Violet is more powerful than we think.
My theory is that Violet is able to wield power from the sky itself, but doesn’t realise this, so she is not reaching her full potential. Let’s have a look at the textual evidence.
- The Sage
The Sage tells Violet “you could command the sky itself.” keep this in mind for the rest of this post.
- Wards of Navarre
While the quest squad in Onyx Storm is travelling into Poromiel to get the Citrine gemstone for the trade with the King of Deverelli, they all leave the safety of the wards. Violet is suddenly overcome with “a strange urge to pluck power from the sky itself and wield runes.”
This is strange for a few reasons…
• Violet is awful at making runes.
• Power is only drawn from 2 things, from the ground by Venin and the dragons themselves through their riders.
•Violet thinks to herself this strange feeling must just be because they have left the wards of Navarre where magic is more powerful and less stable, Tairn then corrects her and says thats actually not true because all the magic has been drained from the land by the Venin, so she shouldn’t feel that way.
- When they arrive to Deverelli (where there is no magic) Mira hands out runes to the quest squad in an attempt to see which still function outside of Navarre where there is no magic. Violet is given a rune by Mira that protects her from the sun. Violet in the same moment realises this rune Mira has given her is the same rune on the Tyrrish dagger shes been carrying for more than a year, gifted to her by Xaden.
For more than a year, which is the length of time she has been able to channel power, she has inadvertently been protected from the sun by this rune on her Tyrrish dagger…. shielding her from the sun/sky and access to its power!
- Magic loves balance
Andarna and Xaden often tell us throughout the books that magic seeks balance.
Examples: Professor Carr points out that magic itself gifted Violet the ability to wield such a powerful ability like lightning because of how frail she is, that is her personal balance. And when Xaden turns Venin he remarks that Lynx can now wield shadows because natures needs its BALANCE!
Venin can channel from the ground. Violet can channel from the sky.
Violet is magics balance against the Venin.
Maybe thats why the Venin need her so badly? They know the lengths her power can go…