List of all named Paths
Editing Notes
- The various types of madra are not capitalized in the books
- Please add new Paths in alphabetical order
All Paths
Add new Paths in alpha order, ignoring first words followed by notable followers, then madra and Goldsign
- Akura family shadow Paths — see Akura Paths and Akura bloodline
- Path of the Amber Well (Bai Rou, acidic amberwell madra, Goldsign: Glowing Yellow Eyes)
- Path of Black Flame (Wei Shi Lindon and the historic Imperial Blackflame Family, fire and destruction madra, Goldsign: Black and Red Eyes, Tail)
- Path of the Broken Star (original authentic version of the Path of the Stellar Spear, but long-since discarded by mainstream Jai Clan, possibly still used by some Jai exiles and rebels
- Path of the Burning Wasteland (Xorrus the dragon Herald)
- Path of Celestial Radiance (Sha Miara, with royal madra bloodline ability)
- Path of the Chainkeeper (once used by the Akura Family, shadow madra, Goldsign: Black Tar Hands)
- Path of the Cloud Hammer (Cloud Hammer School, cloud madra, Goldsign: Overhead Cloud)
- Path of Crawling Shadows (unknown users)
- Path of the Dawn Oath (Ziel, Dawnwing Sect, force madra, Goldsign: Two Green Horns)
- Path of the Eightfold Spear (Eight-Man Empire, unites eight Sages and Heralds)
- Path of the Endless Sword (Sword Sage and Yerin Arelius, sword madra, Goldsign: Blade Attachments)
- Path of Eternal Night (Akura Malice)
- Path of the Fallen Leaf — see Fallen Leaf School
- Path of the Fisherman (Fisher Gesha and Fisher Sect, force madra/ gravity, Goldsign: Webbed Fingers)
- Path of the Flowing Flame (dragons Sopharanatoth and Ekerinatoth, fire and water madra)
- Path of the Frozen Blade (Min Shuei and Frozen Blade School, sword, ice madra, Goldsign: Ice Blades)
- Path of the Ghost Blade (Ghost-Blade Warband, sword, death madra, Goldsign: Floating Green Spirit)
- Path of Glacier’s Birth (Meiyen Teia)
- Path of Grasping Sky (only emperor Naru Huan’s imperial clan, wind madra, Goldsign: Emerald Wings)
- Path of Harmony — (if referring to Akura Harmony, see path of shadow blade)
- Path of Heaven’s Glory (Heaven’s Glory School, light madra)
- Path of the Hollow King (Eithan Arelius with pure madra)
- Path of the Hungry Deep (Northstrider, hunger / blood madra)
- Path of the King’s Key (Reigan Shen, force/space madra)
- Path of the Last Breath (Mo She)
- Path of the Last Leaf (The Lastleaf School, crafting elixirs from sacred trees)
- Path of the Last Oath (Unknown users)
- Path of the Mountain’s Heart (Kazan Clan, earth madra)
- Path of the Raging Sky (Tiberian Arelius, water, wind, lightning madra)
- Path of Rolling Earth (Longhook, earth/force madra)
- Path of the Sandviper (Sandviper Sect, Sandviper Gokren and Kral, venom madra, Goldsign: Green Sandviper on Arm)
- Path of Seven Pages (Akura Mercy etc, shadow madra, Goldsign: varied)
- Path of the Shadow Blade (Akura Harmony, shadow/sword madra, Goldsign: Black Halo)
- Path of the Shifting Skies (Unknown users, water,wind,cloud madra)
- Path of Silver Grace (Cassias Arelius, sword madra, Goldsign: Silver Gauntlet)
- Path of the Song of Falling Ash (Unknown users, but Shen has the Monarch’s sword, The Song of Falling Ash]]
- Path of the Steel Guardian (Royal Seishen Clan, earth/force madra, Goldsign: Silver Breastplate)
- Path of the Stellar Spear (Jai Clan, light/sword madra, Goldsign: Metal Hair)
- Path of the Stellar Spear 2.0 (Jai Long slight/sword madra)
- Path of the Stormcaller (Stormcallers cult, Goldsign: Lightning Around Forearms)
- Path of Twin Stars (Wei Shi Lindon Arelius with pure madra)
- Path of Twisted Blood (Unknown Users, Life/Shadow/Blood Madra)
- Path of the Twisting Abyss (Unknown Users)
- Path of Twisting Rivers (Unknown Users)
- Path of the Unstained Shield (Kotai Clan, Goldsign: Gray Skin)
- Path of the Wasteland (Seshethkunaaz) sand and storm madra?
- Path of the Whispering Wind (The Script Lord, wind madra)
- Path of the White Fox (developed by Elder Whisper, used by the Wei Clan, light/dream madra)
School Paths, Sacred Valley
We know a little about the Paths of the four schools of sacred arts in book 1, in Sacred Valley. Sacred Arts study and discipleship at the four mountain-top schools is granted to only the most gifted.
- Students at Heaven’s Glory School on Mount Samara to the east study a Path that employs light madra. The Path of Heaven’s Glory enables artists to burn others with their light techniques. The vital aura comes from the ring above the peak.
- Members of Holy Wind School on The Greatfather peak to the south follow a strange Path of wind, light, and dream techniques that create zones of unnatural weather. They can create storms to attack enemies.
- Golden Sword School disciples on Mount Venture to the west study a Path of sword madra that uses Enforcer techniques on their weapon. The name of their Path comes from the goldsteel swords they use more than from their techniques. This area, where the Kazan clan lives, mine goldsteel and halfsilver minerals from their mountain rich in earth aura.
- Attendees of Fallen Leaf School on Yoma Mountain to the north focus on using life madra to guide the growth of spirit-fruits and sacred herbs. They are especially proud of their harvest of treasure fruit from their orchards of purple orus tree, some which live long enough to become sacred ancestral trees.
- also see Abidan Archive e174
More Info
- Iron body list
- Lesser known paths
- Akura Paths
- Sacred Arts
- Also see Madra for supporting info on Paths
