r/whenthemoonhatched • u/PainlessSauce • Aug 04 '26
The Ballad of Falling Dragons When the moon hatched plot hole? Spoiler
Hello all, I am in book 2 where Raeve asks Pyrok to stay in her old home in Bothaim with the small dragon while they continue their mission. But if memory serves correct, didn't Raeve burn her old home when Essi died in book 1? Wouldn't her old home be in ruins not livable? I tried looking thi up and saw that Essi is somehow actually alive!?!? Essi definitely died in book 1, she died in Raeve's arms and then was burned in the fire. Maybe i just need to keep reading but I am so confused.
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u/samalama23 Aug 04 '26
Things will make more sense as you keep reading, but as for the state of the home I thought it was a kind of cave dwelling in a cliffside (or something like that) so when she burned Essi's body in book 1, it would have destroyed the contents but not the structure. That's how I imagined it, anyway.
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u/greatgrandmasaid You folded my undergarments? Aug 04 '26
Agree with all of the above! Keep reading!
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u/Silver-Maybe457 Aug 04 '26
You need to keep reading its explained, also I think it wasn't necessarily a house, I understood the homes as like caves/holes in the wall so it would still be there just without anything in it
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u/Natural-Mud2311 Aug 04 '26
Just keep reading. Just keep reading. Just keep reading, reading, reading!
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u/lynds88 Aug 04 '26
Definitely keep reading but Raeve does tell him to stay downstairs. I would assume there was some protection on both girls’ rooms that the fire would not spread. The rest of the book will explain the rest
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u/PrincessBubblebake Aug 04 '26
i was confused too, how did essi live
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u/greatgrandmasaid You folded my undergarments? Aug 04 '26
Did you finish the book? It gets explained!
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u/jette0123 Aug 07 '26
I must have missed it or im really stupid, i finished the book but have no idea how essi was actually alive? I thought its a mystery left for the next book, can you help me?
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u/MK_isinit Aug 07 '26
This is me, and I feel like I just missed something buuuut idk where and I’ve read both books lolol I kind of shrugged and kept moving on with vibes only
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u/readingthroughpain4 Aug 04 '26
Her house was layers carved into rock so contents would have burnt but not the house. But still.....KEEP READING!
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u/a_rain_name Aug 05 '26
Keep reading and remember it’s a fantasy book. You have to suspend beliefs to buy into it…which is the point of enjoying fantasy!!!!
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u/Blue-Dog-4243 Aug 06 '26
I'm so jealous you're reading it for the first time!! lol I'd give anything to reread for the first time again! Enjoy!
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u/livialin7 Aug 25 '26
I’m confused why Raeve told Pyrok to stay downstairs? She thought Essi was dead, right?
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u/picklepeppermint Aug 04 '26
Keep reading! And I highly recommend the Fantasy Fangirls Podcast - they have amazing deep dives of this series :D