Hop boy, you put Death in as a god, I beleave that I saw that coming, but him being evil fits so well it’s creepy.
Ether that, or Dicworld spoiled me for Death as a character.
So, the Gods were the originators of the Great War then, not nesesarily their people. And Death naturally has less interest in keeping anyone alive, wouldn’t want to be born Arctos.
So Death is an extreme believer of survival of the fittest. That kind of method does kind of explain why the Quelladar might have decided to live a more peaceful life in Nayah’s Valley.
So Veera, Flint, and Lupa I assumed all had this awakening. I’m kind of worried about Cole since we haven’t seen him in Chapter 2 at all. Was he forced to touch this object or was Flint’s awakening method spared him that risk?
Now that I think about it Flint’s method as evil it was it could have been an act of mercy to avoid taking the risk of the forced awakening that might kill them. Then again this is just a speculation for all we know if Flint was able to get everyone, and make them stay in Briarwood he could’ve just marched them all up the artifact for a more “proper awakening” soon after.
Though if Veera’s family think’s Fint’s family isn’t as strong anymore where does this put Cole in all this? Since he been stuck with Flint for all these years. Did they test Cole, and he proved to be weak so now they are looking to Ember and Bernin now?
So if Death’s necromancy reduce the damage to is followers are there shambling zombies that wander around? Or perhaps it is the Demon Ferals that are the result of failures?
Speaking in which where do Ferals fall into this? As we seen some are Demons, but others loath demons like the ones that went after Ember when she first tried to enter Tenguard. Perhaps some more information about them soon? Unless it was already explained and completely I missed it…
I wouldn’t call it “survival of the fittest”. It is more a case of “I have dumb lump followers who can swing a lump of metal. I can turn them into super-soldiers, but there is a big risk of them dying and becoming dumb lump zombies who can swing a lump of metal. There is no downside here!”. Of course, zombies aren’t known for stable populations, so it may have been a bit short sighted, and that would be supported by the lack of extant Acrtos…
There is also the matter of bloodlines. The ones that can’t become readers die, the ones who can survive. This is not so much “evolution” and is more “domestication”. Now, there is an argument that domestication is a form of evolution, but it is at best a layer removed, and at worst an evolutionary dead-end as pug-dogs and persian-cats suddenly go extinct because breathing-difficulties stop being attractive someday…
And after typing all that I see that I have my chronology wrong. But still, Death needed soldiers and killed off everyone who wasn’t great soldier stock. It is still more of a case of domestication than forced evolution. It is kind of hilarious really, all these “survival of the fittest” obsessives who like to think of genetic supremacy without actually understanding evolution are trying to domesticate their populations, effectively turning themselves into pets…
I think that flint used the “proper awakening” method. It never says that there is only one artefact, just that it has to be personally made by Death. There is probably more to it than that, as if it just touching anything made by Death triggered instant death or readership then it probably would have been more obvious and not required any experimentation. The issue is still there though, Flint scratched them with a very special pair of gauntlets, it matches the description well.
At face value, Flint was not bog on mercy or sparing the kids. He pretty much outright said that he was going to kill Ember in order to make something of the debacle when her demonic side failed to fully manifest. Not to mention that he could have had powerful cultists by, you know, actually training powerful cultists. Instead he pokes them with a glove and turns them into an instant magical prodigy with an ephemeral cheer-section goading them towards darkness…
There is another way to read it. It takes a lot more effort to raise a child to teenage then it does to raid a rural village, killing her looks like a loss of resources. It could have been a case of “well she rejected it when it was just offering power for fun, but she will definitely accept the power out of fear” and the whole “I am going to kill you now” thing is just a ruse, and probably would have worked if she didn’t get ahold of that magic book…
Cole seemed to have his sense intact. There did seem to be a lack of awareness of where anyone else was or what they were doing with their magic. It makes sense that he was just an extremely weak reader. Now, it could be that he has overpowered lasers that he can shoot, but because his magic radar is weak the old guard just consign him as a failure because readers are the best at magic and readers are defined by their ability to read magic so who cares what else you can do, it is all worthless party-tricks…
But yes, it seems likely that Cole has been declared “weak” and a disappointment. A test probably isn’t necessary, but who knows what traditions they have. More to the point though, Lupa seemed to have a lot of leeway with her pack. There is no compelling reason to believe that a weak demon would be an outcast, but it can’t be much fun to be one either… But clearly there is some sort of organisation amongst the demons. The voice seems to collude directly, and Veera showing up indicates that someone checked in on Flint’s activities, so there could be some sort of effort to purge “weak” bloodlines and for all we know Cole’s life hangs in the balance of whether or not the Memeelis bloodline proves worthy… We just don’t know enough about demonic politics to make more than the vaguest of guesses at this point… But I believe that there is some bonus art out there of Cole and Flint that would threaten to be in REALLY bad taste if something especially bad happened to Cole…
That would be a recurring theme with any character named “Death”.
I would be more surprised if he had gone with something other than a traditional skeleton in a dark cloak.
Hop boy, you put Death in as a god, I beleave that I saw that coming, but him being evil fits so well it’s creepy.
Ether that, or Dicworld spoiled me for Death as a character.
So, the Gods were the originators of the Great War then, not nesesarily their people. And Death naturally has less interest in keeping anyone alive, wouldn’t want to be born Arctos.
Dicworld. Is that the porno version world of Terry Pratchett?
I wonder what colour these Arctos Wolves are…
Discworld is NOT porn.
We’re talking Dicworld here, not DiScworld…
Sorry, misspelling on my part there
So Death is an extreme believer of survival of the fittest. That kind of method does kind of explain why the Quelladar might have decided to live a more peaceful life in Nayah’s Valley.
So Veera, Flint, and Lupa I assumed all had this awakening. I’m kind of worried about Cole since we haven’t seen him in Chapter 2 at all. Was he forced to touch this object or was Flint’s awakening method spared him that risk?
Now that I think about it Flint’s method as evil it was it could have been an act of mercy to avoid taking the risk of the forced awakening that might kill them. Then again this is just a speculation for all we know if Flint was able to get everyone, and make them stay in Briarwood he could’ve just marched them all up the artifact for a more “proper awakening” soon after.
Though if Veera’s family think’s Fint’s family isn’t as strong anymore where does this put Cole in all this? Since he been stuck with Flint for all these years. Did they test Cole, and he proved to be weak so now they are looking to Ember and Bernin now?
So if Death’s necromancy reduce the damage to is followers are there shambling zombies that wander around? Or perhaps it is the Demon Ferals that are the result of failures?
Speaking in which where do Ferals fall into this? As we seen some are Demons, but others loath demons like the ones that went after Ember when she first tried to enter Tenguard. Perhaps some more information about them soon? Unless it was already explained and completely I missed it…
I wouldn’t call it “survival of the fittest”. It is more a case of “I have dumb lump followers who can swing a lump of metal. I can turn them into super-soldiers, but there is a big risk of them dying and becoming dumb lump zombies who can swing a lump of metal. There is no downside here!”. Of course, zombies aren’t known for stable populations, so it may have been a bit short sighted, and that would be supported by the lack of extant Acrtos…
There is also the matter of bloodlines. The ones that can’t become readers die, the ones who can survive. This is not so much “evolution” and is more “domestication”. Now, there is an argument that domestication is a form of evolution, but it is at best a layer removed, and at worst an evolutionary dead-end as pug-dogs and persian-cats suddenly go extinct because breathing-difficulties stop being attractive someday…
And after typing all that I see that I have my chronology wrong. But still, Death needed soldiers and killed off everyone who wasn’t great soldier stock. It is still more of a case of domestication than forced evolution. It is kind of hilarious really, all these “survival of the fittest” obsessives who like to think of genetic supremacy without actually understanding evolution are trying to domesticate their populations, effectively turning themselves into pets…
I think that flint used the “proper awakening” method. It never says that there is only one artefact, just that it has to be personally made by Death. There is probably more to it than that, as if it just touching anything made by Death triggered instant death or readership then it probably would have been more obvious and not required any experimentation. The issue is still there though, Flint scratched them with a very special pair of gauntlets, it matches the description well.
At face value, Flint was not bog on mercy or sparing the kids. He pretty much outright said that he was going to kill Ember in order to make something of the debacle when her demonic side failed to fully manifest. Not to mention that he could have had powerful cultists by, you know, actually training powerful cultists. Instead he pokes them with a glove and turns them into an instant magical prodigy with an ephemeral cheer-section goading them towards darkness…
There is another way to read it. It takes a lot more effort to raise a child to teenage then it does to raid a rural village, killing her looks like a loss of resources. It could have been a case of “well she rejected it when it was just offering power for fun, but she will definitely accept the power out of fear” and the whole “I am going to kill you now” thing is just a ruse, and probably would have worked if she didn’t get ahold of that magic book…
Cole seemed to have his sense intact. There did seem to be a lack of awareness of where anyone else was or what they were doing with their magic. It makes sense that he was just an extremely weak reader. Now, it could be that he has overpowered lasers that he can shoot, but because his magic radar is weak the old guard just consign him as a failure because readers are the best at magic and readers are defined by their ability to read magic so who cares what else you can do, it is all worthless party-tricks…
But yes, it seems likely that Cole has been declared “weak” and a disappointment. A test probably isn’t necessary, but who knows what traditions they have. More to the point though, Lupa seemed to have a lot of leeway with her pack. There is no compelling reason to believe that a weak demon would be an outcast, but it can’t be much fun to be one either… But clearly there is some sort of organisation amongst the demons. The voice seems to collude directly, and Veera showing up indicates that someone checked in on Flint’s activities, so there could be some sort of effort to purge “weak” bloodlines and for all we know Cole’s life hangs in the balance of whether or not the Memeelis bloodline proves worthy… We just don’t know enough about demonic politics to make more than the vaguest of guesses at this point… But I believe that there is some bonus art out there of Cole and Flint that would threaten to be in REALLY bad taste if something especially bad happened to Cole…
Oooh, one of the gods is a spooky, scary skeleton.
That would be a recurring theme with any character named “Death”.
I would be more surprised if he had gone with something other than a traditional skeleton in a dark cloak.