From Ben

Thanks for the tip Sunny, I think I’m going to put the Valentine’s Special in Fjordhawk then. Then, Chapter 24 shall be placed in Featherlight.

My favorite character in these stories… for Hope’s Cry I’d have to go with the Kongs, especially Mara Kong she’s a nice fellow who sounds like fun to hang out with (i think ive said this at least a few thousand times by now). In HoP/PoP I’d say Ping since even though he’s not as smart as the others he’s still brave and will fight for the protection of the Arks. In Overseer, I’d go with Ares the Carchar because he just seems really cool considering he’s also the leader of the Carno Investigation Agency, i think that was the name (although I would have expected a Yutyrannus because, yk, Yutys can call Carnos for backup). In The Obelisk I’d go for Crimson too since she’s a really deep character and honestly’s got a lot going on. More of a misunderstood character than an “evil” or “rude” one.

And in Tortuga? that’s even tougher for me since there’s a lot of characters I like. Andrew’s a gentleman, but he doesn’t have much background except the fact his father is a doctor. Mr. Swan is a really fun guy, considering he used to be a pirate but decided not to, BUT I feel like he had very little screen time so I can’t say him for sure. The twins were also really fun in the beginning of the story with their interactions, but Emma quickly overshadowed them so I can’t pick them either. It used to be Aaron for me, but he was quickly dwindled out to more of a minor character so I wouldn’t say him. So, I’m left with a few options: Aragorn, Arianna, and Tom. Arianna is actually a really good mother, she takes good care of her children which is very very good of her, and Aragorn is a pretty great father too. But I don’t like Aragorn as much anymore after reading Shadow Phoenix… but Tom is actually a really likable character! In Tortuga he was represented as a “villain with a tragic backstory”, and he was made even less of a villain because he only showed up twice (in a dream, and in the epilogue where he didn’t really do anything evil). He’s less of a villain, actually, and more of an antagonist. So all in all, Tom’s my favorite character. Could I have just said that from the get go? Yeah, but this is more fun. Out of all of these stories Tortuga has THE MOST characters that are fun to root for.

I guess I should read Chapter 10 and 11 of Shadow Phoenix. Let’s see… Okay, so I’m a bit of a goof because I didn’t realize Leah would turn out to be Tom’s lover. She’s blonde, first of all, which is the dead giveaway, and these previous two chapters were like the nail of the coffin. I hope nothing bad happens to Leah, like her, untimely passing (please 🙏🙏 No More Deaths). Welp I just jinxed it.

I also really feel bad for Cole. He likes Arianna, but Arianna probably doesn’t even like him back. Not that that sucks, but they say when you like someone you lose all sense of rationality. Cole probably doesn’t have courage to make moves or do anything, because he is afraid things will go wrong with her if they do. That’s how it usually works. Not like i”m speaking from experience, I’ve never liked anyone that way.

And the switcheroo… What a dirty trick, Sunny!

And also I think I discovered Aragorn’s power. He can probably use his shadow to do things, huh? Is that why Michael realized Aragorn had no shadow? Hmm, but then at the time where could his shadow have been? And would his shadow persist even after he was hanged?

Also I appreciate the cross references to The Arks Over Heaven everyone, it’s really fun seeing them pop up every once in a while 🙂. Poor Aurora indeed (i love to traumatize her).

Also what could it mean by Tom will be king soon? Hmm, at least I got the hint that Tom is his older brother. Usually the oldest son gets the crown. And Thomas is his full name, that’s right.

GUESS that’s all I have in store for today. And for Tom’s medallion power? I think it should be something pertaining to his ghostly skin in Tortuga. Like Tom’s medallion power made him that ghostly white because he abused it. Idk, that’s all I could think of. Or something relating to the mythologies he reads (about Sirens and all that). Welp seeya!