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Lindon has finally returned home. He and his friends have come to Sacred Valley with an army of Akura Golds to evacuate everyone in the face of the Wandering Titan. They have plenty of time, so long as the evacuations start immediately.
There's only one problem: No one will listen to them.
As Lindon quickly discovers, there is a massive script circle around the entire Valley that suppresses everything to the level of Jade. It doesn't take long until his entire party are little better than the locals. Despite all his pleading, all his evidence, no one will believe him. Everything must be a trick by their enemies, a ploy to steal their lands and their clan.
Step by step, the Dreadgod grows closer.
Meanwhile, Suriel and the Abidan continue to contend with Vroshir raids. While they cannot do permanent damage to the Abidan themselves, what they are doing is still horrific. Entire Iterations are destroyed, others have their entire populations kidnapped. The Vroshir might be bandits, but they are bandits on a multiversal scale.
And the Mad King is not interested in mere raiding. He wants nothing less than the destruction of the Abidan, and no matter how unlikely that goal is, he can do terrible things reaching for it. He sets his sights on all the most valuable worlds. Fathom, the lynchpin of the sector. Oasis, the paradise.
Cradle.
Bloodline is the ninth novel in the Cradle Series by Will Wight. It is the third of the Path of Lords collection.
This novel provides examples of:
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: The Heaven's Glory school and the Wei Clan cannot understand that Lindon would come back for anything but revenge. The idea that he would still want to help them despite everything they've done is completely incomprehensible to them, and an obvious trick.
- Foreshadowing: Dross mentions early on that the situation could be worse—there could be two Dreadgods. Guess what happens at the end?
- Heroic Sacrifice: Dross pushes himself too hard to make the illusion that fools the Wandering Titan, resulting in a Death of Personality.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: While not actually a villain anymore, Jai Long foolishly assumes that Lindon is still a Lowgold and won't be much of an opponent.
