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Heart of Twin Stars

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The Heart of Twin Stars is a cycling technique which binds your [[madra]] in a knot until it creates the leverage required to split your core in two. After this point this cycling technique is actually detrimental to your advancement, slowing the transition toward Iron.

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Core splitting

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Before splitting a core, a sacred artist must have access to a technique that prepares the body to handle the stress of splitting. An example of a way to do this is the cycling technique [[Heart of Twin Stars]] which prepares the body for a core split, though other such techniques exist.

When a core is split, it is not completely efficient. When one core is made into two there is a loss in overall madra capacity equivalent to about 2% of the original core. The two cores that result can be grown back to full size through cultivation aids and cycling.

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Path of Twin Stars

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This path is defined by its unique attribute of requiring two cores in order to practice, one core is maintained as a pure core and the other can be filled with a different aspect of madra allowing the user to use techniques from a second path. This is the path followed by [[Wei Shi Lindon]] throughout cradle, he uses the [[Path of Black Flame]] as the path for his second core.

==Techniques:==

===Striker:===

*Empty Palm:
**A pulse of pure madra that disrupts an opponents spirit and their techniques.

===Enforcer:===

*Soul Cloak
**A full body enforcement technique, the Soul Cloak provides steady strength and instinctive movement. While providing no extra speed the Soul Cloak moves the moment the Sacred artist decides to move making their actions faster and and more reactive.

===Ruler:===

===Forger:===

==Cycling Techniques:==

*Heart of Twin Stars:
**The Namesake technique of this path, the Heart of Twin Stars binds your madra in a knot until it creates the leverage required to split your core in two. After this point this cycling technique is actually detrimental to your advancement, slowing the transition toward Iron.
*Heaven and Earth Purification Wheel
**This cycling technique is unique among cycling techniques in that it focuses on expanding the capacity of your core. In conjunction with the Heart of Twin Stars this technique compensates for the side effect of splitting your core in two thus creating half sized cores.

==Iron Body:==

*[[Bloodforged Iron body]]
**This body is not required by the path of Twin Stars but Lindon uses this body for the synergy it creates between the Path of Twin Stars and [[ Path of Blackflame|The Path of Blackflame]]. It helps the body recover from the stress of blackflame and the pure Madra of the Path of Twin Stars help the spirit recover.

==Weapons/Tools:==

*Little Blue
**Little Blue is a Sylvan Riverseed kept by Lindon. She is enhanced beyond the capabilities of a natural Sylvan Riverseed by the steady growth provided by the pure madra she is fed and the dose of Soulfire provided by Eithan. Little Blue helps Lindon cleanse his spirit and remove Blackflame build up in his channels.
*Hunger Madra Arm
**Though not directly linked to the heart of Twin stars the Hunger Madra arm made from the binding found in the Ancestors Spear and later augmented with the Archstone, the hunger madra arm is a central piece of Lindons capabilities.

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Path of Twin Stars

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This path is defined by its unique attribute of requiring two cores in order to practice, one core is maintained as a pure core and the other can be filled with a different aspect of madra allowing the user to use techniques from a second path. This is the path followed by [[Wei Shi Lindon]] throughout cradle, he uses the [[Path of Black Flame]] as the path for his second core.

==Techniques:==

===Striker:===

*Empty Palm:
**A pulse of pure madra that disrupts an opponents spirit and their techniques.

===Enforcer:===

*Soul Cloak
**A full body enforcement technique, the Soul Cloak provides steady strength and instinctive movement. While providing no extra speed the Soul Cloak moves the moment the Sacred artist decides to move making their actions faster and and more reactive.

===Ruler:===

===Forger:===

==Cycling Techniques:==

*Heart of Twin Stars:
**The Namesake technique of this path, the Heart of Twin Stars binds your madra in a knot until it creates the leverage required to split your core in two. After this point this cycling technique is actually detrimental to your advancement, slowing the transition toward Iron.
*Heaven and Earth Purification Wheel
**This cycling technique is unique among cycling techniques in that it focuses on expanding the capacity of your core. In conjunction with the Heart of Twin Stars this technique compensates for the side effect of splitting your core in two thus creating half sized cores.

==Iron Body:==

*[[Bloodforged Iron Body]]
**This body is not required by the path of Twin Stars but Lindon uses this body for the synergy it creates between the Path of Twin Stars and [[ Path of Blackflame|The Path of Blackflame]]. It helps the body recover from the stress of blackflame and the pure Madra of the Path of Twin Stars help the spirit recover.

==Weapons/Tools:==

*Little Blue
**Little Blue is a Sylvan Riverseed kept by Lindon. She is enhanced beyond the capabilities of a natural Sylvan Riverseed by the steady growth provided by the pure madra she is fed and the dose of Soulfire provided by Eithan. Little Blue helps Lindon cleanse his spirit and remove Blackflame build up in his channels.
*Hunger Madra Arm
**Though not directly linked to the heart of Twin stars the Hunger Madra arm made from the binding found in the Ancestors Spear and later augmented with the Archstone, the hunger madra arm is a central piece of Lindons capabilities.

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Path of Twin Stars

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This path is defined by its unique attribute of requiring two cores in order to practice, one core is maintained as a pure core and the other can be filled with a different aspect of madra allowing the user to use techniques from a second path. This is the path followed by [[Wei Shi Lindon]] throughout cradle, he uses the [[Path of Blackflame]] as the path for his second core.

==Techniques:==

===Striker:===

*Empty Palm:
**A pulse of pure madra that disrupts an opponents spirit and their techniques.

===Enforcer:===

*Soul Cloak
**A full body enforcement technique, the Soul Cloak provides steady strength and instinctive movement. While providing no extra speed the Soul Cloak moves the moment the Sacred artist decides to move making their actions faster and and more reactive.

===Ruler:===

===Forger:===

==Cycling Techniques:==

*Heart of Twin Stars:
**The Namesake technique of this path, the Heart of Twin Stars binds your madra in a knot until it creates the leverage required to split your core in two. After this point this cycling technique is actually detrimental to your advancement, slowing the transition toward Iron.
*Heaven and Earth Purification Wheel
**This cycling technique is unique among cycling techniques in that it focuses on expanding the capacity of your core. In conjunction with the Heart of Twin Stars this technique compensates for the side effect of splitting your core in two thus creating half sized cores.

==Iron Body:==

*[[Bloodforged Iron Body]]
**This body is not required by the path of Twin Stars but Lindon uses this body for the synergy it creates between the Path of Twin Stars and [[ Path of Blackflame|The Path of Blackflame]]. It helps the body recover from the stress of blackflame and the pure Madra of the Path of Twin Stars help the spirit recover.

==Weapons/Tools:==

*Little Blue
**Little Blue is a Sylvan Riverseed kept by Lindon. She is enhanced beyond the capabilities of a natural Sylvan Riverseed by the steady growth provided by the pure madra she is fed and the dose of Soulfire provided by Eithan. Little Blue helps Lindon cleanse his spirit and remove Blackflame build up in his channels.
*Hunger Madra Arm
**Though not directly linked to the heart of Twin stars the Hunger Madra arm made from the binding found in the Ancestors Spear and later augmented with the Archstone, the hunger madra arm is a central piece of Lindons capabilities.

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Hidden Springs Iron body

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The Hidden Spring Iron body is used by the Fisher Clan. So called because they can go a long time without drinking water, so the idea is that they have a "hidden spring" inside their bodies and they never have to drink at all.

This isn't true, it's just a myth they cultivate. Their bodies process water more efficiently so that they can survive longer in the wilderness of the Desolate Wilds where finding fresh water can be all but impossible.<ref>https://www.abidanarchive.com/events/1-cradle/#e899</ref>

==Notable Practitioners:==

*None

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Crimson Furnace Iron body

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{{Cradle NavBox}}The Path of the Crimson Furnace has developed a cycling technique that they use in conjunction with their Iron bodies to eat as many spirit-fruits and sacred elixirs and pills as possible. They gorge themselves on sacred beast meat and sacred herbs, and then digest as quickly as possible.

Their Iron body involves stuffing yourself to bursting and then using life madra to accelerate your body, so that you digest it quickly. After about two weeks of this, combined with some pills they have developed for the purpose, your body becomes able to do it naturally. It's a great all-purpose Iron body; they are able to receive further benefits from elixirs that improve the body, and much of what they eat strengthens them and makes them tougher. The only downside is an accelerated metabolism: now they HAVE to eat all the time.

At Jade, they have a cycling technique to go along with it. It allows them to milk further benefits out of restorative pills and elixirs, and extracts aura from the things they eat, improving advancement. To avoid drawing unwanted aura into their core they can then use it up or feed it to something connected to their spirit be it weapon, construct or spirit.<ref>https://www.abidanarchive.com/events/1-cradle/#e167</ref>

==Notable Practitioners==

*None

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Drifting Iron body

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It involves undergoing a process to weaken gravity's hold on the body, making you lighter. The actual transformation process involves being woven into a silken cocoon made by refiners from plants that grow among the clouds. It feels like being suspended among hundreds of pillows for several hours a day over many weeks.<ref>https://www.abidanarchive.com/events/1-cradle/#e3</ref>

==Notable Practitioners==

*None

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Puppeteer's Iron body

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The Puppeteers Iron Body is cultivated by Akura Mercy. This body gives the artist exacting control of their own body, the benefits of this are shown in extreme dexterity and gymnastic skill. Mercy uses this in order to augment her skills as an archer while using her Iron body to move and dodge.

==Notable Practitioners==

*[[Akura Mercy]]

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Raindrop Iron body

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To attain this Iron body, the practitioner must play games that focus on speed and hand-eye coordination. Such games include (but are not limited to): catching birds as they run off, running as fast as possible, and hitting balls with sticks. This Iron body is usually attained by those whose eyes, senses, or “[[Arelius Senses|detection]]” (the [[Bloodline Abilities|bloodline ability]] of the [[The Arelius Family|Arelius family]]) are faster than their hands. It is said that an individual with this Iron body should “...be able to thread through drops in a rainstorm without getting wet...” ([[Soulsmith]]) hence its name. Though this statement has also been said to be found untrue by one of its owners, Eithan Arelius.

==Notable Practitioners==

*[[Eithan Arelius]]

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Iron body of the Stellar Spear

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The Iron body Jai long possesses. Speculated to be the traditional Iron body of the Jai clan. In the process of creating this body, all the bones of the Sacred Artist will be broken, and his skin will be scorched.

Benefits: unknown.

== Notable Practitioners ==
* [[Jai Long]]
* [[Jai Daishou]]

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Steelborn Iron body

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Attained by submerging oneself in a black pool of liquid that burns like a living flame. Must be completely under the surface of liquid (using an apparatus or reed of some sort to breathe) for three days and three nights. This pool was reported to cause extreme pain to the point that the individual exposed to it thought they were dead. It is considered “...the best Iron body in the world for pure brute strength.” (Soulsmith by Will Wight) past the Truegold level and generates increased amounts of power via momentum. The longer the fight the stronger the body becomes.

==Notable Practitioners==

*[[Yerin|Yerin Arelius]]
*[[The Sword Sage]]

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Bloodforged Iron body

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Attained by consuming the blood and injecting the venom of a sandviper. Once the venom is injected, the individual must cycle it. In low quantities (usually taken as a few drops of each), it is known to grant increased protection from poison/venom by generating limited self-healing at the expense of madra. At higher amounts of consumption of blood and venom (draining 5-6 entire sandviper bodies), this effect is magnified to cause almost complete regeneration barring the regrowth of lost limbs, though it comes with a monstrous madra cost. Only once has this “Superior” Bloodforged Iron Body been attained and that was by the sacred artist [[Wei Shi Lindon]] Arelius.

==Notable Practitioners:==

*[[Wei Shi Lindon]]
*[[Sandviper Kral]] †
*[[Sandviper Gorken|Sandviper Gokren]] †

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Iron body

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'''Iron bodies''' are the focal point of a sacred artists’s advancement to the Iron stage. The purified and enhanced physical form granted by this advancement level can determine the path of a sacred artist’s future development.

A base form Iron body grants a minimal level of superhuman abilities. Advancing to Iron improves all aspects of the human body and soul. But, if a sacred artist conducts specialized training and creates specific conditions they will gain a perfect iron body that will come with unique abilities ranging from increase strength to manipulation of gravity. Most sacred artists choose a perfect iron body that compliments their own path allowing for the overall performance of the path to be enhanced. The [[Sandviper Sect|Sandviper Sect's]] coppers consumes the venom and blood (about 3-4 drops) of a Sandviper to attain the Bloodforged Iron body. This Iron body ensures a limited immunity to their own venomous madra when using their techniques.

There are many different Iron bodies that a sacred artist can attain depending on their training before advancing to Iron. If a sacred artist conducts no special training they will only posses the general abilities of an iron body.

==Known Perfect Iron Bodies==

*[[Bloodforged Iron body]]
*[[Steelborn Iron body]]
*[[Iron body of the Stellar Spear]]
*[[Raindrop Iron body]]
*[[Puppeteers Iron body|Puppeteer's Iron body]]
*[[Drifting Iron body]]
*[[Crimson Furnace Iron body]]
*[[Hidden Springs Iron body]]

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Iron body

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Lowgold (Advancement)

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The gold stage of the sacred arts is considered a wide river that has three distinct stages. Lowgold is generally achieved through bonding of a remnant from a compatible path but can also be achieved through a massive amount of power.

"A gold is just a jade with teeth" [[Orthos]] - [[Blackflame]]

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Copper (Advancement)

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Most sacred artists advance naturally to Copper as children. Advancement occurs automatically when the core has been sufficiently expanded. There are no additional requirements. The Sacred Artist loses consciousness for a time while their soul advances. Copper Sacred Artists gain access to Copper sight, an activatable ability that allows them to see Vital Aura known.

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Unsouled

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{{Cradle NavBox}}{{Infobox book
| name = Unsouled
| author = Will Wight
| language = English
| genre = Fantasy
| series = Cradle
| followed_by = [[Soulsmith]]
| image = File:Unsouled Cover.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| published = June 13, 2016
| media_type = ebook, paperback, audiobook
}}<blockquote>''Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world. Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path.''<ref>Will Wight. Unsouled. Hidden Gnome Publishing. June 2016. Back cover.</ref></blockquote>
==Summary==

====Wei Shi Lindon and the Sacred Valley====
[[Wei Shi Lindon]] of the [[Sacred Valley]] is [[Unsouled (Rank)|Unsouled]]. Determined to practice the sacred arts despite his clan's disapproval, he acquires an ancestral orus fruit, a treasure that will increase his [[Sacred Arts#Basics|madra]], the fuel of the sacred arts. This leads him to an encounter with [[Elder Whisper]], one the founders of his clan. Whisper, who can sometimes see pieces of fate, sees a potential connection between Lindon and a disaster that he has long seen coming. He encourages Lindon in his study of the sacred arts, inspiring him to forge his own path. Encouraged by Elder Whisper, Lindon finds an old technique manual, [[The Heart of Twin Stars]], in his clan's archive. While the title's technique, which involves splitting your core in two, doesn't suit him, it mentions another technique, the Empty Palm, which Lindon is able to adapt for his own use with the help of his sister [[Wei Shi Kelsa|Kelsa]]. The Empty Palm allows him to defeat a rival clan member in a duel and helps him prepare for the upcoming Seven-Year Festival, where he will be required to compete against young sacred artists of rival clans.

Thanks to the ancestral orus fruit, his sister's help, and the Empty Palm, Lindon easily wins his stage in the tournament, earning the right to challenge someone a stage higher from a rival clan. Before he can do so, his clan's Patriarch, Wei Jin Sairus, intervenes, as the clan's guest from the Heaven's Glory school has found an Unsouled winning against other sacred artists offensive. When Lindon refuses to abandon his opportunity to fight, the Patriarch requires him to instead face Wei Jin Amon, who is the Patriarch's grandson and a skilled fighter two stages higher than Lindon. Lindon agrees, but before the fight occurs the tournament is interrupted by Li Markuth, Grand Patriarch of the Li clan, who has returned to the Sacred Valley after ascending to the heavens. After killing Wei Jin Sairus, Li Markuth challenges the remaining Wei clan. Lindon chooses to fight alongside his clan and die with honor rather than submit, and is subsequently killed by Li Markuth.

====Suriel and Lindon====
[[Suriel]], the Phoenix, Sixth Judge of the Abidan Court has been assigned the task of hunting down [[Ozriel]], the Reaper. Reluctant to perform this duty, she delays by visiting Cradle, Ozriel's home world. While she knows Ozriel is not likely to return, it gives her an opportunity to consider her options and solve a small problem as a distraction while she delays. With the help of her Presence, she decides to intervene in Li Markuth's return to Cradle. Arriving shortly before his return, Suriel watches from a distance as Lindon wins his tournament. She notes the madra deficiency he was born with and watches his fated future: that he will overcome his deficiency, eventually advancing to the rank of Iron, before dying in a Dreadgod attack that destroys most of Sacred Valley. He further catches her attention when he chooses to fight against Li Markuth despite knowing it would lead to his death. Suriel decides that she will not just revert the actions of Li Markuth, but intervene in Lindon's life, giving him a chance at a different fate. She resurrects Lindon, who watches as she captures Li Markuth, sentencing him to stand trial. After showing Lindon his future fate, he asks what can be done to prevent the destruction that is coming in the future. Suriel gives him a vision of some of the most powerful sacred artists in the world, inspiring him to leave his home to seek the power needed to protect the sacred valley. She tells him to head to Mount Samara, home of the Heaven's Glory school and look for [[Yerin]], Disciple of the Sword Sage, who can guide him out of the valley, telling him that "She, too, has a fate that needs changing." <ref>Will Wight. Unsouled. Hidden Gnome Publishing. June 2016. pg 148.</ref> She leaves Lindon with a glass bead that she can sense across the worlds, then Lindon watches as Suriel rolls back the effects of Li Markuth, restoring those he has killed, and returning Lindon to the Seven-Year Festival the moment before Li Markuth's interruption.

====Lindon, Yerin, and Heaven's Glory====
Once again, Lindon is asked to forego the opportunity the fight. Looking for an opportunity to go to Heaven's Glory school so he can find Yerin, he addresses Elder Whitehall, the offended representative, requesting that if he defeats Wei Jin Amon, he be allowed to take Amon's place at the school. Elder Whitehall agrees, assuming Lindon will be killed in the fight. When Lindon wins through a cheat he prepared ahead of time, he is allowed to go the school, with Whitehall once again assuming that Lindon will soon be killed or otherwise sent home. Through yet another cheat, Lindon passes the school's entrance exam, earning the right to take an item from the schools treasure vault. Lindon learns from the other students in the school that for some time now, the school has been sending students against the Sword Sage's disciple with no success. He learns her general location, and goes out to find her himself. He succeeds, and tells her his story. While she is skeptical, she offers to help him leave the Sacred Valley in exchange for his assistance against Heaven's Glory and his help in retrieving the sword and remnant of her master, who was murdered by Heaven's Glory. Lindon agrees, but they are soon discovered and have to fight their way out. While Yerin is fighting Elder Whitehall and the majority of the Iron's he brought with him, Lindon has to fight an Iron opponent as well, making his first kill. Elder Whitehall retreats, and Lindon leads Yerin back the school, where they are able to get some rest.

When they awake, they make plans to loot the treasure room Lindon saw previously. Though Yerin is able to break in without issue, she triggers an alarm inside. Once again, Yerin has to fight. Meanwhile, Lindon loots the room obtaining a variety of treasures, including spirit seals to aid in capturing the Sword Sage's remnant. Eventually they escape and head to the Ancestor's Tomb, where her master was killed. While Yerin is battling her master's remnant, Elder Whitehall, who made it to the tomb ahead of them, attacks her from hiding. Lindon circles around to attack Whitehall from behind, but his attack is ineffective. Whitehall throws Lindon towards the fight, and Lindon, reacting quickly, throws the spirit seals at the remnant as he passes. A few land, allowing Yerin to gain the upper ground in her fight. Elder Whitehall, cautious of Lindon, and fearing that Lindon is more powerful than he appears, offers Lindon a deal. When Lindon refuses, he attempts to destroy Lindon's core. Lindon at the last second uses the Heart of Two Stars technique he learned previously, preventing his core from being destroyed. Not realizing that Lindon has survived, Whitehall turns his attention back to the fight between Yerin and her master's remnant. Lindon is able to catch him unaware and throw him off a cliff. Yerin, meanwhile wins her fight. She claims her master's sword and they depart. On their way out of the valley, Yerin explains to Lindon that many of the Sacred Valley's assumptions about the sacred arts are wrong. There is no such thing as "Unsouled." Lindon, eventually understanding her point, realizes that he has been walking his Path for some time now. He pulls out the old technique manual, and as founder of a new Path, starts a new page: "The Path of Twin Stars."

==Characters==
[[Wei Shi Lindon|''Wei Shi Lindon'']]: Lindon is the main character of the series. From the Wei clan, and the Shi family, Lindon is Unsouled, born with a weak spirit and no affinity for any specific branch of the sacred arts. In contrast with his weak spirit, Lindon is tall with a muscular build and perpetually serious expression, giving him the appearance of looking for a fight, even when he is trying desperately to avoid one. Lindon works in the clan archive. After earning a spot at Heaven's Glory School, Lindon finds Yerin, helping her harvest her master's remnant in exchange for her help leaving Sacred Valley.

''[[Wei Shi Seisha]]:'' Seisha is Lindon's mother. She is an [[Iron (Advancement)|iron]] and a skilled [[Sacred Arts#Forger|forger]] and [[Soulsmith (Profession)|soulsmith]] on the [[Path of the White Fox]].

''Wei Mon Teris:'' Teris is Lindon's cousin. He is a copper [[Sacred Arts#Enforcer|Enforcer]] on the Path of the White Fox. His antagonism toward Lindon leads to Lindon's recovery of the orus fruit and the events of the book.

''[[Wei Shi Kelsa]]'': Kelsa is Lindon's older sister. At he beginning of the story, she is a [[Copper (Advancement)|copper]], a [[Sacred Arts#Ruler|Ruler]] on the Path of the White Fox, and a skilled sacred artist. She is instrumental in helping Lindon prepare for the tournament.

''[[Wei Shi Jaran|Wei Shi Jaran:]]'' Jaran is Lindon's father. He is an iron on the Path of the White fox. His leg was crippled in a fight long ago, and his bitterness affects how he treats his son, who was born with a crippled spirit.

''First Elder:'' The First Elder is a [[Jade (Advancement)|jade]] Forger on the path of the White Fox and handles the day to day workings of the Wei clan. Though he is sympathetic to Lindon's predicament, he feels it would be best for Lindon and the clan if Lindon quietly accepted his shame and faded into obscurity.

''[[Elder Whisper|Elder Whisper:]]'' Elder Whisper is a white fox, and one of the founders of the Wei clan. His stage of advancement is unknown. Sometimes able to see glimpses of fate, he sees a connection between Lindon and a disaster that will soon come to Sacred Valley. He encourages Lindon to pursue his own path.

''Wei Mon Keth:'' Keth is Teris's father. He is an iron striker on the Path of the White Fox. Lindon uses the Empty Palm against him in a duel. Though Lindon loses to a technicality, he humiliates Keth, saving face for himself and his family.

''[[Suriel]]:'' Suriel, the Phoenix, is a Judge of the Abidan and leader of the sixth division. Though sympathetic to Ozriel, she has been tasked with hunting him down and persuading him to return to his duties. Procrastinating, she intervenes and restores Lindon's life after Li Markuth kills him, setting Lindon on a new path.

''[[Elder Whitehall|Elder Whitehall:]]'' Elder Whitehall is a Jade at Heaven's Glory school. Seeking to prevent his aging, he accidentally gave himself the body of a child. He is antagonistic toward Lindon.

[[Yerin|''Yerin, disciple of the Sword Sage:'']] Yerin was found by the Sage of the Endless Sword at a young age. He took her as his disciple, taking her with him in his wanderings. When Lindon finds her after her master is killed by the jades of Heaven's Glory, they swear an oath on their souls to help each other. After her master is killed, Yerin harvests his remnant, advancing to the rank of gold on the Path of the Endless Sword.

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