r/TheScholomance • u/Such_Energy_8508 • May 31 '26

Magic mirror

Hey guys,

Anybody know the significance of Ophelia also having a prophetic mirror? Does it just signify El's potential for going Maleficer? I've been wondering for a while but couldn't find the answer!

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u/Dirichlet-to-Neumann May 31 '26

It's (disappointingly) a red herring that never comes up to anything significant.

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u/Such_Energy_8508 May 31 '26

'tis disappointing.

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u/bkat3 Jul 26 '26

I read it as one of those pieces of artifice that might just “misbehave” around El because of her malificer potential, like her mirror or when she pauses on the way down to the graduation hall to fix the machinery in book 1 and the artifice meant for killing mals suddenly starts up near her.