Summary:Bloodline
This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Bloodline, book nine in the Cradle series.
Prologue
- Characters
- Suriel (point of view)
- Plot Summary
Suriel protected two iterations, Commandment and Jester, from destruction. However, she had to allow another iteration to die in the process.
Chapter 1
- Characters
- Akura Mercy (point of view)
- Akura Pride
- Akura Charity (mentioned)
- Akura Fury
- Seishen Daji (mentioned)
- Akura Naria
- Akura Malice (mentioned)
- Xorrus (mentioned)
- Wei Shi Lindon (point of view)
- Yerin
- [[Dross
- Plot Summary
Mercy cared for Pride to his annoyance. Fury arrived to share the capture of Daji and his intent to ascend.
Chapter 2
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 3
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 4
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 5
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 6
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 7
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 8
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 9
- Characters
- Ziel (point of view)
- Eithan Arelius
- Wei Shi Lindon (mentioned)
- Northstrider (mentioned)
- Kazan Patriarch and his wife
- Kazan Maret
- Akura Mercy (point of view)
- Li Matriarch
- Kashi
- Jai Long (point of view)
- Jai Chen
- Yerin (mentioned)
- Ikari
- Orthos (mentioned)
- Wei Shi Kelsa (mentioned)
- Wei Shi Seisha (mentioned)
- Plot Summary
Ziel went for the Kazan clan. He spoke with the Patriarch and his wife to tell them about the Titan. They agreed to evacuate fairly easily.
Mercy spoke with the Li Matriarch. She said she would confer with her elders but was unreceptive to the message.
Jai Long and Chen travelled with Eithan to Heaven’s Glory. Eithan told them about the advancement of him and his friends and tried to talk the Jais into joining them.
Chapter 10
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 11
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 12
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 13
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 14
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 15
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 16
- Characters
- Plot Summary
Chapter 17
- Characters
- Wei Shi Lindon (point of view)
- Eithan Arelius
- Wei Shi Jaran
- Wei Shi Kelsa
- Yerin
- Orthos
- Dross
- Ziel (mentioned)
- Jai Long (point of view)
- Jai Chen
- Akura Charity (mentioned)
- Akura Mercy
- Seishen Daji (mentioned)
- Suriel (point of view)
- Ozriel (mentioned)
- Makiel (mentioned)
- The Mad King (mentioned)
- Akura Malice (mentioned)
- The Wandering Titan (mentioned)
- Sophara (mentioned)
- Ekeri
- Plot Summary
Everyone was distraught over being forced to leave Sacred Valley. Mercy offered to send people back using the teleportation anchor she left there.
Suriel watched Lindon’s life before going to face the Mad King and considered the fact that either of them might die soon. Her Presence suggested she communicate with him, which she agreed to.
Lindon found himself in a cozy room to talk to Suriel. She advised him that it is impossible to save everyone and he has already saved Sacred Valley in a manner of speaking. She also showed him some of his possible futures. Suriel returned him and he decided to advance to Overlord to help him against the Titan. Then, he teleported back to Sacred Valley without taking anyone else.
Jai Long resisted the bloodspawn, knowing he was close to death. Lindon arrived and saved him and Chen.
Chapter 18
- Characters
- Suriel (point of view)
- Makiel
- The Mad King
- [{Wei Shi Lindon]] (point of view
- Dross
- The Wandering Titan
- Yerin (point of view
- Eithan Arelius (point of view)
- Akura Mercy (point of view)
- Orthos (point of view)
- Ziel (point of view)
- Jai Chen
- Plot Summary
Suriel entered Oasis with Makiel to fight the Mad King. They saw a path to victory but were ultimately forced to retreat.
Lindon watched the Titan as it explored the Sacred Valley. The Titan reached for Samara’s ring and Lindon attacked to no success. His friends came through a portal to join him. They did what they could to delay the Titan and save people. Dross communicated with many members of the team, giving them instructions for a combat plan against the Titan.
Chapter 19
- Characters
- Wei Shi Lindon (point of view)
- The Wandering Titan
- Dross
- Yerin
- Ziel
- Akura Mercy
- Orthos
- Eithan Arelius
- Plot Summary
The group implemented their combat plan but couldn’t quite annoy the TItan into leaving. Dross sacrificed himself to project an illusion to the Titan, which caused it to leave.
Chapter 20
- Characters
- Suriel (point of view)
- Makiel
- Telariel
- Gadrael
- Razael
- Zerachiel
- Ozriel (mentioned)
- Eithan Arelius (point of view)
- Yerin
- Akura Mercy
- Ziel
- Little Blue
- Akura Malice
- Orthos
- Wei Shi Lindon
- Dross (mentioned)
- The Wandering Titan (mentioned)
- Jai Chen (point of view)
- Jai Long
- Jai Hara
- Northstrider (point of view)
- The Bleeding Phoenix
- Reigan Shen (point of view)
- Subject One
- Tiberian Arelius (mentioned)
- Plot Summary
Suriel healed Makiel and ordered the Judges to give up on retaining more territory, instead fortifying the territory they could keep. Suriel saw that Iteration 11 was undefended and sent Lindon a message saying to hold on.
Eithan had Yerin give him a haircut. Everyone recovered from their injuries and losses.
Jai Chen led survivors through the Desolate Wilds and ran into members of the Jai clan. She told them they were part of the Sage of Twin Stars’ sect to avoid a fight, then Eithan arrived. Eithan convinced Chen to join a new Sect of Twin Stars in truth.
Northstrider and Malice watched the Phoenix leave for unknown reasons. Reigan Shen reached Subject One.
Epilogue
- Characters
- Wei Shi Lindon (point of view)
- The Wandering Titan (mentioned)
- Dross
- Eithan Arelius (mentioned)
- Elder Whisper
- Plot Summary
Lindon pondered the Ancestor’s Tomb and the possibility of bringing Dross back. He opened up the Sword Sage’s storage space where he found Elder Whisper. Whisper gave him a box brought by the Sword Sage with a mummified hand inside it and then asked Lindon if he wanted to know how to kill the Dreadgods.
