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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! I’m so excited by how last week’s Warded Wednesday went down. There were a bunch of great animal comparisons I never would have thought of.

Once again, the selection was random. This week’s winner had a person/animal combo that worked -perfectly-…

Bruna would be a nanny goat, looks after her kids like her life depends on it, but if you’re a troll under the bridge you’re in big trouble, she doesn’t need any billy goats to put you back in line. -Andy

Congratulations, Andy! We’ll be contacting you shortly about your prize.

Our next Warded Wednesday is TOMORROW. In the meantime, we’d like to give a shout-out to some other creative entries:

So can I say I think Rojer would be a donkey without that being insulting? It’s really not insulting but…you know..japing around…making noise…donkey! I could maybe be convinced to go with monkey… -Justin

Inevra would be a praying mantis. The female of the species is more deadly then the male….
Need I say more?! -Clare

I think Abban would be a tunnel asp.
Because he telling you what you would like to hear mostly or suggesting plans but just to stab you in the back on his own way. Don’t trust him.

And motion Arlen and Jardir: The Twinheaded serpent. A mythical creature. 2 mind, 2 head and one body. Shared goal but different minds behind it. -Istvan

I would say that Arlen is the Wolf. Since wolves mate for life and can sometimes be loners, which i think is one of Arlen’s traits. Loyalty runs deep in them and they take care of their “pack”. Both Arlen and the wolf are “predators” of course. -Janar

Thanks so much to everyone who sent in their submissions! If you have any suggestions for future Warded Wednesday questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below.

You can get your copy of The Warded Man here!

Posted on May 17, 2016 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! Peat did a lovely interview last month with Denise Börner from Tapsis Buchblog. The Q&As have been translated into English, so you don’t have to know German to read them.

You can check out the whole interview on the Tapsis Buchblog site.

Thanks so much to Denise for conducting the interview!

You can get your copy of The Warded Man here!

Posted on May 16, 2016 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! We recently got an amazing piece of fanart featuring our favorite herb gatherer. This gorgeous piece was done by Mary Ellen Perez Camposano. Check it out:

Thanks so much to Mary for sending it in! You can check out all the fanart we’ve gotten so far this year in Peat’s 2016 Fanart Album. There’s a bunch of awesome stuff there, so if you want a nice big dosage of Demon Cycle, head over and give it a look-see.

You can get your copy of The Warded Man here!

Posted on May 13, 2016 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! I love my video game brethren. You might remember OldNile’s Skyrim character recreations that we gushed about a little while ago. They were, to date, some of the coolest re-imaginings of Peat’s characters that I’ve seen.

Recently I was browsing some gaming forums and came across what LOOKED like Arlen as a video game character. Holy cow! I did a bit of digging and it turns out someone made a Skyrim mod based on the Demon Cycle. Now you can ward your characters and send them into a world of monsters and magic.

This is a RaceMenu tattoo plugin which will give your character the all over tattoos of Arlen Bales; The Warded Man.

Using RaceMenu will of course enable you to select whatever colour you like for the tattoos, but I would recommend black with a slight blue glow if you want to keep to Peter V Brett’s lore.

In order to give your character the powers that Arlen has due to his warding (or approximations within Skyrim’s options) I have also included an ability (Which is entirely optional, if you don’t want the ability, just don’t use it) which boosts Magicka 100, Carry Weight 100, Unarmed Damage 50, Damage Resistance 50, Fortify Armour 50 and Health Regeneration 20.This ability is available via a spell tome which can be found in the ruins of Anoch Sun which I have placed North East of Windhelm (See the picture), or more precisely: East of Yngol Barrow, or North East of Traitors Post. Inside Anoch Sun you will find the corpse of Kaji, he has the spell tome. No battles or anything, just grab the tome and read it.

I am currently working on making Anoch Sun into a useful little player home for sleeping, crafting etc but mainly concentrating on display for your character’s items.

This is super cool! If there are any Skyrim players out in the fanbase who want to use this mod, go ahead. Let us know how it goes.

You can get your copy of The Warded Man here!

Posted on May 12, 2016 at 10:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! You know how this goes.

Today we’re asking you to think about all the characters in the Demon Cycle world, from Leesha and Arlen to Bruna and Briar.

That being said, the question for this week’s giveaway is:

Pick a character (or characters). What animal would they be?

This is a take on all those ‘What Animal Are YOU?’ quizzes, but what can I say? I love that kind of stuff. You can pick as few or as many characters as you’d like. Bonus points for letting us know your reasons!

For a full helpful list of characters, check out the Demon Cycle Wiki list here!

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. We’re looking forward to your answers.

Giveaway answers will be accepted until Monday. The winner will be announced Tuesday.

You can get your copy of The Skull Throne here!

Posted on May 11, 2016 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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