A Christmas Of Merriment

12/25/2018

Now that I've adjusted my peg leg and straightened my eyepatch, I emerge to share my wishes for you this Christmas!

May you open a gift and find a dragon egg waiting for you within, iridescent to the eye and warm to the touch.

May you find a worn and battle-scarred Santa waiting for you with his hat in his hands, begging you to take over his powers and defend the North Pole from eldritch invaders.

May you roll a snowball only to find its cold seeping through your fingertips, into your veins, crawling up your bones and changing the very heart of who you are...you have received the Gift of the Snowball, and now you can conjure a perfect snowball into your hands at any time of year.

May you dig into Christmas dinner to find that each bite sends new strength flooding through you. Every bite of ham drives away your old wounds and illnesses. Every cranberry sharpens your eyesight, every dinner-roll your hearing. The potatoes pump power to your limbs, and every sip of wine (or juice--I don't know how old you are) quickens your thoughts. You emerge from the dinner table in a perfected version of your old body.

May unseen elves clean up your wrapping paper. And also your house while they're at it.

And if Christmas has already ended for you when you read this post, may you raise your eyes from this screen to see a red-and-green portal ready to take you back in time to a Christmas day on which all of these wishes came true.

Merry Christmas!

-Will

48 Comments

Sean K

12/25/2018 07:45:08 am

Merry Christmas to you and all your characters too! I wonder how Simon enjoys his Christmas?

Wolfee

12/25/2018 07:46:12 am

Hurray! It LIVES!!! :D

Tren

12/25/2018 07:48:56 am

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, Will!

I'm still waiting on Tim to drop a last-minute Wait But Why post for Christmas. You never know, it could happen.

Tell the gnomes I appreciate everything they do!

-Tren

Hjorth

12/25/2018 07:51:09 am

Merry Christmas everyone!

Clint

12/25/2018 09:10:52 am

Merry Christmas, Will.

Nitin Shekhar

12/25/2018 09:11:57 am

I was bit hopeful. What is this?

Drake_EU

12/25/2018 09:48:19 am

Merry Christmas, Will and to all the others, of course!

Still waiting for Underlord! 😉

Lee Marer

12/25/2018 09:49:36 am

MERRY CHRISTMAS WILL! Thank you for bringing excitement into our live 365 days a year! We appreciate you, best wishes to you and your family!

Enkidu

12/25/2018 10:31:12 am

Merry Christmas to Will and all of the community!

Adam

12/25/2018 11:52:57 am

Merry christmas Will, have a good one!

Kaileonis

12/25/2018 12:45:17 pm

Merry Christmas Will!

stephen

12/25/2018 02:45:33 pm

Merr Krimas!!!

Kidpen

12/25/2018 02:46:22 pm

Merry Christmas Will! Hope yours is good!

I Need an Idiot’s Guide to the Willverse

12/25/2018 03:37:18 pm

Merry Christmas!!!

PRESENTS

12/25/2018 04:38:42 pm

Here is my wish list (in order of preference by which I mean need):
Underlord
More Underlord
OKAK

Book Sale?

12/25/2018 04:41:05 pm

In an earlier post you said you would tell us what books you would be doing sales on

12/25/2018 04:47:02 pm

Merry Christmas to you and your family Will. I hope you have a great new year and continue to prosper as a person and a writer.

Riley

12/25/2018 05:19:51 pm

Rob

12/25/2018 05:21:10 pm

Merry UNDERLORD Will, I hope you and your UNDERLORD have a very merry UNDERLORD.

Jason

12/25/2018 09:39:00 pm

My favorite gift was opening the shipping bag that contained the 3 traveler's gate shirts I ordered xD

Alex

12/26/2018 10:27:10 pm

Merry Christmas Will, Simon, Lindon, Shera!

Tyler

12/27/2018 02:03:19 pm

Will...I need you to finish underlord so I can spend my money! *throws cash at computer* take my money will! ENTERTAIN ME!

Ps: oh and keep up the good work

12/27/2018 02:05:07 pm

Jeez I look crazy

Deadnettle

12/27/2018 08:20:56 pm

Desperate times call for desperate measures my good fellow.

Annie R

12/28/2018 08:57:36 am

This is how we all feel!

12/30/2018 03:43:04 am

Very accurate description!! I work minimum of 40 hours a week...minimum. I am doing my masters in info security.... when I have free time I need a GOOD quiet place in a comfortable chair and a good book.

Entertain us Will!!!!!!

Panic Monster

12/27/2018 05:36:50 pm

False alarm, will is still alive after all.

Rogue 9

12/28/2018 01:32:18 pm

Sorry to hear that an Elderspawn took your leg hope your New Year goes better Will.

Count De Monet

12/28/2018 07:10:52 pm

I hope every one had a good Christmas. And may your New Year be grand.

Paden

12/29/2018 09:49:52 pm

Merry Christmas Will! Loving the Cradle audiobooks do you know what the ETA is on Skysworn and Ghostwater?

12/30/2018 03:45:56 am

As one of my favorite YouTube personalities says:

"Shut-up and take my money!"

So exactly when is Underlord coming out again?!

12/30/2018 03:47:29 am

Yes, in fact this money is burning a hole in my pocket! :P

Archerymadra

12/30/2018 11:22:04 am

You know, with how much we've been demanding/pleading/begging/sacrificing for Underlord, I've gotta say, well done Will. You've made an incredible series that is so much fun to read. I count myself among those that want to throw money at you for these books.

That being said, you said something about pre-Christmas releases. Any hints on what those were supposed to be?

1/2/2019 10:44:24 am

Pretty sure the pre Christmas release was audio books.

12/31/2018 02:40:00 pm

All these comments about throwing money at Will makes it sound like he's a erotic dancer😜🤑

12/31/2018 02:51:11 pm

So just started reading unsouled again and was wondering if the badges Lindon picks up in the ruins are in fact the fabled true badges. The ones myth says are able to improve ones madra

Nuj

1/1/2019 01:37:23 pm

Oh heck. I just finished rereading the first five books and totally missed that! Could explain how Lindon made it from foundation stage to truegold in like 2 years.

jabrwok

1/3/2019 01:41:05 pm

Drugs:-).

Zach

1/2/2019 11:34:14 am

Nice catch! I've been through the books a dozen times and didn't pick up on that. Something fun to discuss in r/Iteration110Cradle maybe?

1/2/2019 02:04:39 pm

Posted

Prefontain

1/1/2019 03:22:33 am

May the New year celebrations temper your mind with delightful visions of grander and instead of a hangover; unrelated power to accomplish all your goals.

MitchyGoodness

1/1/2019 10:00:43 am

Happy New 2019 Year! We're in the future! Ever think there would be electric cars or VR?

Count Dr Monet

1/1/2019 01:55:54 pm

Happy New Year!

Liam

1/2/2019 12:43:13 pm

The portal didn't work.

1/2/2019 01:22:40 pm

Any kind fellow who would tell me how I get access to the fabled Discord server? Thanks!

1/2/2019 11:46:12 pm

I would also like to know this!

1/2/2019 11:56:23 pm

I'm on the Reddit I'll see if I can find it for y'all

1/3/2019 12:15:03 am

Sorry every link I found has expired. I can't even get in😩

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