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I'm at the beginning of volume 9 and Erin is talking about how she saw the future, but I'm really confused on when this happened? I'm guessing in the land of the dead? But I don't recall that chapter

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Very sad. These books have helped me get through a lot of hard days at work. Is there any other related books to the series? Or similar audiobooks someone could reccomend?

Does anyone know any book recommendations similar to the hunters of Noelictus. I really like the organisation of the guild and the long fight against the undead. It doesn't have to be undead, it can be some other monsters. I also like the atmosphere and the weapons.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I haven’t seen anyone talking on here about the incentive drive Pirate is doing for preordering the first physical book to try and get into the best sellers list.

Basically just show proof of receipt and it’ll add exp to the pile to get rewards like bookmarks and streams, it’s almost unlocked level 5 currently.

What are some characters who have a Skill which is far to power for the level they are at. I will start with the most obvious, Erin’s Box/Vault/Safe… is clearly meant to be a reward for opposing the gods and is presented as probably being on the same level as insane sounding skills such as Door to Helste and Door to earth. I know it’s kinda obvious but I just mentioned it to get it out of the way. The immortal moment might be an even better example actually.

Or they mostly gain new spells?

If Lyonette’s Skill which let her share the Inn’s authority evolved so that she can simply take the Inn and steal all of Erin’s Skills would she? (Just to clarify the Skill changes she can’t keep borrowing she has to either use the Skill and steal all of Erin’s Skills forever or simply not use it)
I know it seems ridiculous but Lyonette has referred to it as her Inn multiple times and has been known to take things that aren’t hers when she believes she is the more responsible party.
If you think she wouldn’t which is fair enough and in line with her Character what do you think would have to change between her and Erin’s relationship for her to use the Skill.

It was around the time numbtounge was in the drake city with his gf, the black scaled drake whose a part of that one organization of disgruntled nobles(that arent in direct line of succession and whatnot). And they're at an inn and i think she's supposed to be setting him up or something.

So about 5 months ago I decided to start rereading The Wandering Inn. I started around 2019 and have kept up, usually binging every 6 months ago. I have used to reread more frequently back in the predigital days, but there is a lot more I'm interested in reading now so I tend to only reread my favorites.

Spoilers: All. You've been warned.

TWI remains one of my favorite series of all times. The beginning is a bit shaky in places, but holds up fairly well. Ryoka was less annoying then I recall but it may be due to my wisdom increasing as I get older (or maybe the rewrite). I wish the volumes were shorter / split up, the as the series goes along they are far too long. After a large thing happens just end the volume and start a new one imo. Recent example would be palace of fates. One of my least favorite updates was the multiple drafts / short stories; are these cannon? Will other updates basically use the same story just fleshed out like one of them already has? I'd prefer to get no update at that point.

Favorite characters (I don't really have characters I dislike; odd I know):

Saliss, Salii, Niers, GDI, Khorpe, Trey, Yelroan, Garry, Moore, Nerul, Ishkr, Liska, Wilovan, Ratici, Normen.

On the reread it's very obvious that Erin was intentionally kept under 50 only for storyline reasons. She literally defended her inn from a Teriach level threat (Touv), then convinced him to be a guest afterwards. That's kind of the most innkeeper type thing that ever innkeepered. Then defended her inn from a god. Sure, there's some claptrap thrown in later about the GDI leaving people it likes at their capstone too long, but it's covering for an obvious inconsistency. I think she perhaps wasn't given enough levels too when she finally leveled up but that's more arguable.

I'm assuming the 10 years in the future palace had the original earther xp modifier (as events wouldn't have transpired that changed it) as that's kind of the only thing that would explain so many high level heroes. From what we know heroes in general do not level up any faster (though heroes cheat, so individual heroes might).

On to wild theories!

I'm fairly confident that Numbtongue will be the goblin king eventually. It feels like with his class he has the possibility to be the goblin king and not be overridden by the first goblin king. Both Rags and Rabbiteater are the obvious front runners but I don't think that's how it'll end up.

The blighted kingdom's antagonist arc has been building for awhile now. I think it'll pop soon.

Likely additions to Flos's 7: Salii, Trey, Orjin, Femithain, Yelroan.

Cheers

Just finished Witch of Webs on the way into work... and that's when I realized I don't have the next book on this phone.

The Granny Weatherwax reference in WoW might be the single best reference I've come across in the series so far.

Title. The table of contents is up and there is no mention of the series being stubbed like a royal road publication would. Iirc when I read it the first time the books were already out but the serial was still available for free. What changed? Clicking next chapter into chapter 2 just sends you to the preorder page.

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I read (listened to) Empress of Beasts and then Gravesong and Huntsong. Now working on Hell's Wardens. When should I read Ghostsong?

Also, I've heard a lot of good things about Hell's Wardens but I'm really struggling to engage. Around what chapter did it really hook people?

Thanks

I have been doing some re-reads and wonder if anyone else has noticed that several of the male supporting cast in relationships are based on Romance character archetypes?

Relc - Urban Romance (Cowboy Cop)

Tyrion - Time-Travel Romance (Widowed Medieval Lord)

Olesm - Historical Romance (Napoleonic Wars Lieutenant -> General)

Grimalkin - Regency Romance (Shy scholarly supporting male lead)

EDIT:-

Lism - Is less an archetype and more of a shout-out to 2 of Michael Douglas' roles. Early Lism was William Foster (Falling Down) and current Lism is Andrew Shepherd (The American President)

I just finished listening to the Foliana interlude in Hell's Wardens towards the end of Volume 6.

I remember in a way earlier chapter that Niers said that Foliana only ate food as a way to warn the victim and that it had no meaningful power. I even remember people in the comments (I check the old reddit chapter threads after i listen to each one) speculating that maybe she did it to make it more challenging so as to level up faster.

However in the brothel interlude chapter she clearly is able to use taste synethasia as some sort of skill to help her find her quarry.

Without future spoilers:

1. Was Niers lying or misinformed?

2. Did I remember it wrong?

3. Or minor plot inconsistency?

It’s been some time now, that i am actively forcing myself to be open minded and read through even if i don’t like the plot or the characters. I have mostly stopped reading, if I don’t like it most of my life. Recently I posted as how much i hate when Erin is not around. As i realised i am an anchor type fan, I am finding ways to manage and power through the millions of words.

It made me curious about how everyone else experiences a story this massive. I know some people live for the epic global lore drops, while others are just here for the cozy slice-of-life inn days or the progression min-maxing. What type of fan are you, and how do you handle it when the story shifts away from your favorite characters for months at a time? Do you grit your teeth through every word, or are you a tactical skimmer? Let’s talk reader psychology!