This is just a theory I had after reading Batwhacker’s post on drowning in the First Well possibilities (😂). Because Azog mentioned that the Maker probably put some kind of magic around it that they would be rescued, like Susan’s horn from the Chronicles of Narnia.
And I wonder… since the First Well is never ACTUALLY REALLY in any of the book scenes (it’s mentioned and recalled, but us readers never visit it in person), is there a guardian of the First Well? Like the Maker or Dwayne and Gladys put a guardian over the Well to protect it.
Which leads into this…
Ouster Will drank from the First Well to essentially make himself immortal. If there was a guardian, did he slay this guardian? Or hurt this guardian enough to steal the water?
Which leads to…
If the guardian was only hurt and stayed alive (by drinking from the First Well, of course), is the guardian the one that leads people to the First Well? Like Artham escaping from Throg, or Oood and Kalmar finding the water… (Of course, if the guardian died, then these characters found the Well on their own.)
If this guardian over the First Well were a thing, then they would probably be some kind of angel. (Do angels exist in Aerwiar?🤔 I assume so…) Or at least like Tom Bombadil in the Lord of the Rings, this mysterious fellow with yellow rain boots and hums silly songs and is followed by bumblebees…
clears throat and coughs (Tom Bombadil TOTALLY isn’t my fave character in LOTR…😅)
Let me know what y’all think of this random theory! I don’t think this guardian ACTUALLY exists in Aerwiar, but that would be cool…
It is mentioned, actually! Near the end of the third book, it describes Arthams journey to the Well, and never mentions any sort of guardian. We aren’t necessarily “taken along” but it is described in detail.
However, it does mention “behemoths”. It never really says much about them, though.
It also says that the Well was hidden near the city - even before Ouster Will. He would have just needed to find it - and kill whoever tried to protect it - and then he would have easy access.
(Also, pretty sure I was the one who compared it to Susan’s Horn… unless Azog did it first without me knowing)