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If Orthos was a Pokémon what type(s)would he be???

Will Wight

Fire / Dragon, hands down.

Lil' Blue

What's Orthos's favorite meal?

Will Wight

Live chickens.

Kingtape

Who would win: one Orthos-sized Little Blue or 5 Little Blue-sizes Orthoses?

Will Wight

Orthos wins that regardless of size, now that his spirit is stable. He might not win forever, though.

Questioner

Elder Whisper vs. Blackflame Turtle 

Will Wight

There is no defense against raw Turtle Power.

dyring

So, is it Orthonardo, Orhtael, Orthangelo or Orthello that we should call Orthos after he advances to underlord and becomes a ninjaturtle?

Will Wight

Orthonardo. Orthael is his name after he joins the Abidan Court.

Kazology

Which would you rather fight, one Orthos-sized Lil Blue or one hundred Lil Blue-sized Orthos?

Will Wight

One Orthos-sized Lil' Blue.

Questioner

Are the sacred animals bound to their stage, or could one, asy orthos for example, advance further?

Will Wight

Sacred beasts can and do advance. However, they cycle naturally, so their advancement is different from humans. Orthos has been stuck at the Truegold stage for decades, and he has long since given up any hopes of reaching Underlord, even if his consciousness was stable enough to support the advancement.

SomeWhoCallMe... Tim

I honestly expected Orthos to bite it, this book     I thought that Lindon was going to use Orthos' remnant to advance, for sure

Will Wight

The #1 response I got from my beta readers was "Man, I really thought Orthos was going to die this book."I had plotted and written the entire book with him living, but after that response I wondered if I should scrap my plans and rewrite the ending to have him die. Just because it would have had more emotional impact in the final scene. 

SomeWhoCallMe... Tim

Man, if Orthos had gotten to drink from the Life Well, got some of that black flame damage healed, and was prancing around so happy because he was young again, and THEN died in the fight versus Harmony. It would have tugged my feelings, to be sure

Will Wight

That was the temptation, especially when all the readers said they expected it, so it wouldn't have come out of nowhere. Still, though, I wanted him around.

Questioner

Will Lindon and Orthos ever fuse to become the Path of Twin Turtles?

Will Wight

Yes. 100 percent that's gonna happen. Spoiler alert.

Questioner

The other Raccoon Families have brought up a good point about Gokren, the Sandviper TrueGold. Does BlackFlame hold the power to incinerate not only the human, but their remnant at the same time? Or was it just because Orthos is a walking trash compactor and ate Gokren and his remnant?

Will Wight

No, I just skipped the scene with Orthos and Lindon dealing with the Remnants. The technique didn't destroy the Remnants; I just looked back over the scene, and they kill the guys and then the text skips ahead five minutes.

I had intended to imply that Lindon and Orthos spent five minutes cleaning up the Remnants, but I didn't state that. It's an oversight on my part. I should have said something specifically.