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Because I was preparing this update, I didn't have an email sent about TLS 0.55.4. Notably, I don't know if $1 backers got a notification, but you should be able to access it as well.

This one is largely cleanup. I sincerely hope that this will also be the public release for next weekend, but if someone finds a serious bug or significant oversight, I'll put out another. Still, I very much hope that this release cycle is finished so that I can switch gears and move forward. I generally multitask, but my multitasking capacity is finite.

Next weekend will be the public TLS release (definitely), the BFS novella release (almost certainly), and maybe a fun announcement (contingent on progress made this week). I'll be keeping my head down to focus on stuff.

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water witch

You are making something wholly unique and spectacularly awesome I hope you can keep up the good work and I really hope you keep enjoying doing this to

Captain Hair

I have a request if you can work it in. When we eventually rescue Ivala please include a scenario where she rips the Feroholm priestess a new one. Or, alternatively, the Yarra solution. Ivala and Simon fuck in front of her. With Carina and Sarai joining in for extra shock value. Just shatter her entire world view.

Desertopa

So, apropos of nothing... when I was wandering around trying to find all the new content to interact with, it occurred to me that there are a couple characters we haven't seen in absolutely ages. Whatever happened to Mherin and Infasis? Sho and Rachila obviously have the possibility of going on to distinguished careers, but we haven't seen the other two since, what, chapter three? I asked my GF if she could remember what happened to them, and her response was "didn't they die?" But I can't find any information to confirm that. It seems like they just stopped being relevant. But now that I've actually remembered that they exist, I'm curious what's going on in their lives.

sierralee

I don't like to admit it, but the truth is that I'm not sure. I'm moderately certain that Mherin can die depending on your war variables (but not Infasis), and I don't believe that I've included any meaningful content with them any time recently. There is a non-zero chance that I'm forgetting something minor, however. I'm not going to do it this cycle, but I'm open to throwing them somewhere just for the sake of continuity.

Desertopa

I'd definitely be interested in finding out how their lives have gone since then, and how they feel about (or to what extent they're even aware of) the changes in Robin's fortunes, or how in-touch they've been with any of their other old classmates.

Decanter

I'm sort of expecting that if we show Ivala to many Ivalans, some of them will just deny that it's the real Ivala rather than some powerful mage. After all, the real Ivala is all-powerful. The Ivala who can be fucked is not the true Ivala. If you meet Ivala on the road, fuck her.

Decanter

Neither of them show up anywhere after 3AW, including at the academy. Personally, I hope Mherin found humility and Infasis found a nice mature man and he rubbed off on her a bit.

Malidica

>and he rubbed off on her a bit. ....phrasing? :P

Captain Hair

Not really advocating parading Ivala around all her holy sites. I just think it'd be fun to see Simon's former contact in the church lose her shit. And that one Priestess that gets everything wrong is just screaming for an Ivala reaction.

Decanter

Phrasing. ;D

Dark Art

Oh yes, lets! Because MC is petty to the point of per-adolescence and clearly keeps a notepad with names of everyone who crossed or made fun of him. Great idea, it definitely would be in character and besides, why wouldnt a person with almost god-like powers and a domain spanning several continents spend time on that kind of stuff? Its not like he got better things to do, right?

Decanter

That is what Ivala is, yes. But "a powerful mage" is not the Ivala that the Ivalans believe in. They believe she is more. The idea that divinity has limits, and that Ivala possesses only a fraction, a shard, of divine power... would not be compatible with the Ivalan faith. Ivalans have surely seen powerful divine mages before, and not lost their faith, and the existence of one calling herself "Ivala" may not make a difference to them. As for Simon not destroying all Feroholm and not dominating all its women - are people supposed to be impressed with his basic decency?

sierralee

So nothing at all about them? That makes it easier to add updates, but I don't want to venture into that now. What needs to happen is that someone should poke me about this closer to 0.56.0.

Malidica

Small question, are we going to be able to scoop up the last two minor shards, skullpounder's and fuzzykoala's or are they too minor for Simon to bother with at this point?

Lamsey

The Skullpounder's shard is now held by Tanurak, and he's definitely on the hit list. The fact that the shard came from Xerces is presumably an added bonus in terms of any information that could be gleaned from it. Nyst hasn't done anything to harm anyone, as far as I can tell, so I don't see Simon having much motivation to go after him unless that changes. Fuzkao seems to be more of an arsehole, but probably falls into the same category. There's also the Lord Of Blood, who may become a problem in the future judging from the hints in the conversation during the Tower territory game. We'll just have to wait and see...

WaxerRed

Bug I noticed in a quick replay, When Orisile appears to give the 1 mil option to help Eustrin get free, I didn't talk to her initially. So that now after Eustrin is free, I can still talk to her about freeing the country, with the option to invest money still available.

Malidica

Oh i get the orc kings names mixed up, i meant the lord of blood. I'm asking about the 2 remaining minor shard holders.

sierralee

This is the Orilise in Aramite Courtyard, right? If so, fixed, thanks!

Dark Art

Hey Decanter, huge kudos for keeping calm and carrying on :) You got tons more patience than some of us :) Reading your comment on Ivala and the way she is perceived, I recalled a film I watched a good while back - "The Man From the Earth". If you havent seem it, have a look, I think it might be an interesting diversion. Just dont bother with a sequel, they very badly messed it up.

WaxerRed

That's the one, thanks SL!

Decanter

I'm not convinced Nyst is a real person rather than a puppet of the Anak, so if we end up in conflict with the Anak, Nyst may not be spared.

Decanter

Bixby, huh? I'll put it on the list, and I suppose eventually I'll find out what it has to do with the perception of Ivala.