Talk:Tamm/@comment-120.155.53.189-20170521115559/@comment-30038231-20170522094459

Good point. There is no statement in the canon exclusively mentioning that Tamm is dead. However in The Deltora Book of Monsters, Josef refers to her in past tense. Here are some examples:

"Tamm was much respected by her neighbors in the northern village of Nest..."

"She [Thaegan] is said to relish blackbirds for food — no doubt in spiteful memory of her mother."

Based on these statements it is likely that Tamm died at some point during Thaegan's reign of terror. Theoritically she could still be alive but it is very unlikely.

By the way intersting theory that your friend came up with. There are two problems with that theory that struck me right away. Firstly, Tamm was female and Kree is male, so Tamm must have switched gender somehow when she supposedly transformed into Kree. I personally believe that it is very unlikely but there is no evidence that Tamm could not change her gender while transforming into an animal. The second point has to do with Kree. Tamm was known to tranfsorm into a blackbird. Kree, on the other hand, is a raven. Why would Tamm break her habit and transform into a raven? It could be that she wanted to trick Thaegan into believing that she had died. This would also explain why she changed gender, simply to avoid suspicion of her daughter while secretly planning to kill her. The problem is that this is all very theoritical and most of it is based on speculation.

Hope this explains some thing. I would love to hear other opinions on this matter.