The Cauldron

Before the High Fae, before man, there was a Cauldron — and the world was poured out of it.

A bottomless bowl of black iron that Made everything and can unmake it just as easily. Womb of Prythian and its worst weapon, same vessel. It does not care which.

At a glance

Kind: Deity / primordial object of creation
Form: A vast bowl of darkest iron, deep enough to bathe in — and bottomless
Power: Making, Unmaking, Remaking; world-forging; raising the dead; razing the Wall
Will: Near-sentient — 'Not sentient, but… it knew. It was furious.'
Wielded by: The King of Hybern (weapon); Feyre (Remaker)
Counterpart: The Book of Breathings — forged from its own molten ore
Fate: Shattered, Remade by Feyre, hidden away with Miryam and Drakon

Bonds & wielders

The ones it Made, and the ones who used it

Swipe to meet them all

Nesta Archeron Tore a kernel of its power — Death — from it during her Making; the Cauldron knows, and could use her as a puppetNesta ArcheronBound by theftEnter Nesta Archeron →

Feyre Archeron Made High Fae by it; later absorbed into the breach and forged it anewFeyre ArcheronMade & RemakerEnter Feyre Archeron →

Elain Archeron Made High Fae and emerged a Seer — trapped like a bird in a cageElain ArcheronMadeEnter Elain Archeron →

The King of Hybern Restored its feet and used it as a weapon — raising Jurian, Making the sisters, shattering the WallThe King of HybernWielderEnter The King of Hybern →

Amren Cracked the Book's code; her unbinding ruptured the CauldronAmrenIts breakerEnter Amren →

The Bone Carver Narrates its origin to Feyre and Rhys — 'before the High Fae, before man, there was a Cauldron'The Bone CarverLore-keeperEnter The Bone Carver →

The Mother The Motherher defining pairingEnter The Mother →

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