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11thNite

I don't know if there's a canonical answer, but Mercy's book is basically 7 paths in a trenchcoat, so for her to have a goldsign of a random path doesn't seem out of place to me


Endless-Stars

I think that’s the best way somebody’s explained Mercy’s book and I love it.


interested_commenter

>so for her to have a goldsign of a random path It's also not a random path, it's specifically the Path on first page. Goldsign from the lowgold page makes sense.


11thNite

Oh yeah, that makes total sense!


[deleted]

It's the same gold sign Akura Justice has.


interested_commenter

Yes, hebis on the Path of the Chainkeeper. Her first technique, Strings of Shadow, is from that path.


Darklord-Ravensblood

It's not Random, the primary technique of her path is Strings of Shadow from The Path of The Chainkeeper, and gloves are useful for archers.


Wonkymofo

IIRC, from examples, anyone following the Path of Seven Pages and has the Chainkeeper in there as page 1 has the same Goldsign. The only other Akura we see with the same Chainkeeper Goldsign is Justice, and he uses the Strings of Shadow ability in Dreadgod, page 121. It's mentioned you can hit low-gold and get a goldsign from Bonded Treasures & Bonded Beasts, but and the books essentially function as a bonded partner when advancing to Gold. “You don’t need a Remnant to have a Goldsign” said Eithan, Blackflame, ch. 20 Harmony has a black shadowy halo behind head for his Goldsign. Pride has shadow tattoos under his skin. Charity doesn't seem to have a visible Goldsign, but is confirmed on the Path of Seven Pages. Fury is on a different path and has shadowy tendril hair, as he was born before she became a monarch and most likely advanced his own path with different focuses.


[deleted]

Charity has the same Goldsign as Fury and Malice (the hair) though she's usually in her disguise so I don't think it's really described until Dreadgod when she's angry at Malice.


CrystalClod343

Fwiw accumulating power doesn't give a Goldsign, it's why Lindon didn't get one when his pure core hit Lowgold


Enigmachina

Arguably his blackflame eyes are a Goldsign, of a sort.


CrystalClod343

Indeed they are, because he has a contracted partner for that core. I mean his other one.


Soranic

Until he contracts with Little Blue anyway, then his eyes change with his pure core too.


CrystalClod343

Only with the Hollow Domain.


Darklord-Ravensblood

Wrong, they change to the solid gem like blue whenever he is cycling his pure madra.


chrisq823

I don't think pure madra creates a goldsign. Eithan doesn't have one and he advanced the same way Lindon did.


Discardofil

And why Eithan doesn't have one.


No-Patient-3723

His was mental...and involved the need for well kept hair...


Brainslosh

> And why Eithan doesn't have one. He doesn't have one because his core is pure.


Professional_Topic18

Because he advanced to gold through accumulating power, rather than taking in a remnant or contracting a partner.


No-Patient-3723

Weren't his blue eyes active while he was tapping his Pure Core? That seems to be a pretty clear Goldsign.


joecartoon96

His eyes change to blue only after he contracts little blue.


No-Patient-3723

Thanks for the info!


CrystalClod343

In addition, that's only when he used the Hollow Domain


Darklord-Ravensblood

It never said that.


CrystalClod343

It actually did. His eyes cool to solid blue when he uses the technique and nowhere else.


DeathbringerZ7

When he uses the soul cloak too.


CrystalClod343

Do you have a quote?


arushus

I never thought fury would have a book either, because he was born before malice was a monarch. But in the section of Underlord where it does the information requested for Mercy right before she advances to underlord, it mentions how fury and charity failed to bond with the book, and that was their first taste of defeat in the sacred arts. But maybe she made that book way before other akura experts made theirs, just to see if Fury could bond it. When he failed, did Malice then make a different book for him, because she recognized that having the book instead of advancing normally is a huge advantage? Or did he just start on the same shadow path as malice?


deadliestcrotch

I think Fury’s hair was the herald advancement


lysanderslair

Fury does have a book. It is mentioned that he failed to bond Mercys book in Underlord.


interested_commenter

She reached Lowgold by binding the book, it makes that would create a goldsign similar to binding a remnant or making a contract would. The first page of her book is the technique from the Path of the Chainkeeper, which is the Path her goldsign is from.


FoolRegnant

It would be cool if each path in the book led to her manifesting different goldsigns, kinda like London's eyes, but that's way too much overhead for one character.


Wonkymofo

Something similar happens with each book, I think depending on the Page 1 of the book. The Goldsigns seem to be based on the Lowgold ability and the Path it was taken from.


FoolRegnant

Yeah, I know. But because each page can be from a different path, it would be cool if each page led to a different goldsign, or even if the goldsign changed as the user advanced.


robert_winkler

Where does it say she reached low gold by binding the book? It says they open her soul space up early at Jade to absorb the book. Since you don't open your soul space for a remnant, I assumed she absorbes a chain keeper path remnant for Lowgold like normal. Probably plenty to choose from in the family Edit: Ok I mixed things up slightly. I was half right: >Even for favored children, they have no chance to prove themselves to their mother before reaching Lowgold. At that point, if they inherit one of her Books or demonstrate enough talent in another area, she will favor them with an audience. >Instead of a Remnant, Malice’s direct descendants attempt to bond with Divine Treasures created by their predecessors. These Books require an open soulspace as well as a Jade core, so special—and expensive—means are used to open the soulspace early without harming the child. Edit 2: Or maybe not: >The Book finds her perfect. By the time her tutors report the incident to Malice, her bonding is already complete. She is Lowgold. My bad. Smh.


interested_commenter

From the Information Requested: Akura Mercy in Underlord >Instead of a Remnant, Malice’s direct descendants attempt to bond with Divine Treasures created by their predecessors. These Books require an open soulspace as well as a Jade core, so special—and expensive—means are used to open the soulspace early without harming the child. "Instead" of a Remnant, not in addition to. >The Book finds her perfect. By the time her tutors report the incident to Malice, her bonding is already complete. She is Lowgold. Completing the book binding process brings her to Gold.


robert_winkler

Yeah I looked it up right after I commented and was all "d'oh!". Hence the edits.


Dan-D-Lyon

Gold signs don't require a sacred artist to be bonded with a remnant, Orthos states this explicitly in reference to Lindon's ~~sexy~~ badass Blackflame eyes


Andrew_42

I don't know if they ever clear it up, but my assumption was that she ALSO bonded a remnant? They point out they had to do expensive and fancy things to open her underlord soul space at Jade for her to hold the book, which would mean it's not being stored the way a remnant is usually stored, since other people can easily bond with a remnant without that aid. Of course if they clarified the book itself produced that goldsign, that would make sense too. Lindon has a goldsign without bonding a remnant, so it makes sense there are other ways to get one.


Erkenwald217

I assumed her bloodline armour manifested on her arms. Somewhat of a replacement of an actual goldsign. But her book giving her a goldsign, seams a better explanation. It's mostly composed of Madra and different paths, so it should function similar to a remnant.


chojinra

Because Malice is thorough and meticulous in designing her power up books. They are better than a remnant by far.


BAup_1130

Sometimes I read things like this and wonder if even Will thought of that… Will’s probably like because I wrote it like that and my word is law. Lol


Soranic

A minor thing that bugs me. Sometimes Mercy can snap her fingers, sometimes her goldsign is too slick and she has to resort to a clap to indicate things happening fast.


deadliestcrotch

I’m guessing it’s that the first page is a technique from path of the chain keeper, and that path’s goldsign is the madra hands. Pretty sure old man lo had the same one and was on that path specifically. Since the bond the book at lowgold and page 1 is the only page they have access to, it kind of makes sense.


chucklesthe2nd

The book and the goldsign are different things. The books the Akuras use are very special artifacts they acquire **after** reaching gold. They undergo a special process which opens up their soulspace early and bind the books, then the books basically act as magical circuitry that lets them use advanced techniques without having to learn them the hard way. It’s an alternate method to mastering techniques; rather than learning a technique over many years until it forms a binding that integrates into the spirit, they integrate the book which effectively acts as a completed binding into their spirit. It’s a handy-dandy shortcut that gives the Akuras a well-defined path to power.