So are the Monarch not actively trying to become more powerful then without ascending because that has some backward thinking considering the dreadgods can kill them if they aren't careful
Monarchs have basically tapped out the limits of sacred arts. Which is why Northstrider was looking into alternate means of becoming stronger in GW.
Did Suriel know that Makiel's plan to 'fix' fate on Cradle (e.g. deal with Lindon/Eithan) was to wake the Bleeding Phoenix Early, potentially killing them? Was Makiel's plan actually to kill them, or was he being honest in terms of just trying to get them to advance off iteration faster?
Makiel was being honest, but he was also working on many levels at once. Either they die, or they get forced off Cradle, or they get pushed into a situation from which they can’t affect fate anymore. Win-win for him.
I forget exactly how Monarchs are restricted from advancing further without leaving Cradle(Abidan just threaten to kill them? Or there's some kind of force preventing it?) but is Ghostwater basically Northstrider trying to get around the restrictions by making his power use more effective than other Monarchs rather than just advancing?
The restrictions on Monarchs haven’t been explored yet.
For an actual question, what's an interesting type of aura/madra that hasn't been seen/mentioned in the books yet?
I’d like to get into death madra at some point, and we haven’t seen much of it.
at what point in advancement do you become immortal (Herald,Monarch, Abidan)?
Archlords live a really long time, and Heralds are essentially ageless.
Thanks for the answer, not sure if you do follow-ups, but Northstrider very clearly wants a 'subordinate' mind, is Dross suborindate to Lindon? Or a partner? What if Lindon wants to do something Dross doesn't want to do.
I guess that might too detailed... is Dross what Northstrider wants in terms of independence i guess is my question
Northstrider thinks of a Presence as something like an extra mini-brain, which is not entirely right. A Presence is more like a committee of experts inside your head that speak with one voice. In Dross’ case, there’s one dominant personality speaking for that committee. Dross and Lindon could disagree, and Lindon might lose the benefits of having Dross around, but Lindon could also kill Dross. Plus, Dross still has his essential nature as a memory construct; he doesn’t really mind doing what he was built for.
When will Lindon get a drudge?
When he builds one.
Was wondering a bit about Dross and Northstrider, I've read the WoW and we were discussing it last night. I know you've said that Northstrider would think Dross was a failure because he doesn't have the depth of information as a Abidan presence, but I was also wondering if Dross is a bit more aware/independent than Northstrider would like/how the Abidan Presences are
Like Suriel's keeps giving distance units to various places, even when clear context would say not to do that, until she tells it to stop.We’ll get more into the nature of Presences as the series progresses, but basically they’re each very individual. Suriel’s is very different from Makiel’s in both specialty and personality, etc.
Cradle map as some point? I love having visual maps to help localise where everything is in relation to each other.
I might be persuaded to do it someday, but I don’t like maps and I don’t like making maps. I have a map for my own reference.
I would give everyone in this channel $100 and a crystallized drop of my blood if I released a map and didn’t get a slew of complaints like “But this region seems like it should be farther away,” and “There’s no way the weather would be like this there,” “Those don’t look like natural rivers,” “Why don’t the roads have a more logical layout,” and so on and so forth. Drives me crazy, and I don’t want to deal with it, so no maps.
You could publish the map as drawn by some character who is explicitly mentioned as really bad at maps and without any sense of direction.
Is Dross's "physical" form just an illusion of dream madra or can it interact with other objects like dream tablets? And if it can interact with other physical things, can other people somehow capture him if he strays too far from Lindon?
Dross’ physical form is now a projection that can’t move far from Lindon. He can interact with small or light physical objects, but if he were to be captured and taken away, he would dissolve and be reborn from the seed inside Lindon. Although it might hurt him, he couldn’t be stolen.
So will Lindon go back to SV a freshly minted Underlord or even more powerful then that
You know I can't answer that. We all know.
And could a pocket world like Ghostwater be used like a territory in TG
Why yes, yes it could.
What was your favorite reference in Ghostwater?
I don't know, that's a good question. Frankly, I'm not sure how many of them I can admit to.
Do Sages ever become Heralds?
Yes, however... [meta answer warning] ...I might change my mind on that.
Did Yerin get another sword arm when she advanced? I didn't see any explicit mention of it one way or another.
No.
What is the history of the Broken Star path (its techniques and their function, madra composition, formation of the Jai clan, etc)
I'm not going to answer that here, mainly because it would be too much effort right now, and I need some time off. But there's been enough interest in the Broken Star that I'll probably do a proper exploration of the Path at some point.
How would someone go about healing Ziel, Lord of Depression? Would they have to get rid of all the toxic aura in his body first?
Can't comment on that
Did dross just make more ghostwater in the end by mixing all three vials together and ghostwater or was that supposed to be a different substance all together?
That process in the end is just how you make more ghostwater.
Will, why do none of your books still not have the number nineteen in them? I'm beginning to think @Hjorth may be onto something...
Question not the greatest number, the holy number, the number before which all lesser digits must bow.
If Orthos was a Pokémon what type(s)would he be???
Fire / Dragon, hands down.
