1. Tiernon / Rod v. Tom
2. Tom's "rehabilitation" of Talarius
3. Wizard' reaction post-expulsion. Do they now know of Exador's true nature? How will Lenamare react? I suspect a gleeful dance.
4. Jenn, Maelen, Gastropé post-explusion.
5. Will Lenamare finally summon Tom? Can Lenamare force Tom to spell out his true name?
6. Will Tom ever get or make a proper home?
7. Tizzy's commentary

Edit: My understanding is that book 2 will give us Saint Hilda of Rivenrock - Avatar of Tiernon, the Grove, and possibly the Grove gods. Alvar will probably be met.

Edited by user Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:00:57 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Wait, who is the Incubus? Also, Estrebrius. Hm.

What do you mean if I had a point of view I would not be interesting anymore; I have lots of points of view! Most of them contradictory!

The bard is named Antefalken, he was most recently working for this nosy Damien guy. He and Boggy are pretty tight. I don't know if he composed that 34 hour Balladae Orcusae he keeps wanting to play, but apparently he has played and sung it before the Triumverate and others...

I'm not that much for music, but I suppose he must be decent enough if he plays the Courts...if they don't like your work, well, they will pretty literally tear you to pieces...

FYI a Host is not a person, well, I suppose it could be, but in this case Host as in Hosts I've Heard on High, as in host of angels, the female members of which (Hostesses) are as in Twinkie salesmen, although I'd rather have Ding Dongs or Cup Cakes....mmmhhh Hostess Cupcakes!

But I digress, in the case of Vol II, it means the Host of Avatars descending on Freehold....no stress there....apparently they want to find out how the Rod screwed things up and lost their prize knight in shining armor.

The incubus, ehh, I mention him in some other posts in this forum. He's annoying, I don't trust him. I don't think you should trust him either, so when you read the book, take everything he says with a grain of rice. Salt grains wouldn't be big enough for this guy.

Hmm, that uncleanable corruption thing is nice. Maybe figure out how to embed a deep dark aura on him that anyone with *sight can see, but that can't be cleaned. It doesn't do anything just glows a malevolent black color and freaks people out.

Tom is hemming and hawing on what to do. He doesn't like any of my suggestions, which is very odd since they were all quite reasonable.

This, especially the commentary by the arch demons after Tom hops away. We get it in between, but I am really curious whether or not what Tom did was truly unique or just something archfiends don't do because of some ancient unspoken accord between demons and deities...

Note that I have the suspicion the book contains the true names of one or more archdemons if not the upper echolon ones.

Edited by user Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2:14:39 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Are we talking about that book that Jenn was carrying around instead of her diary?

I took a look at it, the title was "The Winds of Winter"

Not sure what that is, but it sounds cold. And why such a huge number of people are trying to get their hands on it is beyond me.

Well, if Tom didn't have constructive magics before he might have them now that has absorbed godly mana. Perhaps it will have side-effects?

I wonder if there is a branch of animagic devoted to interior design.

@lume

8. That is a good point. Verigas has enabled a lot of evil to happen (in their view anyway). That is something to see.

9. Your suspicion seems a bit outrageous, but then, what really is there. Another thing to look forward to... but the author might as well not tell us.

10. Ah! You are with the Gods-are-Demons wagon? Tizzy seems to be against that idea. Maybe because he cant stand that those bile cretures are just like him.

11. Yes! This one. There is little information to this. Still, their visions are vague. There might be little information because they don't really have that much. Still I do look forward to the group meeting and discussing this or something.

Regarding #2 - I always thought that what Tom did is just spur-of-the-moment. He haven't think it all through. He might actually know not what to do with him. Maybe he will just keep Talarius around even if he is a pain in the neck.

Regarding #4 - I know, this is the point I infer when I read it. And its the same, they will be extremely stressed. LOL.

@JMX @Madfox

Yes those are something to see.

My guess is that they might be inviting Tom to join their group. As I see, Tom did show some awesome stuff. The three of them is said to have difficulty in dealing with the Rod, and they stated that it will take them a lot of effort to fight them, but Tom did it almost effortlessly kick Talarius but after he become serious. Not to mention Tom is a four and Talarius is said to be more tougher that the usual Knight Rampant. That is how awesome Tom is.

Af for the book, it is a mystery till now. It might even remain a mystery in book two. What is in that damn thing anyway. Well, we might not know what is in the book but I do want to know what the wizards thought was in the book for them to go head over heels for it.

@Flakes

If this world is as medievalistic as presented, then no. Interior design has never become a subject of its own study in those times. It was never thought of as a separate field of study from architecture in those times. The architects also the interior designers.

@Tizzy

Bring him to your place already. It should be more fun there than in Tom's right?

Well, the Abyss never really seems like a place for entertainment. The local residents aren't really conductive for such.

You have a librabry? That is so weird!

There is a djinn? It was never hinted in the book and astlan.net doesn't anything about them.