Ordered these a couple of weeks ago. Still yet to receive a shipping notification. The books have also gone from their web store. Just wondered how long I should expect to wait? I have emailed them a few days ago but am yet to get a response. I’m based in the UK
For context: I have only explicitly read Of Blood and Fire but I don't care about general spoilers.
I was watching a panel with Ryan Cahill, Robin Hobb, and Brandon Sanderson on YouTube. Ryan mentions that Christopher Paolini gives him playful jabs about not writing 'true' dragons.
I know Valerys is a wyvern, by definition, but is that true for every dragon mentioned in the series? Or is it a mix of 'true' dragons and wyverns?
Definitions I'm using just to make sure:
Dragons: 4 legs, 4 wings
Wyverns: 2 legs, 2 wings (conjoined front appendages with the wings)
Didn't know the appropriate flair for this post, sonI decided to be safe. This could contain spoilers for all books.
I finished the Truth last week and got my partner on the Bound and the Broken as well. We were talking about fancasts for certain characters and I was wondering what anyone's perfect fancasts would be here! I'll drop some of mine here, drop yours in the comments!
Cillian Murphy/Mads Mikkelsen/Johnny Depp - Fane
Tom Holland - Dann
John Krasinski - Tarmon
Rahul Kohli - Kallinvar
Noah Schnapp - Rist
Jason Momoa - Eltoar
Seeking experienced TCG playtesters!
For the last 9 months or so, game designer David Freeman and I have been working with Ryan Cahill to create an official trading card game for his series of novels, The Bound and The Broken. We’re currently testing four pre-constructed demo decks, and we’d love your help!
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Spoilers
First time reader here. There is lots about this series that I like and dislike. I should maybe try a write up, if I can organize my thoughts. I have read every major fantasy series out there and so far this one has potential but is mid level for me.
I am halfway through Empires and Dust. So far, I am enjoying the story. I am hoping for some crazy revelations to come. What would make it cool to me is if the bad guys win.
Up until this point the Emperor Fain and his Empire have been made out to be the bad guys. A tyrannical state that crushes all others. When we get our limited glimpses of Fain he does not at all come across, at least to me, as some evil mustache twirling villain. He seems to have the respect (not fear) of his most important generals (the Dragonrider on Helios) and Garamond. The point has been brought up that the Empire has caused the longest period of peace in history and does seem to sort of be made out to be much more evil than it is. Even the explanation for using Essence has merit, though I do still think that leans toward the evil side. Ha. Conversely, the Chosen or Fades are clearly meant to be fairly straight forward evil.
My question is. Has anyone else felt a possible twist coming? That Efialtir may not be as evil as thought. He does have some evil ish allies and methods. The one thing that might make this series more interesting to me is if it does continue down this path of morally grey theme. That there is no true good and evil. It’s about choices. What would make this stand out is if Fain and the Empire “win” and are proven to not be bad at all. And that their evil is really only a matter of perspective.
It is all really a battle of the gods and the propaganda those gods put out through their followers to try to gain more power. I guess I am just worried this series is going to slide into a forgettable one if it doesn’t stand out in some significant way.
Thoughts?
Finished book 3 and the Rist chapters have been borderline unbearable for me, largely because of how gullible and stupid he seems to be? It feels like a huge contrast to how he was portrayed at the start of the series, where he was the "brains" of the trio.
It started with Rist sending and then asking if his letters ever reached Dann and Calen, as if they weren't fugitives running from the Empire after killing soldiers of the Empire. Rist also just doesn't really question how he got to Al' Nasla, instead he just takes the "we found u on the side of the road" as what happened without looking deeper into it.
Sure, every character has their flaws but at some point it becomes too much. After Ella crashes out on Rist for being a part of the Empire, Rist has this inner monologue where he talks about being confused on why Ella made it seem like he was betraying her and Calen. Did he forget that soldiers of the Empire killed Ella's parents???
Why does it seem like he's forgotten all events prior to waking up in Al' Nasla? Please tell me he gets better in Book 4, cause I think I'll just get pissed off whenever I read his chapters.