Early Access: STORMWEAVER 3 - CHAPTER 5 (would have been Chapter 4) + THE STORY SO FAR [ROUGH]
Added 2024-01-05 15:58:27 +0000 UTCBecause I added a new Chapter 1 in December, this is the next chapter after what was Chapter 3!
A little shorter this week, but with at least one really important moment that I think is going to be key to people's perceptions of certain characters.
Haven't reread the second half of this chapter yet, btw! So my apologize for the extra rough nature of it.
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A few rules & reminders:
- Chapters will be dropping as Bryce completes them. That means anywhere from every 1 to 2 weeks on average, though sometimes waits may be longer.
- Recall that these are rough chapters, with no editing other than a single pass-through as Bryce writes.
- On a similar note, we are not asking for advice or corrections at this time. If Bryce wants feedback, we will certainly reach out, thank you! If you want to voice concerns or complaints about the chapter, you may now do so over on the Reddit discussion thread below! Notifications are turned off on those conversations, so they're a free-for-all now (within the rules of the subreddit, obviously)!
THE REDDIT THREAD:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warformed/comments/18za8hd/stormweaver_iii_chapter_5_rough_patreon_post/
Comments
Also does anyone else think ‘Ruinous’ is a bad name to replace Catcher’s original move name of ‘Blade Break’? The reason it sounds so weird is that all other move names are nouns and ‘Ruinous’, while edgy and cool and whatnot, is clearly an adjective. “Catcher used ruinous” is inherently clunky due to that
-Sanguine-
2024-01-23 09:15:31 +0000 UTCAside from the soap opera-fication of the story in book 2 getting to most of us I think another big problem most people are seeing is that chapters revolve around dragged out conversations with 5-6 people just doing reaction shots to the same piece of information 😂 like come on I don’t think career military officers who’ve all seen combat to the death would be at the verge of a nervous breakdown because 1 cadet, however special, injured themselves in training. Dial it down a bit 😂 get back to the progression lol
-Sanguine-
2024-01-23 09:13:47 +0000 UTC3-4 times a day at this point
Jordan Clark
2024-01-18 19:20:24 +0000 UTCHonest question: How many times a day do yall refresh this page?
Brandon King
2024-01-18 02:04:47 +0000 UTCI do hope book 3 covers more than a week though...😅
Brandon King
2024-01-16 05:12:31 +0000 UTCStory is addictive no, doubt..
Brandon King
2024-01-16 05:11:40 +0000 UTCNo Word on either Warformed or here. Honestly im questioning My support with the tempo of book tree. I know Bryce was sick, but radio silence and hardly Any progress... Might just wait for the finishen book. I fear this might taint My enjoyment of the book as a whole 😵💫☹️
Daniel Moth
2024-01-15 08:38:05 +0000 UTCI am a teacher as well. Is that an equivalent to SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)?
dark phoenix99
2024-01-14 01:43:07 +0000 UTCStarted reading book 1 to my students during Drop Everything And Read (DEAR), and a few seem to be hooked. They were so involved when I was explaining Abilities and the technical language in the 1st chapter 😂
TiaSlays
2024-01-13 13:22:07 +0000 UTCI love the story so far. Has anyone heard if a new chapter is coming out this week?
Gregory Moses
2024-01-13 04:21:45 +0000 UTCHopefully soon progress and time will be back in synch (progress, story arc and drivers) and we can see where the rest of the story year goes. - Rei & Firesong's progress -specialised training etc. in preparation for big end of year tournaments
James C
2024-01-10 00:34:06 +0000 UTCIt felt like book1 was getting the Main Protaganist in to the story and established. Book 2 and the commencement of book3 was/is setting up the backstory, the politics etc, and inferring the obvious major challenge (the elephant in the room that is driving everything - repeated mentions to 5 years and running out of time etc).
James C
2024-01-10 00:31:19 +0000 UTCI get the feeling that in book 3 we might get the full backstory on the incident that took Valera off the battlefield and idk if I’m ready for that trauma tbh
Genevieve Dickinson
2024-01-08 22:50:39 +0000 UTCKeeps getting better! can't wait for the next chapter.
Jordan Clark
2024-01-06 08:31:32 +0000 UTCI don't think Kes gathered data about Viv. I think the data that Dent is talking about is their data on humans as they try to learn more about them. It's an ongoing process for the AIs, to improve their understanding of why humans act the way they do.
Sam
2024-01-06 02:46:57 +0000 UTCAnd they haven’t even gotten back to the room to update Catcher, Cashe, and probably Grant… about a number of things… and figuring out how/if to backtrack on telling them Shido “did something weird”. Though I guess “classified” is an answer.
gratch42
2024-01-05 23:29:35 +0000 UTCI'm surprised Rei didn't call on his device and look at Viv through his helm's HUD. A change in color would be one thing to look for (blue to gold, or a different shade of blue). Also, any data the HUD could provide on her, with the link established: health, diagnostics, ...
sdf
2024-01-05 19:46:03 +0000 UTCJust read The Story So Far. Noticed in Chapter 1 at the end Dent throws a curse at the MIND... which I took to be a generic curse on first read - but now... Also looked up Venus a bit - apparently it's very similar to the earth in size, gravity, and even composition - the reason we don't look there to colonize is the atmosphere is GIANT, mostly CO2, but also sulfuric acid clouds, and also insanely hot due to pressure of the giant atmo. So specialized trees that could process down the CO2 and withstand the heat would be a thing - after other "future tech" has a go. Currently every ship humans have landed there gets burned/crushed about an hour after it lands. Most interesting Venus fact - it's year (orbit around the sun) is shorter than its day (single revolution because it spins so slowly and is also the only planet that spins in the opposite direction).
gratch42
2024-01-05 19:38:39 +0000 UTCSorry, occupational hazard: "The trip back to Galens was just as quiet, with Ward and Arada" -> Laurent you mean
Zoltan Miskolci
2024-01-05 18:12:00 +0000 UTCWhen I was at university, I was told by a professor that the different between physics and engineering is ‘+FF’ or the need to add a ‘fudge factor’ to every equation to account for the real world and human nature. Seems MIND, and Kes, could do with remembering that. Also, anyone else super curious as to what data Kes gathered? Is she communicating with Gemela too?? Definitely keen to see Rei try and use the link
Iron Akela
2024-01-05 18:01:41 +0000 UTCThe nerve of that MIND... I think you are onto sumting there with the link comment... but the wrong end: not the staff but the kids, once back together, are gonna be looking into that on their own as a logical progression of their team discussions. And about team discussions; not fussy about keeping what happened to Viv from the others after literally saying secrets break teams. Screw orders on that one if I were Rei. The team needs come 1st. This is getting good. AND heavy. EDIT: Not critical of the content (after re-reading it i felt it may be misinterpreted). It's strictly a comment generated by an personal opinion aimed at generating discussion.
Deamon Ohfivefour
2024-01-05 17:42:47 +0000 UTCChapter 6 coming tomorrow or Sunday right?
Jacob Clemens
2024-01-05 17:33:35 +0000 UTCHoly shit. The ethical implications of this chapter... staggering. The MIND's inability to compute the Human Factor coupled with Abel's delusional saviorist rhetoric, Dent's going to be shovelling hubris for days. Gonna need a bigger shovel...
Deamon Ohfivefour
2024-01-05 17:33:08 +0000 UTCI remember the most significant thing that surprised me upon release was that compared to Iron Prince, which took place steadily over a few months, the majority of Fire and Song lasted a week... AND NOW SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT 8 HOURS!!! Evening training -> charades with Laraunt -> spending the night together -> Viv gets her UU ability, and so on and so forth like HOLY SHIT. I hope this is where the adrenaline ends! I can't wait for chapter 30 or something to get drafted so that I can reread the whole series again... and then get to the night that lasted; what? 10? 15 chapters? Across TWO BOOKS, no less! TL.DR: Keep it up, Bryce! I'm bloody well hooked!
PapaJohn
2024-01-05 17:29:50 +0000 UTC“Life comes at you fast.”? -FerReis Bueller’s Day On
gratch42
2024-01-05 17:05:11 +0000 UTCIs this still the same night where our heroes were confronted by General (Papa) Laurent, Aria spent the night in Rei's room, Viv developed a User-Unique Ability, & Rei outmaneuvered Jasper? A lot is happening very quickly. And I can't wait to see what's next!
Todd Smith
2024-01-05 16:52:36 +0000 UTCidk if the MIND can like things, but I bet it didn't like her saying that
JRatt
2024-01-05 16:43:51 +0000 UTCChapter 3 is now chapter 4. Since there was a new chapter 1 every chapter got pushed backed a number.
MillionLittleE
2024-01-05 16:24:10 +0000 UTCSneakity AI. Was hoping one of the staff would ask Rei to try using his link - push some requests to Shido for link configuration or ping Gamela or find out it only works during combat or … (ed: though maybe not try link with a CAD helping prevent brain damage…) Another good buildup chapter. Some Dent/Mind conflict building. How do you convince super giant AI though of collateral effects of “tooling” humans?
gratch42
2024-01-05 16:23:12 +0000 UTCLove this one!!!
empyreal26
2024-01-05 16:13:47 +0000 UTCDue to the inserted new Chapter 1 that was published in December, this would have been Chapter 4 (now 5).
Wraithmarked Creative
2024-01-05 16:05:34 +0000 UTCDue to the inserted new Chapter 1 that was published in December, this would have been Chapter 4 (now 5).
Wraithmarked Creative
2024-01-05 16:05:28 +0000 UTCoh good call! i'll get that up shortly!
Wraithmarked Creative
2024-01-05 16:04:28 +0000 UTCNew numbering given insert of bew chapter one I suppose.
Christian
2024-01-05 16:03:54 +0000 UTCStory so far?
jacob shlagel
2024-01-05 16:02:41 +0000 UTCDid I miss chapter 4 somewhere?
ryan
2024-01-05 16:00:45 +0000 UTCWhere's chapter 4?
Paul Sherrill
2024-01-05 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
