Category: All Souls Con

Alex Shutin

On Day Sixteen, we remember Stephen Proctor, Diana’s funny, timewalking father. When we meet Stephen, he’s traveled to 1590 to look for Ashmole 782 in order to understand its connection to Diana. A creative, untrained weaver, Stephen managed to fashion his spells–spellbinding Diana, the protections on Ashmole 782–out of love and need. His familiar, Bennu the heron, represents his strong affinity with the element of water. Herons are symbolic in many cultures — they can represent inquisitiveness, curiosity, strength, and purity. Bennu helps Diana understand Corra, her familiar, and brings her closer to her father and his magic. We love Stephen for his humor, his intelligence, his strength, and his sacrifice.

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Cait and Jen

David Clode

We’re halfway done with our countdown, y’all, which means that we’re TWO WEEKS out from All Souls Con 2018!

On Day Fifteen–the turning point of our countdown–it’s only fitting that we talk about Goody Alsop, the woman (and witch) who plays such a profound role in Diana’s journey. Goody Alsop reminds us that no matter how educated or experienced we think we are, there’s always more to learn. She teaches us to be humble, to be grateful, to be centered, to be precisely who we are and no one else. Goody Alsop helps Diana weave her forspell and understand what it means to be a witch apart; she is a teacher, a mentor, a surrogate mother, and a worthy friend who brings Diana back into the community and tradition of witchcraft. Sadly, we leave her behind when we leave 1590, but her influence can be felt throughout The Book of Life and beyond.

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Ready for the next post? Here’s Day Sixteen.

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There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

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Cait and Jen

Paul Varnum

On Day Fourteen of our countdown, we reminisce about Diana’s idiosyncratic and accidentally sentient family home, the Bishop House. Nestled in the picturesque countryside of upstate New York, the Bishop House has many quirks–a penchant for stealing objects, an abundance of ghosts, aged appliances, and a temper. Honestly, though, we couldn’t imagine Diana and her family living anywhere else. We love all of the scenes in the house: the first meeting of the Conventicle, the fireworks, Matthew doing yoga in the front lawn, the apple tree, the hop barn, the house’s internalization of the greatest hits of Fleetwood Mac… it’s all wonderful. We can’t wait to return to the Bishop House in the TV series and see it in all of its glory.

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Ready for the next post? Here’s Day Fifteen.

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Yan Ots

Every fantasy romance ought to have a castle, right?

That’s why we’re dedicating Day Thirteen of our countdown to All Souls Con to Sept-Tours, the magnificent seat of the de Clermont family and the Knights of Lazarus in the Auvergne. We associate Sept-Tours with so many wonderful moments — dancing in the salon, bundling (hee hee), Sarah and Ysabeau marveling over Diana’s pregnancy in the driveway, meeting Philippe — we had to include it! Sept-Tours represents so many things — home, tradition, family, legacy, power — it seems like its own character. Besides, who wouldn’t be pleasantly surprised to find that their vampire boyfriend had a killer castle tucked away in a remote corner of France? Find us that person. We dare you.

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Ready for the next post? Here’s Day Fourteen

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There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

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Cait and Jen

Greg Willson

The world of the All Souls Trilogy is full of amazing people, but it also contains amazing places. We’d be remiss if we didn’t give them the same complimentary treatment during our countdown!

Today, we reflect on the Old Lodge — Matthew’s impressive Tudor home on the outskirts of Oxford. It’s where we attend yoga, make tea, travel into the past, and wait to find the last page of Ashmole 782. The Old Lodge is full of reminders of Matthew’s various lives and anchors Diana when she steps into 1590 in the last chapter of ADOW. We love the Old Lodge and everything that happens there and cannot wait to see it represented on film.

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Ready for the next post? Here’s Day Thirteen.

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There are still online passes available for All Souls Con 2018. Buy a pass and you’ll see us present on Friday, August 10 with the lovely Jennifer Covel!

We can’t wait to see you,

Cait and Jen