Hello and welcome to my first (and hopefully not last) Banana Theories. I'm Mr. Banana your host, and do we have a mystery today! Too get the conversation started, let's give it up for Mr. Ree!
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Mr. Ree: Thank you Banana! Let's get started! A quick disclaimer first though, this report contains SPOILERS!!! DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU ARE PAST THE CHAPTER "PODO HELMER FALLS IN LOVE" IN THE THIRD BOOK OF THE WINGFEATHER SAGA!!! SPOILER!!!
OK, now we can get down to the theory!
When Podo tells the story of how he fell in love he mentions at the beginning that he was all rough and tough because he had already had his peg leg. However, in the book before, when his past is revealed, and Yurgen spits out his leg bone, the explanation is that he lost his leg sailing Anniera. Putting this info together this is what we get: Podo goes to Green Hollows with his peg leg, falls in love, has Nia as a baby, Nia grows up, Nia falls in love with Esben, Nia becomes queen and must sail to Anniera, Podo tells them to go on and he waits until winter because he is not aloud to be on the sea, he sails to Anniera in winter, dragons come anyway and take his leg. There is a problem because Podo lost his leg twice...
Mr. Banana: Thanks for breaking that down for us Mr. Ree. Now it's time to see what you think. Is this a plot hole, or does Podo secretly have two peg-legs?
Ah, but N!ObE doesn't say that Podo lost his leg while sailing to Anniera! It says he was afraid the dragons would attack again while he was sailing to Anniera, and that's why he sent his wife and daughter ahead of him! When he first came to the Green Hollows, he was already trying to outrun the dragons, and decided to stay on land with Wendolyn. If you read Wingfeather Tales, you'll learn exactly how Podo lost his leg! 😁