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    Belga

    In Blackflame you told us about Titan's Bone.“A stone is a piece of the earth, and it builds earth aura. An ordinary stone has only a mouthful of aura, but as the centuries pass, it grows stronger and stronger. It will continue absorbing power from the earth until it transforms. If left undisturbed, an ordinary rock will grow into a nugget of Titan’s Bone: all but unbreakable" What would happen if a source of fire aura was left undisturbed in the same way ? Inextinguishable flame ? Is this something we will hear about ?

    Will Wight

    Yes, there is such a flame! I’m hoping we’ll see examples of it soon, perhaps in Underlord, because they will be going to some neat places.

    Cradle ()
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    Terrible

    How does the Horseman replicate energy systems from worlds he visits? If that is too spoiler-y, then how do ice madra techniques differ from water madra techniques?

    Will Wight

    That is too spoiler-y, but I can answer your ice/water question. Ice aura and water aura are different powers. Why? Good question, RAFO.

    Cradle ()
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    Decadakon

    Can you get another goldsign after getting one from a contract? Example: Lindon taking in Orthos's remnant? Also what goldsign would Lindon have got if he took in Orthos's remnant instead of forming a contract.

    Will Wight

    Yes you can, and that depends, but probably a flaming shell.

    Will's Life ()
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    Hjorth

    Since you don't like coffee, what would you drink if you wanted to relax?

    Will Wight

    Those Monster Energy drinks in the white can. Idk what they’re called. Apparently they’re zero sugar and zero carbs, but idc about that, it’s my favorite energy drink flavor. I assumed it was like normal Monster but worse, and I could not have been more wrong. It’s like drinking the blood of an angel.

    Cradle ()
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    ryan

    When Lindon first sees Fisher Gesha he is appalled because he thinks she has melded a construct to her body, but later in the series he doesn't seem to have any problem (his own remnant arm, seeing others with prosthetics). Is this a retcon or a Sacred Valley mindset he grows out of?

    Will Wight

    It is a first impression that he later thinks differently about.

    Amalgam ()
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    AntiSqueaker

    Exactly how tough is Tartarus steel? Is it literally unbreakable, or is it just simply vastly tougher than other mundane metals that Amalgam can produce?

    Will Wight

    It’s conceptually unbreakable. You have to break that supernatural property of the steel first if you want to physically break it.

    Cradle ()
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    manty65

    How do Remnants cycle?

    Will Wight

    They feed on other Remnants and similar sources of compatible madra, which is how they stay cohesive enough to avoid dispersing. As long as they do that, they passively absorb vital aura.

    September 2018 - December 2018 ()
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    The Last Reader

    Who was the most powerful ant and what was his Path?

    Will Wight

    It’s a good question, but unfortunately this is another one of those I can’t answer right now. I don’t have that planned out, so I’d have to make up the answer, and I don’t have the energy at the moment. Rain check. This is why I occasionally do “ask me world-building question” events: so I can give each of these creative questions the time and energy they deserve for a fun answer. Sadly, I only have time for a boring answer right now. Sorry!

    Cradle ()
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    Mahfuzul Alam

    Say if Lindon touches the Way can he also touch the Void? And if so, can he harvest madra from the Void?

    Will Wight

    Yes.“Can he draw madra from the Void?” Probably he wouldn’t be drawing madra.

    Cradle ()
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    Kingtape

    Are there any "hidden elders" of the Cradle world, i.e. powerful experts who have secluded themselves , whether it be for cultivation or otherwise? Who is the most interesting of them?

    Will Wight

    There are hidden elders! The most interesting of them, in my opinion, is a Monarch whose power and crimes were so great that they justified the building of a one-man Monarch prison. It still exists in Cradle, but is it still occupied? Who knows?

    Cradle ()
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    hunch

    Hey Will, is there going to be emotional engagement/resolution for the starting scene in ghostwater? (A yes/no answer would be fine). It was a pretty big, character building event for Lindon—the first time he had a large group of innocents/regular strangers depending on him and he failed them, resulting in many of their deaths. Burning horribly before his very eyes as he tried to subdue their killer in time. We don't get an internal monologue on his impressions and thoughts, whether it be self recrimination, anger at the skysworn for mishandling the situation, sheer horror, anger at the phoenix, whatever it may be. All it says afterwards when it switches back to his perspective is that he's 'numb'. Which is unsatisfying, and really leaves a big mystery hole in his characterization. But it's understandable if he's repressing what happened (as has been implied by the numbness and him single mindedly throwing himself into advancement), only to have to confront it later.

    Will Wight

    At a previous point in the book's development, most of Lindon's actions stemmed from his emotional reaction to that scene. Which is why it's the prologue.That's still happening, but I pushed it to the background a bit. Basically, the reason why he confronts Ekeri directly instead of looking for a way out is because of his emotional response to the town at the beginning. He realizes that he could have won if he had just stood up and fought from the very beginning, but because he thought of himself as weak, other people died. In an earlier draft, that all boiled out in the scene at the end with Orthos, where he erupts in grief and trauma and frustration, but I ended up feeling like it worked better if these were emotional forces that Lindon himself wasn't entirely aware of. Orthos' statement that Lindon is still haunted by the Remnant of his weak self is his response to Lindon's problem illustrated in the prologue. Lindon wasn't too weak to deal with the problem, but he thought he was.So thematically, it resonates in all of Lindon's journey throughout Ghostwater, though Lindon doesn't (and probably won't) confront those emotions directly in a scene.

    Cradle ()
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    Terrible

    How would someone go about creating a Cradle version of Tony Stark’s power armor from Infinity War?

    Will Wight

    It might be a spoiler even to say this, but I'm going to do it anyway: this might be too spoiler-y to answer.