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The Eighth Warden Book 5 - Chapters 9 to 11 (Patreon)

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2022-11-01 05:13:29
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Here are the next three chapters for Book 5. I hope you enjoy them.

I don't know if I posted this in time to make Patreon's October billing cycle, so I'm not sure if it'll charge you in the next day or two, or if it'll wait until next month.

This is a longer release than usual. I thought about bumping one of the scenes to the next release to get a head start on that, but I like how these scenes are grouped together so I left them as-is.

The next batch is going to take extra time because I need to plan out some of the sequencing for Acts 2 and 3. It won't be out in November. I'll aim for late December and we'll see how it goes.

Thanks for reading!

--Ivy

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Aspiring Sage

Ivy, so awesome! So many new threads and new characters, I love that the story is not getting stale. Obviously, reading it 3 chapters at a time Iike this is both a privilege and a curse for us. But when it's within a multi book set, it will be an epic read with great pacing. I do think Corec should have had to answer about how he got to Tarwen without even a horse and in full armor. I don't know what that answer could be, but the question should have been asked. Also, I feel like you need a Bobo scene. He has been missing. He would also have had some opinions on the land management side of things as he is a 'scholar'. Loved the Treya, Shavala, and Rezai scenes. Wish you had more space and more words for Ariadne in Snow Crowne. Could use like 2 more scenes, but I understand it would get wordy. Altogether, awesome and thank you!

ivyveritas

Oh, I suspect Bobo might have some input on land management in the future. As for Ariadne, this was just a transition scene before she goes to do something else. This release took place over the course of just a few days, so I couldn't fit everything in.

Jesse

A very good set of chapters. I like the details of setting up a Fortress/Town in the middle of an abandoned area. They are no longer an adventuring company but are growing up into the type of Leadership needed. When Shavala had gotten the Seedling(s) I had envisioned her trying it out on Ellerie or maybe even Katrin. The Dragonling being the "guinea pig" was a good surprise. I was also wondering how Shavala was going to handle the dragon because she isn't looking long term. It needs a place to nest as it gets older and a steady food source if she doesn't want it hunting in the farmer's areas. Maybe she needs to use some of her coins to arrange a herd of cattle and get Ellerie to stone shape a shelter for him. I liked the chapters with Corec's family, although I wish he could have been more forth coming with Branth concerning the Warden or magic stuff. You really do get a good sense about how behind the times Larso is say compared to the Chosar golden age. It is odd watching the Church of Pallisur while seeing Palis as a Battle Wizard and mucking with very stuff the Church despises. Glad to see Nedley's story progressing. He is making decisions that needs being made even if they aren't what Corec or Boktar normally like due to the circumstances. I also liked Katrin specifically asking for Kimi, which was for Nedley's benefit. They have really accepted the former "Red-eye" as one of their own and not just a hireling. I look forward to Ariadne eventually getting to speak to Hera.

Jesse

Corec's family likely knew the answer to him arriving so quickly and without obvious means of travel would involve the "M Word" and decided ignorance is bliss.

Raman BNV

DRAGON RIDER! Lovely set of Chapters, Ivy! Now that Shavala has established the tree bond with the Dragon, i hope she gets to ride him to battle. With Treya's and Ellerie's protection spells, Shavala and the dragon may prove to be really hard for any opponent. Lot of questions opening up with these set of chapters: 1) Would the tree bond be possible for humans as it seems to be possible for dragons? 2) If so, would a future possibility be that the entire world, humans, elves, dwarves, animals, etc could be entered into the tree bond, thereby securing a harmonious future? (A bit like the Gaia in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?) 3) Galina clearly knows a lot more than she is telling her own council or people. Is her future reading power granted by Borrisur? Since the new gods can see many alternate futures? 4) Given that the staff of life is so important, i'm surprised that the elven council let Shavala leave with the staff. Tershaya seems to have magical properties, especially in realms other than the mortal realm. 5) Given that Corec knows that Rusol is a Demon Born Mage, it would be really easy for him to spread rumours in Larso that their King is a demon born Mage. That would really create problems for Rusol in trying to deny that he's a mage. And given that the population of Larso seems to distrust magic after centuries of conditioning by the Pallisur priests, that would really make it hard for him to come out in the open with magic. 6) Does the staff of life combine its magic only with Shavala's? Does it recognize only one holder / owner at a time? Or can anyone who holds it control its power? 7) A key to getting Terevassian support for Corec could be that Shavala grows Tershaya in Terevas. 8) Leena's teleportation magic seems to have grown leaps and bounds compared to earlier in these chapters. At a rough glance, she's moving between Four Roads, the Keep, Sanvara City, Tyrsall, duties for the empress, Snow Crown, Larso (Now), Matagor and Cordaea as well. This is a sudden change from earlier, when she struggled with one teleportation (going into drain shock). How is this possible? The increase in power is astounding. 9) Ellerie seems to be being shortchanged as an equal leader of the group. Most of the decisons were being taken by both of them, but now, many of the bondmates seem to be directly discussing stuff only with Corec. Is this Ellerie consciously stepping back, or just being busy with stone shaping? 10) The business with the snowborn also becomes more and more intriguing, as is the issue with the sunborn. As more and more details are given out by you, Ivy, the intrigue increases!

ivyveritas

1. Probably not. Dragons, like elves, are tightly intertwined with elder magic. A human hybrid might carry the gene for elder magic, but the elven people were changed (by the staff) to make it a part of them, whether they carried the gene to use it or not. Dragons came by it a different way, but they’re sort of similar. All dragons use elder magic for flying and breathing fire. 3. Seeing potential futures is a type of divine magic, and Galina is a blessed priestess. Borrisur granted her that power as one of her blessings. Though we’ve seen that even after thousands of years, the old gods and new gods don’t become experts at using that magic, and Galina only has a mortal lifetime to learn to use it. 4. Shavala didn’t mention the staff to the conclave, and she left immediately after demonstrating its usage to two of the older druids (Zhailai being one of them). Right now, mostly what those two druids understand about it is that it can grow tershaya from nothing (and also speed up the growing process, but they can all do that—though not nearly to the same extent, and tershaya are resistant to it). So they think it’s important, but they don’t have the authority to take it away from her. 6. It can be used by other elven druids. 8. Before Leena was fully trained, she could accidentally jump three thousand miles by accident. By the end of Book 3, she could handle two targeted, intercontinental jumps in a day (Tir Yadar to Sanvar and back). She’s been gradually strengthening that since then. At the beginning of Book 5, she’s pulling full-day shifts Traveling around Sanvar, though the Travelers’ Posts group bundles of messages together to optimize performance, and they have special target rooms to help find the right spots more easily. For Leena, Traveling (by herself) is fairly easy, Seeking is harder, and then Traveling with other people drains a lot of strength. In both Snow Crown and Larso, she went on her own first to find the right place, so she didn’t waste strength teleporting Sarette and Corec to multiple different spots. Her typical practice early in Book 5 is: Work all day, then make one trip for her friends. 9. In Book 1, Corec is sort of accidentally leading his group because he has natural charisma and he’s a take-charge type of person who’s used to making decisions for himself. Ellerie’s mostly traveling with Boktar, who she considers to be a partner. At the very end of Book 1, the two groups meet up and Ellerie takes over as leader because it’s her quest they’re going on, and because Corec feels guilty about the warden bond. In Book 2, they come to an unspoken agreement where they each take over in the areas where they’re most comfortable with. In Book 3, Ellerie is officially in charge of the expedition, and Corec unofficially takes over security matters. But here’s where things start to change. Ellerie proves to herself that she can handle leadership, exemplified by the successful completion of the quest as well as by her ability to apologize to Marco, even though he still annoys her. Corec plans a large-scale defensive battle, for the first time attempting to take into account everyone’s different martial and magical abilities (with limited success, since Shavala was a major part of his plan and the staff interfered, but it was still the first time where he truly acted as his vision of what a warden should be). Those changes continue in Book 4. Ellerie, now confident that she could lead if she wanted to, is comfortable taking a step back. She focuses her time on writing, learning to shape, and, toward the end, trying to teach herself some enchantment spells. Corec officially takes over as leader, though at the time, “leader” just sort of meant the main decision-maker in a group of equals. Then things start to happen with the refugees and the dragon. Corec becomes more of a real leader, not just to the group but to others as well, while Ellerie steps in to handle areas where he’s not as strong, such as dealing with shared finances across the whole group. Treya also shows some leadership in pushing for them to go after the dragon, but we find out that Corec had privately already made that decision weeks earlier, and just hadn’t told anyone yet until he learned there were no better options remaining to them. We also see Corec make a successful multi-step battle plan, using his knowledge of combat, tactics, and magic, and specifically knowledge of his companion’s strengths, and with various fallback plans (we’re told) to handle different potential scenarios. In Book 5, Corec is still officially in charge of the group both in name and in fact, and that’s enhanced because the people in the region see him as a leader too. Also, for someone to claim a fortified position and a wide swath of land in the free lands, a human male with a martial background will be the most accepted choice. Ellerie is still working on her side projects, and she’s sort of taken over the financial side of things too, as an extension of the stuff she was doing in Book 4.

Jesse

Do the oral traditions of the Elven Druids include stories of the Staff of Life, maybe confined to the inner circle of the eldest? Or has knowledge of it been lost completely by the Druids? I wonder if the elder of the two Druids that Shavala showed the staff to speaks about it to others if they would suddenly have a collective shock about what came and went with Shavala at their conclave right under their noses.

ivyveritas

They don't remember--it's been too long. There might be some vague stories about powerful magics used to grow the Terril Forest, but they don't remember the staff itself. Iris took it away from her own people after the Second Demon War as punishment for how they treated the Chosar, and while the elders were still aware of it as of the Third Demon War, Iris rarely allowed anyone else to use it. Of course we know by that time, she was starting to regret her choice since the Chosar had turned toward oppressing the other peoples, but the ritual happened before she could do anything about it. And it's been about five thousand years since then.

Aspiring Sage

Great comments and questions, and thank you Ivy for the detailed answers. I for one love Leena's, and the rests', progression. I can't wait for Leena to get powerful enough where she can travel with multiple people... or even send people off without going herself. A more powerful version of that old mage who would send the baddies into the air just with a touch!

Dominic Janning

You can't write fast enough to make happy. That is how much I love this story!!!!

Aspiring Sage

Hello Ivy. Just wanted to wish you and all your readers happy holidays and an early Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it. I am likely to be offline for a week, so hoping for an Ivy sized present when I get back on lol.

ivyveritas

A week is a little too optimistic, unfortunately. I've got a lot of threads to tie together to keep all the storylines in sync, and I had to throw out half the scenes I started for this batch because they just weren't working out. I'll put up a status update toward the end of the month, once I have a better idea of the timeline.

ThatOneTacoTruck

If "The Eighth Warden" was made into a series, who would you like to see play the characters?