The promises ledger
Promises, debts and obligations, including the ones the story refuses to make easy.
First edition · Sources are the public chapters. Spoilers in the available chapters. Each entry labels its source-book scope; entries are visible below.
A promise is not automatically virtuous, enforceable or possible. This ledger records the obligation, the story’s current evidence and the limits attached to it.
Fight for Cal’s rescue
Corran refuses to guarantee success, but promises to fight for Cal’s release.
Source: Book 3, Chapter VI: The Resistance Will Be Transmitted
Remember Raven as herself
Raven asks to be remembered if recursion strips away her sense of self; Corran answers that he will remind her.
Find the last children
A prior commitment to find the last children of the universe continues to shape the party’s conduct.
Memory as a debt
The Memory House culture treats memory as something owed both to the past and to those who come after.
Return to the House
Corran finally returns to read the account left for him and recognises that he kept the promise far too late.
Source: Book 19, Chapter XIII: Fen's Day
Record rather than confession
After Parish Nine’s coercion, Raven rejects a performance of confession while Corran accepts an obligation to leave the town a truthful record.