Talk:The Elementalists Theory Page/@comment-38134342-20190515081138

I have a few theories

(1) This has been said already, but Kane and Alma are both hiding something from you, currently I am trusting Alma more than Kane, since Alma, though she does not agree with all sources, she does not seek to sabatoge any of them. If you choose to spy on Kane, you will overhear him mention something about getting rid of Gemma's "tether" to do something to her/make her weaker, which by inference, something Alma could do to Kane, but chooses not to. It is obvious he is faking it when he suddenly becomes "not angry" after catching you spy on him. Kane is hiding something from you, so you don't see his master plan (he did not want you to know of his intentions to break Gemma's tether), until your compass has shifted in his favor. Alma is hiding something from you because of her skeptecism that humans can be trusted. From her first appearance, she seems to go from "you foolish morals" to eventually starting to trust MC and Atlas's abilities more. I think if you gain enough favor with Alma, she'll eventually tell you everything.

(2) Kane's "running smoothly" should not exactly be trusted since he has shown a reputation of just "getting rid" of people he doesn't like, such as what he did to Atlas and the proffessors, if he was allowed to rule the world, he could easily pull a "Thanos". Sorry I had to make that refference.

(3) As for Pompei, though Kane might not have exactly cause the erruption since he is the Air Source, but I think he instigated and infuriated Esme with something, which caused her/him to trigger the volcanoe, in an attempt to fight Kane, while Gemma arriving to aid Esme in the fight cause the erruption. Alma was able to see through it, so she rightfully pinned it on Kane.

(4) Here is a long-shot theory, that Kane would eventually manage to break the tethers for all other sources, and MC and Atlas would have to defeat him both, and how hard the fight is depends on how much they all have mastered their new attunements. There are multiple instances where this is wrong, but I thought I would throw it in there.

(5) This will never be confirmed, but based on what happened in book 2, I think theoretically, if Raife did succeed in using refractory energy to make himself attuned to all of the elements, then all of his powers would have become unstable, and he would not be able to use them the way he thought.

I could be wrong in any of these, so take them with a grain of salt, But do let me know your thoughts.