Warded Wednesday: Warded Instruments!
Posted by Karen
Hey everyone! You know the drill by now. Last week we took a break after the big Javelin Rain Special Giveaway, but now we’re back on schedule.
This time we’re asking you to think about the power of music in The Demon Cycle universe. Rojer’s uses his violin and Amanvah/Sikvah use their voices against the demons.
The question for this week’s giveaway is:
What instrument would you use to fight corelings?
Rojer’s chinrest and his wives’ chokers have wards to amplify sound. Bonus points to anyone who comes up with another way to alter their instruments via wards.
The prize for this giveaway is a Warded Man trade paperback!
This giveaway book was provided by our friends at Del Rey. The Warded Man is where everything begins. If you’d like a copy signed by Peat himself, go ahead and enter.
Remember, we can only pick your comment if you respond to our post on the blog. Let us know who you’d switch places with in the Demon Cycle world. We’re looking forward to your answers.
Giveaway answers will be accepted until Monday. The winner will be announced Tuesday.
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Right. So I play an array of instruments but my primary instrument is the flute. I’d engrave different wards into all the flaps so whatever tune I play it would hit the demons with a changing array of blows and attacks (if that’s what I’m going for) or I could play a certain key to focus on a certain demon for example if I engrave a wood demon ward on the d flap then a song in d would affect them more than any other breed. The higher I’d play the stronger the attack.
And since flutes are made partially of silver it might work with charging it with demon magic over night.
If I ever loose my flute I can always sing so I’d make sure I have wards drawn around my throat whenever I go into battle even if I have my flute with me.
This is going to seem odd, but it just kind of popped in my head. My suggestion would be 2 similar versions of the same type of wooden percussion instrument, xylophone and marimba, where you’ve carved wards into each of the wooden bars.
The marimba is larger and stationary, so I envision it as something you would use in a village/town or set up when making camp. Since it has a lot more notes and can be played by multiple people or as many as 4 mallets by a single person, it could conceivably be used as both an offensive and defensive weapon. Since it has a limited number of bars/notes but portable, I think the xylophone would be purely offensive.
I have a vision of when the note is played you see a holographic representation of the ward either searching out a prospective target or creating a protective barrier around an area. The drawback would be coming up with music to take advantage of the notes. Also, someone would have to play constantly for the marimba to be effective defensively.
Cheers!
Tom