I have heard quite a few crazy theories on Kalmar’s romance story after tWatWK.
Guys.
Kal did not marry Sara.
Just… no.
Even if Janner wasn’t restored by the Well (by some crazy miracle of the Maker)…
Just no.
But here’s the real reason I posted this! Janner has Sara, and Leeli has Thorn, but Kal seems to be a single Pringle throughout the entire series😢 (I have heard someone say he liked Maraly, but… I have my own personal reasons on why that would never work.)
(Kal probably did like Maraly at one point, but he and Maraly are too similar to each other to have a good romantic relationship. Plus, Maraly’s happily fighting alongside the Florid Sword in Skree! And Kalmar obviously needs to rule Anniera. The end.)
But what about…
Galya???🤔😉
Anyone remember her?
She was mentioned in one of the very last chapters of tWatWK. If you remember, she used to be Nuzzard (the Grey Fang kept by the Hollowsfolk, seen in both MitH and tWatWK). After Janner’s sacrifice, she bows before Kalmar and says, “My king! The Stonekeeper called me Nuzzard.”
(My reaction: 😨😨😨😨😨 wHaAaAaAaT?!)
Anyway, Kal picks her up, AND I QUOTE —
“She was beautiful.”
That one simple sentence has all sorts of meanings. It can mean she was just pretty in general, or Kal thought she was pretty.
And Kalmar goes on, “Your new name shall be Galya. How does that sound?”
Galya responds (quietly, shyly), “I like that very much, your majesty.”
NOW.
This sounds like a hopeless romantic rant, but I’d like to think that Kalmar ISN’T single and ISN’T with Sara OR Maraly. He’s with Galya😄
But what do you guys think?
I totally agree
YES HE IS! Sara wouldn’t marry anyone but JANNER, so she wouldn’t get married if JANNER wasn’t restored.
I think Kal liked Maraly mainly because she represented freedom from responsibility. TERRIBLE reason! If they ended up getting married, it would spell disaster. And Janner thought that Maraly was basically a girl version of Tink. Again, that's probably not a good idea for a marriage. Yes, they both matured over the course of the series, and both still have many years before they can consider marriage, but I don't see that happening.
Considering all these characters are characters in a fictional fantasy series, I do think that it's likely he'll end up marrying Galya. Because authors can set things up like that, and it seems like Andrew Peterson might have. But realistically, I think it's likely that he would end up marrying some nice Annieran (or maybe Hollish) girl we've never heard of before because he still has years of growth and maturing before he's ready to get married! 😂
I agree! This has been my opinion since I read the books, and no one can change my mind!
Absolutely yes; I cannot fathom how people could see it any different.
Maralay wanted to stay in Skree anyway - plus, she wasn’t the greatest influence on Kal’s maturity.
The other thing is that it says he watched Galya walk away. As a guy, I can tell you - almost solely based on that - that he likes her.
The title of this post got me 😂
I used to think that there was something going between Kal and Maraly (and maybe there was at one point), but now I feel like they'd just be good friends. I think your Gayla theory is possible, but like The Lone Elf said, they are all quite young so it's hard to tell what could happen. He'll need to get to know her better first anyway :). Even with Janner and Sara! (Don't squash me- I think they'd be wonderful together and there is something going between them and it's not hard to see that happening. I'm just saying we don't know what would happen and living as siblings might make them best friends.)
I suppose that could be, but, in my own personnel opinion, I think that literally anything could happen in 5 or 8 years. Who knows who Kal eventually fell up with. I mean... just because the Kal thought that Galya was beautiful doesn't necessarily mean that the book was implying anything.