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The Grind (Book 2) Ch.15

🕑 Added 2024-08-17 17:30:34 +0000 UTC

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JO LP

burnt weirwood + fireglass = magic spear?

JO LP

Other than the "need to know where you're going" I think this was addressed a couple of chapters ago when we were told what they had decided to share and what not to. Among that it was explained that brooms and apparition were going to be kept secret to keep the strategic advantage in case of conflict. If they don't know the Hogwarts habitants can apparate then they cannot plan for it.

Kz3838

Thank you for the great chapter, I really like how you wrote the Old Gods here and the way you wrote the Astral Plane was wonderfully written. I am very curious to see what is done with the Weirwood branch, could make for a good staff or wand? Regardless, stay safe out there and keep up the good work!

Azzuma

Woot! magically smack down coming from the real wizards! I don't suppose we can curse the Freys along the way as well? Just enough to do some pest control?

dryskies_btb

The Bracken-Blackwood feud is going to be at the center of the next Atlas chapter. With the appearance of magic, it's currently... escalating... I'll just leave it at that so I don't spoil too much lol.

Azzuma

Fair enough, but I do hope they can visit the Blackwoods since they still follow the old gods and maybe fix their dead Weirwood tree just to mess with people.

dryskies_btb

Ah, that's a bit of a plot hole on my part. Yeah, I have something planned for Atlas and the Riverlands. So I guess they just slipped my mind when it came to fostering the rest of the students.

Azzuma

While I love this chapter I'm curious on why no one seems to want to head to the Riverlands for fostering. Is it because it's probably going to be a place that Atlas and his girls visit on their travels like I assume with King's Landing or is there just no interest?

Serdnack

still semi applies since they are taking a broom back instead of teleporting for some reason

jp9901

Guess you have to know where your teleporting first

General_Rain

I wonder if maxing his forging skill would let him make magical metals like goblin silver and valyrian steel after studying them.

General_Rain

They could shap it into a wooden sword and call it light bringer to try giving the red witch a heart attack. But yeah a wand of weirwood mixed with the magic of centuries old dragon fire would make it very powerful. The real question is what can he find to use as the wand core to match the other magical aspects. It already has the material of weirwood probably boosting herbology. The cursed dragon fire most likely boosts both dark arts and fire elemental spells. Maybe they could visit Kings Landing to buy the bones of the dragon that burned down Harrenhal. The previous Targaryen kings used to decorate the throne room with the bones of their deceased dragons set up kind of like a museum does for dinosaur bones. I remember that king Robert Baratheon had them all removed probably into storage. They could theoretically buy the dragon bones in bulk for some of the gold they made from taking over the criminal side of Westeros. We all know how the current king is in major dept to the Lannisters, the Church of the Seven, and the Iron Bank thanks to Littlefinger. Or he could just use the dragon bone to make a wand handle and since he is a dire wolf animagus he could use his dire wolf hair as the core. That would probably give a boost to transfiguration.

Serdnack

I can't remember, is there a reason they don't Apparition?

ExodiaTheForbiddenOne

Amazing chapter thanks for your hard work

DerkKill

It may be a far-fetched thought but compare the "magic theoretical authority" with the "Tracing" version of EMIYA/Emiya Shirou what would be their 7 steps; And that led me to think that they could try to replicate some of the weapons from Arthurian legends and also European ones with their different cultures and how Luna could have so many references to a certain universe thanks to magic.

DerkKill

You could also re-encourage the idea of Luna and create a legend like "Rider Black" and see how you could, through the collective consciousness of humanity called faith, be able to connect with the quasi-divinity.

DerkKill

Since it's a big piece of wood you could make 2 or 3 things like a wand set or a wand + a sword handle and then unlock the "Magic Knight" profession and how you could name said sword after gathering metallic materials bathed in primordial magic buried

Marius Petrauskas

great stuff

dryskies_btb

The '100/+++' is a sort of prestige system. It'll keep going up but it's also a sign that Atlas has maxed out that Discipline. The Authorities are going to be the main boon/bonus/thing for maxing out disciplines. I'm aiming for a sort of Campione-esque Authority there. So like, pseudo-divine skills/specialities/attacks to match up with the maxed discipline.

Laplase

Mage a Staff would be better or maybe a Sword-Staff?

dryskies_btb

Most likely a new wand but I suppose that's not set in stone just yet.

Dan W

can we get a full breakdown of all his stats? Great chapter:)

Dan W

So what’s he going to do with a 2x4 of weirwood?

Laplase

When his most of his disciplines get to lv 100, will they evolve or prestige into something more, maybe fuse into higher level magics from higher universes maybe? Well, anyway it's good to be back in Atlas's pov, and him and Dumbledore always make for good comedy and suspensful intrigue.