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Akura Grace

2021-05-25T19:52:35Z

🍑: /* Wintersteel */ Fixed capitalization, and let's be real.

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|Rank=[[Underlord]]
|Faction=[[Akura Family]]
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|Mom=Akura Kiya<ref name="BL 2">[[Summary:Bloodline#Chapter 2|''Bloodline'', Chapter 2]]</ref>
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'''Akura Grace''' was an [[Underlord (Advancement)|Underlord]] member of the [[Akura Family|Akura clan]].<ref name="UC 6">[[Summary:Uncrowned#Chapter 6|''Uncrowned'', Chapter 6]]</ref> She competed in the [[18th Uncrowned King Tournament]], one of the replacements for the [[Temple of Rising Earth|Temple of Rising Earth's]] team. Rather than the head family's typical [[Path of Seven Pages]], Grace followed an unnamed [[Sacred Arts#The Paths of the Sacred Arts|Path]] of sword and shadow [[madra]].<ref name="UC 6" />

She died at the hands of two [[Overlord (Advancement)|Overlords]] of [[Redmoon Hall]], during an attack on [[Sky's Edge]] by the four [[Dreadgod cults]].<ref name="WS 26">[[Summary:Wintersteel#Chapter 26|''Wintersteel'', Chapter 26]]</ref>

==Appearance==
She is described as being full-figured and beautiful, with long black hair, much like [[Akura Malice]] herself. She possessed the signature purple eyes of her clan, and is primarily shown wearing the same dark robes as other Akura [[Sacred Arts|sacred artists]]. She wields a curved saber.<ref name="UC 6" />

==Biography==
===Uncrowned===
Grace's first appearance comes in ''[[Uncrowned]]'', when [[Wei Shi Lindon|Lindon]] challenges the twelve Underlords competing for a spot on the Akura family's [[18th Uncrowned King tournament|Uncrowned King team]]; [[Akura Fury]] passed over her in favor of her cousin [[Akura Pride|Pride]]. She is mentioned as having challenged Lindon once before during his time in [[Moongrave]].<ref name="UC 6" /><ref name="UC 7">[[Summary:Uncrowned#Chapter 7|''Uncrowned'', Chapter 7]]</ref> Following the interception of the Rising Earth team by the [[Xorrus]], the [[Sacred Beasts|gold dragon]] [[Herald (Advancement|Herald]], a second team from the head family were chosen to compete; Grace was one of them.<ref name="UC 8">[[Summary:Uncrowned#Chapter 8|''Uncrowned'', Chapter 8]]</ref><ref name="UC 9">[[Summary:Uncrowned#Chapter 7|''Uncrowned'', Chapter 9]]</ref>

Along with the rest of her team, Grace was eliminated in the third round.<ref name="UC 14">[[Summary:Uncrowned#Chapter 14|''Uncrowned'', Chapter 14]]</ref>

===Wintersteel===

Akura Grace goes to Sky's edge where the Akura family and the Seishen Kingdom are trying to protect their land from the Abyssal Palace cultists. She paired with Lindon, Pride, Douji, Courage, and the Maten Twins.

Akura Grace develops an attraction to Lindon and decides she would like to marry him. Akura Charity proposes the idea to Lindon which he refuses.

Shortly after being rejected by Lindon, Seishen Daji betrays the Akura family and Grace is teleported away by the Sage of Red Faith with some of her other team members. As Akura Grace and her other team members flee up the stairs they are met with an ambush. Akura Grace dies on the stairs pinned to the wall by a forged spear, her hand still clutching her sword, heart shattered by the realization that Lindon was a mere 30 feet away and had decided he would rather let her die than marry her.

Although Lindon was only a short distance away snacking on a blood-shadow, he did not reach Akura Grace until after she had already died.

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Akura Mercy

2021-05-22T01:21:43Z

🍑: Added Ghostwater synopsis

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==Biography==

===[[Skysworn]]===
Akura Mercy was first introduced during the Skysworn low-gold application contest where she helps heal an applicant that Lindon injured in a squabble. Despite her kindness, the other applicants are afraid of interacting with her due to recognizing her as an Akura, the rulers’ of the vassal states and who have a poor reputation. She ends up taking first place in the low-gold application race/contest by riding her bow through the obstacles. Later after the contest she is left with Lindon and Yerin during squad formation, seen as a troublesome and unwanted Skysworn appointee. She remains friendly and understanding during this and tries to form familiarity with Lindon, Yerin, Bai Rou, and Renfei. Soon after the bleeding phoenix rises she is the one who saves Yerin from being thrown off Stormrock by also jumping off the cloud-fortress after Lindon. She helps fend off the bloodspawn while Yerin and Lindon wrestle for control over the bloodspawn within Yerin. Her techniques are shown to be using shadow madra which she uses mostly to bind and tangle foes with. Lindon comments that he is unsure of her advancement as her spiritual pressure fluctuates during combat. She reveals the gaintess fighting off the phoenix is in-fact her mother and that she is the heir of the Akuras though the circumstances as to why she joined the Skysworn are still left unsaid. Once Eithan finds the squad and Mercy is alone not allowed to see Eithan’s inherited vision left by Ozriel however Eithan promises to support her future in the group. Throughout the book Mercy shows empathy and kindness to all she meets, a quality which so far is unseen in any other character in Cradle.

===[[Ghostwater]]===
Mercy continues to be a member of Lindon and Yerin’s Skysworn squad helping those affected by the aftermath of the phoenix and her mothers’s fight. She travels along with her squad to the island with the portal to the Ghostwater facilities. After the portal is destroyed she restrains Yerin from killing Bai Rou since she noticed the several hidden cloudship presences on the island. After travelling to the Akura’s cloudship she is forbidden from entering as this would be possibly violating her agreement with her mother. Once Yerin returns alone she travels with her despite concern for Bai Rou. While she travels with Yerin she charitably shares survival gear and medicine and practices advancement with Yerin when they are stalled by dragons. During this training she shows off her acrobatic and dexterous fighting style only to fumble the landing. She hints that before she had no issues with her coordination and balance. She tells Yerin that her bow’s name is Eclipse, Ancient Bow of the Soulseeker, or as she colloquially calls Suu. She also reveals to Yerin her path of the Book of Eternal Night which combines techniques from seven different shadow aspected paths. Once they engage in battle with an enraged Sophara Mercy temporarily advances to high gold and uses her Akura bloodline armor ability to shield Yerin from the underlady’s striker technique. During this most of her hair is scorched off and she is severely burned. Yerin retreats with Mercy’s unconscious body and uses Mercy’s scripted tent and medical supplies to treat their injuries despite Mercy objecting to treatment for Yerin’s sake. At Yerin’s askance she explains she can temporarily advance to a higher advancement of the same tier. Still injured Mercy backs Yerin up when Yerin seeks a fight to push for advancement. After being saved from Sophara by Ziel, a stranger, Mercy happily introduces herself. After Lindon escapes a collapsing Ghostwater Mercy hauls him and Orthos off a cliff they were climbing to land, shocking him with her new Yerin cropped haircut. During their travels across the island she and Yerin form a bond of trust and more of the Akura clan is revealed to the reader.

===[[Underlord]]===
Mercy stays in a [[Skysworn (Organization)|Skysworn]] squad with Yerin and Lindon after their return from [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)|Ghostwater]], led by Eithan Arelius this time. She assists them on their path to Underlord, helping Lindon find his revelation and never taking any resources from them.

Towards the end of the book, Mercy - still a Highgold - is severely injured by [[Seishen Daji]], an Underlord. She then falls on his swords, but is quickly saved by her Monarch mother, [[Akura Malice]]. It is revealed why Mercy left the Akuras:

Akura Mercy was the family genius, who set records at every turn. She bonded the book her mother, Akura Malice, had crafted, and was following the Monarch's idea of a perfect shadow Path. However, she found herself disgusted by her family's lack of regard for those weaker than themselves and blind willingness to debase themselves to those who were stronger. Determined to be different, she made an effort to try and change that in herself. She was succeeding, earning a reputation as kind-hearted and respectful, until she discovered her Underlord revelation and was confronted with the fact that she too craved approval of her Monarch mother. Disgusted with this fact, Mercy made a bet with her mother that she could survive outside the family without their help and in return, she would be free of them. In order to make it as if she were truly without the help of her family, Mercy's power was sealed and reduced to Lowgold and the benefits of her Iron body taken away. As long as she could survive under said conditions, she would have no responsibility. But if she died, she would have to return to the clan as their heir.

Akura Malice returns her powers and brings her back to life, but she requires Mercy to return to the Akura clan and compete as their main fighter in the Uncrowned King tournament.

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Akura Mercy

2021-05-22T00:37:07Z

🍑: Correction to advancement level.

Akura Mercy

2021-05-22T00:28:41Z

🍑: Updated Skysworn synopsis

Elder Empire

2021-02-16T02:12:23Z

🍑: Standardized date format. added release date for KoK.

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The Elder Empire is Will Wights second series written in two parts, one set of books following a Consultant named [[Shera]], then a second set following her sometimes rival, a Navigator named [[Calder Marten|Calder]]. Each pair of books takes place over roughly the same time period, describing the shared timeline from two different perspectives.

==Iteration 11?: Asylum==
The prison [[The Way and The Worlds|iteration]] of the [[Abidan]]. Asylum holds the [[Elders]] to protect the [[Abidan|Abidan Judges]] and the [[The Way and The Worlds|iterations]] in their charge.

== The Elder Empire==

#[[Of Shadow and Sea]] & [[Of Sea and Shadow]] (Dec '14)
#[[Of Darkness and Dawn]] & [[Of Dawn and Darkness]] (Aug/Dec '15)
#[[Of Killers and Kings]] & [[Of Kings and Killers]] (Apr '20)

Will also released the following short stories on the mailing list:

#[[Mistress of the Mists]] (Apr '16)
#[[Unsolved Cases of the Blackwatch]] (Oct '16)

[[Category:Series]]
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Category:Books

2021-02-16T02:08:46Z

🍑: /* Elder Empire */

==Cradle==
Set in Iteration 110: [[Cradle]], this series follows [[Wei Shi Lindon|Lindon]] and his friends as they advance to face the oncoming threat.

#[[Unsouled]] ( Jun '16 )
#[[Soulsmith]] ( Sep '16 )
#[[Blackflame]] ( Apr '17 )
#[[Skysworn]] ( Sep '17 )
#[[Ghostwater]] ( May '18 )
#[[Underlord]] (Mar '19)
#[[Uncrowned]] (Sep '19)
#[[Wintersteel]] (Oct '20)

Will has also released a short story that takes place within Cradle on the mailing list. [[A Sword Unclean]] (Oct '16)

==Elder Empire==
Set in Iteration 11?: Asylum, this series follows [[Shera]], of the Consultants Guild, and [[Calder Marten|Calder]], of the Navigator's guild. Their contrasting viewpoints are shown in two separate trilogy's: Shadow, following Shera, and Sea, following Calder. Either series can be read independently or they can read together.

#[[Of Shadow and Sea]] & [[Of Sea and Shadow]] (Dec '14)
#[[Of Darkness and Dawn]] & [[Of Dawn and Darkness]] (Aug/Dec '15)
#[[Of Killers and Kings]] & [[Of Kings and Killers]] (Apr '20)

Will also released the following short stories on the mailing list:

#[[Mistress of the Mists]] (Apr '16)
#[[Unsolved Cases of the Blackwatch]] (Oct '16)

==The Traveler's Gate==

#[[House of Blades]] ( Jun '13 )
#[[The Crimson Vault]] ( Aug '13 )
#[[City of Light]] ( Apr '14 )

This series also contains 3 novellas under the title The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

*Tower of Winter
*Gardens of Mist
*The Lightning Wastes

This series also contains short stories released to the mailing list

#
#[[The Incarnation's Daughter]] (Apr '16)
#[[A Collection of Swords]]
#[[Steel Diplomacy]] (June '16)
#[[The Reaping Dance]] (Oct '16)
#[[The White Flame]] (Feb '18)

==The Traveler's Blade==
The [[Traveler's Blade]] series (future project)

<br />
==[[Other Works]]Other Works==
[[House of Cool Swords]] (April Fools '16)

[[Deathmatch 1 - The Deathing Begins]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 2 - Return of the Death]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 3 - Sons of Death]] (Oct '17)

{{Books}}
[[Category:Cradle]]
[[Category:Elder Empire]]
[[Category:Traveler's Gate]]

Category:Books

2021-02-15T23:46:02Z

🍑: /* Elder Empire */

==Cradle==
Set in Iteration 110: [[Cradle]], this series follows [[Wei Shi Lindon|Lindon]] and his friends as they advance to face the oncoming threat.

#[[Unsouled]] ( Jun '16 )
#[[Soulsmith]] ( Sep '16 )
#[[Blackflame]] ( Apr '17 )
#[[Skysworn]] ( Sep '17 )
#[[Ghostwater]] ( May '18 )
#[[Underlord]] (Mar '19)
#[[Uncrowned]] (Sep '19)
#[[Wintersteel]] (Oct '20)

Will has also released a short story that takes place within Cradle on the mailing list. [[A Sword Unclean]] (Oct '16)

==Elder Empire==
Set in Iteration 11?: Asylum, this series follows [[Shera]], of the Consultants Guild, and [[Calder Marten|Calder]], of the Navigator's guild. Their contrasting viewpoints are shown in two separate trilogy's: Shadow, following Shera, and Sea, following Calder. Either series can be read independently or they can read together.

#[[Of Shadow and Sea]] & [[Of Sea and Shadow]] ( Dec '14 )
#[[Of Darkness and Dawn]] & [[Of Dawn and Darkness]] ( Aug/Dec '15 )
#[[Of Killers and Kings]] & [[Of Kings and Killers]] (Apr '20)

Will also released the following short stories on the mailing list:

#[[Mistress of the Mists]] (Apr '16)
#[[Unsolved Cases of the Blackwatch]] (Oct '16)

==The Traveler's Gate==

#[[House of Blades]] ( Jun '13 )
#[[The Crimson Vault]] ( Aug '13 )
#[[City of Light]] ( Apr '14 )

This series also contains 3 novellas under the title The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

*Tower of Winter
*Gardens of Mist
*The Lightning Wastes

This series also contains short stories released to the mailing list

#
#[[The Incarnation's Daughter]] (Apr '16)
#[[A Collection of Swords]]
#[[Steel Diplomacy]] (June '16)
#[[The Reaping Dance]] (Oct '16)
#[[The White Flame]] (Feb '18)

==The Traveler's Blade==
The [[Traveler's Blade]] series (future project)

<br />
==[[Other Works]]Other Works==
[[House of Cool Swords]] (April Fools '16)

[[Deathmatch 1 - The Deathing Begins]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 2 - Return of the Death]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 3 - Sons of Death]] (Oct '17)

{{Books}}
[[Category:Cradle]]
[[Category:Elder Empire]]
[[Category:Traveler's Gate]]

Category:Books

2021-02-15T23:41:30Z

🍑: /* Cradle */

==Cradle==
Set in Iteration 110: [[Cradle]], this series follows [[Wei Shi Lindon|Lindon]] and his friends as they advance to face the oncoming threat.

#[[Unsouled]] ( Jun '16 )
#[[Soulsmith]] ( Sep '16 )
#[[Blackflame]] ( Apr '17 )
#[[Skysworn]] ( Sep '17 )
#[[Ghostwater]] ( May '18 )
#[[Underlord]] (Mar '19)
#[[Uncrowned]] (Sep '19)
#[[Wintersteel]] (Oct '20)

Will has also released a short story that takes place within Cradle on the mailing list. [[A Sword Unclean]] (Oct '16)

==Elder Empire==
Set in Iteration 11?: Asylum, this series follows [[Shera]], of the Consultants Guild, and [[Calder Marten|Calder]], of the Navigator's guild. Their contrasting viewpoints are shown in two seperate trilogy's: Shadow, following Shera, and Sea, following Calder. Either series can be read independently or they can read together. Of Killers and Kings & Of Kings and Killers is coming soon™. We hope.

#[[Of Shadow and Sea]] & [[Of Sea and Shadow]] ( Dec '14 )
#[[Of Darkness and Dawn]] & [[Of Dawn and Darkness]] ( Aug/Dec '15 )
#[[Of Killers and Kings]] & [[Of Kings and Killers]]

Will also release the following short stories on the mailing list:

#[[Mistress of the Mists]] (Apr '16)
#[[Unsolved Cases of the Blackwatch]] (Oct '16)

==The Traveler's Gate==

#[[House of Blades]] ( Jun '13 )
#[[The Crimson Vault]] ( Aug '13 )
#[[City of Light]] ( Apr '14 )

This series also contains 3 novellas under the title The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

*Tower of Winter
*Gardens of Mist
*The Lightning Wastes

This series also contains short stories released to the mailing list

#
#[[The Incarnation's Daughter]] (Apr '16)
#[[A Collection of Swords]]
#[[Steel Diplomacy]] (June '16)
#[[The Reaping Dance]] (Oct '16)
#[[The White Flame]] (Feb '18)

==The Traveler's Blade==
The [[Traveler's Blade]] series (future project)

<br />
==[[Other Works]]Other Works==
[[House of Cool Swords]] (April Fools '16)

[[Deathmatch 1 - The Deathing Begins]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 2 - Return of the Death]] (Dec '16)

[[Deathmatch 3 - Sons of Death]] (Oct '17)

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[[Category:Elder Empire]]
[[Category:Traveler's Gate]]