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

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I read the last two updates a few times now and I can´t get the niggling feeling out of my mind that someone or something is going to break. My nonexistent internetmoney is on Elder Bei, since he seems to underestimate the enemies offense and tries to defend every disciple as far as I can see.
 
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I read the last two updates a few times now and I can´t get the niggling feeling out of my mind that someone or something is going to break. My nonexistent internetmoney is on Elder Bei, since he seems to underestimate the enemies offense and tries to defend every disciple as far as I can see.
Worst case scenario there's an indigo/violet shishigui beneath the caldera, Elder isn't paying much attention below after all.
 
So it looks like the elders sprung a trap on Muscles Teacher's killer, time to see Sect head in action?

Might be a good thing we got the star stone, a ballista shot made from that thing would be bad on big boss miles long dragon.
 
Good god its right in front of his face and he can't see it due to Imperial Thought.
Just two of them left the fighting with minor escorts and fate shifted from its tracks.
But barbarians can't be important.
Thankfully, it also implies that the upcoming fight with the guy who killed Zhou will be enough to let her delegation get away, allowing for the possibility of them not hating the imperials forever over Elsa getting killed here.
 
It's going against all my instincts to avoid rooting for the Cloud Nomads here. A bigoted empire that oppresses a foreign group attacking a diplomatic summit while missing all nuance due to their bigotry, vs cool mongol expies (I went through a bit of a Ghengis Khan phase as a kid).
 
... For clarity, are you arguing that the crater's too big, or that it's too small?
Its shaped wrong. Impact craters very rarely leave overhangs like that, either the impact shatters the impact site entirely producing the crater from the rubble once it settles out, whereas vulcanism does- the explosion vents from the weaker side of the mountain and the more solid portions should be untouched until weathering does its job.

TLDR - Impact craters are made from loose rock and debris and cannot form free-standing structures, volcanic craters are made from thermally fused stone and can support hanging arches.
 
Don't the southern barbs use starstone because it destroys formations? How would anyone go about making it part of an item that has formations engraved into it without destroying the item?
The Cyan barb wears a mask of the stuff even though the raw material hurts to look at, blinds the eye, warps reality around it and turns surrounding soil into liquid light stuff. I bet a master crafter could manipulate the refined material in all sorts of ways.
 
It's going against all my instincts to avoid rooting for the Cloud Nomads here. A bigoted empire that oppresses a foreign group attacking a diplomatic summit while missing all nuance due to their bigotry, vs cool mongol expies (I went through a bit of a Ghengis Khan phase as a kid).
I'm pretty sure you're mostly right to want to. Personally, a long term goal is to try and stop being actively at war with them, and maybe open diplomatic channels. Maybe something can be worked out, since it's very likely that the empire is going to go through some extreme changes soon.
 
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Hm. In regards to the great fortune outcome of this mission it just occurred to me that there is a pretty good chance it involves the White Sky duo being captured, and attending Hanyi's conference run by a man with a dragon's lust for gold applied to making a profit, which introduces Bao Qian to there being a untapped market with a high demand for resources the Empire can provide alongside being a budding civilization who unlike normal Cloud Nomads actually has sustained interests on the ground.

Like it wouldn't be something Qian would hope to look into before Cyan, and it would be something done in unison with diplomatic efforts by the Cai, but the mere possibility of turning even a small portion of the Cloud Nomads residing within the Wall into an accessible market would be something the Bao would throw their weight behind. Admittedly it would be a very high risk market to reach, but that would make it double as a way of increasing their ties to the Cai I suspect.
 
It's going against all my instincts to avoid rooting for the Cloud Nomads here. A bigoted empire that oppresses a foreign group attacking a diplomatic summit while missing all nuance due to their bigotry, vs cool mongol expies (I went through a bit of a Ghengis Khan phase as a kid).

If the whole Dark Dreams arc in the last thread is any indication, the Cloud Tribes have also been given the Mongols' unfortunate tendency to raze cites, ride down the fleeing survivors, and then burn the surrounding cropland. The Mongols are infamous for their genocides and terror tactics after all.

Basically, there's a reason so many people in the Emerald Seas have a burning hatred for the Cloud Tribes. And while pro-Imperial racism plays a role, I'd say Ogodei's invasion and the subsequent massacres are the main source of friction here.
 
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It's going against all my instincts to avoid rooting for the Cloud Nomads here. A bigoted empire that oppresses a foreign group attacking a diplomatic summit while missing all nuance due to their bigotry, vs cool mongol expies (I went through a bit of a Ghengis Khan phase as a kid).

Honestly, I have just been rooting for Cai for a while now, rather than the Empire tbh. Between cloud nomads not caring about mortals and presumedly killing them/letting them die and the Empire being douche canoes in general, only CRX has been shon the moral fiber to consistently not be the villain of any given confrontation.
 
Honestly, I have just been rooting for Cai for a while now, rather than the Empire tbh. Between cloud nomads not caring about mortals and presumedly killing them/letting them die and the Empire being douche canoes in general, only CRX has been shon the moral fiber to consistently not be the villain of any given confrontation.
Amen to that. Except I draw a specific line between CRX and OppressionMom. I think only CRX is gonna show the level of care and concern for mortals that is necessary when she takes over in however many centuries.
 
Its shaped wrong. Impact craters very rarely leave overhangs like that, either the impact shatters the impact site entirely producing the crater from the rubble once it settles out, whereas vulcanism does- the explosion vents from the weaker side of the mountain and the more solid portions should be untouched until weathering does its job.

TLDR - Impact craters are made from loose rock and debris and cannot form free-standing structures, volcanic craters are made from thermally fused stone and can support hanging arches.

I trust you on the geography part, but I do question how much real world geography is relevant here. This requires the author to have the knowledge and use it. I'm not sure of how true that is with Yrsillar
 
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I wouldn't be super surprised if a falling star roused the spirit of a mountain it was smacking into, and the resulting contest made the impact's results wonky from a real world geological perspective. But ultimately we just kind of don't know.
 
Basically, there's a reason so many people in the Emerald Seas have a burning hatred for the Cloud Tribes. And while pro-Imperial racism plays a role, I'd say Ogodei's invasion and the subsequent massacres are the main source of friction here.
Yeah I think this is important to keep in mind. The Empire isn't exactly a nice place, but for a civilization on a deathworld it could be a lot worse. I definitely don't like the Empire, but the Barbs are at best just as bad.
Honestly, I have just been rooting for Cai for a while now, rather than the Empire tbh. Between cloud nomads not caring about mortals and presumedly killing them/letting them die and the Empire being douche canoes in general, only CRX has been shon the moral fiber to consistently not be the villain of any given confrontation.
Again, this is the same for me. I'm cheering for individuals more than any one group. Mehzien, CRX, Ling Qi, Su Ling, and the others we have a more personal view of.
 
Yeah I think this is important to keep in mind. The Empire isn't exactly a nice place, but for a civilization on a deathworld it could be a lot worse. I definitely don't like the Empire, but the Barbs are at best just as bad.

Again, this is the same for me. I'm cheering for individuals more than any one group. Mehzien, CRX, Ling Qi, Su Ling, and the others we have a more personal view of.
If there was any group I'd be rooting for it'd be the Gu more than anyone
 
"Russia" basically didn't exist pre Genghis, Post Genghis "Russia" was "Not Mongols"

Fun way to figure out who you are as a culture neh?
I mean, does that matter?

I'm not the one who sentenced an entire caste of nobility to death by backbreaking gluttony as a show of terror

Lionizing conquest by the means that the Mongols used no matter the culture is uh...no bueno you know
 
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