Before I Drift Off to Sea

4/15/2022

I'm about to head back into my Writing Zone, which is a giant sea turtle with a typewriter strapped to its shell, so I thought I'd check in with you all before I go.

First off, status report: my foot was bothering me, so I have replaced them both with authentic splintery pirate peg legs. They call me Wightbeard.

I was sick for a while, but now the nanobots in my bloodstream will be able to defend against the bioweapon that attacked me far more efficiently than ever before. Those who attacked me have only made me stronger.

And I have made significant progress on Dreadgod, but I am forbidden by ancient compact to speak of it much more. Blame the team.

I can only say a little, starting with the fact that I am climbing onto my sea turtle to write something new. Something that is not Cradle.

I can't say if it's a novel, a short story, a travelogue, or a fictitious airplane magazine, but it is something new. I've enjoyed working on it so far. It's been a long time since I've gotten to make up a new thing.

And making things up is, as they say in France, "fun."

-Will

P.S. I'd feel bad for leaving you with so little, so here's a tiny taste of Dreadgod.

Minor SPOILER WARNING, because it is a line from the book, but it is still out of context and won't spoil much.

Ozriel stood next to the Vroshir, white hair flowing behind him, a satisfied smile on his face. “So Daruman told you I was weak, did he?”

Gerravon closed his eyes and remembered his life.

“Weaker,” the Reaper said. “He should have said weaker.”

89 Comments

The Brown Wight

4/15/2022 01:49:59 pm

Goated

Peter wight

4/29/2022 09:31:10 pm

You got us by the wanker will, we are ready for the book p.

Ben

4/15/2022 01:50:33 pm

OMG SO EXCITED, also First?

Cameron

4/15/2022 02:07:19 pm

Nope, sorry. You were beaten by 30 seconds

K Webb

4/15/2022 01:57:48 pm

Even this much of Dreadgod is awesome. Makes me want it even more! Waiting impatiently patient.

4/15/2022 02:06:51 pm

MOOOOOOOOOORE

Mitch

4/15/2022 03:07:42 pm

MOORREE!!

Jonathan

4/15/2022 04:04:59 pm

Feed the beast!

Eli

5/8/2022 10:54:41 pm

All hail the Oreolord

Effie White

4/15/2022 02:13:09 pm

One of my fondest hopes before reading Reaper was that we would get an Eithan spin-off prequel series.

Now I want it even more!

I am really excited for the next book, but I also kind of dread it because it's just one step closer to saying goodbye to Lindon and Yerin. My son and I have bonded over our love of this series. I will be so sad when it ends.

Charlene

4/15/2022 02:15:44 pm

Wightbeard, Thank you, and thank the nanobots too because we need you unsick.

Aman

4/15/2022 02:26:29 pm

Soo, hi, how are you? Now I’m sure this is probably the last question you want to hear, though it never hurts to ask. Please don’t hate me. When you have a moment, if you would possibly want to share the release month and year for Reaper, I would great appreciate it. Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful day!

astrorurf

4/15/2022 02:34:11 pm

Great news! He announced it in one of his previous blog posts. It's set to release in November 2021, though that could always change.

Louis Kalman

4/15/2022 02:56:57 pm

Fingers crossed!

Cranston

5/12/2022 07:08:22 pm

Haha so savage. But also I chuckled.

Jay

4/16/2022 08:28:06 am

Ummmm, did you mean release for Dreadgod?
You asked about Reaper, and that's already released:
https://www.amazon.com/Reaper-Cradle-Book-Will-Wight-ebook/dp/B09JS55FW3/

Spooooooooon

4/15/2022 02:54:11 pm

Any writing is good.

Yell0wdog

4/15/2022 03:13:19 pm

Gave me goosebumps, must have more Wightbeard!

Tim

4/15/2022 03:17:28 pm

Wait, you're singlehandedly writing all the copy for the resurrected SkyMall?!?! My life is now complete!

cradle dad

4/15/2022 03:53:21 pm

Started Cradle a few days before my daughter was born, finished book 10 yesterday. I can't wait for the next jnstallment!

4/15/2022 05:38:41 pm

Okay so I am an audiobook guy (which you should check out if you havent yet) though it does throw me for a loop when “gerravon” is in there haha… ha… is this a character we have seen before?

Lord of the tower

4/15/2022 06:14:04 pm

Naw this guy is new Vroshir bad guy (book reader here)

AkuraSalty

4/15/2022 05:40:07 pm

Greetings Whitebeard, Sage of Peg Legs.

Please send my regards to Northstrider during your ocean adventures and bring us back a souvenir. Preferably in the form of an 11th novel in a series or a prologue featuring Oz.

Nale, Sage of Burning Storms

4/15/2022 09:46:04 pm

He is bound by the Eledari Pact, as he is secretly Adriel, the Judge of Creation. Speaking of Adriel, I think Lindon could eventually develop into a form of Adriel. His hammer Genesis is filled with the desire to create, similar to Penance's desire is to kill, and we all know what Penance summoned. It's a vague theory, but it would be cool if Lindon becomes a master Soulsmith, ascends, makes a new Hammer with the power of a judge and Ozriel's supervision, and becomes the next Adriel.

Nick

5/7/2022 12:50:57 pm

Apologies for this one’s ignorance, but where does the name Adriel come from? I don’t believe I’ve seen it mentioned in the cradle series but then again, I’ve read all ten books in the past two weeks so who knows what this one hasn’t entirely absorbed.

Matt

5/12/2022 10:43:45 pm

He doesn't just pluck these names from the ether. There are multiple places where these angel names are used. You can see them in the Angelarium, which is a beautiful collection of drawings.

Turner of Pages

5/20/2022 09:40:33 am

It is mentioned on the wiki and sourced from the blog of dubious intent. https://www.willwight.com/a-blog-of-dubious-intent/cradle-world-the-abidan-part-5

Here is what it says:
Adriel, the Creator
The first seven Judges inherited their power and titles. Only Ozriel and Adriel are the exceptions: Ozriel because there has never been a Reaper before him, and Adriel because there has never been a Creator since.
Adriel is a myth to the modern Abidan. Some of their oldest records posit his existence, but he vanished before the Eledari Pact was signed. The strongest pieces of evidence for his existence are indirect references left behind by the first Abidan Court.
The Judges can defend, maintain, and alter Iterations. They can combine fragments into new worlds.
But only one person could, according to legend, design and create Iterations out of whole cloth: Adriel. He created new worlds, introducing fresh pieces into the cycle of existence.
His weapon, the Hammer of Adriel, is sometimes used by the Abidan as a symbol of creation.

Anon

6/2/2022 07:42:41 am

"He is bound by the Eledari Pact, as he is secretly Adriel, the Judge of Creation. "

Adriel should not be bound by the pact - he disappeared before it was singed.

Haven

4/15/2022 11:26:02 pm

Ever since I picked up the first book, and gave it an honest chance I've been completely hooked. Honestly, at first I was baffled, and considered reading something else. I'm so very glad that I didn't do that now. Lindon is one of my favorite characters to date, as are the other well designed players in this saga. While I've suspected the Ozriel revelation, I had started to seriously doubt that assumption by the point it occurred.

As a writer myself, I can honestly say you've inspired me in so many ways. You've made reconsider so much in my own endeavors, it's kind of strange. Mostly with character design, growth, and scope, but it's helped me so much and I just can't wait until the next release and I honestly dread the moment this all ends.

Saying goodbye to Lindon, and everyone else is going to be incredibly difficult. I wish I could convince you to keep going it, make it series similar to the Anita Blake series in the sense of longevity, not adult content. I feel as if I could follow Lindon for years and years to without ever getting bored.

That said, I understand why you're eventually going to end it. Personally, I try to write trilogies and no more than that, but I do so love a grand adventure without end.

Gill, one of the ancestors

4/16/2022 01:58:32 am

Take pity on an old one. Cradle is my favourite of all the series I have ever read. I need Dreadgod to retain my desire for life. And (if it’s not too picky) book 12 too! Such brilliant books

Cheese McSandwich

4/16/2022 09:27:47 am

Uh oh. This is exactly how Edler Empire got abandoned.

Kroz

4/18/2022 04:39:42 pm

No this is how A Song of Ice and Fire got abandoned. ;)

5/4/2022 10:45:59 am

Kingkiller Chronicles. raising its glass from the back of the room.

Syed Fahad

4/16/2022 07:21:38 pm

Any timeframe on release on new book?

Dong

4/17/2022 04:20:14 am

Hi Will,

Not to be dramatic, but if Dreadgod is not released posthaste, my stools will freeze and I will die of constipation.

Sincerely,

Dong

James

4/17/2022 08:59:49 am

I’m reading the Last Dragonlord by Joanne Bertine and the main character is Linden from Yerrin. It’s 1/ weirding me out, 2/ making we want more Cradle, and 3/ raising suspicion that this is where Will got the names.

4/17/2022 02:07:59 pm

My goodness, and his last name is Rathan, which sounds rather like Eithan. Linden Rathan of Yerrin. Wow.

Koby

4/18/2022 09:49:33 am

So, when you say: ‘fictitious airplane magazine’, does that refer to the airplane or the magazine as fictitious?

Michael

4/18/2022 04:54:18 pm

Will, I have been living in my bath tub for the last 5 days trying to pass a kidney stone, with the hours that I'd have something amazing to listen to in order to offset the pain. Please help!

Tyler

4/19/2022 06:52:20 am

Sounds like a bad subnautica spin off. Ouch.

Fenrirwolflord

4/18/2022 07:08:37 pm

I am both excited for dreadgod and super excited to see this new project. Personally hoping it's a full novel over a novella....though air plane pamphlet is tempting read

Gerravon

4/18/2022 08:20:14 pm

Dam you Saruman, you have ruined me!!

The Master

4/19/2022 03:40:36 am

While I love Cradle and am currently relistening to the series for the umpteenth time… I find myself intrigued by this possible fictitious airplane magazine?!?

Benjamin

4/20/2022 12:42:44 pm

I am currently recruiting a team of talented sacred artists to ascend and destroy the ancient compact that prohibits you from speaking openly about Dreadgod. brb

Matlock

4/21/2022 10:09:09 am

I'm in. I will leverage my concentrated and well-developed legalese madra to sever the eldritch contractual ties binding the author.

Terran link

5/20/2022 04:34:08 pm

Count this one in as well, while others where out having a life and getting girlfriends, this one studied the blade. *tips fedora. Thats right. You have a genuine member of the path of bearded neck by your side, consider yourself lucky.

5/22/2022 01:02:57 pm

We are honored to have one of the world renowned neckbeards at our side. Victory is certain.

Tungo

4/21/2022 10:07:11 am

Excellent. Phase 1 is complete. Next I will use the nanobots to slowly take control of your body and brain to both write more Cradle and to make Lindon split his core hundreds of more times.

Wightbeard’s mom

4/21/2022 02:28:37 pm

SON YOU BETTER GET BACK TO WORK. I WANT DREADGOD OUT BEFORE MY MORNING COFFEE YOU HEAR?

Abalah

4/24/2022 02:53:44 am

Right now, you feel like a crack dealer that has suddenly decided to stop selling crack and start selling herbal tea. I want my crack. I want it now. It's late April, and time for crack. Get to it!

Crack addict

5/10/2022 04:35:47 pm

I am still twitching! Come on Will! GIVE US THE GOOD STUFF

Plebian #938493487

4/24/2022 03:03:25 am

Please update the progress tracker on the site for the next book. Us lowly servants follow it closely.

This One

4/25/2022 05:43:16 am

much gratitude

Armando

4/25/2022 06:43:00 pm

Epic name. Thanks for the laugh

Schooney

4/27/2022 09:10:56 am

Anyone want to take a crack at what Lindon’s remnant will look like? I think I know what the eyes will look like…but…what do you guys think?

theseasaeleep

5/8/2022 03:54:20 pm

A squirrel.

A terrifying one. (raises a glass to Yerin)

No, but really I have wondered what his remnant would look like. I'm curious as to the type of eyes you think you would have? I suspect it would be some strange combination of the two he has now - the whites of his eyes would be black and the irises would be that fierce blue.

As for his body, ever since we saw Northstrider's memories of how he progressed to Monarch I have been dying to see Lindon as a living black flame! So that's probably where I'd put my money: on a stunning mixture of sheer black flame with pure madra running through the flames like a cool current.

My hang up is in the representation of his hunger. You know what I think would be really cool? I don't know how it would fit with Lindon since his hunger is literally his arm but it would be really cool if somehow that hunger part of his remnant was represented by a crown! As much of a little s*** as Harmony was I thought his design was fantastic, that halo behind his head!!!! If Lindon could get something like that I would I would I would be happy. Ooh, a halo of hungry arms and/or hands twisting behind his head? Well, that would be sufficiently terrifying and murderous enough to win even Yerin's approval, I think.

5/11/2022 01:30:05 pm

An Ancient Squirrel. Ha!

Your ideas are spot on. I think his remnant will be some form of black dragon, maybe with a blue aura like you mentioned, but maybe the eyes will be black with white circles like in the vision Surriel showed Lindon in Bloodline? How his hunger madra is physically manifested is interesting. I love the crown idea, but maybe instead of hungry arms it would be like a crown of sharp teeth similar to the hunger icon? That would look pretty awesome.

Dre

5/11/2022 08:11:09 pm

Lindon's probably got two remnants. One for each core. They are completely separate, so he's probably got a remnant that is blackflame and one that looks like Little Blue. I bet he's gonna be a super Monarch when he is able to take control of both before he ascends.

Dallin

5/25/2022 02:24:13 pm

This is like the iron body discussion in Blackflame, he only has one body so he will only have one remnant.

David Behling

4/27/2022 09:28:30 pm

Will,

You make me want to start writing…😆

Steve

4/28/2022 06:58:04 pm

Status bar still has 99% on Reaper. When do we get the Dreadgod status bar?

5/15/2022 01:05:34 pm

What do you want, some kind of progress bar progress bar?

5/15/2022 06:26:10 pm

I mean... If you're offering....

Tzvi

5/2/2022 10:29:47 pm

Hey Will! Absolutely love the cradle series!! Cant wait for the next one!! It is, in part, inspiration for a book im writing right now! I dont know if you’ve got the bandwidth for it at the moment but hit me up when you can! Id love to get your input!

Kylie

5/6/2022 03:48:57 am

An Aussie here. Glad you are working on dreadgod. Would loooove a release data please.

Austin

5/14/2022 04:46:34 pm

I am beyond excited for the next one! Already angry at myself for how fast ill read it too :'(

Decimas Arelian

5/16/2022 09:15:57 am

Eagerly looking in the distance for a giant see turtle. Dreadgod cannot come soon enough. I have listened to Reaper 3 times on Audible. I need more!

5/16/2022 12:47:20 pm

Hey Will!! We knew that you were going to be hulled away for a while but I just need you to know the state of your readers… currentlyI refresh this blog every 6 hours religiously to see if there is a dreadgod update. My wife is filing for divorce because I wake up screaming “update!” Every night, my boss wants to fire me because all I do is refresh, my friends wont hangout with me anymore because I seem to be, “off in another world”. My dog is so skinny it could die, due to the fact that I keep forgetting to feed her (refresh time is right at meal time), and if that doesn’t tug on your heart strings enough - I hear the screams of millions of dying children every morning that there isn't an update. I am going to keep splitting my core to keep them at bay - but please, Hurry…. Sincerely, Ben

nigel bullard

5/17/2022 06:47:44 am

I am so glad i am not the only one. This has been TORCHER for me these last few months. November 7th to be exact!!! :(

5/18/2022 04:30:05 pm

Yes!! At least we can wither away slowly, together…

Wisp O’ the Will

5/17/2022 03:30:05 am

Hahahaha

I will never release it!

Jeremiah

5/17/2022 08:57:19 am

I’m gonna have a mental breakdown if you joke like that!

Rob

5/18/2022 05:15:58 pm

Please Will… I set up automatic notifications for when you post hoping to see a Dreadgod update… Release us from our wait

nigel

5/17/2022 09:46:19 am

Yeah, i am with you. I am having a serious meltdown.

John

5/19/2022 06:41:44 am

I too am a multiple times per day refresher.

I have just restarted the entire series for the 3rd time since Reaper’s release (currently midway through “Blackflame”) and I am hoping for an update by the time I finish “Reaper”. Don’t let me down Will!

Abhishek tripathi

5/21/2022 12:46:18 am

Any estimate about dreadgod release please?

David

5/21/2022 08:00:48 am

Is this turning into another The Kingkiller Chronicle?

You can't be serious

5/21/2022 12:21:48 pm

He's gone for a month and a half and you're comparing him to Rothfuss?

Give the man a break

5/23/2022 06:48:51 am

Whoa, David.... this isn't even close to Kingkiller. Kingkiller's been years now. A bunch of 'em. As in, I've pretty much forgotten what they were about by now, which is bad considering I still remember casual reads from high school (a few eons ago). It's been, what, a few months for Cradle? Let's give the man a break.

5/24/2022 06:44:16 pm

its been 3 days since that post. Feels like eternity. Im telling you, Kingkiller Chronicle 2. well never know what happened to Kvothe and Denna. i mean Lindon and Malice. Are they gonna be a thing?

David D

5/22/2022 12:10:19 pm

Marco!

cobaltdog

5/23/2022 07:31:50 am

Ghengis ?

5/24/2022 06:40:50 pm

That TV show was pretty good.Ghengis actor outshined marcos by a lot. I was sorry to see it canceled. Recommend.

5/23/2022 07:31:01 am

I think the giant sea turtle has probably made it to a port by now with an internet connection. Always tricky when on the high seas, but doable. Assuming there wasn't an Aura Storm or some other tragic event that resulted in the tragic loss of another great author.

Are we on schedule for a June 1st blog post? The last post was clearly off schedule. Will must have escaped from his handlers and broken an ancient pact removing his restraints long enough to communicate to the outside world.

Mykal

5/24/2022 11:24:14 am

Did anyone else immediately find all the black flame in Elden Rings and make it theirs?

Palert of IceFlower

5/25/2022 05:10:25 pm

This blog certainly is of dubious intent, but is it of dubious content? Any idea of when we Will have an update on Dreadgod? This one's wife is saddened by no more news from Cradle and no news of Eithan (Ozriel) upbraiding Makiel for his poor decision making.

And we need our old dross back. This dross Dross is no good. Any updates would fill us with much gratitude.

5/25/2022 05:18:39 pm

Don't make me pull and Eriye and hack into the "Haven" where the prototype books are held and expose the world to their destructive power... be wary... the Vroshir have laid their trap and will spring it shut soon...

5/26/2022 05:33:56 am

Nice

I want to be Lindon

6/2/2022 03:23:34 pm

I’m throughly disappointed in you Will. Absolutely disappointed. You are one of my authors I rely on who doesn’t make me have to sit patiently. I AM NOT PATIENT. JK thanks for been amazing and releasing them as often as you do and making me fall in love with a new genre of fantasy.

TLDR: I always thought you were called Will Wright and I’ve read the series 9 times. You will always be Will Wright now sorry not sorry.

Ps. Any update for a fan?

In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.