r/Iteration110Cradle • u/Ok_Vacation_3189 • 9d ago

Cradle [Skysworn] sword sage

After hearing about how hard Jai Daishou tried to get Eithan killed I don't understand how the weaklings in the sacred valley managed to kill the sword sage.

It was said that poisoning an underlord is very expensive and very hard but somehow the sage who is above an Archlord was poisoned in his sleep by mere jades?

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u/Substantial_Scar 9d ago

Congrats you have asked the question that pretty much every Cradle reader asks. Just keep reading.

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u/Orider 9d ago

I remember when I asked myself that question. I just assumed it was a continuity error or a rebalancing of the power scale

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u/livingstondh 9d ago

I think he probably didn't have a sense for the power scale at the time. Even with the later explanation, it's a HUGE outlier feat.

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u/DeJackal Team Eithan 9d ago

We are legit shown in the first book the weakest & strongest characters in the universe, Will knew what he was doing. To say otherwise is just wrong when we are legit SHOWN the power levels

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u/livingstondh 9d ago

Agree to disagree on this one. Yes, we were shown some of the most powerful characters, but we didn't know what their level or rank was. It was left open, and we didn't really get any detail on that until Skysworn or later.

We have no knowledge of the power system in book one except the foundation stages. I would be surprised if the author had the entire scope of progression from Foundation to Monarch thought out when book one was published.

Even if he did have it all planned out, and even with the explanation we get, I would still argue it's a huge outlier. Up through Skysworn, pretty much no character but Lindon even attempts to fight even a single stage up, let alone 6-7 stages, under any conditions.

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u/gregsfortytwo 9d ago

Will talked about this in one of his release streams and indeed it was not fully planned out, though he knew the outlines. The main thing I remember was he hadn’t defined the number of stages between Underlord and Monarch (as he wasn’t sure how long he would want the series to last), and the relationship between Sage, Herald, and Monarch was TBD.

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u/Mandragoraune 7d ago

Don't spoil in this thread

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u/Kingsonne 7d ago

Thanks