The barricades
The crazy ass gravity armor the red dude was wearing
5 Other flaming swords
The sword, I know it's named but can't recall it, that Serwa takes after Mishoa gets eaten by Skuthula.Isiramulis!
The barricades
The crazy ass gravity armor the red dude was wearing
5 Other flaming swords
The Immaculate Rim. I enjoyed it's description when the Red Ghoul was slaughtering Sranc.
I'm still not sure how Sujara Nins armor worked?Seems to play around with gravity, or perhaps momentum, redirecting those around it to literally fall directly away from it.
He also called him "Cunny"........that would make me wonder if Emilidis was a woman but he couldn't be because of the Womb Plague right?Uh... no, the dragon was just boasting that he'd fucked Emilidis. To the Weapon Races, pretty much everything is Cunny.
So...dragons have dicks too?
Thats a new one.
So...dragons have dicks too?I'm pretty sure all the Weapon Races do. Even female sranc seem to be so endowed (it's stated in the EG that "no outward physical differences are readily visible" between male and female sranc unless the females are pregnant).
Thats a new one.
I'm pretty sure all the Weapon Races do. Even female sranc seem to be so endowed (it's stated in the EG that "no outward physical differences are readily visible" between male and female sranc unless the females are pregnant).
What i find amazing is from the EG. That all of Emilidis works are immune to chorae. Thats just amazing.
Or he invented highly effective techniques to counter the impact of paradox on sorcery. For example, one proposed way to combat Chorae is to trap within an object souls that would constantly cast and recast Cants.What i find amazing is from the EG. That all of Emilidis works are immune to chorae. Thats just amazing.
Perhaps the implication is that, since Chorae undue paradox, that somehow Emilidis was able to make things that "weren't paradoxical." (Whatever the hell that means.)
I'm pretty sure all the Weapon Races do. Even female sranc seem to be so endowed (it's stated in the EG that "no outward physical differences are readily visible" between male and female sranc unless the females are pregnant).
Maybe female Sranc have genitalia similar to that of female hyenas?
The skin-spies sex is also confused. Hermaphrodites maybe?Skin-spy sex is one of the things in this series I still have less than zero idea about. I still don't get how Ikurei Xerius could be having sex with Istriya-spy for years without ever noticing she had a penis.
The skin-spies sex is also confused. Hermaphrodites maybe?Skin-spy sex is one of the things in this series I still have less than zero idea about. I still don't get how Ikurei Xerius could be having sex with Istriya-spy for years without ever noticing she had a penis.
But it certainly seems like the Inchoroi just like sticking penises on everything.
My reading of it has always been that she was a replacement for Skeaos. Even on rereads I didn't see anything to suggest she was a skin spy prior to that. Did Kellhus lay eyes on her can anyone recall. Was she present when he noticed Skeaos?The skin-spies sex is also confused. Hermaphrodites maybe?Skin-spy sex is one of the things in this series I still have less than zero idea about. I still don't get how Ikurei Xerius could be having sex with Istriya-spy for years without ever noticing she had a penis.
But it certainly seems like the Inchoroi just like sticking penises on everything.
We don't actually know just when Istriya was replaced though.
I once floated a theory that it could have been only after Skeaös was discovered.
@Duskweaver and all else. I loved the Dragon/Serwa fight scene compared to alot of others. But, man, Cunny? Who in the fucking world says Cunny? It almost ruines it for me.
The skin-spies sex is also confused. Hermaphrodites maybe?Skin-spy sex is one of the things in this series I still have less than zero idea about. I still don't get how Ikurei Xerius could be having sex with Istriya-spy for years without ever noticing she had a penis.
But it certainly seems like the Inchoroi just like sticking penises on everything.
I suppose that's possible (that she was replaced only recently).
Anyway, the degree to which skin-spies can alter their bodies (rather than just their faces) is still an unknown quantity. Several passages suggest they only change their faces. But that makes their supposedly high success rate as infiltrators completely implausible.
From my reading Istriya's replacement was quite recent and certainly did not go back years. Xerius was certainly shocked to find the boner waiting for him.
Also, on Xerius/Istriya, it seems fairly straightforward to me: Istriya is replaced shortly before the beginning of current events in TDTCB. Xerius ruminates that she started bringing him "surrogates," in lieu of their coupling, and, despite playing at seeming rivals, Istriya and Skeaos both agree that Xerius' shouldn't betray the Holy War and yield the Cishaurim Shimeh (as the Consult's primary target is the Cishaurim initially in PON not knowing about Moenghus and the Dunyain at that point).
I'm under the impression that her replacement was relatively recent. Her glossary entry in TTT doesn't give a death date which should indicate her death takes place during the book.
For example, the Cutias Sarcellus entry lists his death as 4099, more than 10 years before the beginning of the holy war.
It's possible the death date wasn't included as a spoiler, but the characters who died in TTT entries were lifted straight from one glossary to the other, TAE doesn't shed any more light on it
Would have really helped if it had been updated in TUC, but as I memtioned out, all TTT death characters are lifted with no update, albeit not on purpose.
IIRC, Bakker has stated that the EG is deliberately incomplete and unreliable, because it is written from an in-universe PoV. It's meant to be something compiled by actual Three Seas scholars. It's possible that nobody working on it knew when Istriya really died, or even whether she was actually dead.
Having said that, Bakker has also acknowledged that there are things in the EG that were genuinely mistakes on his part.
While it does say that there is no outwards difference in appearance between male and female Sranc that are readily apparent, this isn't the same as saying they are outwardly identical down to the genitalia. It does mean that male and female Sranc will have the same height, build, and colouration.I think it is downright silly to claim that "no outward differences are readily apparent" is compatible with "half of them don't have the thing that is their most prominent feature in almost every damn description we have of them".
The Agonic Collar - Maybe?
Thanks! I recall something like that, I'd have to check. But the only think I had on hand was TUC section that says the Mihtrûlic reputedly made it. Though, that's not really a contradiction either given his founding of it.The Agonic Collar - Maybe?
Fairly certain Harapior confirms this to Serwa in TGO?
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Thanks! I recall something like that, I'd have to check. But the only think I had on hand was TUC section that says the Mihtrûlic reputedly made it. Though, that's not really a contradiction either given his founding of it.The implication seems to be that the Agonic Collar is not a singular artefact. Like Chorae, there are several, made by various Mihtrulic artificers. The particular one Harapior put on Serwa was made by Emilidis personally, though, and was therefore more potent. At least according to Harapior.
My only problem with that interpretation is that Harapior warned her not to try and cant with the Collar on after she'd proved torture didn't work on her, after all the singing and the other Nonmen saying that she tormented him. He still seemed to think the Collar would kill her if she used sorcery, even though he absolutely knew that pain had no hold over her. To me, that implies that merely being able to ignore pain shouldn't normally protect against an Agonic Collar, and that Serwa had to do something else (that Harapior could not conceive of) to defeat it.
These were all the works I could find from him.
The Amiolas
The Barricades
The Diurnal
The Immaculate Rim
Chipmunk
Hearth-cracker (and five other Cinderswords)
The Orthongonal (apparently he made five, all are noted as not having survived the ages).
The Agonic Collar - Maybe?
I saw note of Sheära, the Sun-skin, but couldn't confirm if it was from him or Mihtrûl.
Something else with a cool name made by Davdul (some man) was Tharmondal, the Sky-cleaver.
Note, though, that others have managed to create artifacts that are immune to Chorae, though how this happens isn't clear. But the text of the Orthogonal is what seems cool to me, his research into the 'Uncreated Creation'. Basically wanting to make an artifact that seemed natural. So assumedly one with no mark.
My only problem with that interpretation is that Harapior warned her not to try and cant with the Collar on after she'd proved torture didn't work on her, after all the singing and the other Nonmen saying that she tormented him. He still seemed to think the Collar would kill her if she used sorcery, even though he absolutely knew that pain had no hold over her. To me, that implies that merely being able to ignore pain shouldn't normally protect against an Agonic Collar, and that Serwa had to do something else (that Harapior could not conceive of) to defeat it.
It's a shame her showing her father's dread portion happens off screen.
Nil'giccas would bid her sing for the courtYou probably mean Nin'ciljiras?
Nil'giccas would bid her sing for the courtYou probably mean Nin'ciljiras?
Has it been noted that Akka identifies Chipmunk as the Artisan's work when he sees Crabicus touching it with a chorae, sparking light but not disenchanting it?
Like Akka, Serwa bears Sethwatha within and with it his resistance to being compelled as well as her Dunyain abilities. The Lord Torturer has never subjected such a person to his torments and compulsions nor has he ever seen the effects of the collar on such a person. Once she is able to unleash sorcery, it is going to of war cants of someone who can wield the Metagnosis and it will be unleashed on a court that is literally tearing itself apart.
What i find amazing is from the EG. That all of Emilidis works are immune to chorae. Thats just amazing.
Sings sorcery through the Collar ;)!
Confirmed in our Q&A thread here - I've been saying that for time though. All Sorweel does is remove the gag.
DANG! That's awesome. I have had trouble with 1) keeping up with all the Q and A's and 2) finding information referenced in the Q and A's even after I know they are there. Example: I read on a thread that in the Reddit AMA RSB confirmed that Khellus found a way to hide his soul from Ajokli, but I read the whole thing and never saw that referenced in there at all.That wasn't on Reddit, but here:
DANG! That's awesome. I have had trouble with 1) keeping up with all the Q and A's and 2) finding information referenced in the Q and A's even after I know they are there. Example: I read on a thread that in the Reddit AMA RSB confirmed that Khellus found a way to hide his soul from Ajokli, but I read the whole thing and never saw that referenced in there at all.That wasn't on Reddit, but here:
http://www.second-apocalypse.com/index.php?topic=2278.msg35988#msg35988