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Thank you, Arcs. I very much appreciate your response and that you responded at all. Thank you again.

John Anastacio

this is a question that will eventually be answered, but not here and now.

Arcs

Joined up a day ago. Great story. One question I'd like answered - Rozeta called Erick an uncommonly powerful Wizard. What qualities make a Wizard strong in the opinion of her and others who know? What makes one weak?

John Anastacio

It's quite obvious to all the true powers (not of a mere city like the king), that Eric is a wizard; for one thing wrought mind mages don't have to keep what they see to themselves

Gavriel

Rozeta can remove “certain limiters” when Melemizargo pops by a Geode, so I’d guess she suspended his [Time Stop] as soon as possible; then the wrought show up. Not so different from Mel invading his daughter’s godly intercessions

Robbs

Its his race: that was the whole issue Rosetta was having with their communion a while back; she needed some insurance if he goes bad and that was her requirement for helping him.

Martin Brandel

one thing to keep in mind is that the wrought have been interacting with dangerous, sudden situations for a long time. they can react faster and more coherently than mortals can, as shown in this chapter. it should not be a stretch to imagine that their communication channels are similarly streamlined with excellent information transfer between the people who need to know what is happening out on the field.

Arcs

Perhaps Melemizargo let them see only part of what was going on? Doesn't seem like it'd be beyond him to do that, especially when dealing with Fae.

Logrus

I cannot make sense of that ending. At first, I thought that Sitnakov had somehow listened in to Erick's conversation with Melemizargo, since SItnakov spoke as if he knew what was said: mention of the Sundering and that the Letter Killer is Fairy Moon. But if Sitnakov listened in, then he would also have heard that Rozeta put a kill switch in Erick's heart, and he would have been knocked on his ass when Mel spoke the other names of Fairy Moon. So I have to assume that Sitnakov did not actually listen in. So how did he know? Did Krom read Erick's mind tell Sitnakov? Probably not, there was not enough time. The only thing I can think of is that when Mel appeared, Krom made a realtime link with Sitnakov to relay what was happening, except Krom filtered out some of the sensitive information and also blocked the damage from the other names of Fairy Moon. That seems like a rather elaborate explanation and does not follow the KISS principle, but I cannot explain it otherwise. Even that leaves me with a question. Why is Sitnakov so certain that the Letter Killer is Fairy Moon? Did he have prior information? Did Krom confirm it somehow? Certainly the word of the still not entirely sane Melemizargo is not enough for Sitnakov to be certain.

jordan

This line: “Erick hoped that he would have enough allies by the time [Renew] or his Wizardry was discovered. They had to be good allies, too, on the levels of an entire city of dragons… Which was an uncomfortable thought. Either dragons or Shades! The only two groups that could stand up to the wrought, and survive” I think having the Arbor’s and Orcal’s on his side is a major help too. They would help and shelter him since they have an interest Yggdrasil. Maybe we will get to see Erick usurp the blood connection from their god? One can hope. I am hoping though that the Fairy Moon/Letter Killer is actually in the right though so that Erick could make a connection with her and by extension the dragons. Even Kydyr did not want her dead, even though he knew she was out to kill him. That to me tells me there is some seriously shady business going on with the Wrought, and maybe Fairy Moon is in the right. Also, I knew Rozetta had a way to neutralize Erick, but a kill spell implanted in his heart!? I know that was a compromise he needed to take, but no one ever likes the loss of agency in their story characters. I hope that guillotine is lifted sooner than later.

Overclocked

As funny as a bromance would be, their relationship is way too serious with world shattering undertones. If anything, I could see Erick acting more as his therapist/councilor with mutual respect.

Overclocked

Mel is my favorite character, hands down. And Erick. I'm going to ship them soon. But not as like a relationship but hardcore bestfriendship. Imagine how mad rozetta would be.

Vistiel

I love to hear it! thank you~

Arcs

This story is in my top 5 books of all time. Also, it gets published every day on Saturday night, which is my monday since I work nights. It transforms every monday from a day of dread to a day of anticipation. Just wanted you to know your writing makes my life better in a real and tangible way <3

Swordofmytriumph

This stuff is just.... So good. Damn. Nothing even comes close. Time to find something on RR to tide me over another week.

Torbjørn Nilsen

Thanks :)

s476

Thanks for the chapter! I love your combination of detailed building, interesting magic, and characters with depth.

Jono Chadwell

My guess is that it will incorporate lessons learned from the runic webs and create a script web. With breakers and limiters on what magic can flow between them. But still enough to keep the bans consistent throughout.

Ellija

Love the bit about word magic. The failings and funniness of translation.

Pheonixarcher

Nice

enleed

If each planet has their own different Script running, I wonder how Fate magic from one Script would be able to prevent someone from creating a false vacuum in a different Script where dimensional magic isn't banned. Maybe you'd be able to create a magical link between planets to sync up all the Scripts to propagate Fate magic?