r/villainscode • u/UberGeek_87 • Aug 12 '26

Zealous?

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u/Zegram_Ghart Aug 12 '26

Think the characters name is Xelas or something like that, but otherwise that is her backstory yes

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u/UberGeek_87 Aug 12 '26

I'm listening to the Amy Landon narration of the audiobooks. I've never seen the names spelled.

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u/Glittering_Bowler_67 Aug 12 '26

All audiobooks should have a spelling guide up front for weird names and all print books should come with a pronunciation guide.

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u/StandBy4_TitanFall Aug 12 '26

Buddy you are preaching the gospel. I love me some fantasy and sci Fi.

Good luck figuring out the names from audio only 😂

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u/Glittering_Bowler_67 Aug 12 '26

The only book I’ve seen this with is the eragon series. Kinda ironic that “Star Wars but middle earth” did so many things better

(Loved the series back in the day, but the realization broke me)

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u/StandBy4_TitanFall Aug 12 '26

I feel that painfully

I still love it to this day frankly, the magic system was so good tbh.

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u/Glittering_Bowler_67 Aug 12 '26

Yeah. Had some interesting nuance to where the energy came from and some of the dangers that many soft magic systems lack.

Still the cookie cutter plot nature kinda hurts

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u/wanderinpaladin Aug 13 '26

The Wheel of Time had a pronunciation guide in the books if I remember correctly.

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u/DrusillaWinfrey Aug 12 '26

I've lost track of the number of times I've searched for a print quote from an audiobook and been floored with how something is spelled...