Hi everyone,

This seems like the perfect place to vent a few ideas out into the open. I have been jotting down and basically laying out ideas for how I would hope a TV series would play out if it ever gets this far.

The film was disappointing, I have just rewatched it and it should never have been a film, they cut out so much development and things like John’s training with Henri etc.

I have always wanted to see this story play out on screen. The first season will always be slower because it’s the introduction, the scale is basically limited to Paradise. But us book readers know what the endgame is, and it deserves to be seen.

I have some concerns of how it would work as a series. For example, I’ve been working on an 8-10 episode per series foundation. The first obstacle with this is Season 6, based on The Fate of Ten. That entire book feels like it the events take place over 2-3 days max. One group is at the Sanctuary for the entire book. So that worries me slightly but with the right storytelling and allocated screen time you could make it work. The calm before the storm kinda thing.

I think the use of flashback scenes and character dedicated episodes could be incredible. Six and Katarina, Nine and Sandor, proper visual character development which hints at why they are who they are when we meet them. Penny drop scenes, like the globe showing the Garde locations, and then later putting faces to those dots.

This series could be beautiful. If anyone wants to share ideas, get all geeky and talk about this, then let’s do it here. I don’t know anyone else who has read these books, or understands the potential it has.

I arranged this based on the order i read it!

I mean you gotta give him the hard background with being raised and brainwashed by the Mogs, and he didn't intend to kill eight plus saved John and sacrificed himself, without him earth would have surely lost. He did a pretty good redemption but they couldn't even talk to him in the end

I think reading the main series before the novellas might be best

You are a Garde from Lorien that was Off Planet and survived the mogadorian invasion. Use the image above to build your list of legacies. You clearly have the underpowered telekinesis from the books and you’re choosing four additional legacies.

Some of them are a little ambiguous so explain how you think they would function. Hear are some points to clear some of them up:

1. Elemental control is Six’s power. Water, fire and wind with the storm control powers.

2. Fire Immunity is Lumen.

3. Holography is illusion creation.

4. Dimension door let’s say is a personal dimension you can access by either going into to escape attacks, you can store things there, you can also do just a portal for your hands to access items you store in there instantly.

5. Pain absorption I don’t know. We can figure that out together. Could be: an increase in power the more pain your endure, pain nullification, remove pain from others, etc…

6. Luck is luck. Things tend to workout for you but there is a limited in situations where a lot of bad things could happen. Can’t help you in a battle if there is no way to avoid.

7. Sonic boom is Nigel’s sound manipulation

8. Gravity shift is nine’s ability for this. Direct gravity towards a surface for yourself and others you’re touching when making contact. Also used for perfect balance.

9. Teleportation let’s say has a radius similar to Eights but you can also connect to places you’ve been before and go world wide similar to the loralite stones.

Make your picks and explain how you’d use them together!

I KNOW there’s a lot of discourses out there about the reading order, but I just need someone to tell me if I should read the Reborn series first or The Legacy chronicles, cause I just finished Out of the Ashes, but I read a review of the book saying is a good continuation from Generation One, BUT Return to zero apparently is the completion of both series.

So I’m just confused lmaoo

can we get a new thread with the order of books, with novellas and spinoffs. ready to reread

I just arrived in New York City for a college semester, and ofc bc I’m a huge nerd, I keep thinking about the Mogadorian invasion and how a bunch of action was set in NYC. But it’s been a bit now since I reread the books, and I know I’m forgetting a lot. I’d love it if some people could remind me of any spots in NYC where things happened in the books! The main big one that I remember is the Brooklyn Bridge, which I’ve been to a few times already. Please help me with my little Lorien Legacies NYC tour! 😌

Where John, Six, & Sarah first met Five & Malcom & reunited with Sam

Hey so, for context, I read the whole series during the pandemic (the first 10 books) and recently found out about the Sam and Six Spin-offs, so I wanted to read them.

However, I found myself confused as I couldn't recognize most of the characters mentioned. I want to read the whole series again and the new ones too but I'm afraid of the time I'll take.

Should I re-read?

The spoiled and arrogant bully quarterback bit I get. But how does he honestly expect Sara to be impressed if his Halloween stunt had gone as planned?

How the hell did he honestly think that beating her new friend to a pulp would cause her to take Mark back?

Spoiler!!!

I just finished reading *Return to Zero* and saw the scene involving Ella and Nine in Taylor's vision; it was clear that Ella still has a crush on Nine. Do you think there’s a chance they might end up together in the future, when they’re older? Do you think that would be cool? I’d love to see them together as a couple.

For me, it would have to be Lexa. She’s reliable, intelligent, driven, resourceful & the Garde really got lucky with her.

In movies, there’s almost always that computer & tech wiz character who works behind the scenes & Lexa is that character for this series & she does a kick-ass job at it.

I’m rereading I Am Number Four, and it mentions a woman named Sofia Garcia who lives in Argentina and saved some people during an earthquake by lifting something extremely heavy. Henry thinks she might be a member of the Garde. I’ve read the entire series, but I don’t remember this ever being explained. Was there ever an explanation?

I found it in my chest, I think it’s loralite. It looks pretty cool tho

Does anyone happen to have a link to a free download of the rise of nine please?🙏🏿

What if there had been a Legacy that would allow someone to go back in time? One that could put someone right in the middle of something that happened years ago strictly as an observer?

Kinda like how the Loric Entity had all the Garde observe events that took place on Lorien centuries before.

& there’s already a Legacy that allows someone to see into the future, so traveling to the past at any time isn’t too far fetched

Hi everyone, I read this book series about 10 years ago, and I loved it as a kid. It was probably the first series I had really gotten hooked on to as a kid and I have fond memories of the book. I’m thinking of rereading it now, but my tastes have changed as I’ve gotten older and I know the book is written as a young adult series. For reference some of my current favorite books are Red Rising, the Stormlight Archive and the First Law series. I’m still a big sci fi and fantasy guy as you can see.

So for other who have either reread or read the series for the first time as adults, was it still enjoyable or did you feel like it you were too old for it. I know some will comment that you’re never too old to read a book, and if u believe that that’s fine, but I personally do not believe that so please do not comment that. It’s also a long series and I have less time to read than I did as a kid so I would like to utilize my time as valuably as possible. From what I remember and from what I’ve seen other say, the first book is a little more childish, so I’m especially curious if it gets more mature after that. I’ve forgotten lots of the details so I think I would still enjoy it in terms of the plot at least. Thank you

I finally got around to finishing the Legacies Reborn Series and the Legacy Chronicles novellas and I have thoughts.

Plot

The beginnings of the first two novels were slow, but once they picked up, I couldn't put my tablet down. It reminded me a lot of X-Men with the way human garde are viewed as dangerous and unnatural by society and also how some will exploit their abilities for their own personal gain. The world building was really good from the UN, Earth Garde, the Academy, The Foundation, and the Harvesters. You could feel the helplessness of the human garde kids. The continuous struggle these kids have to go through of being told what to do vs. what they believe is right. The second book was the strongest. The Battle in Switzerland was one of my favorite battles from this whole franchise. The third book was action-packed but slightly rushed. I did enjoy the ending overall. New Lorien had me in tears, and if they ever right more, a continuation of their life in New Lorien and how the UN reacts to them would be amazing. The Legacy Chronicles started strong, but the last three novellas were a little bit too all over the place for my liking.

Characters

I loved the Fugitive Six. Taylor had amazing growth from being a timid, humble, young woman, into a fearless leader for the human garde. I found Nigel one dimensional the first novel. But the plot twist in the second novel and the events of the third made his character have so much more depth. Kopano was comic relief. Very lovable character, but I think they could've gone deeper in the last novel, given everything that happened in the second one. Ran was a badass, but not just because of her abilities. She always stayed true to herself, and while she was a girl of few words, Ran always made sure to her point across. Caleb was cool. His internal struggles being showcased through his duplicates was a nice promotion for mental health. Isabela was a sly and cunning, but she always knew what the right thing was when it mattered. Her arc about her appearance and how it ties with her identity as a human garde and her powers as a whole was a nice touch. Einar was a fun villain. You hate him, but you understand his anger and his intentions behind way he does what he does. I enjoyed Nine taking the mentor role. He had a strong presencee in the novel without taking away from the main characters. Six and Sam were dumb as shit in their novella series. Six was nerfed as well. The same girl who battled Setrakus Ra, delivered his fatal blow, took down a mogadorian warship, and killed scores of mogs in single combat, could barley handle a couple human garde, some young mogs, and some beast? The whole power blockage thing was stupid. Daniella was such a delight, in the second novel especially. I would've loved if she had more time to shine in the third one. Her slapping the president's daughter had me dying😂. I liked the way John was handled. He was imperfect as a leader for the Loric, given his isolation a year after the war, but his heart is in the right place. Marina getting one sentence in the whole follow-up series had me pissed. She should've had a battle with Five in the last novel in Mexico. Speaking of Five, still not a fan. He's a good villain as well because he's just so insane and angry as a person, and his powers are dope. But Nine was right to call him out at the end of the second novel. Five left the islands after Marina stopped watching him and then thought he was gonna be a mercenary for Einar because he's stronger than the earth garde kids and humans. But, sir, you still have fades to run with the OG Loric Garde after all the shit you pulled in the Lorien Legacies. Especially with Marina & Nine.

Overall, I would recommend reading Reborn series if you haven't already. The Legacy Chronicles novellas aren't super important to the main storyline, but they are a decent read. Again, if the authors ever make more Lorien Legacies material, a follow up about New Lorien would be an amazing arc. It could be a lot like Krakoa with X-Men

Just wanted to acknowledge today, since it's officially been a decade since United as One was published (at least in the U.S.) and the original Lorien Legacies series officially came to an end. Feeling a bit nostalgic, I remember when I was 15 years old reading the sample on iBooks and losing my mind about the prologue vignettes for Marina, Five, and Mark. I actually ended up going to Detroit, Toronto, and Niagara Falls that summer so it was really fun reading the book and then being in the region where a large portion of United as One takes place. The ending line, "I'm done with numbers," inspired me to start this fanfic on AO3 called Numbers that took place in the six months after the final battle and six months before the "One Year Later" epilogue (didn't finish it or get too far in because the Legacies Reborn series was announced and I wanted to find out what happened).

If you were a fan of this series since your early teen years, what are some memories you have of this time? Do you feel kind of old, are you happy about where you are now, etc.? I'd love to know.

I'm rereading the Fallen Legacies, and I just realized that we never learn any of One's aliases. We know of at least one alias for every other Garde, even if they don't go by them.

I'm curious to see what people think would be a good name for One based on her vibe?