Terrible
Could Lindon create a technique based off of his explosive failures with the Dragon’s Breath Striker technique that allows him to fly around like a Blackflame Iron Man?
Will Wight
Not Blackflame, no. Blackflame doesn't produce enough thrust. Maybe with a Ruler technique, but that still wouldn't be ideal with Blackflame.
The Silent King
Is there an audiobook for Cradle in the works?
Will Wight
Yes! In fact, we posted an audition on ACX looking for narrators just this past week!
Questioner
Is the tournament that has been mentioned going to be similar to the tournament from book 1 and if so what are the participating levels going to be?
Will Wight
In that they are both tournaments, yes! In layout and scale, no.
>What are the participating levels going to be?
RAFO!
Terrible
How many Silverfang Carp or Sea Drakes would Lindon have needed to match Yerin in strength?
Will Wight
He would have needed to eat Drakes for another month or two, when he would have reached the limit of that food to strengthen him. After which he would have to find something better.
madbookworm
Will we ever see more to the paths Lindon didn't chose in blackflame? Like the crawling shadows, or the one that makes water go super fast?
Will Wight
Probably, yes! I'm still deciding what Paths will be represented in the upcoming tournament (and the pre-tournament contest), so it's entirely possible that those will be among them.
Kazology
I was really surprised to see Lindon's arm start phasing through things in Ghostwater. In Skysworn there was no mention of this, and Lindon seems to consider the Cloud Hammer arm largely for having a similar property. Was this something that you decided afterwards should be common to all remnant prosthetics, or is there a reason we didn't see this happening before? Followup: Gesha told Lindon that eventually the arm would become as part of his spirit as his original one. Is Lindon's forgetfulness with cycling madra through it a sign this hasn't happened yet, or will he always have to consciously choose to make the arm solid?
Will Wight
That was just a mistake. Full explanation: I wanted there to be something more to the adjustment process for his new arm rather than just periodically losing control of it. The original idea, and the difference between that and the Cloud Hammer arm, was that the hunger madra arm would require him to focus on controlling madra in order to keep it doing what he wanted it to. However, as I wrote, that got shortened to "it phases through objects when it doesn't have enough madra" simply because that was easier to illustrate. So while the original idea was distinct from the Cloud Hammer arm, I completely forgot to keep it consistent in the end.
Your Benevolent Dictator
What are wraiths like in cradle
Will Wight
They're not something you'd want to picnic on a beach with.
Terrible
If Lindon and Company wanted to take a relaxing, week long vacation to somewhere tropical, where on Cradle would they go?
Will Wight
There's actually a beach not too far to the west of Sacred Valley. Lindon had no idea it existed, but if they got there, it's a decent beach during the summer months. They just have to watch out for wraiths.
Terrible
Will Yerin end up following the desires of the Bleeding Phoenix if it wakes up again
Will Wight
Maybe!
Lil' Blue
Also how come you don't have the special Stabby flair on r/fantasy?
Will Wight
I probably won mine before they were doing the flair.
Lil' Blue
Srs question, how was your game?
Will Wight
That last game was impossible to win. I did pretty well, but our bot lane fed like crazy. They had given up thirteen kills by fourteen minutes.
Otherwise, doing pretty well.
Terrible
Could a powerful sacred artist “corrupt” a Blood Shadow, turning it to an aspect of madra other than blood?
Will Wight
Yes, eventually, though it being blood madra is vital to its function. So it would have to be some kind of hybridized madra, which is certainly possible.
Terrible
Who would Northstrider go on a date with?
Will Wight
Northstrider is not a fun guy. He no longer relaxes.
Terrible
Who was, and will we ever meet, Mercy’s father?
Will Wight
We probably won't, but I'm not going to go into him right now. Just in case.
Hjorth
Who is your favorite LoL character, and why is it Udyr?
Will Wight
Are you ghosting me right now? I've literally been playing nothing but Udyr since the book was out, because he's busted this patch.
I'm playing Udyr
right now.
Lil' Blue
We can see who you're playing on Discord. Discord is creepy.
Will Wight
Oh, for real? I've only ever seen "playing League of Legends."
Thanks, creepy Discord!
MachinaMandala
Do you have a list of all the current paths / methods shown?
Will Wight
I do not have a master list of Paths, sorry. My notes tend to be unreadable to anyone but me, thanks to the ancient Wight Cipher.
Bearilicious
If microscopes exist in Cradle will we find micro-bindings in iron bodies that causes the automation of various effects, super strength/ super healing etc?
Will Wight
That's very astute. Not that, but something similar.
Bearilicious
Hmm this is probably RAFO (Read and find out) territory , but it's said that insight is required to take truegold to underlord, is the tempering of body in soulfire affected by insight? as in do underlord bodies have changes to better accomodate their path or is it like iron irrespective of their path?
Will Wight
You are correct, RAFO.
Kidpen
How did the Sword Sage plan to get Yerin to Lowgold in Sacred Valley without dying and giving her his remnant?
Will Wight
Spoilers, RAFO (read and find out)
Bearilicious
What happened to Dross's shell the eye of the deep casing? did it just dissapear? is the script still there to yank Dross out of Lindon's soul?
Will Wight
Good question! Dross is beyond such things now.