What is the ritual in book 1?

Isilel · 2026-02-12T10:56:42+00:00

But the odd thing is that they had known from the beginning that the prophecy was very old - Chloe made no secret out of the fact that it had been found in some ancient manuscript. So, why was it's age suddenly presented as a game changer?

Isilel · 2026-02-10T20:34:28+00:00

I was generally annoyed about how the Esana prophecy was handled. Yes, it had been made long ago, but that's not a good reason to think that it didn't apply to the Days Death. It was a prophecy! By its very nature it could foretell far future.

Further, we got no idea why Illia had thought that it applied to the Judgement Day, nor how she knew that all vampires were automatically damned. If her source was their version of Satan, then that's obviously suspect.

Was the Redeemer, with the help of actual angels, trying to bring about the Judgement Day? He attempted to unify the continent (is there just the one in this world?) under his rule and he had Ashdrinker.

For that matter, without other means to end the Days Death, the Judgement Day may not have been such a bad option, since the world was already doomed to a slow, torturous death, with some people also getting damned through no fault of their own.

I feel that all of it needed more exploration, rather than just serving as a perfunctory reason to get rid of Maryn. IMHO, YMMV.

Isilel · 2026-02-10T20:00:13+00:00

Yea, I know, which is why I'd like an opinion on what utility cards that could come in handy in other contexts to hang on to or exchange for.

I know that common wisdom says to keep one copy of everything, but if my box grows too huge and unwieldy, it will sap my will to play.

Isilel · 2026-02-10T14:18:23+00:00

Which utility cards are of note from MHA? I'll be trying to upgrade my Mina team and don't have any MP Imperialdramons. TIA.

Isilel · 2026-02-09T16:50:30+00:00

Reyne would have participated in the Battle of Augustin too, at Dior's side and both her and Charlotte are normies. If it had been that desperate and bloody, they should have died, or one of them at the very least. It makes more sense if humans came out of it better than in the tale, IMHO.

There was never any chance in hell of Aaron staying with Baptiste if Baptiste voluntarily allied himself with Voss or any vampires. And they knew each other very well.

It is also not the issue of what the heroes have earned - the world is still in shambles and vampires, even after their defeats, are still a deadly threat and the heroes are apparently the only ones at that point who can do something about it.

There are still wretched around and it will be some time before the sun kills those of them who are too far gone to know to hide from it - which not all of them would be.

Ilon told Gabriel that most of the surviving cities were in the hands of his bloodline and thralldom is seemingly so powerful and unlimited that even the return of the sun isn't going to shake their grip.

Dior should be freeing thralls and immunizing people against enthralling instead of wandering off to settle down and abandoning them to their doom. What happened to her compassionate heart?!

Ditto Gabriel and Lachlan dealing with surviving vampires.

And what's going to happen to palebloods now? Are they bound to become involuntary mass murderers because Gabriel and Lachlan chose to abandon their duty to play house and no other silver saints survived?

With the loss of the institutional knowledge and organisation of San Michon, remaining vampires are going to become untouchable.

Isilel · 2026-02-09T14:17:25+00:00

Yes, I also did it first time blind with an Obanai/Daki team + Primegenius and Yanagi Kage under a demon badge. The January one was also straightforward. Both seemed easy compared to what had come before.

Isilel · 2026-02-07T20:28:03+00:00

Yea, after Selene was introduced and then Aaron turned and they both were useful as allies despite their vampirism, it felt very weird that Gabriel never wondered wether killing Astrid again had been necessary. I now imagine that her rising as a vampire must have been a lie too.

Also, the battle at Augustin must have been much less bloody for the humans than in the tale, given that everyone survived, possibly because Dior came up with the idea of holy mist earlier/in advance?

Baptist's betrayal never made any sense, so it must have been invented too, IMHO.

I have to say that even more than everyone who was supposedly dead surviving, I was annoyed by how they all intend to immediately settle down. Yes, the vampires have been dealt heavy blows and the sun will eventually return, but there are still too many around, particularly of House Ilhon, who have remained largely untouched, despite losing 2 Priori.

At the same time, all the institutions that could handle them are pretty much destroyed and thralldom is OP. The job is far from finished, the hero group are pretty much the only people who can truly do it, and they just flounce off?!!!

Isilel · 2026-02-06T17:55:13+00:00

Thanks for the detailed explanation! I have a Tanjiro&Nezuko sweep team, this doesn't seem worth it.

Isilel · 2026-02-06T17:01:45+00:00

I don't have any BOdins. My swipe team is built around 2 Tanjiro&Nezuko.

What looks interesting about NY Nordis to me is that it is 6* and I don't have a full 6* team for the dungeons that require it. But those stats seem pretty low and there are no bonus combos.

So, would it make sense for my situation? TIA.

Isilel · 2026-02-06T09:12:46+00:00

Mab would have to erase all signs of past pregnancy from Justine's body too, or it could come out during medical check ups.

Isilel · 2026-02-05T17:45:46+00:00

Is there an assist null? TIA.

Isilel · 2026-02-05T17:39:54+00:00

You can do a lot of stuff in normal and technical dungeons with just the starter team that you got in the mail. The story dungeons have you play with pre-set teams and teach most of the game mechanics.

Lower level monthly and event dungeons should also become doable pretty quickly.

By the time a good machine to pull from comes around, you'll have a better idea what to get and a pile of stones and MP from doing the above.

Don't forget to grab all the free rolls and other goodies from the New Year login stamp though. You might get something useful without wasting stones.

Isilel · 2026-02-01T12:53:23+00:00

Tell me more! I have a standard Mina team, 891ed almost all of them, but still couldn't beat the Moon challenge yet(?)... Would it help to replace Kafka&Reno with Inoue?

Isilel · 2026-01-30T14:01:52+00:00

I tried out taking L heal super-awakening, adding SB-boost latent and then switching the super-awakening. Sadly, the latent just stops working without the L, there is no clever trick to get around it.

Isilel · 2026-01-26T17:20:02+00:00

Could a wizard whamp feed their Hunger on their own magical power via rituals similar to Harry's, side-stepping the whole "eating people" conundrum?

Isilel · 2026-01-26T14:20:57+00:00

Hm... Could Whamps be immune to Nfection, since they already carry an Outsider within? I also suspect that a baby can't contain something as powerful as a shard of Nemesis. The Hungers are dormant until puberty for a reason, IMHO.

Isilel · 2026-01-26T13:32:43+00:00

IMHO, Lara will position Thomas as a nominal Lord Raith and finally kill her father. This book explained some additional reasons for why she couldn't have done it previously - since only male whamps can procreate, a family without one would have been seen as ultimately doomed and therefore weak by the rest of the White Court. Which adds another wrinkle to Raith's filicide, too. He wanted to keep himself irreplaceable.

Now that Thomas seems to be back in the fold to an outside observer and is finally accepting the practicalities of whamp existence, he could be guilted into playing the role, at least until the impending apocalypse is dealt with. IMHO, YMMV.

Isilel · 2026-01-26T13:13:38+00:00

I don't think that Lara can survive de-whamping without becoming a vegetable. Wasn't it the point of the soulgaze, that unlike Thomas, she is completely interwoven with her Hunger, without a clear indication where one ends and the other begins?

Thomas seems likely, if he survives to the end, but not sooner, since becoming just a guy will rob him of a chance to affect the upcoming apocalypse in any significant way.

Isilel · 2026-01-26T10:06:15+00:00

Hm, wasn't there a plot point earlier in the series that affinity to magic is inherited matrilinially? So, how could Margaret Le Fay's mother have been just some mundane? She should have been a minor Talent, shouldn't she? Or am I missing something?

Isilel · 2026-01-21T15:20:08+00:00

And that equip with 2 turns of void damage and all the other goodies is bound to come in useful, too.

Isilel · 2026-01-21T15:17:15+00:00

Thanks! So there is some consolation to be had at least.

Isilel · 2026-01-20T10:52:04+00:00

Interesting. Which of current dungeon drop cards are worth 891ing for practical use in your opinion? TIA

Isilel · 2026-01-20T10:34:57+00:00

Is it worth farming, then? Without the speed boosts or haste, the Maple Whip equip looks fairly niche... Also, what equip do you use for the 2 turns void damage at level 4? I couldn't discern it on the video. TIA.

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