I think JB is the Dark King(Bloodfever discussion)

[Katarina]

okay ladies. Here is wy I think he's the Dark Unseelie King. I re-read DarkFever VERY carefully:

a) he's desperate to get a hold of the Sinsar Dubh
b) The Dark King is known to have a concubine, and I think Fiona is his concubine, judging by her near possessiveness of JB and her jealousy of Mac
c) the torques he wore indicates royalty, as you will all remember that Adam had worn torques as well aroud his neck.
d) The shades are REPELLED by him, which means they fear their King.
e) I also believe that Darroc .aka. Lprd MAster looked completely stunned when he saw J.B. The rest of the Unseelie's appeared just as stunned, butI doubt it was sue to J.B's high jump. I think they were sh**ing bricks seeing their Unseelie KIng betraying him.

Those are why I feel that J.B is the Dark KIng. ANy ideas ladies?

[Sunnie]

Well, my theory is that Barrons is War...
In bloodfever, while they're in the Grotto(?), they share a type of vision of Barrons when he was a little kid. And Karen says that what Mac saw was War and a lonely kid. I'm not english, i'm portuguese, so i don't have the real english book. This is my crappy translation (Portuguese-English):

Bloodfever (page 247, Portuguese version)
"A lonely kid. An only man. Alone in a desert under a red moon like blood. War everywhere. Always war. (...)"

I only have DarkFever and Bloodfever because the others haven't been released yet ;_;

[caiseemontgomery]

That's definitely an interesting observation, death and violence seem to be his, um, hobby. The only thing that would lead me to believe otherwise would be that is kind of the only reference to that and it has been said that 90% of the clues as to who he is are in the books. War hasn't been a very talked about character. Also, the other Unseelie Princes seem to 'fear' Barrons but they don't fear each other which leads me to believe he is someone higher than them whom they should fear or respect~ I won't say much else, if you haven't read Faefever yet, I don't want to spoil it!
Although- that was a good thing to pick up on! Interesting~ Ya never know! He's definitely a mystery... one I'm trying not to care about for at least the next 6 months. {rolling eyes}

P.S. Only Darkfever and Bloodfever?! That must be driving you crazy! You're missing sooooo much of the story! Hopefully the other two are released soon!

[Sunnie]

Yeah, it's crazy! I'm reading each book carefully to see if there's something to reveal what Barrons is :\
When I was reading the Bloodfever for the second time, it was release in May and I read it in two days, I was able to see the minor things... And this theory of Barrons being War while reading that was something "believable". I agree with that, Barrons is something higher and every Fae respect and fear him... But I don't believe that he's the Unseelie King... Maybe he is... D:

To see my pain the "Anoitecer" or "Darkfever" was released in August of 2009! And "Vingança" or "Bloodfever" was in May of 2010! I'm dying to Faefever to be released, but translating a book it's a very hard work... So I have to wait until they translate the next book D:

[davidar]

His middle initial is Z. How about Zeus?

[caiseemontgomery]

His middle name is Zigor~

[amercnwmn]

Originally Posted by caiseemontgomery

His middle name is Zigor~

Basque for "punishment" ? Hmm, if so that adds a whole mystique to Barrons, since he apparently named himself that.

[awesimity]

I have read the replies and have a thought..... did the UK's concubine have a son?? That would make Jericho half fae and half ??? I have a hard time believing that the concubine to the UK would be an ordinary human, she would have to be unique in someway.
I have many time considered that Barrons may be the UK. But there are a few major things that don't make sense. Remember when Adam Black was cast out, he tried so hard to get back. JZB knows how to get back, he goes to fae all the time. If not being allowed to stay in Fae was his punishment, he most certainly could live like a king (literally), with all the unseelie flooding through the gates in the human world. Also, if he was the Uk and V'Lane knew where he was, and know that he is trying to get the SD, why didn't he go back to fae gather his people and try to reimprison him? Why would a fae king have to use black magic for power? I dont think that Fiona was his concubine (the UK's) because after so many years he would not have just dismissed her for Mac, also Fiona was clearly aging.
I also thought of JZB as a vampire and it is possible, but unlikely, can you tattoo a vamp? He is ok with daylight, and he doesn't sparkle (lol...j/k)! Also, JZB is to proud when she kept asking about Malluce being a vamp, he would have had to make some remark about how he wasnt even close to what JZB is, he wouldn't have acted like he didn't care, he would have been arrogant about it somehow!
Again, I think a fae half breed is something to consider. Especially if he is the UK's son, it would give him access to the fae world, protection from the fae people, powers beyond human grasp and long life. Was the tall thin man in Mac's vision JZB's daddy? Something to ponder...

[caiseemontgomery]

If he was going to end up being some half fae creature Karen would've pulled that into the story. Poor writing would be giving so many clues that point to him being the UK and then at the last minute changing it all completely and "tricking" her readers. Karen doesn't do that. (Thank God!)
He can't reign as the Seelie King currently. Sounds to me like it has something to do with the book. Because it's out there causing problems his kind of put a kink in his plans... This is what V'lane tells Mac while talking about the UK...

"...But he knew too much. Knowledge is power. Immense knowledge is immense power. So long as he had it, his race would never trust him. Aware they would not let him near the cauldron of forgetting, and even if they did, they would destroy him the second he drank from it, he created a mystical book into which to pour all his dark knowledge. Freed of it, he would banish the book to another realm where it could never be found and used to harm. He would return to his people, their Seelie King, beg their forgiveness, and lead them into a new age."
"So that's what the book is," I exclaimed, "part of the dark king himself. The worst part!"

I don't think Barrons wants to rule the Unseelie as their King. He didn't seem to create them for that purpose. At one point when he's adamantly defending the UK calling him the Seelie King, it's a very personal tone he's using and definitely defensive. He wants to go back to being the "Seelie King". The unseelie were experiments that went wrong while trying to figure out the song of making to make his concubine Fae. She is human. It says in the books. She was a mortal woman. Didn't seem to possess any unique abilities. The King loved her.

Fiona being a concubine. She is definitely set in that light. He uses her for the sex. She's disposable and he easily casts her off. She is treated as a concubine. Their argument in Bloodfever or Darkfever he puts her right in her place and clearly lets her know she is for his "needs" and that only.

Karen has said that 90% of the clues as to what/who JZB is ARE in the books. It's not going to be some out of the blue character.