#Dreadgod book

[king-of-the-oreo]

Dreadgod in a nutshell

[mehmetminded]

I’m thinking Cradle thoughts again.

I really love that Eithan having his mantle destroyed serves as both a symbolic and literal “death” for his identity as Ozmanthus/Ozriel. IMO it’s the point where he really BECOMES Eithan.

We see in his POV chapters that Eithan’s mindset never really aligned with his persona. He was always fighting his instincts as Ozmanthus and he cries at the end of Reaper because he can’t “pretend” anymore. When he’s on trial he’s still fighting those instincts as best he can but with his full power back it’s harder. My man made a wholeass evil monologue including the words “I should have butchered you all” before reigning himself in.

It’s been a minute since I’ve read Dreadgod or Waybound, but Eithan’s behavior always struck me as super self destructive in these books. He’s diving through portals to Vroshir homeworlds to “send a message.” Like, my dude. You have a fucking death wish. Eithan hated being Ozriel so much that when they made him go back he was fully ready to die instead. So he challenges The Mad King to buy time fully knowing there’s a decent chance he dies before anyone can do anything.

It’s during that fight, as he’s stripped of the things that made him “Ozriel”, that Eithan finally comes to terms with himself.

In-universe, the destruction of the Mantle of Ozriel likely had a very real effect on Eithan’s personality. We know icons tend to shift the identities of those who have them to be more in line with what they represent and mantles seem to be like SUPER icons or something. Not only that but Eithan didn’t inherit his mantle. He MADE it. Ozmanthus WAS death. While he was bound to his mantle it’s likely that Eithan couldn’t really grow or change who he was. He had become the embodiment of destruction and that’s where his mantle would keep him. Once TMK destroys it it no longer has a grip on Eithan’s identity and he can finally come into his own.

In a more narrative sense, Eithan casting the mantle off represents him finally achieving the self actualization he’d been on the brink of for like 4 books. His mantle isn’t taken from him or torn off or destroyed in a near miss. He takes it off himself. He finally lets down his “Grim Reaper” costume, shows the world his true self, and after a brutal battle, he chose to go out with one last “Gotcha!”

Eithan is still flawed and probably super traumatized, but now he’s really himself. He doesn’t try to hide his shortcomings behind his power anymore. He’s able to connect with the people around him and really start healing; the one thing Ozmanthus could never manage.

[roosinii]

Do you have a favorite Cradle character? Or a favorite arc in Cradle?

My favourite character has to be Lindon. Ever since he fought a tree and won by a hair’s breadth, he’s been one of my favourite protagonists full stop. Even though Will conspired against me by introducing new characters in every book that would have been my favourite had Lindon not been there.

My favourite arc has ti be the final one in Dreadgod-Waybound. The culmination of 10 books worth of build up is just magnificent.

[the--grin--reaper]

Lindon's hair headcanons!!

Book 1 - Unsouled: There's art at the very beginning of the book so no headcanon I'll just supply the illustration

Well groomed, neat and maintained. Just a guy haircut™

Book 2 - Soulsmith: Hair getting slightly longer, especially after his advancement to Iron. He spends a while working for Gesha and weeks ceaselessly training and advancement grows your hair (at least, def underlord does)

Book 3 - Blackflame: Getting wild. Spent a year doing the trials and he probably didn't cut it + with all the fire and destruction aura it is probably a little singed

Book 4 - Skysworn: In prison - getting longer. Then he's going through the application process and has better things to do than worry about his hair. For instance, if his employers are plotting his death

Book 5 - Ghostwater: Again, he isn't prioritising his hair during his adventures in the pocket world. Like, at ALL.

Book 6 - Underlord: His hair probably grew when he advanced to underlord, like it did for Yerin. He is then immediately kidnapped after everything in Nightwheel.

Book 7 - Uncrowned: Charity mentions that his hair is shaggy, long, unkempt and uncared for. Also that he has a BEARD which is. So wrong.

Book 8 - Wintersteel: Too busy getting POINTS!!!!!! to have his hair cut

Book 9 - Bloodline: Still hasn't cut it imo but Kelsa and none of his other family mention it. What I don't get is how no one but Rahm mentions the arm.

Book 10 - Reaper: Probably started looking after it more during the year break from the sacred arts but I can't imagine him cutting a lot of it off.

Book 11 - Dreadgod: Too busy to do anything with it + the duration of this one is really short.

Book 12 - Waybound: During the course of Waybound his hair is still wild (which I'm inferring from Ozmanthus' "Get a haircut") but when he ascends Eithan compliments him on his volume and definition so suffice to say he fixed it in the two year skip. Plus he started using Eithan's product.

[somerunner]

> Opens mind palace

> Walks inside, grabs Cradle box

> Finds "analysis topics" folder

> It's blank except for "check your irl folders cause you forgot lolol"

> I'm not checking anything.jpg

> Time to brainstorm again.wav

So, I think the Everwood continent could be a really good setting for fanfics. There's only two chapters dedicated to it in the entire series, both in the second-to-last book, Dreadgod. But we can sorta extrapolate, given those chapters and a few indirect references elsewhere in the series. Topic: The Everwood continent

My scripting analysis could take another pass. I think if I ever write a Delve/Cradle cross like I was thinking of, the relationship between intrinsic runes in Delve and scripting in Cradle could be explored. Also, the system in Delve vs. the labyrinth in Cradle. Topic: Scripting

Perhaps sacred instruments and Soulsmithing? I don't know, it's pretty well explored in the books. Topic: Soulsmithing

Idk, the Skysworn seem pretty authoritarian and arguably they are an unjust police force. I'm not equipped to draw real-world parallels though so I'm going to leave this one unexamined. Topic: Skysworn

Talk about the Dreadgods? I mean, Soulsmith and Reaper have some info about 'em. Topic: Dreadgods, dreadbeasts

Ummmmmm idk the Abidan Archive, a fan archive of questions and answers from Will Wight using the Arcanum (a similar fan archive for Brandon Sanderson) layout and structure. It's a good resource. Topic: fan efforts?? The Abidan Archive??

The Abidan as an organization is full of dysfunctional people and is very imperfect. It could be better, but at least the Vroshir are worse. Ok that's a very surface-level analysis but I think it could be explored in more detail, and possibly in more depth. Topic: Abidan and Vroshir organizations

[cantheykillmacbeth]

I believe that any of the 4 Dreadgods from the Cradle Series (The Bleeding Phoenix, The Wandering Titan, The Silent King & The Weeping Dragon) could kill Macbeth.

Yes, Weeping Dragon, Silent King, Wandering Titan, and Bleeding Phoenix from Will Wight's Cradle book series could all kill Macbeth!

All four of them were failed research experiment created by a man referred to as Subject One, and, from what I can tell, none are ever referred to in a gendered way. This applies them all for the Gender Clause, Unconventional Birth Clause, and Birth Parent Clause! Thank you for your submission!

[dogstarblues]

Last Song I Listened To:

"You" by Tennyson! it's a sweet little song and i use it for my qpr-in-my-series playlist. "What's the point of that? I could be pressing flowers with you. Savor all this time rather than fret all afternoon. Take me from my thoughts, now would be riper than limes in June." so soft.

Last Book I Read:

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle is the last book i finished. phenomenal book. absolutely wonderful on a craft level. It pushes the reader to question the role of a black main character in an american horror, pushes the reader to question what constitutes horror is for black americans, and in that push answers your question for you, delicately, carefully. Deserves all the praise it got. Recontextualizes one of the most racist lovecraft stories and shows the character of Black Tom's humanity even as Black Tom tries to leave humanity behind. also. sentence level? so fucking good. down to the sentence it's so good.

I'm currently in the middle of like 15 books but off the top of my head

Witch King by Martha Wells

Dreadgod by Will Wight

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

On the Shoulders of Titans by Andrew Rowe

The Future Is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha which feels more like a manifesto than anything else so im not really getting as much out of it bc disabled people on tumblr have been talking about the contents of this manifesto since 2015 or earlier

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Way of the Hunter by Samer Rabadi

Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam

Coming up, I'm doing a buddy read soon of The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies by Tiffany Lethabo King with @markeyverse and a buddy read of The Cooking Gene: A Journey of African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty with @toopunkrockforshul and a book club read of When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Last Thing I Watched:

Star Trek: The Next Generation. I simply don't Watch things these days, unless we count youtube, in which I have watched Drawfee's "Driving from Washington to Mexico for Charity" to cope with grief bc omg you do not need your brain for that. it's comforting. and also my roommate is obsessed with Azerbaijani Village Cooking Videos and points out different foods and how like the ones he grew up with they are and how they differ from Georgian and Russian preparation and consumption and he tells me the names of the food and what they taste like. so we watch that almost every night if i dont fall asleep first.

Current Obsession:

my own work tbh. my poetry, my fiction, my paintings. trying to get better. i suppose outside of that. hm. my interest is turning toward gay nuns as of yesterday with a Realization of christian religious trauma being more real than i thought. im looking at "Immodest Acts", "Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence", "Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery", and im hoping "Sisters of Sorrow" is gay bc if its not what the fuck are you doing. but i cant delve into them all yet nor buy them yet. and im trying to prioritize my TBR.

i'm also reading eco-justice poetry/nonfiction, afrofuturist, transformative justice, disabled, and solarpunk literature for my solarpunk wip

Tags 8 people:

im tagging yall. no big if you dont wanna do the meme. im gonna go lay down now. sleepy.

@filthburgur @cadencekismet @mysanaf @vorellaraek @markeyverse @pacifistrun @outside-your-window @cassandors

[balioc]

BALIOC’S READING LIST, 2022 EDITION

With one exception, this list counts only published books, consumed in published-book format, that I read for the first time and finished. (There was one serious-seeming book that, as far as I know, exists only in free-floating PDF form.) No rereads, nothing abandoned halfway through, no Internet detritus of any kind apart from the aforementioned, etc.  Also no children’s picture books.

1. The Blue Castle, Lucy Maude Montgomery

2. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, Priya Parker

3. The Girl and the Mountain, Mark Lawrence

4. There Is No Antimemetics Division, qntm

5. Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre

6. War and State Building in Medieval Japan, Various (ed. John A. Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth)

7. Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, David Friedman, Peter T. Leeson, and David Skarbek

8. The Revolutions, Felix Gilman

9. Age of Ash, Daniel Abraham

10. When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin

11. Summer in Orcus, T. Kingfisher

12. The Thousand Eyes, A. K. Larkwood

13. Kingfall, David Estes

14. Surrogation, Suspended Reason

15. The Hands of the Emperor, Victoria Goddard

16. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

17. Hakkenden -- Part 1: "An Ill-Considered Jest," Kyokutei Bakin

18. Claws of the Cat, Susan Spann

19. Blade of the Samurai, Susan Spann

20. Flask of the Drunken Master, Susan Spann

21. The Ninja's Daughter, Susan Spann

22. Betrayal at Iga, Susan Spann

23. Trial at Mount Koya, Susan Spann

24. Ghost of the Bamboo Road, Susan Spann

25. Fires of Edo, Susan Spann

26. The Discord of Gods, Jenn Lyons

27. All the Seas of the World, Guy Gavriel Kay

28. Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany

29. Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, Ran Abramitzky and Leah Bousyan

30. Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

31. Perhaps the Stars, Ada Palmer

32. Dreadgod, Will Wight

33. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore

34. Manfred, George Gordon, Lord Byron

35. Friend to Mankind: Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), Various (ed. Michael Shepherd)

36. Locklands, Robert Jackson Bennett

37. The Jade Setter of Janloon, Fonda Lee

38. Spring Snow, Yukio Mishima

39. Against All Gods, Miles Cameron

40. Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

41. Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century, J. Bradford DeLong

42. The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik

43. The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Vol. I, George R. R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr., and Linda Antonsson

44. A Garter as a Lesser Gift, Aster Glenn Gray

45. The Night-Bird's Feather, Jenna Moran

46. Absolution by Murder, Peter Tremayne

47. The Lost Metal, Brandon Sanderson

48. Shroud for the Archbishop, Peter Tremayne

49. Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter, Richard Parks

50. Yamada Monogatari: To Break the Demon Gate, Richard Parks

51. Yamada Monogatari: The War God's Son, Richard Parks

52. Yamada Monogatari: The Emperor in Shadow, Richard Parks

53. Pulling the Wings off Angels, K. J. Parker

54. Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin

55. The Ogre's Wife: Fairy Tales for Grownups, Richard Parks

56. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Plausible works of improving nonfiction consumed in 2021: 7

[“plausible” and “improving” are being defined very liberally here]

Works written by women consumed in 2021: 23

Works written by men consumed in 2021: 29

Works written by both men and women consumed in 2021: 4

Balioc’s Choice Award, Fiction Division: The Remains of the Day

>>>> Honorable Mention: Laurus

Balioc’s Choice Award, Nonfiction Division: Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

>>>> Honorable Mention: War and State Building in Medieval Japan

Series Award for: A Deeply Flawed Work of Luminescent Genius, No Really, This Thing is Artistically and Intellectually Important and Its Flaws Only Make It More So, Dear God What Were They Thinking Not Giving It the Hugo -- the Terra Ignora books, by Ada Palmer

Series Award for: I Cannot Begin to Articulate How Mad I Am That These Books of All Books Have Become Cultural Touchstones of My Local Social and Artistic Circle -- the Locked Tomb books, by Tamsyn Muir

Series Award for: I Must Give Credit to a Brave Author Who Makes Unexpected Moves and Tries New Things with Every Book, Even if Everything She Tries is Terrible -- the Locked Tomb books, by Tamsyn Muir

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Fiction-wise, this was actually a better year than you'd think from just eyeballing the list. The overall numbers are still below par, and there's too much shlocky formulaic mystery-series-type stuff; but there was a lot of real quality in there. I had real trouble deciding on my top two, and I ended up not giving either prize to a book by Jenna Moran writing at her normal level of quality, so that says something. There were a number of books that disappointed by not being amazing but that I'm still glad to have read (e.g. Summer in Orcus, The Hands of the Emperor). Even the shlocky formulaic stuff had more merit than you might expect, in many cases.

Serious contemplatively-emotional litfic is real good, at its best. Turns out.

Non-fiction-wise, this was a shitshow of unparalleled proportions. I read almost nothing, and what I read was uninspiring. (I started s number of things that I failed to finish, which didn't help.) I seriously considered making this a "no award" year. I am once again asking for your recommendations for really good, deeply-informative, blow-your-mind-open non-fiction.

[somerunner]

[Image ID: A drawing of several characters from the Cradle series. They are, in clockwise order from the bottom left: Yerin, Ziel, Dross, Lindon, Little Blue, and Orthos.

Yerin, on the left, and Lindon, on the right, both hold their arms up framing Ziel in the center of the image. Their faces are blank as they proudly present Ziel to the viewer. Their robes are mostly-solid colored. Yerin has six extra sword-arms made of red madra, and Lindon's right arm is white.

Dross, Little Blue, and Orthos are on the right with Lindon. Dross, a purple one-eyed ball, hovers above Lindon's head; Little Blue, a blue spirit woman, is holding on to Lindon's shoulder; and Orthos, a dragon turtle, is on the ground between Lindon's feet. Orthos is a little smaller than Lindon's head. All of them are also holding up an arm towards Ziel while facing the viewer; since Dross can float, he is holding up both arms.

Ziel, standing in the center, looks at the viewer with boredom and confusion. Above him is a speech bubble with ellipses and no other text, indicating that he is either silent or sighing at the moment.

/End ID]

Somehow, though, the chill Ziel felt from the depths of Lindon's black eyes had deepened.

"Anyone who fights a Dreadgod by my side is on my team," Lindon said quietly.

Ziel didn't have much to say to that.

Reaper (Cradle book 10), Will Wight

A Very Merry Cradle Christmas to everyone! As a gift: this very lost and confused man.

[eternaldisciple]

So uh... We all know Akura Malice looks like this:

Right?

[travalicious]

books read in 2022

dreadgod by will wight

5/5⭐

[enderking57]

Cradle books described by yours truly

All books: store brand cultivation story, but the ones that are better than some of their triple a competitors 1, Unsouled: lvl 0 adventure dies, comes back, and leaves Beginner village 2, Soulsmith: back water hillbillies found gods back shed and are looking for the chainsaw, and the introduction of the best character in the entire series 3, Blackflame: main character is stuck in a duel with someone twice his level and goes through a training montage, only to be stopped 2/3 in the training 4, Skysworn: boring, best part is the duel at the beginning 5, Ghostwater: main character goes through second training montage, but this one is more dangerous and far more rewarding, introduces the second best character of the series 6, Underlord: one last training montage (until book 11, but that’s not for the main character) but the love interest and second protag needs to advance or they will die, so they are on a timer 7, Uncrowned: Tournament arc part 1 8, Wintersteel: tournament arc part 2, they become Demi Demi gods 9, Bloodline: lvl100 adventurer goes back to beginner village and tries to get them to leave, they are too stubborn until a literal mountain walks into the valley and eats another mountain 10, reaper: dungeon crawl and the biggest power up yet, reaching official Demi god status 11, Dreadgod: don’t know, not out yet. ask me on July 6th. Only know that it has training montage for secondary protag and secondary characters 12, (untitled): don’t know, not out yet. Ask me next year. Only know people advance to the godhood level officially and the series ends (until the authors sister convinces him to write a continuation of their story at the ascended stage)

[somerunner]

[Image ID: Three portraits of characters from the Cradle series.

ID 1: Yerin Arelius. She stands in a crouch, looking right at the viewer. Her waist-length black hair waves in a circle as though she has just stopped moving. Similarly, her six red sword-arms made of madra are blurring slightly with motion.

She holds the black-and-red blade Nightclaw in her right hand behind her, and holds her left hand up in front ready to move. Her madra sword-arms are also held up in front on guard.

Yerin is wearing a dark gray robe in front of a dusty light-red-and-gray background. Her eyes (including the whites) are the same red as her sword-arms, as well as a few locks of her hair. She looks focused.

/End ID]

[ID 2: Wei Shi Lindon Arelius. He stands straight up, looking off to the right. Little Blue, his contracted spirit, stands on his right shoulder. She is light blue and her madra shines enough to make her outline indistinct.

Lindon's left arm hangs to his side, while his right arm is held in front of him palm-up. Both hands are releasing blue-white madra that floats around like a flame. His right arm is a pale white, made of hunger madra.

He is wearing a two-piece robe of dark blue and gray in front of a dusty light-blue-and-gray background. His eyes shine light blue like his madra. His hair is a messy mop, and he looks stern and determined.

/End ID]

[ID 3: Ozriel. He stands straight up and looks off to the side of the viewer.

Ozriel's right arm holds his Mantle, a dark blue cape that flows out from ahead of and below him. Some of his hair spills in front of him in wavy locks, but most of it is behind him in a fan. His left arm, bent just behind his head, has one lock hanging on it as he finishes running through his hair.

He is wearing black full-body, one-piece armor. His eyes are a light blue and his face is almost as pale white as his hair. He looks solemn.

/End ID]

Cradle quote under the cut. It's a quote from book 11, which includes massive spoilers from book 10.

"I hoped you would show more remorse." Suriel didn't have the same rage as the other Judges -- she understood Ozriel, at least to some degree -- but she couldn't say she wasn't angry.

He could be forgiven for trying to solve an impossible situation, but he had tried to solve it in the same way he always did. By himself.

"It's hard to hear about this level of destruction and not be grieved," Ozriel said. "The difference between us and the other six is that we were grieving before."

Dreadgod (Cradle book 11), Will Wight

Some goth kids and their goth boss.

Cradle sketches from the last month or so, Yerin, Lindon, and Ozriel.

[gunkreads]

hey uhhh psa Dreadgod, the 11th installment in the Cradle series written by Will Wight, also known as “the wuxia equivalent of pacific rim”, “intravenous adrenaline”, and “lovable mary sues: the series” releases tomorrow. 6/5/2022. you have about 24ish hours to read the previous ten books and catch up.

[the--grin--reaper]

My very brief thoughts on the books + ranking worst to best

In twelfth is Soulsmith. I know Lindon is a rookie sacred artist, and this is a whole new world for him but this is the only book where I got genuine second hand embarrassment. It was good on the first read but I hate rereading it. Has some really good moments and introduces Eithan and Gesha so I'll cut it some slack. And not only does it introduce Eithan, his moments are also sooo good.

(Although I think Soulsmith is the worst book, I still like it - there is no Cradle book I dislike. And it has the weirdest bloopers out of all of them lmao)

11: Skysworn. Ending felt kind of abrupt. Eithan breaking in with the others was hilarious. And the Eithan vs Longhook fight. Lindon loses an arm (because of Eithan) and then gets called a weapon to his face (also by Eithan). All Cops Are Bastards - also assholes. Mercy's here!

In tenth is Blackflame. I like Blackflame, it just isn't as good as the others. Yerin and Lindon bonding <3 Lindon getting arrested in the last chapter was hilarious

9: Unsouled. People think Unsouled is weak but it's NOT it's really good. Lindon has some really good lines: "I'm listening, not meditating on boyhood trauma." "They say even a dog remembers a beating." Etc.. The disrespect Lindon treats Deret with was CRAZY tho.

Overall, arc 1 is my bottom 4 but that's just because this is Lindon warming up a lil

8 is Uncrowed. I don't like tournaments sorry. All the stuff before the tournament with the training is the only reason it's not bottom four. The whole Lindon v. Pride thing is hilarious though

7: Ghostwater. I know this one is usually ranked higher in the fandom but I actually didn't like it allllll that much. Ziel was introduced! Lindon gets knocked out by fish meat, the cops get dunked on, etc. But eh.

In number six is Underlord! The fucking cannons aiahdosjs. Eithan is soooooo funny in this one ("Don't let it be said I stop my students from making the wrong decisions") I absolutely adored this book!! Charity and Dross were also really funny in this one. "You came looking for me" "If you face Wei Shi Lindon before underlord you will surely die." Ugh, it's so good. Plus Orthos teaching Lindon that it's okay to cry !!

In fifth is Reaper. Lindon sits on a throne!!!!! I really liked the beginning and the Ozriel reveal was really cool. Plus all the Eithan and Lindon bonding!!!!! Lindon breaking a table when he spoke with his dad was insanely funny - guy has anger issues. Also Orthos literally going "who's Lindon" to Redmoon as if it isn't well known that he is Lindon's contract partner was 💀💀

Fourth is Dreadgod. So many heists! Cunty Lindon ("Apologies but this looks like my land")!! Emriss is SUCH an icon. Lindon and Shen's confrontation! Emriss blatantly lying to the other monarchs. LARIAN!!!!! Plus Malice trolling Lindon and Justice wanting to just die because Malice is making him fuck with a really powerful Sage.

Now for the podium:

In third is Waybound. I love action and this one is FULL of fights. The Monarchs being assholes to each other gave me life. Also the Bleeding Pheonix calling Lindon "brother"!!!! Shen getting continually dunked on was so funny and Emriss and Cladia were EPIC! Plus Calling Storm DIES. Also Lindon's reunion with Eithan <3333333 (If you haven't already noticed, they are my fav duo)

Second place is Bloodline. This one is quite unpopular but I ADORE it! Lindon beating the shit out of Daji was GREAT!! Lindon's homecoming (GONE WRONG). ORTHOS AND LINDON REUNITE! KELSA AND LINDON REUNITE. Eithan trolls Jai Long and murders Rahm. There are so many good scenes. And Lindon's "walk"???

And, unsurprisingly, number one is Wintersteel. POINTS. RUBY! Pride and Eithan bet on whether Lindon is going to die 💀💀. Lindon ACCIDENTALLY becomes a Sage. The hunger arm is finally getting put to good use! There's a reason it's a fan fave.

[somerunner]

Cradle MS Paint art

Each of these took almost an hour in MS Paint. Lest ye think I'm capable of just whipping out art of this...esteemed quality.

Hey, did you know I have an ask game going on while I work on my thesis and end-of-semester work? It's a way to at least interrupt my scrolling so that I can get something done, and then go from that to my actual work. It's not pinned, but it is tagged. I'll reblog it right after this post.

Image descriptions in alt texts and under the cut. Also, brief quotes from the books.

[Image ID: A really low-detail Microsoft Paint sketch of Yerin, Mercy, and Ziel floating in the air over a coastline. They each are holding their equipment at the end of Waybound; Yerin is holding Netherclaw and wearing black robes, Mercy is holding the Silent King Bow and is wearing full-body amethyst armor, and Ziel is holding his hammer and shield while wearing his Dawnwing cloak.

The Crimson Phoenix is in the other corner of the image, looking a dull red.

/End ID]

Mentally, Lindon split the enemies in half. "Which Dreadgod would you like?" he asked.

Yerin snorted. "Give you two guesses, and the first doesn't count."

Lindon spoke again, and Dross relayed his words to the others on the battlefield. "Everyone, I would be grateful if you could contain the Bleeding Phoenix and keep the enemy Monarchs away from me. I will face the Wandering Titan."

Waybound (Cradle book 12), Will Wight

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[Image ID: A pixel-y and low-detail portrait of Ziel, post-Waybound. He has his green madra horns and jade scars, and is wearing both his black Reaper armor and his green Dawnwing cloak over his shoulders. His hair is short and a solid dark gray. Ziel has a bored expression.

/End ID]

He looked over her shoulder to Ziel, whose expression was impassive. Ziel lifted a hand. "Hey. Welcome back."

Waybound (Cradle book 12), Will Wight