#murder attempts to royals is nothing new but it amused me that Rhy was born the day before the gunpowder plot yk?

[purplebass]

I was rereading about the gunpowder plot for my English exam and made me think about how it might have inspired some events in Shades of magic.

The gunpowder plot was an attempted regicide against king James I and it happened on November 5th, 1605. The plot didn't happen because an anonymous letter tipped the royal family about it. This event is commemorated as the bonfire night.

Rhy's birthday is November 4th and from the starting of the series someone has tried to get rid of him and his family. In adsom, on the night of the annual celebrations for his birthday, so Nov. 4/5, Astrid and Athos tried to cause havoc in RL and a lot of people died, including Rhy. November 5 is the day of Rhy's death but also the night Kell bound his life to his and saved him. This event is remembered as the black night.

After Rhy became king, his opponents have tried to attempt on his life even more without success, because we know that Rhy will truly die if Kell dies. The Hand in TFTOP is a Guy Fawkes kind of plot as well and they will try to eradicate the Maresh family several times until they are caught. And I well, I guess we will see more "gunpowder" plots in future Threads books because they all think they have caught the culprit, but they are so wrong. So when the Guy Fawkes of TFTOP strikes again, they won't probably see them coming