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I think this is definitely something that will need to play out in beta to get the best set of reactions.
There are a lot of “Come to Orcus” moments that are going to come up in book 4.
Which is giving me immediate issues in that I want to be writing them in book 4 now while fresh, but I also need to get CoA:ITW written since stuff that takes place in it comes up in book 4.
Here are some more that I’ve thought up as I prepare to ramp up Vaselle’s storyline.
The Holy Warlock
The Unholy Warlock
Holy Warlock of Doom
The Warlock Priest
Priest of Doom
The Warlock of DoomHis story won’t be any more front and center than any of the others, it will just be more on par with the other stories, all of which you can imagine from book 3.
So it is some more thoughts.
Yes, this is quite true, Raspunan, however, technically he is not a “spy” he is an Assistant Hidden Truth Seeker by rank.
However, I agree that, even if they know it, I doubt they’d be so open with someone as “odd” as Sir Samwell.
I am going to update this.
If I were to guess, he is not really proud of the connection. Further, he promised them that he had killed Orcus, I can’t imagine he wanted to admit to failure until it was known for absolute certainty.
I am thinking we will learn the answers to this as we follow his story in more depth next book.
Suggestions welcome….
That is interesting, isn’t it?
I suspect he keeps the notes in the same place he keeps his pipe.
Apparently it’s not an Orifice of SafeKeeping, since we know that Bags of Safekeeping don’t work.
I think that’s a good question.
I am contemplating a spin off called Nights of Nysegard if I ever had time.
I think the fact that they live so much closer to constant extermination by truly malevolent forces would force a different reality on them than those in high courts and churches theorizing about evil.
Much like people who sit in the halls of power contemplating war, vs those who fight the war, or those who live in lands torn by war.
I am looking for Jan 1. However, if you find problems, want changes speak up.
I had to push it to the editor due to her schedule and her not being available in December, possibly not in January.
However, if there are major quality issues or problems I will still fix them, just have to very good about the editing of the changed material.
I keep asking people to speak up on big things that need to be changed, but no one is saying anything so I sort of assume that major changes people want are about done.
But if not, speak up soon!
I should add there are already changes that won’t be going to the editor.
The dialog with Sir Samwell about the nature of EM.
Gotta fix the stuff with the Etterdam D’Orcs in the D’Orcination. Etterdam is off-world, but not off-plane. So they are going to go to Ragala who will then take them off world to one of her fellow shamans on a plane not part of the localverse.
Then I need to add stuff for Vaselle, not a huge amount, but I need to setup his scenes for Book IV.
He’s getting a much bigger role. As you can imagine, once he gets clued in on Tom being the Five-Sibling’s Step-Brother, and both a god and a Demon Prince…well pretty sure you can imagine the emotional “high” he will be on. So anyway, when he talks about going back to Freehold (in the Smithy) I’m going to have him mention that he found designs for the Warlock Robes in the Library and he’s going to a friend of his who makes magical clothing and commission himself official Warlock of Doom Robes.
Oh, yes, I am also going to add some paragraphs where Vaselle is in the discussion about Unlife, when it is brought up to Tom (assuming he is around, pretty sure he is)
This was a TG epiphany, I designed the entire Animus/Mana/Magic system so very long ago that I forgot some key tie ins.
Unlife have always been negatively polarized Animus.
The first clue to this was in setting up pentacles, you may recall that each of the first 4 of 5 elements has an opposite Fire-Water, Earth-Air, and as Lenamare/Jenn/etal explain. Spirit/Man is, naturally, in opposition to itself. This is a core principle of Wizardry, but as Vaselle will note, it’s one most people take as ironic when the learn it; sort of just accept brush it off. But it is not that. Spirit is in opposition to itself because it IS polarized.
Now, I note, we have Fire and Absence of Fire which is sort of an opposite, but really it’s the complete absence of fire/heat/energy. e.g. Cold and cold-fire; there is also anti-air, which is Vaccum, which is in the calendar. These are absences, not true opposites.
Of course, what is the absence of earth? Absences of Water?
Ah,
I see now, you are NOT in beta…OK, that makes much more sense. Was not watching who was where so I was like freaking that you had a bajillion comments/complaints in beta that you had not surfaced!
I took down the frontpage on beta’s, so basically no new beta people unless they hunt really hard for the links.
You haven’t got your mad hatter thing working at gravatar, btw.
I suspect that having a list would mean that I wouldn’t have so many as I could review said list, do things and check them off when I am feeling otherwise needing a distraction (i.e. when I am purposefully avoiding doing something that I have to do)
Obviously!
I assumed everyone knew he was a wizard.
What? Sorcerer’s Apprentice not sufficiently clueful?
I actually really enjoyed that movie.
However, to be fair I also own a Blue Ray 3D copy of Drive Angry, where he plays a vengeful soul escaped from hell with a really fast car…
I literally could not get enough wine and crackers to go with all the cheese…
