Talk:Essi Daven/@comment-36562732-20180812184041/@comment-188.218.237.236-20190110124558

"Died [...] heartbroken, and relatively alone as it's not even clear if Dandelion was there for her passing or simply arrived and buried her after she has already passed."

To stay positive, if Dandelion arrived just to find her body, he wouldn't have know her last wishes (to be buried with her lute and the pearl). Also, no way a body arrives at a pile of other bodies with such a precious gem still on, someone would probably pilfer it before unloading the corpse.

So, in my idea and from what I can understand, Dandelion was with her in the last moments, and she didn't die alone, but his "big brother" was with her. Also, the pearl: surely it was a memento of her first great love, and probably one of the biggest adventures in her life, maybe THE adventure of her life. An impetuous, sudden, great love, an adventure, a misterious civilization, fights and a wedding... a great ballad indeed.

BUT

Just trying to be positive, maybe Geralt hasn't been the ONLY love of her life. Probably the first, maybe the strongest, but maybe (just MAYBE) not the only one. 4 years are not a short period. Time enough to find a little happines on the way. I want to hope so.

And yes, I know, I may sound silly, but it is already hard as it is, no need to try to prove "she died alone in her excrements vomiting pus and blood, her body horribly disfigured by the rash". I want to believe it was tragic, but not needlessly so.

Now, if you excuse me, I think I left my tissues in another room.

On a side note, smallpox in not the plague, but just to try to give a year of birth to our beloved character, I could assume that, since in real life outbreaks of smallpox could develop as a side effect of a plague, andince Ciri in 1266 reads Essi's book, and the first plague in Vizima is 1268, maybe Essi dieci in 1268 and she had her great adventure with Geralt and Dandelion in 1264, making her born in 1256. Dandelion is born in 1229, so he would be 17 years older than Essi, probably showing to be just 7-10 years older, making it believable he saw her as a little sister. Just my two cents.

Also, thank you all ladies and gentlemen for showing me I'm not alone in grieving a fictional minor character. I feel a little less silly. Have a good day.