#cradle unsouled

[amalgamasreal]

Cradle Series: Animated!

Sharing this every day that the Kickstarter is live. If you don't have the funds to donate I highly recommend checking out the original Cradle Series to see why this series deserves an animated adaptation.

Will and his team has worked so hard on this universe and I cannot wait to see where else he can take it.

[karlathewitch]

So I started to read the Cradle series by Will Wight (currently finished Skysworn), and I think I managed to sum up my boy Lindon's whole personality:

That's it. That's Wei Shi Lindon 100% of the time, and I love him for it.

[yerinarelius]

all the concept art from the cradle animation kickstarter so far!

[chumsterfire]

Day 14 Castle Elder Whisper

[the--grin--reaper]

Lindon when his first kill was literally a guy that was stages above him and trying to kill him

[strawbsstuff]

New Cradle episode! This week we finished book 1 Unsouled! We officially meet Yerrin and get to see Lindon be a little thief

[yi5h]

Oooooh... This was such a fun series. Loved the narration in the audio books. :D

[seraphicsmilodon]

Thinking back to that time the uncrowned king tournament forced everyone to play fortnite.

[qoldencrowns-art]

The Path of Savage Greed

Overview

Savage Greed is a hunger/destruction path held by a Dreadbeast, Marrow, and his companion Realmwalker.

Iron body

Both practitioners of this path don't have Iron bodies specialised for this path, though they've theorised a potential Iron body for an ideal version of Savage Greed.

The Ravenous Iron body

Explanation:

The Ravenous Iron body is most powerful when combined with a cycling technique designed for madra intake, this body allows the user to intake aura from things they eat and interact with, along the lines of a passive Consume technique.

Cultivation:

In order to create this body, a Sacred Artist must try to cycle as much madra of their preferred types as physically possible, with the aid of a processing elixir. After some time, the Artist will be able to process large amounts of aura passively

Drawbacks:

This body greatly increases the Sacred Artist's metabolism, and can be potentially dangerous. Their passive Consume may drain soulsmithed tools of their power and drain madra from Artists they spend a lot of time with.

Techniques

Striker:

Pouncing Thorns of the Shattered Star

Create spikes of destruction madra in a radius around the sacred artist that spike up and then dissipate. Acts as an altered version of Barrier of Shattered Reflections.

Enforcer:

Spectral Cloak of Shards

Covers the artist in a mix of destruction and hunger madra which is used to strengthen melee attacks. It looks similar to ferrofluid and pulses with the artist’s movement.

Forger:

Crown of the Shattered Star

Shards of black ‘glass’ that rotate in a halo behind the artist’s head and can be shot at the opponent.

Barrier of Shattered Reflections

Create a series of walls around the sacred artist that look like mirror shards. Meant as a last resort as it uses a large amount of madra. This technique is meant to get people as far away as possible, with little care for whether or not they die

Ruler:

Savage Hunger of a Ruthless Opponent

Focus hunger aura and explode it outwards from the user, it converts anything it touches to hunger and will not stop until the sacred artist dissolves the technique.

Other:

Consume (other)

drain madra from what the Artist comes into contact with

Tendrils of Ruthless Hunger (other/striker)

Creates tendrils of hunger madra out of the user’s arms, they lash out with these tendrils and wrap around the target to Consume from afar.

Spectral Claws of Ruthless Hunger (enforcer/forger)

Create destructive spectral claws around the user’s hands which then can be used to rip through opponents.

[allanwalshauthor]

Book Review: Unsouled (Cradle: Volume 1) by Will Wight

Unsouled (Cradle: Volume 1) by Will Wight follows the story of Lindon, an ‘Unsouled’; a boy unable to follow a magical path in a world that revolves around the paths of the sacred arts. He is determined to follow a path… any path, and decides to forge his own. The Cover: The cover is simple, depicting a wooden token/badge on a plain background. It has a strong white font that contrasts well…

[virginiaoflykos]

What to read after Light Bringer? (Series similar to Red Rising)

August 2023 update!

Red Rising is my favorite series of all time, and since I first read it, I have sought series and books similar in both spirit and execution. Some of these recs are books I haven’t read personally, but have often come up in discussions with other users!

1. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Status: ongoing, expected 10 books in total, 4/10 out at the moment

Book 1: The Way of Kings. The Way of Kings takes place on the world of Roshar, where war is constantly being waged on the Shattered Plains, and the Highprinces of Alethkar fight to avenge a king that died many moons ago.

2. The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone

Status: finished, 6/6 books out.

Book 1 (in publication order): Three Parts Dead. Comprised of 6 standalone books set in the same universe, the Craft Sequence tells the tales of the city of Alt Coulumb. The city came out of the God Wars with one of its gods intact, Kos the Everburning. In return for the worship of his people, Kos provides heat and steam power to the citizens of Alt Coulumb; he is also the hub of a vast network of power relationships with other gods and god-like beings across the planet. Oh, and he has just died. If he isn’t revived in some form by the turn of the new moon, the city will descend into chaos and the finances of the globe will take a severe hit.

3. Hierarchy by James Islington

Status: ongoing, 1/3 planned books out

Book 1: The Will of the many. The Will of the Many tells the story of Vis, a young orphan who is adopted by one of the sociopolitical elites of the Hierarchy. Vis is tasked with entering a prestigious magical academy with one goal – ascend the ranks, figure out what the other major branches of the government are doing, and report back. However, that isn’t quite as easy as Vis or anyone else thought it was going to be…

4. Suneater by Christopher Ruocchio

Status: ongoing, 5/7 books out

Book 1: Empire of Silence. Hadrian is a man doomed to universal infamy after ordering the destruction of a sun to commit an unforgivable act of genocide. Told as a chronicle written by an older Hadrian, Empire of Silence details his earlier adventures and serves as an introduction to the characters and the setting.

5. Dune by Frank Herbert

Status: completed, 6/6 books out

Book 1: Dune. Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities.

6. The Expanse by James S A Corey

Status: completed, 9/9 books out

Book 1: Leviathan wakes. Set hundreds of years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain come together for what starts as a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

7. The First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Status: completed. 3 books in the original trilogy + 3 standalone books + 3 books in the newest trilogy

Book 1: The Blade Itself. The story follows the fortunes and misfortunes of bad people who do the right thing, good people who do the wrong thing, stupid people who do the stupid thing and, well, pretty much any combination of the above. Survival is no mean feat, and at the end of the day, dumb luck might be more of an asset than any amount of planning, skill, or noble intention.

8. Cradle by Will Wight

Status: completed, 12/12 books out

Book 1: Unsouled. Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path

9. Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons (one PB’s favorites)

Status: completed, 4/4 books out

Book 1: Hyperion. The story weaves the interlocking tales of a diverse group of travelers sent on a pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on Hyperion. The travelers have been sent by the Church of the Final Atonement, alternately known as the Shrike Church, and the Hegemony (the government of the human star systems) to make a request of the Shrike. As they progress in their journey, each of the pilgrims tells their tale.

[kingsonne-zedecks]

It's Here!

Cradle Animation Trailer

The trailer for the upcoming animation of the bestselling novel series Cradle, by Will Wight, produced by Jay Oliva at Lex + Otis Animation Studio has been released at last!

Cradle

Cradle is an amazing fantasy series by author Will Wight that reached its conclusion with the publishing of Book 12: Waybound, in 2023. Cradle is a western interpretation of the Xianxia genre, which can be described as "Magical Martial Arts."

As shown in the trailer, Cradle follows the journey of Wei Shi Lindon as he starts a journey of growth rather than remaining the weak Unsouled that his Clan has labeled him.

Fans of Naruto, Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball, Avatar the Last Airbender and more will all find elements from the stories they love in Cradle.

Lex + Otis Animation Studio

Cradle is being animated by Jay Oliva and his studio, Lex and Otis. If you don't recognize the name, you'll probably recognize some of his past work, particularly his work with DC Animations in general and Batman in specific.

His studio is equally impressive, and released a bit of a showcase of some of their more recent work that you can see here (in addition to the Cradle teaser, you did already watch that a couple of times right?)

The Cradle animation is a passion project for Jay, who loved the books so much that he reached out to Will to make sure that he had the chance to see them brought to the screen.

The Cast

The upcoming animation already has a fantastic cast announced, with more to come. The following have already been confirmed for the project.

Travis Baldree

Phil Lamarr

Steve Blum

Matt Mercer

Morla Gorrondona

Baraka May

Sumalee Montano

Maxine Phoenix

Matt Yang King

Where/When/How Can I Watch?

Will and Jay have really put the Tease in Teaser, as we'll have to live off of replaying the trailer and reading the books for the time being. But more is to come, and announcements will continue to be made as the project continues.

For those who have not been involved in the project yet, a brief explanation to get up to speed.

When Jay reached out to Will about the possibility of animating Cradle, Will decided to personally fund this trailer that they could then take to Netflix and Amazon and the likes to pitch the show. Then, together, they asked how much further they might be able to go, and so they reached out to the fans with a Kickstarter that ended up raising 1.25 million dollars.

Animation is expensive, especially when you choose to only work with studios that treat their employees well, so Will and Jay had to be smart with the money. The upcoming animation will be released to the fans as a thank you for our support in making this a reality, but it's real strength will be in supporting Will and Jay's original plan.

The 80-90 minute animatic that has been funded will be complete in mid to late 2025. With that, the teaser trailer, and the fans reactions in hand, Will and Jay will be able to approach platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to pitch a full Cradle Animation.

Animatic?

Yes, Animatic. While the trailer is fully colored and animated, the final result of the kickstarted animation will not be. Here is a sample of the style of animation we will be getting next year

This particular animatic is taken from the website of Tiger Animation, which is the South Korean studio that Lex + Otis partnered with for the Cradle Teaser and many of their other projects.

The animatic we get will be fully voice acted and scored, and the only step remaining to turn it into full animation is the funding required to send it off to Tiger Animation. Tiger Animation has an amazing portfolio as well, including Avatar the Last Airbender, Castlevania, and a large number of both Marvel and DC Animations.

Animation Structure

The 80-90 minute animatic will be released as a standalone product and will cover the contents of the first two books of the Cradle Series, Unsouled and Soulsmith regardless of any potential contracts with distribution platforms like Netflix or Amazon.

If/When a platform picks up Cradle and decides to fund the full animation, the show will follow a fairly standard 22 minute episode format. As such the animatic will also serve as the first four episodes of season 1 of the show.

This was a creative decision made by Will and Jay as part of the adaptation process. A number of the fan-favorite characters are introduced in books two and three, and its fairly unanimous that any fan that wasn't hooked immediately, was hooked by the third book, Blackflame.

That is to say, that, while the first two books will only receive two episodes each, this will not be the pace the rest of the show follows. The total number of episodes per season is dependent on funding, but the goal is currently to take 4 season to tell the story of Cradle.

So What Now?

Well. Now we wait. But in the meantime, share the information about Cradle, watch the trailer, show it to your friends and family, read the books if you haven't already, check out the wonderful audiobooks narrated by Travis Baldree if you prefer listening, join us on reddit and discord to talk about things.

In addition to just exposing more people to a wonderful story, each bit of interaction with Cradle is another piece of evidence to show the streaming platforms and prove that a Cradle animation is worth the investment.

[karlathewitch]

Random Cradle memes, bc I am obsessed and the last three books hasn't arrived yet. (Spoilers ofc)

[a-groovy-beetle]

I'm gonna say it.

(UNSOMETHING SPOILERS I THINK UNSOULED?)

That beautiful scene when Roberta is cradling Cam and he's telling her to make it all go away and she has a gun to his head? She should have shot him dead. He should have died. Still have the camera phone audio whatever it was thing, still make her admit all that stuff, but kill him. It would have been so much more powerful and him ceasing to exist is the best thing he could do.

Not because I don't like him! I do! He just should've died, because what the fuck?

Also doesn't she kill herself? Or no she chickens out. Still do that just...after. After he's dead.

[somerunner]

From Sam on the Hidden Gnome publishing team. Get your friends to read Cradle today!

In celebration of World Turtle Day, Cradle ebooks 1-6 are free from now until Tuesday!

That’s right my fellow majestic turtles, Unsouled - Underlord ebooks are free from today, May 23rd, to Tuesday, May 27th.

You can also use this giveaway to take advantage of Audible’s Whispersync program, which is a significantly reduced price on the audiobooks if you own the ebook. So download the ebook for free, then buy the audiobook for roughly $3.

If that’s not enough to celebrate turtle-kind, we also have 10% off all our Cradle merch until Tuesday! Buy an Orthos shirt while you snack on some rubble.

Ebooks - https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-12-book-series/dp/B0753FP6SP

Merch Store - https://thewillwightstore.com

[the--grin--reaper]

THIS FIVE SECOND CLIP HAS NO RIGHT TO BE AS FUNNY AS IT IS