caleb is Dumbledore. If you’ve read the Harry Potter books, or at least watched the movies, ya know what I’m talking about.
(I don’t support Jk Rowlings views, just wanna put it out there.)
