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Early Access: STORMWEAVER 3 - Chapter 45 + THE STORY SO FAR [ROUGH] (Patreon)

Published:
2025-10-18 16:00:17
Edited:
2026-04-08 14:36:59
Imported:
2026-06

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Def gonna need a v2 for this one given the wrap wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be, so look forward to that next week, and I think a super short-but-important Chapter 46!

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NEW REMINDER: BOOK 3 CONTENT/SPOILERS ARE NOT TO BE MENTIONED OUTSIDE OF CHAPTER LEAK ANNOUNCEMENT POSTS. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.

*********A FEW RULES & REMINDERS:

Chapters will be dropping as Bryce completes them. That means anywhere from every 1 to 2 weeks on average, though sometimes waits may be longer.

Recall that these are rough chapters, with no editing other than a single pass-through as Bryce writes.

On a similar note, we are not asking for advice or corrections at this time. If Bryce wants feedback, we will certainly reach out, thank you! If you want to voice concerns or complaints about the chapter, you may now do so over on the Reddit discussion thread below! Notifications are turned off on those conversations, so they're a free-for-all now (within the rules of the subreddit, obviously)!

👉 👉 👉 THE REDDIT THREAD 👈👈👈

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Brandon King

Haven't even read it yet, but thank you thank you thank you!!

Todd Smith

What has Rei distracted? Could Shido be showing signs of consciousness? Already?

Liam Zay

Can't wait to see what Shido's personality is like

Cuticle

"Gatebasher" lmao, how many different names has this guy had

Sharinel

Gatecruncher next!

QuixoticPirateCptn

I think it was the sister conversation he had with Jasper.

Brandon King

Oh, Rei and Shido are SOO talking!!

Sherry

Excellent chapter! Definitely curious as to what has Rei so distracted. I can understand that Jasper needs to tell Rei's grandfather, who is her employer. she is also supposed to report on everything due to Kamiya corporation being their sponsor, as per the conversation that Dent had with Maddie earlier. How about they just invite Grandfather to the demonstration? since Kamiya corporation are involved in CAD technology maybe he would have some insight?

Sharinel

Obviously Rei is distracted thinking to himself "Did I leave the oven on?"

Nicolaus Fountain

There is so much to unpack here! What's going on with Rei? Is Shido and him starting to talk? Is it concern for what Central will do with him? Or something else? I can't wait to read what happens next.

Voror

I didn't consider the idea that Shido might be starting to show signs of sentience now. Might still not be that, at least yet. Might simply be this new change being too much when you take in that he's still in his first year. Or perhaps wondering what the MIND needs for this to all be so necessary. It just being the family stuff could also fit but I'm not sure that fits the level of distraction here. I actually think it might be good that Hiroto keep informed. I suppose their exact relationship might not be known beyond Firesong unless I'm blanking but I feel like Hiroto might understand that there may need to be further protection of some kind for the kind of storm this may create.

Dee

Haven't 📚 yet, cannot wait! Thanks 😊

Warlord

Dude I hope that shards 3-5 manifest before Systems. Can you imagine the sheer “Oh shit” moment the other team will have when they see Firesong all decked out. Also hope that they give Viv and Rei and whoever else develops user unique abilities free rein during those tournaments.

Riley Young

I personally feel that you have made Rei too emotionally fragile. In book one he was extremely mature and logical, pragmatic even. Since that book he has become more and more illogical and mercurial in his reactions to his family situation and Shido's shenanigans. I get the feeling that you have been trying to walk back how you first presented him to make him a more "realistic" teenager with less mature reactions. But to me all you have done is introduce consistency. Also, at this point he should be used to Shido doing out of the ordinary things. His and everyone else's over reaction to every new thing is exhausting and annoying. "OMG it's a new. CAD type that's ridiculous" Why? Shido consistently keeps doing things that no other CAD has, at this point they shouldn't be surprised. Maybe stop wasting pages CONSTANTLY describing every gobsmacked POV every couple of chapters. EDIT: But this is totally my opinion and I'm definitely not trying to give the author advice. This chapter and the greater consistency of characters is basically perfect in every way.

Andrew Foster

Well he definitely got an armored shoulder from constantly shoulder checking S ranked opponents. Now imagine him using the speed of his brawler or duelist (if he ever gets it) and type swapping into breaker mode to do what he has been doing with the phalanx mode and temporal step. If they authorize him to use his full abilities at systems he will be an absolute monster (although not likely).

Todd Smith

Maybe if Rei hadn't been distracted, he'd have commented "let her tell my Grandfather, he can be trusted" -- it'd be a nice bomb to drop (on the pile).

AJ

I thought his name was the gatecrasher

Sharinel

I think he's had a different name in every book. Do you know how hard it is to keep a note of these things? :)

Voror

I feel like he's keeping that close to the chest beyond Firesong at the moment. Though I'd wonder if Dent might know through MIND since I'd be surprised if it didn't know.

Hope

I guessing that Reis not being with has a lot to do with the brand new type, rather than shido coming to life. Thank you Bryce for another fantastic chapter

Christopher E. Backus

Agree, if that's all that it took to blow his mind this hard, he's not the character I fell in love with. An average teen with an amazing CAD isn't a compelling story. An amazing but wounded teen with an amazing CAD that magnifies his strengths, is.

Fleetpanda

This was my reaction too. This is really really cool… but I don’t see how this is so earth shattering that they don’t know how to handle it. He can teleport ffs. Something literally unimaginable. Meanwhile this is just in line with what I’d expect from any brawler-aspected A-Type. Also, at a certain point the shock factor of his cad should wear off a liiiittle. They really need to start expecting the unexpected

Wraithmarked Creative

Riley, we appreciate your thoughts, but please red the rules of these posts, thanks.

gratch42

Based on Aria's intuition sense tingling I think Rei is a bit befuddled both from the new CAD type but moreso in a daze thinking about the talk with Jasper.

gratch42

At this point it has become an ongoing joke that the IronDoorBetweenTwoPiecesofWall-Craterer gets a new name each time.

gratch42

Thanks for the chapter - always like a good Aria PoV with boyfriend intuition radar. Wouldn't mind if the next part Viv fights to stay in the conversation - she's been a bit absent this book. Or just write it both ways and see which one comes out better.

Garret Bazurto

I think it is a combination of that and the talk with Jasper about his sister. If I recall correctly that happened right before he went back and fought the S rank to earn the evolution to breaker type. I don’t think he has had time to process that having to figure out what the new type does.

Arjun Gopal

was thinking the same thing! when Rei first met Hiroto something about Hiroto having a "special" CAD via his company was mentioned, so I'd love to see Kamiya Corp's technological prowess help Rei in some way going forward

Sherry

I've been thinking that his grandfather might be able to shed light on the fact that his growth spec only shows an S without a number. Wouldn't that be something if they fixed it and it showed a triple S! 😂

MzFin

Great chapter, i think a couple of things where going on 1) Rei is definitely talking to Shido and 2) Rei is thinking of his sister in a new light and realizing that just because she was with their parents she was neglected too.

Russell Stephenson

Lots of noodles to unwind with this one. Truly excellent.

Hope

I'm thinking that you are correct, he had the conversation with Jasper about his grandfather and sister followed up by a brand new CAD.

Russell Stephenson

Oh and it was nice to hear about the Gateboinker again 🙄.

Voror

Though honestly Shido displaying signs of sentience would make more sense to me here with how spacey he's being. The new type is certainly worth talking about but at this point it feels like it should just be standard. And I don't feel like the sister stuff is that crazy to distract him so much either.

Keleros

I disagree with you Rei freaking out so much is actually very much in character for how he was built up. Its not so much because it seems overhypes since yes he very much should be used to Shido pulling stuff like this out. But you have to remember he is such a CAD fanatic that he could name 2nd year colegiate fighters that were knocked out in the first round of intersystems a year later. He is such a massive CAD fan that even if something new happening might wear off for him what that new thing is will always be big and exciting for him, that its happening to him makes it all the more surreal.

RULES OF THE GAME STEM

Great....but I need more.... I need to know what is going on with Rei...

Hope

My only reason against sentience is that no one saw any light in Rei's eye's, when Dent talks with her cad there script in here eye's, that other's have made note of. Plus some other clues. I fully expect shido to get sentience, just not until he gets to at least intersystem's,

Reaperess

My predictions: Shido is starting to Awaken and/or the use of the Shards will become available to him. I've seen some people talking about Rei's mental state and there's something these people aren't taking into consideration: being an orphan fucks you up. Being disowned fucks you up. Having severe medical issues fucks you up. Suddenly not having them fucks you up. Suddenly having the blood relatives who abandoned you for 18 years show up after its become clear that you're going to reach heights no one has ever dreamed of would fuck you up too. He's also got the stress of having to worry about his entire team and being able to stay at Galens due to the ISCM brass constantly fucking with him. The kid hasn't had a single moment of being able to be just another person, ESPECIALLY since he got shido. His placement at Galens was polarizing as hell and EVERYONE made sure he knew that. Dent, Mayde, Ameena Ashton, Guest, Reese, his classmates, The Lasher, their instructors, that sociopathic and narcissistic 2nd year ace. The whole sub plot and drama with his blood relatives definitely isn't helping any of that.

Reaperess

I've seen some people talking about Rei's mental state and there's something these people aren't taking into consideration: being an orphan fucks you up. Being disowned fucks you up. Having severe medical issues fucks you up. Suddenly not having them fucks you up. Suddenly having the blood relatives who abandoned you for 18 years show up after its become clear that you're going to reach heights no one has ever dreamed of would fuck you up too. He's also got the stress of having to worry about his entire team and being able to stay at Galens due to the ISCM brass constantly fucking with him. The kid hasn't had a single moment of being able to be just another person, ESPECIALLY since he got shido. His placement at Galens was polarizing as hell and EVERYONE made sure he knew that. Dent, Mayde, Ameena Ashton, Guest, Reese, his classmates, The Lasher, their instructors, that sociopathic and narcissistic 2nd year ace. The whole sub plot and drama with his blood relatives definitely isn't helping any of that. Not to mention how he was treated AT sectionals by other first years. He's got so much on his plate it's a wonder he hasn't been lashing out in anger at his friends and everyone else. Nevermind that he's also having to deal with PTSD from the couple dozen S0's that attacked him at sectionals while he was completely helpless. Or that he got his lung ripped open from the endurance test. And his best friend for the past 5 years just got out of a coma and is STILL recovering, all because she was trying to keep up with him. Thats a TONE of responsibility and mental weight for anyone, let alone an 18 year old orphan thats been catapulted into the limelight.

Gwydion

So Abel with the support, however grudging, of General Laurent’s say that the team has to win systems - and then don’t let the crew use their skills. While I might expect that of Abel I’d still be very surprised. I want them to beat Ivanov and win the second year comp.

Gwydion

I’ve been thinking something sort of similar. However I think it’s because we have not seen that much writing over the past few months so our expectations of character progression are being disappointed. I think this would be somewhat solved by sorting out the relationship with Sarah. Neither his GF or his sister have really handled beginning their relationships with him well. Yes he is pragmatic but that still might cover a world of hurt that is resurfacing. The pragmatism would in my view lead to a quick and positive denouement but we just have been hanging around for it.

Gandalf The Last

Agreed. It doesn’t matter how tough you are, Rei is bound to snap a little at one point. I think the family stuff is gonna be what grounds him in the future though. Sarah and Hiroto want to help, Rei just isn’t ready for that yet

Gandalf The Last

That’s actually something I’ve been wondering for a while now. Kes and the MIND obviously communicate and I believe Kes’s sapience was triggered by Dent’s injuries putting her in a catatonic state. Obviously, Shido is outside of any standard parameters; however, if it took extensive bodily damage and, therefore, complete reliance on her CAD during a life-or-death scenario to induce Kes’ awakening, then the MIND must have been present during Kes’ “rebirth.” AND SO, my hypothesis revolves around the communication between CAD and User being akin to a “secure line” that the MIND can’t monitor unless given permission. IF SO, Shido’s awakening may fly under EVERYONE’S radar depending on when/how it happens. While this is all conjecture and guesswork by yours truly, I would love it if Shido helped Rei unlock the rest of Firesong’s AIs before revealing him/herself to the MIND. It may be a wee bit childish but seeing them pull a fast one on the MIND sounds like a fun scene to me. And that’s my TED Talk, thank you for joining lol

Liam Zay

I'm 99% sure it's shido and that the short but important chapter is Rei seeing it and maybe MIND talk

Liam Zay

That would be cool. With how insane their growth is supposed to be too I want them to dominate Systems. I feel like it wouldn't make much sense for them to even face slight opposition if it's really just the other first years

Jessica

The chapter came to an end and I wanted to cry. I need more! Lol!

Dragons'Sheppard1995

First off... What a chapter. Quite the Blast and showing that nothing is certain anymore. The breaker type doesn't seem for me to follow the theme of having a weapon... but more like the body is a weapon (lets not forget a ton accelerated to highspeed = fuck-ton of energy upon impact) And yeah with Rei seeing so down... Oh boy... he is fucked up six way til sunday before the reveal of "Breaker" mode. Abbandoned by parents from birth, stricken with Boneisits (his words) living in pain his whole life and constantly having faced walls he had to climb. Everything happened in Galens and in the Sectionals... and Sarah popping up... Give the boy a break, his worldview has by now shattered 3 times (give-or-take) him being down is actually believable (and justified) Still loooking forward for the next big thing to happen ...Shido awaken? Meet up with his Sister? Him and Aria going on a Date that went well and ending in Icecream?

Saint

I'm not judging anyone here. but if you have ever met someone with PTSD or had PTSD yourself, it's not about how strong you are. it's about what you've been through. it can affect anyone. similar events can also be extremely triggering. personally, I think it's an interesting character development for him and a place for him to get stronger.

Saint

I was hoping for gatedenter personally😅

Russell Stephenson

Just wait until mom and dad show up for graduation. 💣

Necrogami

Anyone else notice the double chapter 44's in the story so far version?

Warlord

I’m pretty sure there’s no set bracket for the first second or third years. I think they’ll just be slotted against whoever

Sam

When Dent was talking to Kestrel after giving Rei his invitation to Galens, was Kes typing out questions or were they talking telepathically? If telepathically, there would be no light text to see. When Dent talks to the MIND (+/- Kes) there is text to see, but what about when just talking to Kes who is connected to Dent's nervous system?

Sam

There is no second year competition. The second and third years are combined together.

Sam

Pretty sure first years are still separated from the rest.

Warlord

My only logic is that they usually don’t even have a bracket for them. So unless they’re being treated as a separate competition entirely, it stands to reason they could be pitted against not just first years. But as I’m writing this, and knowing Bryce does have plans to write second and third year for Firesong, maybe he does have plans for the Systems and Intersystems to treat First Years as their own competition

Hope

Page 6 of the current book and the text appeared in her vision. if it was telepathic the words would not have to be written when she is in a panic. current chapter, he speaks with Jasper about his Sister and Grandfather, then the long fight, and before the fight he says he needed this fight, and then the upgrade. And Aria noticed him off before the fight. sentience is coming just not today.

Jackson Ross

May have been answered already, but what are the odds there’s an .epub or some format other than a pdf for chapters? The pdf is very difficult to read on phone :(

curyn

Imo something else is going on and he wanted to throw us off by using someone else pov. He was the normal surprised when he first saw. Feel lile u might be jumping to conclusions