Dia on 19/4/2013 at 23:38
Quote Posted by jtr7
That also reminds me, I've joked that
Artemus and Caduca were his parents, and they were commanded to give the child up, and knowing and believing the Glyphs completely, this is how Artemus knew to stand, just stand and wait, for Garrett to come by that day, and it's why Garrett had a natural edge and could see Artemus when no one else could even with the low sunlight shining on his face. It's why Caduca was able to be so quick to protect him before the Enforcers could be sent out after Garrett when he stormed out of his Acolyte ceremony to leave the Order. It's why Artemus and so few others were the ones watching out for him, and why Artemus ended up sacrificing himself buying Garrett time that last night, helping to bring about the Unwritten Times, having written the final word on Garrett, being the only Keeper who flat-out called him The One True Keeper in a book placed in the Forbidden Library, leaving his ring for Garrett to find. And because Caduca felt she could not maintain her Balance knowing Garrett was her son, she had Artemus cast a Glyph of forgetfulness on her, erasing her memories of Garrett after she'd successfully saved his life.So many ways to connect the dots.
Wow. I really, really like that idea, jtr! Indeed!
jtr7 on 28/4/2013 at 06:24
More to consider:
We don't know who named Garrett. In that universe, there are certain etymological connections to his destiny, if those etymologies are accurate or the ones LGS may have considered. They did consult etymologies for other words, but since there's a Garrett, Pennsylvania, who knows why "Garrett" was added to the hat they drew the name from. While "Gar" means "spear", the whole name has many conflicting etymologies that may be true or not, as languages go, if the spelling is kept intact. Tweak the spelling and even the other names' histories have appropriate symbolism here and there.
The idea I like the most is that Garrett doesn't mean the spearhead, but the spear. One etymology suggested Garrett meant "strength of the spear," but that's not a very common guess. Garrett did what the Keepers would not, and felt they could not, but were fine with using Garrett to bring down the corrupted leadership.
