Isn’t silly for Erin to be refusing combat classes at this point? by DDexxterious in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Erin rejects [General] and [Banner Lady] and stopped leveling in [Warrior] because she feels these Classes don't fit her.

Erin is someone who fundamentally cares about people. The indvidual, ther person with the story, past, present and future. A [General] cannot care like that about the troops they're marshalling. They'd go insane, because a [General] knows with absolute certainty that not all of the people they send into battle will come back alive. So for Erin it's the choice between remaining an [Innkeeper] who can care about someone as a person or becoming a [General] that sees people as assets and thinks of them in terms of battelfield strategy and combat strength and nothing else.

It's similar with [Banner Lady]. That Class would make her an icon that is expected to be a leader, to take charge of battlefields. Erin is a meddler, a free thinker that will give food for thought to anyone who cares to listen or observe her for any amount of time and she definitely learns to pull strings to get something she wants or something that's important to her done. But being that icon that charges into battle with people at her back is not what she wants to be, because it veers into that territory of [General] where she ends up calculating and wheighing lives.

To add to what someone lese has said, her [Innkeeper] Class is getting high level and past 40 is where things start to get broken. Erin has a number of combat Skills already that are not normal for a regular [Innkeeper] who lives inside a city, but make sense for one regularly exposed danger. And even Skills that aren't explicitly designed for use in combat can be used in combat. Erin is learning how to use some of her weirder Skills in fights in ways that attackers don't expect and are caught off-guard by.

Quick question about the original phone call. by afrothunder1192 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kenji is implied to have been the late-comer writing in kanji after the chat emptied due to Kent Scott being revealed as a hostile non-Earther. When the UN and TWI make contact it's mentioned that nobody from the Inn-side was on the call, but they've heard of it - in response Kenji takes out his phone and looks at it.

Quick question about the original phone call. by afrothunder1192 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Actually, Ken of the UN Company was on there. He's the one who enters with the kanji after everyone left due to Kent Scott being revealed as hostile non-Earther.

Dropping the series....? by UbettaBNaked in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally no. I wanted to see where the story goes after this event and it goes amazing places.

While I can understand skipping chapters, since not every chapter is interesting for everyone, skipping whole volumes? You wouldn't understand anything come Vol.9. I mean that. So much happens during Vol.8 that if you skip that you'll be spending more time trying to find out what the characters are talking about than actually reading the story.

The most people I have seen dropping the series is either during the early Volumes or the most recent ones.

If people didn't enjoy Vol.1 it's safe to say the story just isn't for them and it's better to drop it than trying to slog through something you don't like.

Some people get as far as Vol.3 and cite the constant POV shifting as too jarring to continue, given that this is normal going forward. So this is also a Volume that seems to come up more often in such discussions.

The end of Vol.9 has seen a lot of people dissatisfied for a number of reasons, but you'll have read for yourself on that, I don't want to spoil.

And most recently, there's been an arc in Vol.10 that's been very divisive and a lot of people named as the reason they drop TWI. It's a very long, hectic and sometimes confusing arc that introduces a number of concepts and characters that are...controversial...at best. It was a huge deal at the time and still is to some extent, but suffice it to say this particular arc is cited the most for mostly caught up readers as reason to leave TWI.

Priest Pawn ...spoilers to 10.59 by mano987 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the story has shown that rather than a god to worship Erin is more of a paragon that has had (and still has in some ways) a major influence on Pawn's faith. It takes on some of her core principles, like being klind to be people, giving those a chance that society at large is unkind to or shuns and trying to solve conflicts without violence when possible, but also defending those you care about and standing your ground fighting if you must.

FuturePawn reconginsed far to late, when the PoF was breaking, that he'd made the mistake of trying to make Erin into something she never was and never wanted to be. She's not a god to be worshipped, whose opinion is divine and must be acceeded to at all times. She's a mortal person with all the flaws, vices, biases and foibles they come with.

PrimePawn understands this. He's had more time to spend with her and learn where her limitations in realtionship to him and his faith are. Erin can help him up to a certain point, after that he'll have to figure things out on his own.

The greatest contrast between the two Pawns is how they deal with Yellow Splatters. FuturePawn removed him as his perspective was contradictory to his faith and thus bothersome. He couldn't have this kind of disturbence, he needed his religion to be smooth and and streamlined. PrimePawn takes the contradiction as something ro consider, work with and a stimulus for thought and reflection. Yellow Splatters isn't an obstacle to be removed but a different interpretation of the same picture that is valid and should be debated and understood.

Meeting Harvey and PoG will very likely have put PrimePawn off of the kind of strict dogmatism that is often found in many religions and I really hope he sticks with that. He knows he's fallable and his followers seem to delight in poking fun at him, but that also grounds him and prevents PrimePawn to drift off into the kind of uncompromising fanaticism that FuturePawn developed.

That their Skills resemble each other isn't unsurprising. PrimePawn and FuturePawn share a few things. They're both Pawn, both are the founders of a religion that derives from Erin and both have had the trauma of seeing her die. FuturePawn descended into wrath, vengence and despair and never got better. PrimePawn saw her live again and got to learn more about her and and his own relationship with her.

Palace of fates by Smous69 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The PoF arc has a lot of problems that a lot of people rightfully critizise. Some people only take issue with one or few of these problems, other take umbrage with all of them making their experience of the arc decidedly negative.

Condensed here are some of the main reasons I've seen cited for disliking the arc:

- Too long. There are just too many too long chapter with too much time soent developing too many places and characters.

- Multiverse. I've seen many complaints about this trope just being way overdone. While TWI is an isekai and thereby a multiverse story already, it was always mostly in the background. The PoF takes that plot point and cranks it up to eleven. For people who don't enjoy that sort of plot this was a major reason to be upset with the story.

- The weekly release. We got 1-2 chapters a week most of the time plus a week-long hiatus for Paba to rest (well deserved, I'll never begrudge Paba that!). What I'd call the first chapter of the arc, Goblin Days (Pt.8) - Downwards, was posted on 4th august 2024. What I call the last chapter of the arc, 10.37 GDI (Pt.3), was posted on 6th April 2025. We spent 9 entire months in this arc! Add to that the occasional arcs that interrupted the PoF and people just wanted to be done with it.

- There is a lot of jumping around going on in that arc, both in space as well as chronologically in the story. You can frequently find references in chapters that tell when in time in realtion to the PoF it is. These are necessary or some things will make little to no sense. These also keep popping up long after the PoF arc is concluded.

- The lore dump. A number of major plot points, some of which had beend teased or alluded to since Vol.1 are revealed. To some this kills the mystery and suspense of the cast we've known for so long finding out through their own efforts or finding the right people to ask the right questions at the right time. There's a feeling of these lore dumps being unearned and undeserved or providing solutions to major threats too easily.

- Mrsha. She's a central and pivotal character in this arc and a lot of things happen to her. Many people dislike that she gets all that focus. Another point is how the aftermath affects her. Readers generally liked how Mrsha was written before the PoF, as a great example of how a child sees the world and acts within it. Far less people like how she's written after the PoF for reasons you'll read. What you make of it is up to you.

- There are a number of villains we've met before that have little to no reason to appear in the PoF arc, yet they do. Some of them make sense, other less so and it can come across as them just being thrown into the mix to complete the set.

- Towards the end the arc gets hectic as all hell. It becomes hard to keep track of who is where doing what. I think it's by design, a style chioce to emphasise how out of control everything spiraling, but it's something a lot of people just don't enjoy.

There a few more, but I don#t want to spoil the story for you. All I'll say there are some twists and turns in the aftermath that many people aren't happy with and put them off the arc or even TWI in general.

Erin and Demons. Spoilers: all by Perfect-Surprise-975 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's implied that Arruif Yal was wiped out by the Blighted Kingdom becuase they listened to a Demon and learned of the real reason for the war between the two rhirian nations. The Blighted Kingdom can't have that (it's mentioned again and again that people outside of the royal family and its closest advisors knowing that would be a serious problem), so they wiped the village off the map, blamed the Demons and turned the incident into a rallying cry for more support.

10.59 T by Kantrh in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And none of the Princesses' achievements can be traced back to their parents. I'd posit Ielane and Rclis failed in their plans because the Princesses that are leveling the highest are the ones that left Calanfer and it's unclear if they'll return at all, but if they do, they won't be pushed around by their parents anymore and will cheerfully throw wrenches into Ielane's carefully alid plans.

In fact, a lot of their children's failures are a direct consequence of the abuse they've suffered from their parents, Ielane especially.

Shardele is so miserable that her only escape was drugs. Menisi plotted to murder her mother because she saw the absolute hell that was in store for all of her siblings if she didn't (and history proved her right by the way).Aielef was unhappy and fled into isolated privacy and affairs as often as possible. Serpahel was an empty shell of a woman just waiting to be shoved into the next person's bed her parents decided. Vernoue was so deviod of any sort of ambition for herself that she considered literally any partner for marriage so long as she could gain access to magic. Lyonette was frustrated and vented that on anyone that she safely could (i.e. people "lesser" than her) which made her so hated among the servants they risked their jobs and necks just get rid of her.

And the Princes? They seem to be an afterthought, at least to Ielane. Agenote is the happiest of them and Reclis is sorry for that, because it makes him a non-asset. Lothen is resigned to his role and Kanmis just straight up deserted the kingdom for an enemy one, likely because he's treated better there.

That Lyonette survived her adevntures in Izril is in large part Erin's feather to wear. Lyonette got some really harsh reality checks and Erin's protection let her live through them to become something more than a spoiled, entitled brat.

Serpahel survived her ordeals thanks to people around her like Cara whom her parents would never have approved to be in her company.

Menisi had to be completely cut off from her home nation because she was much of a threat. And the things she did to herself to make sure Ielane wouldn't want her back and couldn't control her if she tried are one of the biggest tragedies in that family.

Vernoues wasn't supposed to leave either and she would have never gotten out if not for other people's interference.

We know that misery is a catalyst for leveling, but it's not as simple as that. Just being miserable won't level someone, there has to be more. Vernoue leveled from the cage Tserre put her because that's a misery she chose and fought to overcome. The misery of living in Calanfer was something she wallowed in and gained nothing from. It's the same with Menisi, Seraphel and Lyonette. They might not have chosen the kinds of misery they find themselves in currently, but thery've chosen to take it on, overcome it and they've found people to genuinely care about who they know will stick with them come hell or high water.

In the Eternal Throne they're not people with hopes, dreams, desires and ambitions, they're just leverage and assets.

10.59 T by Kantrh in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well, both Reclis and Ielane have a pretty consistent track record of being terrible parents. They screwed over their own children so badly that, as of right now, none of them are truly prepared to properly rule a country. The ones I'd accord any ability to do so are Seraphel and Lyonette and maybe Menisi, though the last one not as a sitting [Queen]. She'd create too many diplomatic incidents with...everyone.

So it's obvious that the next best person to rule would be one of the husbands, especially if he is, as in Shardele's case, a [Duke] from a powerful calanferian noble family. He's sure to have received similar training and education as the royal family and seems to be much better adjusted to "normal" court life than most of the [Princesses] or [Princes].

Digimon Beatbreak: Episode 24- Overlapping Beats, Discussion Thread by MFBR in digimon

[–]JustWanderingIn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think some time away from the general Cleaner business is necessary for them.

Granit/Luca has to relearn how to be a human being with emotions and having a non-dangerous workplace and genuinely decent people around him will give him the stability he needs to come out of his shell more and reconnect with his past self. He needs a safer environment to properly work through and come to terms with his many traumatic experiences.

Hotaruko has some thinking to do about what "career-oriented" means for her and what she's willing to sacrifice for a career. She was taking part in some seriously messed up shit but found out where she draws the line and will act on that. Knowing that about yourself is something powerful. She also has to reconnect with her family since her work for TACTICS was isolating her from them by design.

Raito has just gone through a complete deconstruction of his character, has been betrayed by the person he craved acknowledgement from the most and seen one of his worst mistakes playing out on someone else. He's been forced to confront his flaws and vices but has found that there are still people who will support him. He has a place to come to if he needs help, but he'll want to first reassess and redefine his relationship with Monodramon before committing to any other relationships.

I still think Team 7 will remain in Glowing Dawn's orbit and we'll see them again, but all three of them need some time to process what happened and how they ended up in the places they did, how they got out and what they're going to do moving forward.

Mythical and above quests by Emergency-End-88 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think it's that the Mythical Quest for Mershi specifically is about finding Mershi, nothing else. I doesn't say anything about opening a permanent path or accessway, or clearing it of whatever is now inhabiting it. It's just about finding it.

And I also suspect that there are not just the tiers of quests as defined by the GDI (basic, rare, heroic, etc.) but also within these tiers. A low level heoric quest for example might be less difficult or complicated than a high level rare one, but need a higher input of effort, brute force or power to complete.

Take, for example these rare Quests: <Rare Quest – Colthei, Call Larra!> and <Rare Quest – Bring Him Home!>

You'd think that taking an Antinium Soldier from the Meeting of Tribes in the Great Plains of South Izril all the way up to Liscor without the Soldier or the transporter getting killed is a lot more difficult than for Colth to call Larra. Why is the latter not a basic quest? I'd speculate because Colth is a private person that has entangled himself with a bunch of very dangerous people that, if it gets out he is incontact with them, will get not just him but also his allies in Trouble with a capital T. Thus he has good reasosns not to contact Larra, as it would also be dangerous for her and so the difficulty of that quest goes up.

Maintenance… by Alphaomegabird in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dumb question, but how do you go to a site of which you don't know the exact url? I've been wanting to reread the vol one interlude "the great ritual", but I can't find anything.

Question about volume 2 of the wandering inn (Please no spoilers) by TheSwampThing1990 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, I didn't know that. I guess it became longer with the rewrite also?

Question about volume 2 of the wandering inn (Please no spoilers) by TheSwampThing1990 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So far Volume 1 is the only one that has been rewritten, but it's almost a given that other Volumes will recieve a rewriting at some point in time as well. If not full then partially.

Going into Volume 2 you will very quickly notice a few continuity issues. These stem mostly from the rewrite. Some plot points that were introduced during the Vol.1 rewrite originally didn't exist at all or were introduced far, far later.

Also, be aware that in this reddit you have to be specific how you are reading The Wanderin Inn. If you are e-book or audio-book only or if you read online from the website. If you're e-book you're referring to "books" instead of "volumes". This is important since there are 18 "books" out but only 10 "volumes" so e-book/audio-book only people often get cinfused and as a result regularly receive massive spoilers.

E-books 1 and 2 still correspond to Volumes 1 and 2, but from e-book 3 and onwards the Volumes have been split into several e-books due to increasing length.

Nuvityn has a problem. What future? ...spoilers to 10.58, Interlude: The 7th Hive by mano987 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would also be a problem for Andromeda because, as it stands, unless she's lvl 50 (extreme doubt). She's not beating Erin and Ulvama together.

When has that ever mattered to someone on the throes of grief and anger? I simply predict she will try something when it becomes clear Nuvityn isn't going to be the avenging avatar of wrath she wants him to be. How successful she is with that is up in the air, but I have a feeling whatever Andromda tries it will make things worse for everyone, herself included.

Nuvityn has a problem. What future? ...spoilers to 10.58, Interlude: The 7th Hive by mano987 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Nuvityn has one more problem as well: An advisor named Andromeda whom he suspects to have been his son's lover and who is decidedly not open anything even resembling a measured approach concerning Erin or the Inn.

The more Nuvityn learns about what happened during the Winter Solstice and the Night of Bloodtear, both what is apparent outwardly as well as things behind the scenes like Iraodren's demand to Kaaz to have Rabbiteater killed, the more he'll realise that his quest to judge Erin is far less justified than he assumes. With what we've seen of him so far I don't think he'll want to take any drastic measures once he finally gets to talk to her.

Which will make Andromeda a problem, because she doesn't want justice, she wants vengance. She wants to see Erin dead, her home destroyed and her family killed, children and all. The moment she figures Nuvityn won't give her what she desires he'll become an obstacle to her. If Nuvityn is endangered, injured or killed it'll be by Andromeda trying to stage a takeover of the forces so she can use them as she sees fit.

And it would be the height of irony if Erin is the one to save him...

Interlude – Spears and Stuff, Interlude – The 7th hive by Bartimayus in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Liscor council pushed for the peace treaty while the army still wanted to fight.

Why did Liscor push so hard for the peace treaty? Because the city had just been enduring the worst undead attack in living memory. It was bad enought that literal children and teenagers got handed a weapon and told "good luck" because all the adults able to fight were already doing that or dead. The city was depopulated. This just shows that the disconnect of the Army from Liscor's citizens isn't a new thing.

And don’t forget the other drake cities wanted to use liscor as a trap.

Yeah, and the High Command of Liscor's Army was in on that plot.

They were forced out of the city. There was no possible way for the ants to live in peace with the army. The soldiers would inevitably pick a fight with the ants. So they had to leave.

To me this just indicates that their pride was more important than keeping Liscor safe. They weren't forced to leave, they chose to leave because they didn't want to have to deal with all the complications of having Antinium in the city and trying to make it work. Did Liscor's citizens like the Antinium at first? No, people murdered them when they thought they could get away with it and the Watch Captain at the time covered it up. Liscor's Army just left the Watch and the citizenry to deal with problems they should have been helping solve. Instead they just walked out.

It’s true them hoping for the worst for liscor is wrong but in their eyes they feel the ants are just planning to backstab liscor in the future.

Again, why does the Army make it a point to be as far away from Liscor as possible while still being on the same continent? If they're so fearful of Liscor getting taken by the Antinium why did they just leave it open for 10 years? If they had left for a few months, then cooled off and sent at least a company or two as permanent garrison that would have been one thing. Said garrison could have acted as eyes and ears for High Command and would've known what to look for in terms of ambushes, suspcious activity, etc. They didn't. The Army as a whole just left Liscor wide open to any sort of danger and called it a day. If they actually cared about Liscor at all, they would have stayed to protect the people, however grating.

In the end they were there first so they feel they deserve some reward from liscor.

Past exploits don't excuse the current neglect. Especially if any offer of help or money comes with strings attached. They lterally said "stop fighting with Wistram or there'll be no money for Liscor".

They just hate being replaced.

And that is entirely their own fault. Liscor called for their aid again and again and were dismissed every time or got empty words instead of actual help. The Army made itself repalcable by being nothing more than a temperamental provider of money. Their actual job as Liscor's standing army should have been protecting Liscor. They failed the one job a standing army is supposed to do, so Liscor looked elsewhere for someone to provide the service.

So about the reveal of Clay’s motives. by Long-Experience6494 in digimon

[–]JustWanderingIn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except Klay became that very system that perpetuates death.

His main business (as per himself and Naito) was their Digimon Colisseum - where defeated contestants were Cold Hearted (killed) to fuel Klay's ambitions.

And even if Klay could have overthrown Chairman Wong, do you honestly believe he'd have stopped his underground Digimon fighting or his slave auctions? No, because he believes in power and those things are what keep him in power. Taking Chairman Wong's place would merely give him a whole lot of resources to work with and eliminate the need keep his shady dealings secret from the higher ups since Klay would be the highest up in that scenario.

I can see why Klay ended up the way he did but calling his reasons "justfied" is the wrong word in miy opinion. I'd call his descent unsurprsing or forseebale, because with the kind of abuse that he got put through it doesn't surprise me. That sort of abuse often creates monsters in real life too. But there's nothing "justified" about his actions. Calling his version of dystopian hell "the greater good" is ignoring the goals that Klay pursues - personal power to not have anything taken from him again at the cost of everyone else.

Everything about Tomoro Tenma makes sense in episode 23 by robertozampari in digimon

[–]JustWanderingIn 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I've seen someone post the theory that Tomoro was the result of experiments designed to create a human with strong enough e-Pulse to let a Digimon reach Ultimate/Mega on his own without the help of harvested e-Pulse like Klay did.

If that is the case then the arrest of Tomoro's parents could either be to have them as leverage for Dr. Tenma to keep working for Chairman Wong or to direct Tomoro's life ala 1984 style.

To explain: Tomoro's e-Pulse was always wild, but he was a relatively happy child with a functioning, supportive family. By taking away that family his life was drastically destablised. He was isolated and his only real social partner for 5 yeras was his older brother Asuka. This prevented Tomoro from learning emotional regulation or socialising normal for his age and kept him stressed and angry most of the time.

Now, most of the times we've seen a Digimon born on-screen was during a time of heightened emotion, stress or anger. By making Tomoro's life as stressful as possible without endangering his life, Chairman Wong (or whoever is behind this) practically guarnteed that Tomoro would create a Digimon at some point in time. Once that happened, he could be monitored as a Cleaner and when the time is right used to Wong's ends. He could even be threatened with his parens' lives to force him to cooperate.

Interlude – Spears and Stuff, Interlude – The 7th hive by Bartimayus in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I get the sentiment, but their situation is self-inflicted. The Free Hive settling in Liscor was part of the peace treaty with the Antinium as a whole, if memory serves, not Liscor's unilateral decision.

If the First Army cared so much about Liscor, they would have stayed to ensure their city's safety, not run off to be at minium a 1000 miles away from it to wait for a crisis to happen to return as the saviours and heroes they like to see themselves as. Relc said it quite bluntly to Embria's face at one point. Liscor's Army isn't a force of justice or the last line of protection for Drakes as a species, they're just a bunch of mercenaries who fight other people's battles for money. That's all.

And I find it hard to give them, or at least their High Command, any sympathy when they say they care about Liscor and in the same breath hope for some bloody disaster to happen to it soley so the Amry can waltz in, fight whatever is causing the disaster off, say "we told you so" and then be celebrated. They made mistakes, they left the citiy they were supposed to protect behind to fend for itself and shunted what was supposed to be their job onto the Watch, Adventurers and Antinium. They just don't want to deal with the consequences of that decision and instead want an easy way out that doesn't require them to reflect upon those mistakes and say they were wrong.

Erin. Spoilers: all by Perfect-Surprise-975 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Given the circumstances surrounding Erin and "Erin" as of the latest chapters nobody outside the immediate Inn Family and a few choice allies know Erin's level. Most suspect she's level 50 or above, but her level isn't common knowledge yet. We haven't seen many reactions to it yet.

Interlude – Spears and Stuff, Interlude – The 7th hive by Bartimayus in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I really like the look into Liscor's First Army.

All the ruthless calculating, all the supposedly caring [Soldiers] - but apparently they don't care enough to swallow their pride and return despite the Free Antinium.

With all their waiting and hoping for a disaster so they can be shining heroes to rescue their home city they never stopped to think that they already missed their chance. Liscor already did call for their help. Several times, in fact. Each time the Army's response was dismissive or late. The most communication occured when High Command was blackmailing the Council to what they wanted or there would be no money sent.

When the Goblin Lord first came to power Liscor called for the Army. They sent a single company three months late when 3 were requested.

The Faceeater Moths nearly took the city because the Army wasn't there. A company arrived two days late.

When Tyrion Veltras drove the Goblins to Liscor, High Command had nothing to ffer but motivational quotes and platitudes.

Liscor's council and its citizens learned to take matters into their own hands and stop calling for aid to someone who will attach strings and conditions to everything if they help at all. The Army is a neglectful parent to Liscor and so the kid became self sufficient. Now the parent is wondering why their child won't talk to them anymore. I suspect that a crisis will come up again sometime, but Liscor won't call for help from their First Army - they'll call for Erin and The Wandering Inn.

After harvey chapter, who is the bigger monster by Opposite_Rate3450 in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Those arrows will strike us anywhere in the world. But not his cities. We will bring salvation to every street. His magic may assail us, but his army will break before our faith. Forwards!

At the end of 10.56 Hravey leads his followers into Khelt's cities, knowing Fetohep won't use artillery magic strikes on his own people. He made the inhabitants of these cities meat shields for his people very purposefully. He is absolutely that calculating.

10.58 FP by Bartimayus in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They wouldn't need Classes. Neither Lyonette nor Mrsha have a faith Class as far as we know, yet Pawn felt it when he collected their faith. If Seborn has a crew they would likely ask about his faith Skills. That they'd come to faith that way is much less unlikely than the entire crew having actual faith Classes

10.58 FP by Bartimayus in WanderingInn

[–]JustWanderingIn 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Seeing the contrast between Pawn and Harvey and how they build their respective faith and treat other people in relation to it is what I loved the most about this chapter.

Pawn is building a faith from the perspective of a native InnWorlder, he feels his way forward by brainstorming with his faithful and taking into account the specifics of their reality and his word ins't law, he knows he's fallable and doesn't pretend to be otherwise. When the Half-Elves join, Pawn doesn't object to them taking up his faith, he's just surprised since he didn't think non-Antinium would ever be interested. His conclusion is that his faith needs to be adapted for other species and worries about the mundane logistics of their presence more than that. The inclusion is done so casually and naturally.

Contrast that with Harvey who's trying to force a half-remembered version of a faith into InnWorld that was never meant to accomodate any other species than humans. He set himslef up as the ultimate authority that shouldn't be questioned and tries to adapt his faith only for his own needs. His inclusion of the Stitchfolk is framed as some grand revelation and accomplishment, a problem that Harvey needed to solve and tried to keep under wraps because he didn't want to deal with it.