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Forging Divinity

Preceded byN/A

## Synopsis

Some say that in the city of Orlyn, godhood is on sale to the highest bidder. Thousands flock to the city each year, hoping for a chance at immortality.

Lydia Hastings is a knowledge sorcerer, capable of extracting information from anything she touches. When she travels to Orlyn to validate the claims of the local faith, she discovers a conspiracy that could lead to a war between the world’s three greatest powers. At the focal point is a prisoner who bears a striking resemblance to the long-missing leader of the pantheon she worships.

Rescuing the prisoner would require risking her carefully cultivated cover - but his execution could mean the end of everything Lydia holds dear.

## Chapter List

 Appendix 2 - Notable Personages

## Characters

* Taelien Salaris - a swordsman from the Forest of Blades.
* Erik Tarren
* Jonan Kestrian - Scribe - a "humble scribe" that works for the Order of Vaelien.
* Raymond Lorel - Head Researcher
* Randall Shaw - Captain of the guard for the Low Palace
* Gerald Mason - A Paladin of Tae'os working secretly with in the city.
* Stuart - A palace servant

### Royal Family

* Queen Regent Tylan
* Prince Byron

### Queen's Guard

* Landen of the Twin Edges
* Korin Matthews

### Court Sorcerers

 Sethridge
 Veruden
 Istavan
 Lydia Scryer | Court Sorceress

### Gods of Oryln

 Tylan
 Myros
 Vorain
Heartlance

The Heartlance was most likely created by the Xixian Empire during their reign. It has a solid metal shaft instead of utilizing wood. The spear and shaft are guarded by strong enchantments that metal sorceries have not been able to shape easily. Keras struggles to shape it during the battle against Velas in their final Paladin trials. The Heartlance has 3 gems or crystals inside which power the artifact. The main boost of the spear is that it can provide a strong boost of motion sorcery making the wielded extremely fast. As noted by Wrynn Jaden the spear also has blood magic that stops wounds from closing properly. The spear also has another power that requires a sacrifice of life to activate. This power is not fully understand but conveys immense powers to the wielder and far surpassed even those of a child of the Vae’kes.

## Wrynn Jaden Notes

> Then there’s the Heartlance. Once the symbol of the gods of Orlyn, it somehow ended up in the hands of a paladin named Velas. It’s popularly known for preventing injuries it causes from healing, but while it might have some properties that slow healing, it definitely doesn’t actually do that. The main function seems to be some kind of haste effect when the wielder taps the bottom of it on the ground, but I suspect it has other abilities. Maybe something involving blood sorcery, given the name.
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I Don't Wanna Grow Up

Capa do EP "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

*Você não está procurando pela música de mesmo nome, I Don't Wanna Grow Up?*
**"I Do not Wanna Grow Up"** é o EP de estréia da artista pop americana Bebe Rexha. Foi lançado em 12 de maio de 2015, pela Warner Bros. Records.

## Lançamento e progresso

Bebe Rexha começou a se juntar com Pete Wentz como parte da dupla de música Black Cards, antes de começar a gravar seu primeiro single solo para seu primeiro EP, chamado "I Can't Stop Drinking About You". "I Can't Stop Drinking About You" foi lançado em 29 de abril de 2014. Desde que lançou seu primeiro single solo, Rexha apareceu em algumas faixas no álbum de Pitbull, Globalization (2014), enquanto ela estava escrevendo e apresentando como participante do coro para "Hey Mama" de David Guetta.

Em dezembro de 2014, Rexha publicou uma demo de uma faixa, chamada "Cry Wolf". A canção foi rumor de que seria o novo single dela. No entanto, quatro dias depois, Rexha revelou que seu próximo single seria chamado de "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy". A música foi finalmente lançada uma semana, depois de ter tido uma prévia em 19 de dezembro de 2014.

## Recepção crítica

Após o lançamento, I Don't Wanna Grow Up foi revisado pela ArtistDirect, com Rick Florino descrevendo o álbum como "incrivelmente divertido, mas extremamente emocional", com tudo sendo um "equilíbrio delicado de honestidade hipnótica e entusiasmo sincero, separando-a da matilha". Com relação à música "Pray", sua faixa vocal é retratada como "impressionante, enquanto ela atinge corridas expansivas e notas altas, carregando esse tipo de linhas inteligentemente confessional". Robbie Daw of Idolator afirmou que a música "Pray" "exibe talvez um lado mais emocional do Bebe do que ouvimos nos últimos lançamentos".

## Tour

Para apoiar o lançamento de seu primeiro EP, Rexha realizou uma tour em toda a Europa. Além disso, cantando como parte do Warped Tour.

## Trívia

* Esse é o único álbum até o momento sem nenhuma participação especial.
* Esse é o álbum com o menor número de faixas, sendo cinco.

## Referências

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Bebe-Rexha-I-Dont-Wanna-Grow-Up/master/861237
2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-dont-wanna-grow-up-ep/id989483968
3. ↑ http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/listen\_to\_bebe\_rexhas\_powerful\_new\_single\_pray\_exclusive
4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-dont-wanna-grow-up-mw0002844548/releases
5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/ep-of-the-week-bebe-rexha-i-don-t-wanna-grow-up/11713131-all
6. ↑ http://www.nylonmag.com/articles/bebe-rexha-i-can't-stop-drinking-about-you
7. ↑ http://www.elremix.com/2014/12/bebe-rexha-im-gonna-show-you-crazy-gone.html
8. ↑ 8,0 8,1 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6546356/bebe-rexha-david-guetta-hey-mama-interview
9. ↑ http://www.idolator.com/7573407/bebe-rexha-cry-wolf-demo
10. ↑ http://www.idolator.com/7573974/bebe-rexha-im-gonna-show-you-crazy-snippet-next-single
11. ↑ http://www.idolator.com/7591983/bebe-rexha-pray-listen-i-dont-wanna-grow-up-ep
12. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/i-dont-wanna-grow-up-ep/id989483968
Alexander Theas

Alexander Theas was a Valian Shaper and Swordmaster who fought against Edria Song in the opening ceremonies. I think he’s Elora and Sheridan’s cousin? Not sure. Need to ask about him sometime. Sounds cute, and possibly eligible.

I suppose I should also write down everyone that’s been listening to the story, just to help us keep track for later.

## Appearance

He wears a crimson suit with tailcoat and feathered cap and is armed with a long thin sword with a bright orange crystal on the pommel.

## Items

He managed to get Wraith Cutter as a tournament reward but lost it in a bet to Reika.

## Relationships

Keras and Alexander agreed on a tempory ceasefire during the tournament of the sacred sword. He beecame angry after Keras asked him about the fall of Velthryn.
Takeshi Kurita

Takeshi Kurita is a high-level Swordmaster and Champion from the Dalenos Six.

He uses the dual enhancement mana from his two attunements to overwhelm his opponents.

## Abilities

He carries two swords, one long and one short. One or both of them seems to have lightning based enchantments.

Keras speculated he had some kind of lightning based teleportation ability.
Akadi

Akadi is one of the harbingers of the Sun Eater, the world-eating deity that destroyed the entire planet of Rendalir. Apparently, he has multiple bodies, as well as some kind of possession abilities.

## Abilities

He primary uses ruin and choas sorcery. With Ruin sorcery he's able to break bones.

He's able to use fragments of his shade to possess people.
Jonathan Sterling

Jonathan Sterling is one of the children of the Vaelian the Tyrant in Gold.

## History

Jonathan Sterling was born in Valeria and served in the local military for the standard four years. After completing his service he spent two years as a professional bodyguard to the Stalwart family. After saving the life of the family heir, he was offered a position in the Haven Knights, a prominent local knightly order. Several years later, he chose to apply to the Paladins of Taeo's following the departure of his grandfather, a former paladin.

He infiltrated the Trials of Unyielding Steel — a contest to join the Paladins of Tae’os — and used that opportunity to attempt to assassinate Landen of the Twin Edges, one of the few remaining members of House Theas. While Landen survived, Sterling killed Garrick Torrent, earning the enmity of the surviving paladins.
Bestiary

### Normal Monsters

* Barghensi
* Delsys
* Gargoyles
* Goblin
* Imp
* Karvensi
* Ogre
* Slimes
* Tavare
* Urgoyles
* Kobolds
* Hydra
* Dragon
* Serpent

### God Beasts

* Genbu, the God Tortoise
* Seiryu, the God Serpent
	+ Mizuchi
	+ Satsuki
* Orochi, the God Hydra
	+ Zenkichi
	+ Raizo
* Byakko, the God Tiger
* Suzaku, the God Phoenix
* Arachne, the God Spider
Crystal Awakening

Preceded byN/A

## Summary

*Crystal Awakening* is a full-on spire climbing book. This is, in many respects, closer to what Andrew Rowe originally envisioned for *Arcane Ascension* – and what a huge group of fans wanted out of the series. Both this first book and the series as a whole, *Shattered Legacy*, focus on veteran climbers exploring each of the different spires. In this way, we’ll get a look at what the spires are like for groups dedicated toward their exploration, with more experience and context than the characters from *Arcane Ascension*. Higher-level characters also allow for some awesome exploration of more powerful attunement abilities and challenging encounters, so you can look forward to that as well.

This first book isn’t quite as progression focused as Arcane Ascension, since the characters are already mid-level characters when the book starts, although progression will be happening throughout the series. You can see it as less like *Arcane Ascension* in that regard and more like the *War of Broken Mirrors*. It’s also multi-perspective, so it mirrors (heh) the *War of Broken Mirrors* in that sense as well, and has more of a WOBM-style darker third person narrative style. So, for those that are familiar with my books as a whole, it’s on Kaldwyn in the spires, but the narrative and plotting style may be more closely related to the *War of Broken Mirrors*, or a mixture of the two series.
Sovereign

One of the Restricted Attunements. Normally bestowed to kings of nations, the Sovereign has not been publicly seen in many years. It allows the user to absorb spells and temporarily make use of another person's attunement. They can even affect a barrier that blocks attack spells (including a paladins invulnerability aura).

It is also implied Sovereigns may have the ability to remove someone's attunement.
Ceris

Ceris, the Song of Harmony, forged from the heart of a long-broken world.

Ceris was given to Sera Cadence since Katashi couldn't heal an injury she suffered in service to the task he gave Corin.

Ceris is made up of some kind of blue crystal. It has the ability to draw in a spell and store it until it hits something. It has some standard magic sword properties like being tougher than steel and sharp. When hitting a target dummy in rapid succession it caused a faint ringing of slightly different tones. It is unknown what the purpose of this is, but it could be some kind of information for the wielder.
Judgement

A judgement is a trial of the goddess, Selys, by surviving one you can earn an Attunement.

A judgement can be taken at any of the Shifting Spires and each spire offers different Attunements.

If you have already completed a judgement you may attempt a judgement again, but each subsequent attempt is scaled in difficultly.
Hydra Spire

Hydra Spire is the Spire located in West Edria. Its corresponding Visage is Melkyr and the God-Beast Orochi.

The attunements it offers are heavily focused on shrouds.

The spire itself has eight different branches jutting out at different angles. The rooms inside tends to be more focused on combat compared to other spires.
Lars Mantrake

Shopkeepers for the Climber's Court, a magic item shop. Prior to that he was a climber.

As Mentioned in "The Torch That Ignites the Stars", Lars had also visited the Transcendent Crystal Shrine at some point before the Climber's Court, given that he and his apparent partner Kestor were copied and used as challengers to Sera's Crystal Temple Challenge. As a Challenger his main goal was to loot much of Sera's dungeon rather than to win the crystal challenge, much to the chagrin of Sera and the admiration of Corin.

## Relationships

Lars meet Karas whilst adventuring in the unclaimed lands.

Used to work with his partner Kester Boyd.

## Abilities

His attunement was lost to him after his leg was destroyed. He uses an artifical leg in place of his real one.

## History

He was part of an expedition to the unclaimed lands where he worked as a quarter master, during that time him and five others went of exploring, he woke up later after being found injured, his memories and other teammates both missing.
Asphodel

Asphodel is a delaren, a species with crystalline hair that generates sorcerous essence. She possesses a powerful talent for destiny sorcery, allowing her to continuously see a few seconds into the future, as well as concentrate to see visions on specific subjects. Because of this, she is referred to as an oracle. Others that sleep near her are sometimes visited by dreams of the future as a manifestation of one of her oracular talents.
Chime

Chime is a fragment of crystal that used to be part of the Singing Waters Shrine.

## History

A powerful challenger managed to complete Chimes trails and earn a boon, they asked first for an amulet, when that wasn't available they asked for a sentient sword, when that wasn't available they asked for a sound crystal mark. Afterwards the challenger trapped Chime and turned them into a sword similar to the six sacred swords. Chime managed to escaped by braking themself into multiple Crystal fragments.

The first fragment was found in the Tortoise Spire during the events of Crystal Awakening. The second fragment was found in the Tiger Spire during the events of the Phantom Chamber.
Edria Song

**Edria Song** is the Crown Princess of Edria, wielder of Diamantine after the tournament starts, and set to be the final opponent in the tournament. She has been blessed since childhood with six attunements.

## Skills and Abilities

### Attunements

Edria Song was blessed by the visages with six attunements at birth.

* Shieldbreaker
* Paladin
* Seer
* Wayfarer

## Appearances

She has long black hair tied back into a ponytail.
Burden Band

## Description

A featureless copper ring. This ring gathers and stores compressed mana within, giving it tremendous weight. This mana can then be deployed in a number of ways.

While fully charged, the ring has significant weight, but the band will nullify this weight for the wearer once it is put on. We advise caution when putting the ring on and taking it off, however, as the weight is not nullified until the ring detects that it is securely worn.

## Functions

The ring is thought activated, with commands for each function:

* Burden Band: Impact deploys a portion of the stored mana on your next detected attack.
* Burden Band: Blast deploys a portion of the stored mana through a blast from the ring.
* Burden Band: Cling deploys a sheet of weight that ‘clings’ to the next thing it comes in contact with, weighing them down until the mana disperses.
Defying Destiny

## Synopsis

It’s been almost a year since the Trials of Unyielding Steel.

When Lydia gets a lead on the whereabouts of Jonathan Sterling, she concludes her training with a legendary immortal sorcerer and puts a plan in motion for his capture.

Near Selyr, Taelien reunites with an old friend — Wrynn Jaden, the legendary Witch of a Thousand Shadows — and meets with Jonan to make a deal.

Jonan, of course, has other concerns. His master, the legendary Lady of Thieves herself, has given him a new assignment — one that hints at world-shaping events if he can survive the mission. He’ll partner with Velas, but she has her own problems to deal with, including a revelation that will test where her loyalties truly lie.
Phantom Chamber

Preceded byCrystal Awakening | Followed byTBA

## Summary

After the Tortoise Spire climb claims three members of Team Guiding Star Legacy, surviving combat experts Nieve and Hane—teammates by chance if not by choice—cope with their losses by joining another delving group to ascend Tiger Spire. Allied with bickering siblings Rose and Mason, an Architect and a Transmuter, and the Biomancer Lief, they’re led by Odette, an Analyst, who has meticulously studied the spire’s scenarios to locate the mythical Vault of Shadows and claim its priceless treasures.

Their quest takes them aboard a train transporting rare cargo, but their mission is vague. Odette believes they’re either supposed to protect the cargo or capture someone. As the team splits into factions to solve the mystery, they encounter the notorious thief known as the Magpie. Sa’rhi Nereux is a Controller, commanding powerful minions to help them steal a creature capable of granting life or death with a single bite.

Even if the adventurers are victorious, greater threats await them within the spire if they’re to unearth the Vault of Shadows. Nieve, still grieving her lost companions, wants to befriend her new team to face these threats together. But Hane prefers distance, even from Nieve, leaving her to bond instead with a being of unimaginable power . . .
Selys

**Selys** is the Goddess of Kaldwyn. Instead of interacting directly with its citizens, or not doing anything, she has created six Visages that supposedly carry out their will. Most do not question her existence, and Corin thinks that he saw her in Sufficiently Advanced Magic when he gains his Enchanter Attunement. Other proof of her existence is not given however.

She is supposed to be a bit of a gambler, fond of riddles and trickery, as evidenced in her seven Spires, but overall she is regarded as fair.

She was a member of the Tae'os Pantheon and left Mythris when Erik Tarren explains the breakup and defeat of the Pantheon at the hands of the Tyrant in Gold.

## History

After the fall of Velthryn she guided the survivors across the sea to Kaldwyn where they found the nation of Valia. This was hundreds of years before the birth of Corin.
Mana Calling Styles

Custom/Special calling styles

Lydia Hastings - Velryan Battle Sorcery - rigid casting style gives more control over essence spread.

Jonan Kestrian - Assassin Style Sorcery - mental discipline to associate hand signals and eventually purely mental concepts to spell formation

Taelien Salaris - Custom Metal Weapon Channeling thing - infuse a metal weapon with a formed spell that releases into the next thing struck.

Song Sorcery - binds spell effects to harmonies causing them to persist as long as the song continues

Chaos Sorcery - infuses calls with raw chaos essence causing random essence changes to the spellform
Magic

## Magic on Kaldwyn

Any individual application of mana for a specific purpose is generally called a spell, and the use of spells is referred to as magic. The primary form of magic in the Arcane Ascension series is through Attunements, magical marks of power bestowed on those who complete a Judgment. Each Attunement confers different abilities, similar to a character class in a traditional role-playing game. Attunements also increase in power gradually through being used. Attunements are graded according to their Attunement Ranking.

Magic, as a general concept, is easy and intuitive. Getting specific spells right requires using exactly the right amount of mana, of the right type from the appropriate parts of the body.

There are other types of magic, as illustrated by monsters, and in the War of Broken Mirrors series, which takes place in the same universe. The most common other type referred to in this series is Dominion Style Sorcery.

It's also possible to get a crystal mark by visiting one of the Elemental Temples in the unclaimed lands or from one of the varies shrines there.

## Magic on Mythralis

Dominions refer to the power sources for sorcery on Mythralis. They’re other planes of existence that sorcerers can reach into to gather material and accomplish sorcerous effects. (See Dominion Sorcery)

## Magic on Artinia

Magic users from Artinia use magic called Spirit Arts. Spirit Arts are considered a Pre-Attunement type of sorcery. Wrynn Jaden is a known user of Spirit Arts and mentions that to get marks similar to the ones or her arm you would need to go to Kaldwyn or Artinia. Implying a similarity between the Spirit Arts and Attunements.

## Magic on Dania

People on Dania primarily use Essence Sorcery, this involves gathering essense of a particular type until it forms a Completed Dianis Point and can be used to power technics.

## Magic on Tyrenia

Blood Alchemy is the method of magic used on Tyrenia. Blood Alchemy is a way for people to become immortal.
Sheridan Theas

Sheridan Theas is the only known Necromancer in Kaldwyn and is a very powerful healer. Sheridan is a follower of Wydd and "takes after Wydd," or is our equivalent of non-binary.. Sheridan Theas is the sibling of Elora Theas.

## Relationships

Sheridan helped Sera recover from her mana scarring.

They keep flirting with Corin.
Edria

Edria is a kingdom on the continent Kaldwyn, that borders the south of Valia. It is considered to be the the strongest nation on the continent in terms of military strength. There is an East Edria and a West Edria, due to Kelridge being acquired during the Six Years War.

### Visage

Edria is home to two visages - Melkyr the Visage of Resilience and Kerivas the Visage of Law.

### Spires

Edria was founded near the Hydra Spire, and the kingdom also gained the Phoenix Spire when they conquered Kelridge. Unlike the other kingdoms, children are allowed to attempt their judgements at a much earlier age in Edria, starting at 12-13.

Residents in East Edria view the Phoenix Spire's god beast, Suzaku, in a light similar to a visage. This is in contrast to Valia, where god beasts are seen as dangerously powerful monsters.

### Six Years War

Edria went to war with Dalenos, eventually taking control of the region known as Kelridge. Valia and Caelford were allies and Dalenos and potential future targets for Edria, but the war was ended when Alaric Cadence challenged an Edrian general to a duel and won. Some people believe that Edria is simply waiting for another chance to strike.
Alaric Cadence

Corin's Great Grandfather, and pride of the House Cadence.

## History

He is famous for ending the Six-Year War between Valia and Edria in a duel. In winning the duel he elevated the house from a family of merchants to the "Noble House of Cadence" as a reward for his victory.

He went senile from the overuse of Mental Mana.

## Relationships

* Magnus Cadence - Grandson
* Tristan Cadence - Great-Grandson
* Corin Cadence - Great-Grandson
* Sera Cadence - Great-Granddaughter
Sae’kes Taelien

The weapon has a winged hilt and jeweled pommel. It is the Sacred Sword of the Tae'os Pantheon and is Keras Selyrian's birthright. Sae'Kes Taelien has meaning in the language Liadran. Sae’kes roughly means ‘That which destroys’, and Taelien means ‘Sword that gives.’ The full translation would be something like ‘Sword that gives destruction to all things’. The sword is also known as the Dominion Breaker.

## Wrynn Jaden Notes

> The Sae’kes is Sal’s sword, and it’s obviously the most famous item on the list. It’s got this weird warbly killy aura around it, which lets it cut through, well, literally anything as far as I can tell. Magical barriers, solid objects, even other magical artifacts — provided he can focus the essence around the sword enough. Big problem is that it seems like it’s leaking a bit, and uh, that could be kind of bad for him in the long run.
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> Of course, it used to belong to the Seven-Branched Sword Deity, better known as Aendaryn on this continent. When Aendaryn used it, it had all sorts of other abilities...but Sal hasn’t quite figured those out yet, and I’m not sure it would be best for me to explain. I’m a little worried that if he tries to use them when the sword is like this, he might, well, explode or something.
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## Known Techniques

* **Disintegrating Aura** - A direct application of the dominion of the sword that causes the absolute annihilation of what it comes into contact with.
* **Spell Breaker** - When used the essence of sword causes an explosion when it comes into contact with any other essence, and that explosion, in turn, often causes other near by essence to also explode. This technique could be used on artifacts, enchantment runes, or the ambient magic in the air. It is unclear what kind of saturation of ambient magic would be required to explode, but a Spire likely has a high enough saturation to explode.
* **Mana Breaker** - This is an extension or further application of Spell Breaker and would cause the mana inside people or monsters to explode. To make this work the swords essence would need to get into the body of the individual and due to the intermix of mana types in someone, it's likely to cause a chain reaction.
* **Dominion Breaker** - It was sealed in the sword with an incantation in four parts, only one part known to each of the worldmakers that forged it. One of those worldmakers died without passing their part of the message on, Thus, the technique is lost, presumably forever.
Andrew Rowe

## About Andrew

Andrew Rowe is a professional game designer and has worked with several industry giants such as Blizzard Entertainment, Cryptic Studios, and Obsidian Entertainment.

When he’s not crunching numbers for game balance, he runs Shades of Venaya, a swords and sorcery themed live-action role-playing game. In addition, he writes for pen and paper role-playing games.

Aside from game design and writing, Andrew watches a lot of anime, reads a metric ton of fantasy books, and plays every role-playing game he can get his hands on.

## Book Series

There are currently four novel series by Andrew Rowe, all of which take place in the same universe. These books have some related elements, including one character that appears across three series, but they’re designed to be read in any order.

Chronologically, the books follow this order:

* The War of Broken Mirrors
* Weapons and Wielders
* Arcane Ascension
* Shattered Legacy
* The Lost Edge

Another proposed reading order can be found on his website.

## Links

Website: https://andrewkrowe.wordpress.com/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/119164.Andrew\_Rowe?from\_search=true&from\_srp=true

Mailing List: https://andrewkrowe.wordpress.com/mailing-list/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arcane-Ascension-378362729189084/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClimbersCourt/
Mizuchi

**Mizuchi**, also known as **Hero's End** or **Guardian of Secrets**, is a giant water serpent, and spire guardian of the Serpent Spire, and one of the God Serpent's daughters. Like all spire guardians, she is rarely seen outside her tower. Unlike normal spire guardians, she does not guard any single floor. Instead, she goes where the Visages will her in order to protect the spire's secrets.

By Corin's estimation, Mizuchi in her true form is approximately the length of a city block and has scales each the size of a castle door. These scales are mostly silvery-white in color with the ones on her stomach having a purple or lilac tint. Her aura is Emerald level.

Her abilities include those of a water dragon. However, since she is the child of a God Beast, Corin assumes she is powerful enough to be able to break rules that would normally describe regular monsters' fighting abilities. Mizuchi fights with a variety of breath attacks, including a lightning or voltaic one, despite this presumably being her polar opposite element. Due to her enormous size, she can destroy buildings with her body alone or just the flick of her tail. She also has the abilities of a Summoner and was even able to use a mere binding made by Sera to reverse-summon her into the Serpent Spire without a contract after having been banished. She is capable of casting wide-spread, powerful mental compulsion spells that can affect hundreds of people at once. When done so, Corin describes their strength as being "a hair weaker" than a mental compulsion spell cast by Saffron on only a few people.

Divination is not among her abilities.

When speaking of her, Derek Hartigan expressed a clear aversion to facing her on his own and said he doesn't believe she has ever been injured. This probably only refers to Mizuchi while in her true form. During her attack on the Lorian Heights Winter Ball in her human form, Professor Meltlake and Marissa managed to crack her scales with a powerful fire spell and the Guardian attack "Star descends from sky" respectively. Afterward, Mizuchi shed her human form for something more closely resembling an Invoker form and it took Sera using Mizuchi's own attacks against her through the use of Ceris in order to harm her.

Mizuchi appears in the legend of Selys-Lyann as the foe that slew the blade's first owner. Her name was once used in an expression by Lars to describe Corin's poor state of appearance, "You look like Mizuchi chewed you up and spat you out."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 On the Shoulders of Titans Chapter VI
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter IX
3. ↑ Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter XVIII
4. ↑ Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter XVII
5. ↑ Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter XVII
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 On the Shoulders of Titans Chapter XXIV
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 On the Shoulders of Titans Chapter XX
8. ↑ Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter XX
9. ↑ Sufficiently Advanced Magic Chapter XI
10. ↑ On the Shoulders of Titans Chapter II
Diamantine

## Synopsis

After bonding with Dawnbringer, the Sacred Sword of Light, Keras Selyrian travels to the nation of Edria to compete in the Tournament of the Sacred Sword. The winner of the tournament will be given a chance to fight for the Sacred Sword of Stone if they can defeat the current wielder, the impossibly powerful Emperor of Edria, in single combat. Winning the tournament will be no simple endeavor. To succeed, Keras will have to face representatives from every nation, other foreign travelers of great skill, his own allies, other sacred sword wielders…and even a familiar face from his past. But the tournament itself won’t be the only challenge. When tournament contestants are found dead, Keras discovers the telltale signs of a familiar type of enemy — one that even his own formidable powers might fail to match. Author's Note: This book is designed to set the foundation for plot and character arcs and for several books to come, and this means that by necessity, there will be a number of elements introduced in this book that aren’t resolved by the end. This is intentional, but it may not work for all readers. If you prefer stories that feel self-contained, you may be best waiting for at least one more book to come out to read them back to back.
Elemental Classifications

Figment: Non-sapient elemental

Fragment: A child to adult elemental, beings of dominion energy closely resembling humanoid life. Elements are Fragments for about 50 years and when they have gathered/obtained enough power and knowledge they become Facets.

Facet: An adult elemental that has gained sufficient power to take a shape that no longer resembles a simple construct of dominion energy, some appearing as flesh and blood humanoid creatures, others taking the form of dangerous monstrosities. Once a Fragment becomes a Facet they can re-shape their bodies into a chosen permanent form.

Gatherer: A Facet that has attained even more power and has an essence consumption requirement beyond normal mortal creatures. Particularly powerful Facets will be sent to the Core Plane to help return Dominion essence back to their dominion, these are referred to as Gatherers.

Harvester: A Gatherer that has grown in power and has an essence consumption requirement that can no longer be sustained through normal means. Harvesters are similar to Gatherers except rather than passively gathering back dominion energy, they actively focus on causing massive releases of essence to expedite the process.
Dawn

Dawnbringer is one of the six sacred swords. She is the sword corresponding to the element of light. She recently gained intelligence and the ability to speak to anyone she touches, which she uses to make quips and jokes. She is currently bonded to Keras Selyrian.

To aquire Dawnbringer, one must find three Amulets which corresponds to the attributes Insight, Bravery, & Strength.

Each amulet has its own shrine, though at least some of those shrines contain Gateway Crystals which predate the Goddess and have only recently been to keep the amulets for their future holders. Dawnbringer itself in her shrine is fits inside a stone with sockets for the amulets. With all three amulets, Dawnbringer can be retrieved from the stone.

## **Personality**

Dawnbringer likes to make sword-related puns and tease its wielder. Her relationship with Keras is emotional and at times she is demanding and finicky. When she finds out Keras is not human, she is upset she bonded with a non-human and wasn’t told. This ignores that is bonded to a Dragon and how much Keras has done for her.

## **Abilities**

Dawnbringer has multiple abilities which can be activated by saying the corresponding keyword. The phrase can be said by the wielder or Dawn herself to activate the ability.

#### Golden Dawn

Creates a blast of Light which directly counteracts shadow and shadow-related magic.

#### Luminous Arc

Dawn creates a blast of Light which can seriously injure if not kill any who are hit by it. As it is primarily made of Light-mana, shadow-magic is also counteracted.

#### Radiant Dawn

Dawn is able to reflect attack spells, potentially back at the caster.

Additionally, Dawn grants her wielder access to Light Mana, apparently in a manner similar to an Attunement as using the mana does not have the drawbacks associated with using the Light Domain of Dominion Sorcery. With a deeper connection she can also give her wielder Enhancement and Life mana.

Her bond with Keras allowed her to access metal Sorcery.

She can't see normally but she's capable of sensing mana in objects or people that are within sixty feet of her, she's also able to read the mind of her wielder. Her capability for vision is evident when she utilized the senses of her wielder. This includes sight and taste as well as a stomachache from too many sweets.

## Items

Keras brought her some human cloths in anticipation for when she'll get a human body. He also made her a scabbard.

## History

Her previous wielder is unknown but it was twenty years prior to her bond with Keras.
Escape Bell

## Description

It was an upgraded variant on the ever-popular Return Bell used to teleport out from spires in an emergency, but it had two slight differences. First, it was able to be used in areas with slightly lower mana density than a spire. It still wouldn’t work in ordinary regions, but it would work in some other high-density areas. Second, it was designed to overcome low to mid-level items and wards that blocked teleportation.

## History

It was destroyed during Keras's match against Ishyeal Dawnsglow.
Annabelle Farren

Annabelle Farren is the women in charge of the artifical attunement program in Caelford.

## Personality

She is highly eccentric and bad at socialising with people.

It's been implied that she's a projection.

## Abilities

She has no attunement mark and no shroud but can still do magic.

She is able to see into the future as well as read minds.

## Relationships

She offered to make Reika an attunement, taking some of her blood and performing tests on her. She also performed these tests on Keras.
Spells

The spellform or spell shape is "what the spell does." You shape the mana into the effect you want to happen. When you key the spell to replace its power source you use the minimum amount of the original mana to shape the form of the spell, then flood that form with a different but compatible mana type. Even if the new mana wouldn't be able to accomplish the effect on it's own the structure you have give it from the original mana type holds the effect together.

## Types of Spells

Teleportation: allow the relocation of matter from one point to another without crossing the intervening physical distance on the core plane.
Sun Eater

The Sun Eater is a World Maker that was responsible for destroying numerous worlds, including Rendalir. He believed that each world is an experiment that must eventually come to an end.

His true name is unknown but he has many aliases including the Shade of Ruin, the First Nightmare, the Star Eater and the Blood Letter.

## History

He slew the other worldmakers of his planet and brought destruction to his entire world. According to legend, he was then sealed away by the efforts of the worldmakers of other worlds.
Ari

Ari is one of Grandmother Iron’s students. He’s a bit of a hothead and has the Juggernaut attunement. Apparently, he’s pretty close with Meilin, and he used to go adventuring with her sister, Xiaofan.

## Appearance

He is short and light with dark brown skin and black hair, armed with a single short sword on his right hip. He has a scar on his neck the extends to beneath his shirt.

## History

He was part of an expedition into the unclaimed lands, the only other person other than him to return alive was Xiaofan.

Was one of six people to challenge Edria Song at the start of the Tournament of the Sacred Sword.

He was later taken over by a ruin shade, Keras attempted to free him but he was killed afterwards.

After he died part of his spirit was saved in Venshara's gem.
Slime

Slimes are one of the most basic threats possible in the Spires, and are the weakest monster in existence. Teardrop shaped creatures of gelatinous acid, that move by hopping. They have barely noticeable levels of intelligence.

When killed they drop grey mana crystals.

There appear to be different varieties of slime. For instance, giant acidic slimes have been seen in the tower, and dropped level 3 life mana crystals.

Slimes have also been seen eating other slimes, gaining size and speed from doing so.
Os Arquivos do Doutor Zone: O Filme dos Arquivos

***Os Arquivos do Doutor Zone: O Filme dos Arquivos*** é o único filme conhecido da franquia Dr. Zone. Coincidindo com seu lançamento, foi feita uma versão canina do filme intitulada *Os Arquivos Ossudos do Cachorro da Porta*.

## Enredo

Embora a maior parte do enredo seja desconhecida, o final foi visto: Encerrando um arco que foi mostrado em Os Arquivos do Doutor Zone (mais especificamente, em "O Coração da Lua 3.679: O Santuário Interno dos Lixeiroandroides"), é revelado que o Dr. Hankry Zone (Orton Mahlson) e o Macaco do Tempo são irmãos separados no nascimento enquanto escapavam de um planeta moribundo. Dr. Zone escapou, mas o Macaco do Tempo foi sugado por um vórtice do tempo que o transformou em um ser transcronológico cuja aparência faria nossas cabeças explodirem. Dr. Zone mais tarde seria sugado para esse vórtice, e após o Macaco do Tempo voltar à sua forma original, o Doutor o levou com ele. ("Os Arquivos do Doutor Zone")

## Transcrição

Dr. Zone: Bom, Macaco do Tempo, mais uma vez a gente se divertiu como nunca. Afinal, o tempo é relativo. *(Ele e o Macaco do Tempo mostram suas duas metades da fotografia rasgada. Eles então as colocam juntas, revelando um bebê Dr. Zone e um bebê Macaco do Tempo no colo de sua mãe.)* Hmm.

## Elenco

Orton Mahlson como DR. HANKRY ZONE

e MACACO DO TEMPO como Ele mesmo

## Curiosidades

* Pode-se supor que este é o primeiro longa-metragem da franquia.
* A reviravolta final do filme (Dr. Zone e o Macaco do Tempo sendo irmãos) foi teorizada em seu dia de estreia por Melissa e Zack ("Os Arquivos do Doutor Zone")
Kuro Nightshade

Kuro Nightshade is a student at Lorian Heights and a member of Teft's dueling class. He is also a member of Team Skyseeker.

## Abilities

Kuro had access to a large number of mana types including all the base types. Corin speculated that he was either an Enchanter or had multiple attunements.

## History

He was murdered by the Sons of Valia including members of Team Bloodline.
Taer'vys Ironthorn

Taer’vys Ironthorn was one of Res’vaye’s former students, and apparently he was an extraordinarily dangerous and talented fighter.

Taer’vys Ironthorn is a member of the Thornguard, a military from Keras’ homeland. When Keras was training for an elite division, Taer’vys was already a member of that division. Taer’vys would regularly beat the younger Keras in sparring practice.

## Appearance

He is tall and broad with a goatee and hints of silver in his hair. Wears brigandine and carries a steel shield.

## Relationships

It's implied he's working for Aayara.

In injured Dawn when he attempted to destroy Keras's weapon.

Grandmother Iron is his mother, she left him in Mythralis when she returned to Kaldwyn.

## Abilities

Has access to metal sorcery.

He owns a dagger that explodes into a cloud of void mana.

He's able to petrify people.

## Histroy

He accepted Keras challenged to a duel, betting one thousand point for the opportunity.
Vendria

Vendria is an ancient seasonal goddess from Rendalir, who was once shattered into three seasonal aspects, each represented by a crystal.

The three aspects of Vendria:

* Venlyra - the Deep of Winter - Vendria's winter aspect, possessing ice and stability sorcery.
* Venshara - the Fires of Summer - Vendria's summer aspect, possessing fire and ??? sorcery.
* Venora - the ??? of Spring - Vendria's spring aspect, possessing healing and defensive sorcery.

## Notes by Wyrnn Jaden in Defying Destiny

Vendria is a talking gemstone, and one of at least three, maybe more. So far as I can tell, they all used to be a single entity from the distant world of Rendalir. Still sorting out all the details there.
Researcher

**Researcher 437-C**, called simply "**Researcher**" for short, is a summoned knowledge elemental that resides in the Divinatory's restricted archives. She acts as a living catalog system and reference desk for the archives, directing patrons to book locations as well as answering research questions directly.

Visually, Researcher resembles a short human woman with blue skin and long brown hair. She wears a tailored blue suit slightly darker than her skin. She speaks like a normal human, though her laugh is so high-pitched it resembles a bird call rather than a human voice.

She has a pleasant personality and is friendly towards visitors, especially those who have interesting research objectives. She seems to have a special fondness for Corin, possibly due to his curiosity about obscure subjects, and once asked him to visit her more often. She usually conducts herself professionally, but displays a childlike excitement when talking about interesting subjects. As a knowledge elemental, knowledge itself is almost like food.

Researcher is aware she is a summon and thus a copy of a "real" Researcher somewhere in the Serpent Spire. The conditions of her summoning make her dependent on the platform she stands on in the archives, as it provides a constant supply of mana to sustain her. Without a mana supply, she will "die" (i.e. this copy of her will be destroyed). Her summoner also forbade her from disclosing who they are. However, she displays something of a mischievous streak, occasionally finding loopholes in her restrictions.

Magically, Researcher has several abilities. She has perfect recall of information or is otherwise able to draw on stored knowledge directly. Her eyes go white when she does this. She has divination magic as well that allow her to examine magical objects, detect if someone is being honest (including if they are telling the technical truth but creatively phrasing what they say to mislead), as well as varying levels of detection/tracking spells.

Researcher refers to herself as a Fragment.
The Lost Edge

## About the Series

A young man lives among the trees of a primeval forest, raised by a wizened old sage and friend to the faeries and spirits of his home. He bears only half a name—Lien, an ancient word meaning “blade” or “edge”—and no knowledge of his heritage. As he grows, so too does his need for independence and answers. Thus, he begins his adventure, seeking a shattered sword and the truth behind the mysterious mark on his right hand.

To earn his freedom from his adoptive grandfather, Lien will seek to complete the trials of Anathema, a long-hidden weapon of devastating power. To succeed, he must master his own burgeoning power, learning swordplay and magic from fractured figments of ancient legends. Though his training will push him to the brink, failure comes at an even greater cost. For only with his talents fully forged will Lien stand a chance against his true foe: destiny itself.

Set within bestselling author Andrew Rowe’s Arcane Ascension universe, and inspired by Japanese manga and role-playing games, Edge of the Woods is the first volume of an epic new fantasy series perfect for fans of The Legend of Zelda.
Valia

Valia is the primary region that *Sufficiently Advanced Magic* takes place in. It is one of the Four Powers and was allied with Dalenos and Caelford against Edria during the Six Years War.

### Visage

Valia is home to Tenjin, the Visage of Inspiration. He acts as an advisor to the Council of Lords and to the queen.

### Spires

The Serpent Spire is where the god beast Seiryu resides. Teenagers in Valia are allowed to enter it for their judgements at age 17, much like in Caelford.
Transference Sword

A weapon of Corin's design. A saber with gray and transference enchantments layered across the surface to increase the striking power. can launch a shock-wave.

This sword was used commonly by Corin and his allies until he gave it as a reward to a crystal spirit copy, while undergoing a test in one of the crystal shrines. “Someday when you’re stronger and have a much more legendary sword to wield. Pass that one down to someone who needs it” Corin to the Spirit copy.
Unclaimed Lands

The Unclaimed Lands are an area in the center of Kaldwyn that's not claimed by any nation.

## Notable locations

The unclaimed lands is home to the Unclaimed Spire, who built it and why is unknown but it has only one doorway and appears to be impossible to enter.

### Elemental temples

* Elemental temple of fire
* Elemental temple of water
* Elemental temple of air
* Elemental temple of earth
* Elemental temple of light
* Elemental temple of shadow

The guardians of the elemental temple only open them twice a year.

The Elemental Temples are where the six sacred swords were originally forged.

### Gateway Crystals

* Spirit Gateway Crystal
* Transcendence Gateway Crystal

## Trivia

Monsters in the unclaimed lands don’t have shrouds.
Visages

The Six Visages of the goddess Selys. Their exact nature and origin is unknown. They are beings of great power, appearing to be of at least Sapphire strength. They are believed to have the powers of all attunements, though each Visage has a different focus. Each Visage is connected to one of the Shifting Spires across Kaldwyn, though some visages make their homes amongst the people. Katashi refers to Tenjin and Ferras as his brother and sister, though the exact nature of their relation is unknown. By the theme of their being tied to the Spires, there should theoretically be at least one more visage, for either the unknown Spire in the Unclaimed lands or the Spider Spire.
Trials of Judgement

The **Trials of Judgement** is a leather bound journal style book that has the approximate thickness of a fist. Corin first acquired this book in the landing room during his Judgement. The book was located on the third pedestal. Corin left a coin in exchange for it. While the Trials of Judgement originally appeared to be a blank book with no title, Corin later discovered that while he was in the Room of Valor writing had appeared on the pages. Corin uses it as a form of communication device to talk to a being who he initially names "Mysterious Book Entity". Trials of Judgement tells Corin that it is used by "The Voice of the Tower". It is later revealed that Corin had been communicating with his brother Tristan Cadence the whole time.

In AA2 Corin encounters a stick that Corin ruminates might have runes inside of it–just like the book–Derek tells him a friend made it.

People known to have a copy of **Trials of Judgement**:

Corin Cadence

Yunika Lambert

Cecily Lambert

Laura Lyran