Talk:Book 8: Legacy/@comment-107.202.145.244-20191026032439/@comment-43620158-20191026121334

I just reread the series last week and here is who I think is most likely

Dad: Bronte or Elwin

Mom: Oralie or Caprise

Bronte and Oralie would be funny and it would make sense with all of Forkle's DOOM DOOM THE SKY WILL FALL IF I TELL YOU things since they're both Councillors

Caprise and Bronte might work, since Caprise was totally part of the Black Swan and an Ancient Councillor having a kid would still be pretty doom-worthy.

But I don't think it's Bronte, because Forkle said they knew she was their daughter and he was so awful to her in the first few books that I think that kind of rules him out

I also don't think it's Caprise. While she was definitely involved with the Black Swan, all that was said about her is that she tried to keep Marella out of it, much like Juline did with her family. Caprise just seemingly went a bit farther, but there's nothing to suggest that she's Sophie's mother.

So, I think her parents are probably going to be Elwin and Oralie.

Oralie makes sense because it's still the DOOM factor of Councillors-aren't-supposed-to-have-kids, and she's always been really kind and supportive of Sophie (often a lot like Edaline), like you would do for your child. Plus there's the factor of Sophie thought it might have been Kenric and Oralie but only Kenric was ruled out.

Elwin has also been helpful and supportive to Sophie, and there's no reason that Forkle couldn't have lied about only just then (in Flashback) cluing Elwin in to one of his other identities, especially if he was really trying to keep her parents secret. Plus, there's the 'you're like family' thing, which might not have been a coincidence

now i realize i basically wrote an essay with really bad paragraphing

sorry!