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Chapter 100: Sacrifice (Patreon)

Published:
2019-06-11 22:16:12
Imported:
2022-02

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https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2961893/100/Mother-of-Learning

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning/chapter/371224/100-sacrifice

Here is chapter 100, finally. Many thanks for your patience, and many thanks to my long-suffering editor. I hope you all enjoy it. I have set the next target date as if the chapter was posted on Sunday, so the next target date is the 30th this month. Hopefully I stick to it this time.

Comments

Anonymous

Awesome!!!! Thanks for the chapter!

Shawn Liu

You should name a chapter Delayed, just to mess with people :)

nobody103
>>23646660

I already use cliffhangers to mess with people, no need to add more stuff. All things in moderation! :) Though there was that time I posted the chapter titled 'Complications' on RR while forgetting to put a number in front of it. That definitely scared some people, unintentional as it was.

Anonymous

My heart's still thumping. What a chapter!

Anonymous

Also, congratulations, Domagoj on your 100th MoL chapter! I hope you treat yourself. (: Oh and many thank to your editor!

Anonymous

A friend of mine made a good point: The inclusion of Haslush here was really brilliant. If it were just Raynie and Rae, I'd not think so much if their minds were blown. However, Haslush knows about these more rare aspects of the world yet is normal enough that his commentary really drives home how incredible all this is.

Corwin Amber

thanks for a great chapter :)

Andrew

Thank you! It is an amazing chapter!

Anonymous

This chapter reminded me: A story dedicated to the life of Alanic would be so interesting.

Anonymous

An absolute delight to read, loved the way Zorian combined his magic skills into something amazing.

Anonymous

Typo: Did he see then-> them?

Anonymous

Typo: "soldiers from the" -> "soldiers for the"

Anonymous

Congratulations on the 💯 th chapter! Things are going down 🤩omg, it is awesome!

nobody103
>>23667652

I honestly never thought the story would get to this point. I actually named the planning chapter for the story 'Chapter 99' because I thought I would never reach that number. Now I can't help but wonder how big the story would have gotten if I tried writing the original, much-larger version... I'd probably be only 1/3 done by this point and running out of steam.

Chevron8
>>23667652

I'm really curious to know what would have been in the "original, much larger version." Anything you care to share?

nobody103
>>23667652

I'll be more willing to do so after the story is done, but I can say some things. The original plan called for much more extensive Xlotic, Koth and Blantyrre arcs. Finding the pieces of the key was meant to be a far more involved and complicated task involving many dead ends and side-quests. Similarly, when Zorian fled Cyoria at the end of Arc 1, he was supposed to spend a lot more time wandering the continent and doing things only loosely related to the plot. Most notably, he was going to visit Ulquaan Ibasa and try to find the 'Silver One' that led Sudomir's winter wolves. All of those things were in there because the story was originally meant to support my worldbuilding; therefore, Zorian was supposed to visit a lot of people and places and dwell on them, to showcase as much of the world as possible. However, once I actually sat down to write down the story I found myself both lacking energy to write a story that expansive and also that many of them would damage the story in the narrative sense. These dead ends and side plots arguably made the story 'more realistic', but they killed the pacing and were a chore to write, nevermind read. Thus, I ended up axing a lot of the storylines that were not relevant to the plot (and even some that were), like Zorian learning healing magic or trying (and failing) to find Quatach-Ichl's phylactery in Ulquaan Ibasa.

Anonymous
>>23667652

One approach that may both be less time consuming and more fun would be to release a series of short, alternate timeline journal entries by Zorian detailing these other travels to give a taste of the rest of the world. But that might not really serve the purpose of showcasing the world. I definitely like the idea of seeing Zorian work through a series of plans, many of which fail. That feels so right in this kind of story.

Anonymous

How you pronounce city's name "Luja"?

nobody103
>>23736322

I don't know how to explain pronunciation, but it's exactly as it's written... at least in Croatian. Go to google translate, pick 'Croatian' as the language, write in 'Luja' and click the sound icon below to see how the computer pronounces it.

Dark Prophet
>>23736322

Okay wow. Sounds totally different if you use the translate to Croatian function. Phonetically sounds like Looyaa instead of Luu-Ja. I guess the audiobook version of this will help a lot in this regard! I just found and started listening to it.

Anonymous
>>23736322

Thanks. Figured, it might be different. Latin alphabet is used all around the world, but pronounciations of certain letters may be very divergent. The philologists use special phonetic symbols, that tell you exactly how the word is supposed to sound, but it's not taught for general populace, even while they don't seem all that hard to learn, especially with audio references available. Ok, end of the rambling. Great chapter, by the way. Can't wait to see the endgame unfold!

NonuvfOorbiz

Thanks! I know it is selfish but thinking the story will end soon is kinda sad. A couple of typos: helped > held , house > hours Cheers.

Adrien Matricon

Thanks, that was a great chapter! Also, here are some typos for your list: "kidnaping" [kidnapping] "nine times out of ten it’s became the kidnappers want their blood essence" [because] "Did he see then as young troublemakers" [them] "launch at attack" [an] "as time went one" [on]