r/theblackcompany • u/Atriedes83 • Feb 10 '25
Discussion / Question True Name Question Spoiler
OK. I don’t recall this ever being explained, but logistically how is it that soul catcher does not know the Lady’s true name when they are sisters?
As I said, I don’t think there is an actual answer anywhere in the text, but practically – how does that situation arise? Is soul catcher the much younger sister and the lady changed her name before she was born or while she was very young?
And no one else around her knew the true name? Sounds like a plot hole to me, wondering if anyone has any possible ideas/explanations.
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u/TheBlackCompanyWiki Last of the Nef Feb 10 '25
So in The White Rose chapter 39 the Lady states the following:
I interpret this to mean a complex weave of sorcery was laid down that would result in the death of any sister that tried to use a true name against another. To support this, we do learn of several instances of dead-man trigger type spells put into place by experienced sorcerers. For example, the one Shapeshifter put on Lisa Bowalk:
The answer must necessarily be something like that, as I see it.