Playlists

The DM has created twelve playlists for the characters of Takka Hun. In certain cases, information can be extrapolated about those characters through analysis of those songs.

## Disclaimer

It's important to understand that most of the time the songs are chosen due to thematic relevance rather than the literal meaning of the song, or focus on one portion of the song while neglecting the meaning of another part. Any theorising resulting from this analysis is therefore discountable.

## Darcy

A lot of Darcy songs seem to be chosen for their badass, hell-related content rather than having much relevance to the information we know about Darcy. Dust Bowl Dance would imply that his father is dead, when we know his father is alive, and that he is an only son, when we know he has a brother.

## Kane

No Children by the Mountain Goats is about a divorce, which could imply that Kane has been married in the past, but seeing as he is 19 years old this doesn't seem very likely. It seems more likely to be about his father.

## Skoria

* Fighter (Jack Stauber's Micropop):
* Dirty Imbecile (The Happy Fits)
* Dust Bowl Dance (Mumford and Sons): It seems that Dust Bowl Dance by Mumford and Sons was chosen to represent Skoria's current exile from Reepa. The line "kicked off my land at the age of 16" definitely resonates with a core tenet of Skoria's character being the young revolutionary. It tells of a young man who has lost his father (and later avenges him). From what we know about Skoria's biological father, their relationship is at the very least strained due to their connection with the Order of Leviathan. It is possible that Skoria's biological father was similar to Skoria in that he disagreed with the politics of Reepa, but it seems more likely that this refers to an adoptive father figure instead, as it is known Skoria was mostly raised by kobolds. In either of these cases, the father is most likely dead, and his death is most likely caused by members of the Order, as they are the reason Skoria was exiled. Whether the father was already avenged and this is why Skoria is in exile or whether the story is building up for the avenging of this father figure is unknown. Skoria's dislike of ideologies of retribution would suggest that avenging is not in the cards at all, or it could be a source of regret for Skoria, which would give added resonance to the line "Pray you never feel the same kind of remorse". Whether Skoria is an only son is at odds with the facts presented in the song Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage, also on Skoria's playlist, which clearly specifies that the narrator has a brother. However, Darcy also has Dust Bowl Dance on his playlist despite canonically having a brother in TJ, which gives precedence for the fact that we can ignore the "only son" line.
* Rule #4 - Fish Inside a Birdcage (Fish Inside a Birdcage): This song definitely alludes to a status of being an outsider in the community Skoria is from, but this could be interpreted in two ways. Is he a fish (wingless dragonborn) accompanied by birds (winged dragonborn), or is he fish (dragonborn) accompanied by birds (kobolds)? The continued references to wings would imply the former, but this could just be coincidence. We know that Skoria does have positive relations with at least one dragonborn in Atsali. It could be that Atsali is the brother spoken of, but the nature of Skoria's relationship with Atsali is undisclosed. We can also infer from the song that information about the world outside was kept from Skoria as a child.
* Viva La Vida (Coldplay): This song, which is usually associated with the French Revolution, is probably another song referring to Skoria's role in the Kobold Rebellion. However, it is a song about being the one in power and being cast down. The line "revolutionaries wait for my head on a silver plate" would imply that Skoria is in fact on the conservative end on a revolution. It could be that the rebellion is much more complicated than previously thought, and that it is not mutually exclusive for Skoria to be both a revolutionary and be wanted dead by revolutionaries. It could be a vague song about the theme of revolution, or it could imply that Skoria

## Other Characters

* Glimpse of Us (Joji): Confirmed to be about Violet Zylleth. The "us" possibly refers to the relationship between Violet and Nym. It is hard to decide on a third person to trigger Violet's "glimpse of us". It could be that the "she" and "you" are both Nym, and refer to her before and after she had her memories of Violet wiped.
* creature (half-alive): Confirmed to be about Crackle. Perhaps Crackle was created artificially?
* Home (Cavetown): Confirmed to be about Kane. It is mostly commenting on Kane's state of mind: perceives himself as a monster, unable to communicate, absent-minded. It also contains references to his upcoming redemption arc.
* Ready Now (dodie): Confirmed to be about Kane. This is mostly about his working toward redemption.
* girls (girl in red): Confirmed to be about the Warden. The DM's comment on the selection, "gay", gives us an understanding of the context.
* Feeling Good (Michael Bublé): Confirmed to be about M.
* Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Lorde): Confirmed to be a group song.
* my boy (Billie Eilish): Confirmed to be about M.
* hey (Egg): Confirmed to be about the Warden. It is about her fear of being vulnerable with Nym. It's interesting how she is known for her bravery in
* Monster (dodie): Confirmed to be about Kane.
* Underground (Cody Fry): Confirmed to be a group song.

## Suggestions

* The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil is listed as a Darcy song, when its core theme of paternal antagonism is much more in line with Kane, Skoria or Leor, and to a lesser degree, Nym. References to "you wingless thing" could point to Skoria, while lines such as "raised by wolves and voices", "welcome to the storm, I am thunder" and "I am the wild" would all point towards Kane.
* Up the Wolves by the Mountain Goats for Rheo Huddson. It captures his rebellious spirit and the corrupt judicial system of Silverbreak in the line "we're going to bribe the officials / we're going to kill all the judges" and his strained relationship with Cinna, his contribution in the founding of Redhaven, and both of their lycanthropic conditions, in the line "our mother has been absent ever since we founded Rome / but there's going to be a party when the wolf comes home"
* Passerine by the Oh Hellos for Skoria. This song is about exiting a harmful religious institution that persecutes aligns with Skoria's relationship with the Order of Leviathan. We don't know much about the details of Leviathan's belief system, but if it's anything like Christianity, then the oppression of kobolds would go against the teachings that they worship (much like Christianity). On top of that, there are many allusions to fire, which align with Skoria's elemental breath and their smithing skills. The song also uses birds as a symbol for the followers of this religion (a comparison which likely aligns with the birds of Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage), and Skoria being wingless after leaving Leviathan fits nicely with the line "as I prune my feathers like leaves from a vine." The fact that Skoria's playlist already has two Oh Hellos songs is further reason to add this.