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 ==Three Types of Animals==
-Not all beasts are sacred on Cradle. Some animals are just beasts. Some are [[Dreadbeasts]]. A sacred beast is often an ancient animal. All sacred beasts can practice the [[Sacred Arts]] and advance to higher levels, albeit in its own way. Sacred beasts have a viable healthy spirit, and they leave a Remnant behind when they die. They are able to process vital aura and to cycle madra, powering up for forceful techniques, etc. Animals are just animals. They have no spirit. Dreadbeasts have a mangled, corrupted spirit that’s grown into the flesh. They leave no viable Remnant.
+Not all beasts are sacred on Cradle. Some animals are just beasts. Some are [[Dreadbeasts]]. A sacred beast is often an ancient animal. All sacred beasts can practice the [[Sacred Arts]] and advance to higher levels, albeit in its own way. Sacred beasts have a viable healthy spirit, and they leave a [[Remnant]] behind when they die. They are able to process vital aura and to cycle madra, powering up for forceful techniques, etc. Animals are just animals. They have no spirit. Dreadbeasts have a mangled, corrupted spirit that’s grown into the flesh. They leave no viable Remnant.
 <blockquote > Eithan threw his arm across Lindon's shoulder in a fatherly gesture. “There's a lineage of sacred beasts, you may have heard of them, known as the Heavenly Sky Tigers. It's a bit much for a name, I know, but they're quite famous.” (Soulsmith, ch 13) </blockquote >

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 ==How Sacred Beasts Advance==
-Sacred beasts can and do advance in the sacred arts. Their advancement differs from how humans advance, but the specifics on how they differ is not yet well known.  Author Will Wight also offer this info on his website: <blockquote> '''Questioner''' (paraphrased): How do Sacred Beast's advance and when do they learn to shapeshift?<br>
+Sacred beasts can and do advance in the sacred arts. Their advancement differs from how humans advance. [[Orthos]] tells Lindon how advancing to Underlord differs: <blockquote>Sacred beasts do not have to discover who we are. We have to choose.... what to become ... a dragon or a turtle or even a man.  ..Traditionally, this involves a journey alongside others making the same choice. But I am the only one.” (Underlord, ch 7)</blockquote>
 '''Will Wight''' (paraphrased):  Sacred beasts advance differently than sacred artists. Notably in their interactions with soulfire. So at the Lord realm, they start getting limited shape-shifting abilities, which get less limited as they advance ([https://abidanarchive.com/events/1/#e294 Abidan Archives])</blockquote>

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 '''Will Wight''':  If you're born a sacred beast, you are born with whatever madra your species has. You just have that naturally. So you're always born with aspected madra. So it depends on what you are. If you're not born a sacred beast, if you're just born a regular animal, you absorb ambient aura over time and slowly develop aspected madra. But since of course there is no pure aura, you can never develop pure madra. (https://abidanarchive.com/events/20/#e1418)
 ==How Sacred Beasts Advance==
-Sacred beasts can and do advance in the sacred arts. Their advancement differs from how humans advance, but the specifics on how they differ is not yet well known.  After he advances, the sacred turtle [[Orthos]] changes his shape (actually size) in books 9 and 10. Author Will Wight also offer this info on his website: <blockquote> '''Questioner''' (paraphrased): How do Sacred Beast's advance and when do they learn to shapeshift?<br>
+Sacred beasts can and do advance in the sacred arts. Their advancement differs from how humans advance, but the specifics on how they differ is not yet well known.  Author Will Wight also offer this info on his website: <blockquote> '''Questioner''' (paraphrased): How do Sacred Beast's advance and when do they learn to shapeshift?<br>
 '''Will Wight''' (paraphrased):  Sacred beasts advance differently than sacred artists. Notably in their interactions with soulfire. So at the Lord realm, they start getting limited shape-shifting abilities, which get less limited as they advance ([https://abidanarchive.com/events/1/#e294 Abidan Archives])</blockquote>

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-*[[Elder Whisper]]: An ancient white five-tailed snowfox in [[Sacred Valley]]. He’s a dream artist, using purplish-white light aura, advanced at creating illusions. He is associated with the Wei clan, even though they lock him in his tall white tower. ([[Unsouled]]). <br>For several years, he holds open the void space belonging to the assassinated [[Sage of the Endless Sword]] so it won’t crumble away. He trusts [[Lindon]] with a secret about the [[Labyrinth]] and [[Dreadgod|Dreadgods]] (see books 9 & 10).
+*[[Elder Whisper]]: An ancient white five-tailed snowfox in [[Sacred Valley]]. He developed the Path employing purplish-white Fox Fire. He is associated with the [[Wei Clan]]. He trusts [[Lindon]] with a secret about the [[Labyrinth]] and [[Subject One]] (see books 9 & 10).
-<blockquote><b>Cold wind, crisp with the scents of a spring night, ruffled his white fur. Five bushy tails lashed behind him, tracing arcane patterns in the air that reminded Lindon of a script. “You have eaten of a wonderful fruit,” said the sacred fox. “Tell me the story.” </b>(Unsouled, book 1)</blockquote>
+*[[Orthos]]: A huge sacred turtle, [[Orthos]] advances to Lord level while he’s in [[Sacred Valley]]. He lived for some years in Serpent’s Grave in the [[Blackflame Empire]]. He follows the same dragon path as [[Wei Shi Lindon|Lindon]], the [[Path of Black Flame]], and identifies as a Black Dragon-Turtle.<br />
 *Vastwood Mammoth, allied with [[The Beast King]]. On the crumbling island Ghostwater, the Beast King sent his Vastwood Mammoth with [[Ziel]] to rescue some Golds unfairly attacked by a dragon Underlady:<blockquote><b>Another powerful soul was unveiled somewhere on the island. Yerin couldn’t put a name to its advancement level, but it felt impossibly ancient. Then the mammoth rose over the trees and raised its trunk, trumpeting into the sky. She could see it mostly as a pile of fur in the distance; it looked like a mountain’s pet dog. <br>The stranger pointed in that direction. “My friend was listening. He’s not happy.”</b> ([[Ghostwater]], chapter 16)</blockquote>

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 ===Sacred Offspring===
-There’s another way beasts become sacred, with a spirit, able to cycle madra. According to the author, a sacred beast is likely to give birth to a sacred beast. {{Quote Box|title=Will Wight Q & A|quote=Question: Eithan mentions that when he was young he had a breeding pair from a lineage of <br>sacred beasts. Does this mean all sacred beasts have kids that are also sacred beasts?<br>
+There’s another way beasts become sacred, with a spirit, able to cycle madra. According to the author, a sacred beast is likely to give birth to a sacred beast. {{Quote Box|title=Will Wight Q & A|quote=Question: Eithan mentions that when he was young he had a breeding pair from a lineage of sacred beasts. Does this mean all sacred beasts have kids that are also sacred beasts?<br>
-<br> Will Wight: I wouldn't say all, but in general yes. Snowfoxes from Sacred Valley started off <br>as one fox that lived long enough to advance, but now it's a whole race of little snowfoxes <br>that are sacred beasts from birth|source=-https://abidanarchive.com/events/7/#e551|align=right|fontsize=13px}}
+<br> Will Wight: I wouldn't say all, but in general yes. Snowfoxes from Sacred Valley started off as one fox that lived long enough to advance, but now it's a whole race of little snowfoxes that are sacred beasts from birth|source=-https://abidanarchive.com/events/7/#e551|align=right|fontsize=13px}}
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 <blockquote> His Iron body should have been pulling from his spirit to heal him, but instead, it was feeding on the power from the sacred beast's meat. Now he focused on the cycling process eagerly. .. “If you did nothing but gorge yourself on those Carp for the next month or two, you'd have the strength of a lion and the endurance of an ox.” He barked out a laugh. . .Dross added, “That is, if you survived. And if there were no crippling deformities caused by uncontrollable growth of your muscles and organs. Which, none so far so...yay! -Ghostwater, ch 8</blockquote>
-Sacred artists can eat meat from non-sentient sacred beasts to enhance their strength. This might be done before or after a battle, or to restore the body after injury. Wealthy, high-level Lords and Monarchs might eat it daily. “Gold dragons eat meat of this quality from the moment they hatch.” (Ghostwater, ch 8). In the [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)]], Lindon and Orthos eat Silverfang Carp to promote vitality and muscle growth, but at first, it’s too much for Lindon and he passes out.(Ghostwater, ch 8).
+Sacred artists can eat meat from non-sentient sacred beasts to enhance their strength. This might be done before or after a battle, or to restore the body after injury. Wealthy, high-level Lords and Monarchs might eat it daily. “Gold dragons eat meat of this quality from the moment they hatch.” (Ghostwater, ch 8). In the [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)]], Lindon and Orthos eat Silverfang Carp to promote vitality and muscle growth, but at first, it’s too much for Lindon and he passes out. (Ghostwater, ch 8). They also ate sea drake<blockquote >Orthos. . .continued chuckling as he walked past the body of the Diamondscale Sea Drake, taking a bite of its meat as he passed. (Ghostwater chapter 11) </blockquote >
 After Yerin’s lifeline is cut short (in book 6, Underlord), Eithan feeds her a variety of spiritually rich food: <blockquote >He could sense the spiritual weight of the food himself: slices of meat rich with strengthening blood aura, crystalline vegetables woven with healing strands of life, shining fruits that nourished the soul, jugs that emanated the feel of elixirs.. .“The meat increases the density of blood aura, strengthening the body. The vegetables cleanse the body, the fruits cleanse and restore the spirit, and also there's some rice in there. Rice is good for you. The pill is a Flowering Heart pill, and the bottle contains a Lifeseed Elixir. This will give you more life and blood aura than any single human body could possibly hold.”([[Underlord]], ch 11).  </blockquote >

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 Sacred artists can eat meat from non-sentient sacred beasts to enhance their strength. This might be done before or after a battle, or to restore the body after injury. Wealthy, high-level Lords and Monarchs might eat it daily. “Gold dragons eat meat of this quality from the moment they hatch.” (Ghostwater, ch 8). In the [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)]], Lindon and Orthos eat Silverfang Carp to promote vitality and muscle growth, but at first, it’s too much for Lindon and he passes out.(Ghostwater, ch 8).
-After Yerin’s lifeline is cut short (in book 6, Underlord), Eithan feeds her a variety of rich food: <blockquote >He could sense the spiritual weight of the food himself: slices of meat rich with strengthening blood aura, crystalline vegetables woven with healing strands of life, shining fruits that nourished the soul, jugs that emanated the feel of elixirs.. .“The meat increases the density of blood aura, strengthening the body. The vegetables cleanse the body, the fruits cleanse and restore the spirit, and also there's some rice in there. Rice is good for you. The pill is a Flowering Heart pill, and the bottle contains a Lifeseed Elixir. This will give you more life and blood aura than any single human body could possibly hold.”([[Underlord]], ch 11).  </blockquote >
+After Yerin’s lifeline is cut short (in book 6, Underlord), Eithan feeds her a variety of spiritually rich food: <blockquote >He could sense the spiritual weight of the food himself: slices of meat rich with strengthening blood aura, crystalline vegetables woven with healing strands of life, shining fruits that nourished the soul, jugs that emanated the feel of elixirs.. .“The meat increases the density of blood aura, strengthening the body. The vegetables cleanse the body, the fruits cleanse and restore the spirit, and also there's some rice in there. Rice is good for you. The pill is a Flowering Heart pill, and the bottle contains a Lifeseed Elixir. This will give you more life and blood aura than any single human body could possibly hold.”([[Underlord]], ch 11).  </blockquote >
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−	<blockquote> His Iron body should have been pulling from his spirit to heal him, but instead, it was feeding on the power from the sacred beast's meat. Now he focused on the cycling process eagerly. .. “If you did nothing but gorge yourself on those Carp for the next month or two, you'd have the strength of a lion and the endurance of an ox.” He barked out a laugh. . .Dross added, “That is, if you survived. And if there were no crippling deformities caused by uncontrollable growth of your muscles and organs. Which, none so far so...yay! -Ghostwater, ch 8</blockquote>Sacred artists can eat meat from non-sentient sacred beasts to enhance their strength. This might be done before or after a battle, or to restore the body after injury. Wealthy, high-level Lords and Monarchs might eat it daily. “Gold dragons eat meat of this quality from the moment they hatch.” (Ghostwater, ch 8). In the [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)]], Lindon and Orthos eat sacred Silverfang Carp to promote vitality and muscle growth. (Ghostwater, ch 8). After Yerin’s lifeline is cut short in the battle with the [[Seishen Kingdom]] Underlady, Eithan feeds her a variety of sacred meat ([[Underlord]]). This meat comes from farm-raised or pond-raised sacred beasts, usually. It’s very expensive. It’s really only meant for Underlords and above, who can process it with soulfire. If the sacred beast is sentient, eating it is tantamount to cannibalism.

		+	This nourishing, revitalizing, and empowering food comes from farm, forest, or pond-raised sacred plants and beasts, usually. It’s very expensive. It’s really only meant for Underlords and above, who can process it with soulfire. It’s not taken from a sentient being. If the sacred beast is sentient, eating it is tantamount to cannibalism.
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		+	<blockquote> His Iron body should have been pulling from his spirit to heal him, but instead, it was feeding on the power from the sacred beast's meat. Now he focused on the cycling process eagerly. .. “If you did nothing but gorge yourself on those Carp for the next month or two, you'd have the strength of a lion and the endurance of an ox.” He barked out a laugh. . .Dross added, “That is, if you survived. And if there were no crippling deformities caused by uncontrollable growth of your muscles and organs. Which, none so far so...yay! -Ghostwater, ch 8</blockquote>
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		+	Sacred artists can eat meat from non-sentient sacred beasts to enhance their strength. This might be done before or after a battle, or to restore the body after injury. Wealthy, high-level Lords and Monarchs might eat it daily. “Gold dragons eat meat of this quality from the moment they hatch.” (Ghostwater, ch 8). In the [[Ghostwater (Pocket World)]], Lindon and Orthos eat Silverfang Carp to promote vitality and muscle growth, but at first, it’s too much for Lindon and he passes out.(Ghostwater, ch 8).
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		+	After Yerin’s lifeline is cut short (in book 6, Underlord), Eithan feeds her a variety of rich food: <blockquote >He could sense the spiritual weight of the food himself: slices of meat rich with strengthening blood aura, crystalline vegetables woven with healing strands of life, shining fruits that nourished the soul, jugs that emanated the feel of elixirs.. .“The meat increases the density of blood aura, strengthening the body. The vegetables cleanse the body, the fruits cleanse and restore the spirit, and also there's some rice in there. Rice is good for you. The pill is a Flowering Heart pill, and the bottle contains a Lifeseed Elixir. This will give you more life and blood aura than any single human body could possibly hold.”([[Underlord]], ch 11). </blockquote >

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 Not all beasts are sacred on Cradle. Some animals are just beasts. Some are [[Dreadbeasts]]. A sacred beast is an ancient animal with a spirit, who can practice the [[Sacred Arts]] and advance to higher levels, albeit in its own way. Sacred beasts have a viable healthy spirit, and they leave a Remnant behind when they die. They are able to process vital aura and to cycle madra, powering up for forceful techniques, etc. Animals are just animals. They have no spirit. Dreadbeasts have a mangled, corrupted spirit that’s grown into the flesh. They leave no viable Remnant.
 ==How Beasts Become Sacred==
 Sacred Beasts are ancient animals that have attained sacred status by living long enough in an aura-rich environment, absorbing enough of a particular vital aura from their surroundings to cycle madra and develop a spirit.