Hjorth
Why are the Akura named the way they are?
Will Wight
That's actually something that goes back to Malice. Because of Malice's name, people are like, "Oh, they're named after virtues and vices." Not really. They're named after--they're all named after virtues. So, in their estimation, malice is a virtue. So it's sort of a limitation of the English language that they're not using. But it's kinda like the desire to, the will to, defeat your enemies, or whatever. But they're named the way they are because in Malice's--Malice created the Akura clan but she's from an Akura clan that was just a very simple family a long time ago. And so you earned a name. So your parents earned a name for you as a kid. So your name became the wish for who you would be when you grew up. And so their wish for her was that she had the will to defeat her enemies, and that's what malice means in that context. So, Fury; yeah, fury's considered a virtue. That is where that tradition came from, so she continued it. Not everybody in the Akura family is named after a virtue; only really the head people or their children. Some people even give them a regular family name, and then if they distinguish themselves and are, therefore, considered a true descendant of Malice, then they get a better name.
FeralMelon
Are the Dreadgods all of equal power? Or are some of them weaker/stronger than the others? If so, which is strongest?
Will Wight
Hm, what a great question. The four Dreadgods are equal in power.
skulldragon7
Could Nightsong manipulate a Monarch?
Will Wight
No. It would be a classic clash of madra versus madra, and so the Monarchs would just beat her.
EnryuRedTower
What Iron body would be perfect for the Wei clan?
Will Wight
Iron body perfect for the Wei clan... I feel like I had an answer for this a long time ago. Like I had a perfect Iron body that was set up for this. I'm trying to figure out what it was. Something stealth related; something where they can either make less noise or sneak more easily.
mdrewt
If you were able to complete the full preparation for more than one type of Iron body, would you get the benefits of both? Would it be a hybrid? Did Lindon kind of do this, for example, because his legs were also broken when he ascended?
Will Wight
So what Lindon kinda did, in the case of his Iron body, is he did take the Bloodforged Iron body but he took it to a real extreme. And so that's why he gets the extra regeneration that he normally may not have. Because, normally, that's just the basic function of that Iron body just exaggerated. If you fulfilled the parameters for multiple Iron bodies at the same time, you would not get both. You would get a hybrid or it would just fail entirely, and you would get a really crappy Iron body or not a perfect Iron body at all; you'd just advance to Iron. Because the ways to get Iron bodies are typically figured out over generations. So, if you mixed two together it would either not work or, occasionally, you'll get kind of a crappy version of two.
Will Wight
Maybe, boundary formations definitely are.
T3stimony
Is the white fox boundary formation going to be brought up again?
Everath
After hearing your Dross voice, I now believe Dross is a gnome. Is this true?
Will Wight
Haha. Yes this is 100% accurate, Dross is only 30% through his transition to full gnome hood. He's currently like a Mike Wazowski looking floating purple thing, but he's going to develop a second eye and a whole little body and a beard and denim overalls and a peaked red hat, yes.
GarlicBandit
What was the goldsign for the path of the Broken Star (or at least one of the common goldsigns when it was around)?
Will Wight
If I recall correctly I think it was a purple star on the forehead. Like on the crown of the head, at the hairline. A glowing star not like a Harry Potter lightning bolt. An actual glowing thing.
Chat
Is the new Subnautica worth buying?
Will Wight
Yes, absolutely. It's worth everyone buying. I sound like i'm joking, i'm not really. It's great, it's really good. It's a lot more story focused than the first Subnautica. This is a story game with a survival game in the background. You actually have a character and you interact with other characters. Your primary reason for being on the planet is a personal character goal, not "you're crash landed and you have to be on the planet." It's an interesting direction, I'm surprised they took that direction but i like it, i'm cool with it. Right now it's only like 2-3 hours of story content. I played through it, I loved it, and then you can wait for the developments to come out.
Fable
Why can't life madra be forged into a solid object?
Will Wight
Life madra can not be forged into a solid object because, there's a few reasons, one is it flows through very.....fluidly? I don't know how to put this, i don't know any terms here, because I didn't make terms for the physics of madra. Its just not rigid, it flows in a constant movement pattern through living things, so therefore it's always in motion, it's never static, that's why its not in a solid form. Meta answer: I needed different physical properties for different types of madra because that creates challenges in soulsmithing, and it sorta made sense that they'd have different properties, so that's how that happened.
D rk M tter
Can we get Valinhall sword and/or Yerin's sword letter openers in the merch store?
Will Wight
That's a good question because it allows me to address the merchandise in the store. There's a lot of things that would be cool to have as merch (path badges, banners) lots of stuff that would be fun. But people don't buy the merchandise. That's OK, I don't need the merchandise to be self-sustaining. But the merch doesn't make any money and the more things that we add to it the more complex it becomes so it's not worth putting the energy into because nobody buys what we've already got. So there's no way to do it without taking a lot of time and energy away from the team, so it's not worth our time right now.
fscada
Are there offensive paths that use traditionally non-offensive madra (Like life madra?)
Will Wight
Yes, definitely. There are a lot of paths like water or life (that do that). Although it isn't presented like this in the books, around the world blood madra is considered a non-offensive path because mostly people use it for therapy and medicine. The only ones who use it for combat are bloodthirsty crazy people. So (in cradle) you don't think typically of blood as a combat path, unless you're reading the books because then you see it all the time.
Whump
Is the sword wielding monarch that fought the sage of the endless sword still alive?
Will Wight
I believe the answer is no, but I'll have to look that up. I know who it was but I may have changed my mind somewhere along the line. The person I had doing it was someone who is now dead. But I may have changed my mind to someone who is alive, so you'll have to read and find out on that one!
Wolfy12
From the Sage of the Endless Sword's Remnant, are the rings in his form similar to the Akura armor?
Will Wight
No, they are not. The rings in his spirit are more similar to the Akura books that they use. So it's like the thing Mercy carries around.
Alexiosk
Are the Winter Sage and the Sage of the Frozen Blade the same person?
Will Wight
They are; she is.
Zane
What was the name of the Li clan's path, and what sort of madra do they use?
Will Wight
Ah.. I have the answer for that, I don't remember. I think they're a venom path because they use snakes. That sounds right. I don't remember I have to look that up, but I think so. I think it's venom.
Aru
You mentioned you're working to increase your productivity. What are some tricks you've figured out that are really helpful to that end?
Will Wight
One of the big tricks I've learned is...its really all about long periods of focus, so there're two ways in which i have long period of focus, one is panic, when i panic its very easy to focus for long periods of time, and a second one is when i'm in an isolated environment with accountability. So i'm in an isolated environment but not exactly by myself or left completely to my own devices, because when i'm in an isolated place left completely to my own devices, honestly I still write, but I do like the fun non productive parts of writing, so I make up a lot of stuff, and its fun, but it doesn't do anything.
So cruises have been what I've been doing the last couple of months, and those have really worked out. I live near two cruise ports, and so a lot of times I can get really cheap cruises. I'll take somebody with me, a family member gets a free cruise, and I get a working vaca...i get to work. So i stay isolated, people cant get me on the phone and I just write. Its a lot easier in that environment, because nothing else comes up to to distract me and I cant distract myself, because i'm writing, and i know I need to write, and then I go "ah...alright let me check reddit real quick, i just finished that scene, oh i cant do that on this cruise ship, cos i'm gone" so then i go "oh no, cant check reddit, better keep writing!" and I don't buy the wifi, I just don't do that.
Dheginsea
When are we getting that Dross-written "smut" fanfiction that you promised us?
Will Wight
That's not going to happen. I'm not going to write it because I could never do it justice. The complex eroticism that Dross has planned for it would just be beyond me.
Questioner
Do you think a translation of Cradle would do well in China?
Will Wight
No idea.
Jamos
Regardless of if he would, could Orthos transform into a more human form like the gold dragons?
Will Wight
Yes, absolutely he could.
