Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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[X] He is MY child, whatever his origins or secrets, and whatever his choices.

This was really her only truth, she was just too unconsciously uncomfortable with the idea of having a child/the whole concept of being a mother, Ling Qi's childhood and her trauma held her back for too long.

She's now ready to accept the real answer.
 
[X] He is MY child, whatever his origins or secrets, and whatever his choices.

Also, there are sinners afoot... We need to counterbalance with MORE NUMBERS.
 
[X] He is MY child, whatever his origins or secrets, and whatever his choices.

Kohatu could immediately hear the lie when we called him brother lol.
Lying here would be nasty.
Two people.

Horizon Blade is the author guy Xuan Shi was a fan of. He was trained as a sword saint/unperson kind of Way. Living his life in peace cause him pain because it was basically a violation of his Way.

Kohatu's master got the chance to learn the arts of society, of community, which he couldn't before because he was an outcast in his homeland.
Also IIRC the Sea People cultivate based on social role, so learning things outside their slot probably has penalties.
 
Also IIRC the Sea People cultivate based on social role, so learning things outside their slot probably has penalties.
IIRC the outcast landdwelling Sea People have Seer/Prophecy abilities which Sword Song probably lost by branching out to different roles in the empire hence him losing his 'eyes' and not see Oegedi's attack before it happened.
 
[X] He is MY child, whatever his origins or secrets, and whatever his choices.
 
Piecing together Kohatu's rambling story with the bits she had learned from the blade… The man who would become Elder Lao was a sword saint of the Jin Treasure Fleets. He had met and clashed with their Master, and… somehow their cultivation had resonated. They had come to an understanding, something that broke or bent their Ways?

She was curious to dig into that, but there was no time for it here. But then their Master… one of the sea folk had been taken back to the empire. She could…. Almost see a justification there, with the Elder to be claiming them as a war prize, but that seemed dubious even to her understanding of imperial law. No wonder they had to go through other means…

Especially as she was sure the Jin would not be pleased to see a Sovereign military asset just wander off.
Kohatu is pretty much a walking nuke with a lot of sympathy with Lao's Way.

Disciples Argent, did instead. Joined. Fought. With spear and claw and fire and blade. Fought Fought. When Horizon Blade's student stood we fOUght. When his curseblooded bride dug the cruel ritual from her ruined mountain mASter carved out half their heart with the others. Forged their geas in blood and soul, an oath unbreaking to the young storm to the cause of one hundred and eight. Broken bodies, broken souls no StrENGth would be lost while one yet fought. Companions, oathsworn."

Ling Qi swallowed. The things just said… those were dangerous secrets. It was known that, under the decadent rule of the Hui it was Yuan He and his companions who had rallied the broken lands of the south against Ogodei, who had taken in the remnants of the cities hurled into the sky, scoured from the earth or dashed against the uncaring mountainsides.

She had seen the memory of a vast funnel of wind, ripping a city full of people out of the earth. Against the backdrop… she understood why the Elder's of the Argent Sect had no patience for mercy. When that terror had still been hanging overhead, she could see how one might turn to even more forbidden means. And what was being alluded to here, rambled on in Kohatu's broken tones was certainly that.
The Argent Sect utilized some really shady methods and where extremely ruthless.

"No…. No, later later. When the hopeful sky was crushed, when the reprisals ended, when the clouds came again. When Master had groWn feeble. They came, descendants. MaSters students, companIOns, oathbearers. Without word, without warning, my Master was betrayed and bUTCHerED! I was broken, Atamai chained!"
Damn their master being betrayed is messed up.

[X] He is MY child, whatever his origins or secrets, and whatever his choices.

There is no other choice.
 
Adhoc vote count started by Killer_Whale on May 27, 2024 at 9:18 PM, finished with 128 posts and 78 votes.
 
Lao and Lang, joined by the given name Keung.

The man who would become Elder Lao was a sword saint of the Jin Treasure Fleets.

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Threads 32-Adventure 3 - Forge of Destiny

Ling Qi looked up through narrowed eyes, studying the looming shape of the guardian. “I will identify its weakness,” she said. She breathed out, giving (...)
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"Sect Elder Lang fell in battle with Ogodei, like many others," Yuan He answered,
 
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