.... whoa. The recent chapter of the finite made me realize a bunch of things. For starters, Nard Lehn there is Very likely Ran Sairofe's grandfather, the timeline fits:
- Ran is 36 and has an older brother, Lutz. Let's say his brother is 46.
- Let's Ran's mother had her first son when she was at least 20 physically, so she was born 20 x 4 +46 = at least 126 years ago. The finite occurred 142 years ago, and Kasak was born 132 years ago. So Ran's grandmother probably met Nard Lehn during the time of the finite. Now, Nastika apparently show very little interest in humans. From here the logical deduction is: Ran's grandmother showed up in the first place because Taksaka was there.
Taksaka was confused as to why Utpala would destroy Ian's village. But if we look further enough, the destruction of Ian's village resulted in 2 characters that were important to the story:
- Kasak Rajof, who will at least meet Yuta twice
- Ran Sairofe, who joined Leez' party.
Big coincidence huh? .... but wait, Visnu can see the future. This is not a coincidence at all. From there I made this plotline chart (also added it to the first post):
... whoa, I don't know about you, but the structure of the story suddenly became much clearer to me after I made that.
Kubera is like a giant chess game:
- By players who can see the future, as well as the deepest desires and subconscious of the living
- Occuring over several generations
- Making use of the feelings most important to the characters (love, family, friendship etc.)A lot of the things we see as coincidence are actually pieces planned several generations in advance. I'm sure of it: Visnu KNEW that he'd disappear, so he made sure to place characters in advance. And they're very powerful pieces:
- Kasak is the son of the #2 of the Vritra clan
- Ran is the grandson of either Airavata (#2 of the Kinnara clan) or the #3 of the Yaksha clan (currently King)
- Someone probably "saw" in advance that Yuta would get a crush on Leez, and thus just had them be in the same general location, knowing that they'd start traveling together then.
God Kubera is playing a similar game of manipulation. Though he can't use his insight against Nastika, he knows their weaknesses well enough to manipulate them regardless. I think he even knew that Sagara would go overboard, causing Agni to come back, as Agni himself will probably be a pawn for later.
Another thing that puzzled me until now in the story is why both Maruna and Yuta don't seem too surprised by God Kubera's presence when the Garuda siblings are responsible for hiding his name in the first place. Looking at the chart, it occured to me that perhaps God Kubera was the one who entrusted it to them in the first place. Rather, he had Visnu entrust it to them. Perhaps after what he did, he could no longer look after the name himself, so instead, he had Visnu come up with a plan. Visnu's plan was to hide it with the Garuda siblings, and have each sibling entrusted to some of the most powerful beings in existence: the King of the Gandharva clan, the #2 of the Yaksha clan and Visnu himself. That way, the name would be safe.
However, something happened, and the Power of the Name was lost again. That may have been the cause or the result of the N0 Cataclysm. As a result, Leez came into possession of the Name. Thus, God Kubera showed up again, basically ordering Gandharva and Maruna to recover his name again for him since they were unable to look after it in his place. Somehow, though, he may have decided that Leez was suitable to hold it instead.
This is all speculation, but it makes some sense. On the other hand, a lot of things still Don't make sense. Why will Leez be pitted against the Suras? How much of the future did God Kubera, Visnu and whoever else is playing this game see? This is in fact a very cruel game. Instead of something like fame and honor, the things most dear to the characters are being used against them. In fact, one horrible realization I had was that perhaps, Visnu knew that Varuna would not create an ocean, and like God Kubera, he told that to Gandharva in order to give him false hope, so that driven into a corner, he'd lose his mind and come to Willarv, thus playing out the current events.
You have to feel sorry for the Suras, who are strong but who can't see the future and are thus being manipulated.
... by the way, poor Ran. It was perhaps his destiny to constantly fail the graduation exam and thus end up as the perfect victim for Asha's group. D: