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Maximilian Birkl
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Two things:
1) Baru is in bondage and being questioned both in the numbered chapters and in "Now" - nice parallell
2) The stories of ash continue in this book and I think they form a parallel to the later chapters of inciting civil war - stories of catastrophes, one where Falcrest failed, one where it might succeed
And as a third, I think the parallel to the note at the beginning with the Portuguese invasion
— Feb 11, 2026 11:09PM
1) Baru is in bondage and being questioned both in the numbered chapters and in "Now" - nice parallell
2) The stories of ash continue in this book and I think they form a parallel to the later chapters of inciting civil war - stories of catastrophes, one where Falcrest failed, one where it might succeed
And as a third, I think the parallel to the note at the beginning with the Portuguese invasion
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Maximilian Birkl
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The chapter isn't quite done, but "Splinters" :
Baru is being questioned while stuck in a confined space and water slowly poured over her. This featured a phrase like "the dog of claustrophobia liked the back of her knees" or something like that and that was just insanely good.
Also "uranium lore" for those cancer worshippers
— Feb 10, 2026 11:39PM
Baru is being questioned while stuck in a confined space and water slowly poured over her. This featured a phrase like "the dog of claustrophobia liked the back of her knees" or something like that and that was just insanely good.
Also "uranium lore" for those cancer worshippers
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Back to my favorite series I can recommend to nobody, because it's too complicated. But this time around I will try to take notes.
So in the prologue "Now" we get the central 'point' of this one:
Starting a civil war between the followers of Trim and the Cancreoth. Thus weakening the Oriate Mbo (am I spelling any of these correctly?).
Nice an straight forward for once; it won't stay like that, will it?
— Feb 10, 2026 02:09PM
So in the prologue "Now" we get the central 'point' of this one:
Starting a civil war between the followers of Trim and the Cancreoth. Thus weakening the Oriate Mbo (am I spelling any of these correctly?).
Nice an straight forward for once; it won't stay like that, will it?
