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Story threads

Mysteries & Open Threads

Unanswered questions, promises and foreshadowing the story has set up, and where they paid off.

Open threads & mysteries

Who wrote the unsigned letter?

Introduced in Episode 1

  • Ep. 1 The letter, sealed in blue wax, reads: The compass knows the way to Ilith. Do not let the Wardens take it south. The hand slants backward, as if written left-handed and in a hurry.
  • Ep. 3 Seren gave Mira the letter and remembers the alley and the wax, but not writing it; the tidecalling may have taken the memory.

Why did the Wardens have the compass, and where were they taking it?

Introduced in Episode 1

  • Ep. 1 Varr Dane carried it like an unwanted burden; the letter warns not to let the Wardens take it south.
  • Ep. 3 A twin compass lies in drowned Ilith beside a lantern-man's pole bearing the Wardens' silver hook.

Will the compass point at its holder?

Introduced in Episode 1

  • Ep. 1 The hooded woman warns that if held bare after dark, it will eventually point at the holder.
  • Ep. 2 Mira deliberately holds the compass bare in the dark at the end of Episode 2.
  • Ep. 3 After a dream about Varr Dane, Mira wakes with the compass in her fist and the needle pointing straight down.

How did Varr Dane know Ada Osk?

Introduced in Episode 2

  • Ep. 2 Varr names Mira as Ada Osk's daughter and says he knew her mother, though Mira never told anyone her mother's name in the city.
  • Ep. 3 Mira dreams of Varr saying "I knew your mother".

Why does Pell wear a Warden hook?

Introduced in Episode 2

  • Ep. 2 After the escape, Pell's gull-feather cap is gone and Mira alone sees a silver hook, the Grey Wardens' emblem, pinned inside his collar. Earlier he stared at the compass bundle.

What does Seren want with the compass?

Introduced in Episode 2

  • Ep. 2 Seren admitted she meant to steal it herself, yet guided Mira out of the city; her aims remain unstated.

How did a Warden hook end up in Ilith?

Introduced in Episode 3

  • Ep. 3 Ilith sank three hundred years ago, but the Wardens are said to be only two hundred years old, founded after the Drowning. Seren says "Then everyone's wrong."

Will Tobin hang at the Gull Gate?

Introduced in Episode 3

  • Ep. 3 The two compasses point back toward the Gull Gate, where the Wardens are to hang Tobin in six days. Mira starts hauling in the anchor.

Why do the two compasses point back to Port Hallow?

Introduced in Episode 3

  • Ep. 3 Side by side, the compasses swing together and point north, toward Port Hallow and the Gull Gate.

Resolved

Is Ilith real?

Introduced in Episode 1 · resolved in Episode 3

  • Ep. 1 Tobin calls Ilith a story; the letter claims the compass knows the way there.
  • Ep. 2 At sea the compass points south and west, which Mira takes to be toward Ilith.
  • Ep. 3 The Patience finds the drowned city under shallow water and Mira dives into its bell tower.

Resolution: Yes: Ilith lies drowned in shallow water three days' sail from Port Hallow (Episode 3).