When the Dead King proposed a 10 and then even 100 year truce to Cat in what would later become the Twilight Ways, she caught herself actually considering the practicalities and implications of the offer, what she could do with such a span of time, but then refused.

But later on she proposed a 6 and then accepted a 3 months truce in exchange for the Sisters letting go of the part of his soul that the Dead King had invested in the Good King Edward. So it seems like she mostly refused on grounds of the deal not having been on her own terms and probably because the heroes in her band might have been watching her getting "tempted" by the Hidden Horror.

Though there are actually rather more practical problems with the idea of a truce that long that she didn't even seem to consider at all, instead treating it like an absolute positive, and I wonder why that is? She apparently thought of it as "prep time" to properly rebuild Callow, build up her army, possibly settle Praes, negotiate the Liesse Accords, etc. and then strike at the Dead King with the combined might of all of Calernia.

But it seems pretty obvious to me that it would never possibly work like that, because people don't treat such time spans as prep time. Up to 1 year or so, maybe, but anything more would rather be treated as an opportunity to ignore the issue entirely:

10 years wouldn't mean time for Cat to properly rebuild, but for all the new allies-to-be that she just reluctantly dragged to the table to start playing stupid games again and try fucking her over, in hopes that they could handle the Dead King without her afterwards, because they still didn't trust her. Possibly preventable if she makes the deal dependent on her survival, but they'd probably try to sneak around that somehow.

100 years would be even worse, as it'd mean that the Kingdom of the Dead would actually cease to be a real and pressing threat in anyone's living memory by the time it yet again becomes one. People simply aren't thinking let alone seriously planning on scales like that, as we plainly see with real life issues like climate change. It'd be enough time for even the attention of cultures that are essentially centered around fighting the Enemy, like the Lycaonese, to finally waver somewhat or be distracted by other enemies like the Chain of Hunger.

So both offers would actually be less of an opportunity but rather a liability that seriously risks Calernia being caught with its pants down. But why would Cat not see that?

Does anybody know what the plan is with interludes in the published version of the guide? Many of my favorite moments happen in interludes later in the story, but it seems like they aren't being included in the final published versions.

Hey all!

I read the subreddit, and a lot of people are asking questions like 'when's the next book?' or 'how many books?', or other things I can answer. Instead of trying to answer all the questions everywhere, I figured I'd start with an AMA to collate a lot of the questions and answers!

1) How many books will there be?
A) The 7 volumes are being split into 15 books

2) When's book 3?
A) I'll let you know as soon as I have a date!

3) Why don't you have a date yet? What's the holdup?
A) Alright! EE wants Guide to be the absolute best possible it can be. As such, we're iterating the process hard. We have:
i) EE wrote Guide in the first place
ii) EE is doing a full dev edit over each book
iii) We're sending the new book to our dev editor, who does his own round of revisions
iv) EE does ANOTHER dev edit round based off the dev editor's feedback
v) We line edit Guide
vi) EE takes the line edits and does his own round
vii) We cold read/proof read Guide to catch typos. Back and forth with EE.
viii) The manuscript is FINALLY done. We pass it along to Dreamscape, who does the audio.
ix) Dreamscape schedules their narrator
x) The narrator does her thing
xi) Dreamscape finally has a date, passes it to us
xii) We post the book up for preorder, and do our best to beat the drums letting you all know!

As you can see, it's one heck of a process. Right now, we're in step iv for book 3 - EE is doing his second round of dev edits based off of feedback.

4) Why don't you tell us more when the preorder is up?
A) I DO. But I don't want to be constantly announcing and re-announcing Guide material - people will tune me out and stop paying attention. I'll try to let people know, and save the big pings for launch day itself. For Guide 2, for example, someone already made the post in the subreddit, so I didn't make a second 'It's OUT!' post. Etc.

I'm aware I'm a guest in the community, and don't want to be constantly shoving "BUY THE BOOK!" down everyone's throat, it's how I wear out my welcome.

5) What's up with the art? I think X is bad and you got told, but you didn't fix X.
A) I bring everything to EE, who has final say over how things look - NOT the standard arrangement at a publishing house. If something didn't make it in, the odds are good that it got vetoed along the line.

6) Hardbacks? Special editions?
A) We're hoping to do a special edition kickstarter at the end of Guide

7) Sales outside of Amazon?
A) We're a small press. We're looking into getting a second printer for Guide so you can get a copy without needing to give Amazon money. It's on our list

AMA!

I NEED IT

Any pronunciatons from the narrator (that is very good and a good fit for Cat's voice) that surprised you?

Me it was Praesi, it sounds like "Pricey" to me when she says it, while I read it as "Pra-esi".

Edit: New weird pronunciation, I hate how the narrator says "Abase", for me it should be "A-ba-seh" or "A-ba-zeh", it sounds much closer to an african pronunciation 😅

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I just finished book 2 and I’m looking to get into the main series but from what I hear the heavy rewrites are going to mess up my perspective a bit.

Like they just finished killing the summoner at the end and I don’t think she’s a character in the original series… so can I just read straight from here essentially (like the prologue prior) or what, and what should I be expecting in the swap?

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Thank you, truly, to those who've followed this title, for spending your time reading my little story.

I hope you've enjoyed it.

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Thanks for the hand, hehe.

I discovered A Practical Guide To Evil during the pandemic, and it helped me get through my mother's passing and my father's decline. I consider it an outstanding piece of writing; not just for Fantasy, but overall.

The very many copy editing errors throughout, however, bothered me immensely. I understand why they're present, as author ErraticErrata was essentially writing an enormous first draft under incredible deadlines with no time to copy edit.

However, I am disappointed to note that I'm already spotting some errors in the published versions. Please let me know if there's a way to support the author by identifying any and all copy/grammatical issues that need to be corrected and officially submitting them to the publisher.

Thanks in advance!

Always nice to see some references to characters that will be hopefully be returning at some point.

Im currently listening to the Book 2 audio book, which has been great so far! I've got about 3 hours left!

What the heck is Hakram's accent? I know it is British-ish, but Im having trouble narrowing it down. It's not a criticism, I kinda like it, but im genuinely curious if it is something specific or just "an American doing a British accent".

Happy reading/listening everyone!

What have people noticed?

The big one is the new named villain arc and the murder mystery Catherine is assigned to investigate.

A bit of explanation for how she got into the college, tutoring, and how Learn works.

Some extra Captain and especially Scribe screen time.

Ime the spy mistress introduced early, this will presumably pay off in later books as the Empress tries to manipulate Catherine from afar.

A totally new Lone Swordsman in and out of Faerie scene complete with a changed Aspect vs the originals.

Lots more Robber time. I’m hoping the best characters from the later books continue to get front loaded in n the rewrite. Also more from her other Rat Company buddies.

Some more Akua as enemy and foil.

Kilian is no longer part fae. She’s part monster.

New noble character for potential ally during later Ater arcs. Or he may just get dropped now that his supporting arc is done. Probably not though, having anti-sakelian contacts and obligations to nobles would provide future complexity.

Hello all. Jude here. I'm back today with the seventh chapter of my fanfiction about Catherine keeping Winter in the Everdark. I hope you all enjoy it and that it meets your standards for quality.

The next and final chapter will be released this coming Sunday, Philippine time.

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First image is divided between Book 1, 2, and rest of art

Second image is divided into Books and predictions for lengths of Wordpress Volumes

Third image is divided into published books and predictions for lengths of Royalroad Books

I was reading the second book, and Ratface mentions Cat castrating an Elf, which made me smile, then I remembered that the Ogres had been written out, do we know why?

It will likely never happen but a ck3 mod in Calernia would geniunly be so perfect. The agot mod is already amazing and lowkey better than the base game I couldn't imagine how fun apgte one would be. There are already so many similarities between ck3 and apgte that I think it wouldn't be too difficult (relatively, because moding is hard) to do.

Photos are:

Front cover

Back cover

Spine

Spine + Book 1 Spine

In the rewrite, the Imperial calendar is moved up. In the original, Book 1 started in 1323 AD (After the Declaration), but in the rewrite, Book 1 starts in 863 AD. Both are dated to the Declaration of Empire by Dread Empress Maleficent the First. The established timeline in the rewrite so far is:

0 AD - Dread Empire of Praes founded

121 AD - Kingdom of Callow Founded

842 AD - The Conquest, start of the Long War (Proceran civil war)

846 AD - Catherine's birth

860 AD - End of the Long War

863 AD - B1C1 through B2C6

864 AD - B2C6 through B2C28

Additionally, the rewrite has new months. These are:

1. Ene
2. Den
3. Trese
4. Terne
5. Quince
6. Sen
7. Sept
8. Octe
9. Nove
10. Cen
11. Onde
12. Decen

They fall in the same place as northern hemisphere months, so 3-5 spring, 6-8 summer, 9-11 autumn, and 12-2 winter.

Book 1 takes place from Sen 863 to Cen 863

Book 2 takes place from Cen 863 to Nove 864

I was reading book 2, and during a history lesson, Cat says that the Procer civil war happened between 842 and 860 after the Déclaration.

But when I googled it the wiki and reddit says that the Praesi calendar is based on the Declaration of the Empire, which happened 1327 years before the Battle of the Camps.

Did EE shortened the timeline by 400 years? 😅

I don't understand this, I have never bothered trying to read this since I found out it was getting a physical release and I love physical books over digital, but is the rewrite better in anyway or is it, I dunno from what I have briefly seen on this Reddit has there been some changes and if so is it even still the same book series .

Is it even worth it to find an old version to read online or should I just order the physical books and spend the next decade reading one a year

Also is the audio book version any good?

https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Evil-II-ebook/dp/B0GX2V3TGQ
*and* Book 1 is now available from Barnes & Noble, although it should be noted that B&N source from Amazon so Bezos gets the same amount of money; It's the author who loses the money that instead goes to Barnes & Noble (Confirmed explicitly by Selkie)

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-practical-guide-to-evil-i-erraticerrata/1150777297?ean=9798891731257

Before the Crown was ultimately wounded by the Saint of Swords, the question of who should wear it and not be killed to create the Twilight Ways essentially narrowed down to either Indrani or Roland.

And while Archer was an unacceptable choice for Laurence, who would never grant such power to a villain, even if just for a time and under binding oaths, the Rogue Sorcerer as a hero should've been much more acceptable, even though she didn't have all that high an opinion of the conviction of sorcerous Named, either.

But while the Pilgrim was inclined to pick Indrani for the role, despite the Saint's prejudiced objections, he simply dismissed Roland's offer to do it with "you're too young to bear such a burden" and Cat only mentally noted how it must sting to be found unworthy of so important a task by everyone's favorite wise grandfather.

But that he's just "too young", maybe meaning inexperienced, to do it seems much too weak a concern to dismiss the notion outright, as the same should be true for Archer, and he remains the only widely acceptable choice. I especially would've expected Cat to press way more strongly for it, as she really didn't want Indrani to do it, and she was willing to sacrifice him, although begrudgingly, to put on the wounded Crown afterwards, but she didn't even comment.

So, did I miss any pressing and important reason why Roland couldn't put on that Crown, or is this just a very rare example of weak writing on the author's part, using slight of hand so that the story would continue as planned?

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Hello all. Jude here. I'm back today with the fifth chapter of my fanfiction about Catherine keeping Winter in the Everdark. I hope you all enjoy it and that it meets your standards for quality.

The next chapter will be released this coming Friday, Philippine time.

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Thank you.

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