More Warding
Two more entries in the Warding Contest. First up is from Fazz in New York, who took Arlen’s palm ward and put it on his Palm phone. Call it Palm Squared:
Hiya Peter;
Here’s a pic for the warding contest. Well, OK…I think it’s funny!
-Fazz
The second entry from Nick in Australia is really amazing. I’ll let Nick fill you in himself:
Hi Peat,
Firstly a big THANK YOU, for sending me a book plate for The Desert Spear all the way down under. It has a place of pride on my bookshelf right beside The Great Bazaar and I ain’t lending them to anyone!
I’ve also attached my entry in your warding competition. A bit of background to it, I am 32 years old and of an age when all my friends are having kids, (we also have our first one on the way). As a gift I have been making name boards for every new born, I had one when I was a child and one of my first memories is learning to spell my name by putting the letters in the right spot on a board similar to these that my uncle made me. So I’ve been doing them for a while now and making them from the recycled timber of my first house.
Your competition gave me the great idea to ward the back of them, and hot of the press and with the stain still drying are my first efforts at carving wards into the timber. I figure that not only will these kids be forever protected from corelings… they’ll also grow up to be Peter V Brett fans.
I’m working on the nursery furniture for my soon to be born first child and I intend to ward every single bit that I make in the same way.
Hope you and your family are well.
Thanks again.
Nick
I have a feeling it’s going to be hard to pick winners in this contest. I may have to add more prizes…
Nick’s idea is amazing! I love it 😀
Glad you like it. I’m loving them and I think my wife thinks i am a little strange carving out wards on the bottom of a cot. I’m totally warding the crap out of the name plate I make for my new born son.
I have a warding related question if you don’t mind Peat. What rules of thumb should I use when doing multiple wards in a row to make sure there is no “break” in the ward patern.
Plus a sort of side question, are you still planing on creating a forum here?
Cheers
Fazz, I think that’s funny, too 🙂
Also, I love Nick’s idea, too! If I knew how, I’ll probably would’ve carved wards too! I just really love the look of them!
Nick, I love them. Really gorgeous work, and so fast!
Wardnets work in one of two ways. The first is simple. A ward had a radius of effect in direct proportion to its size, i.e. the bigger the ward, the bigger it’s area of power. Wards for each demon to be protected against are placed in a line, repeated at regular intervals so their effect overlaps, creating a secure net. These wardnets are more labor intensive, but simple to understand and more resilient, as damage to one section of the line does not affect the whole.
The other method is to only use one of each ward, linking them in a circuit with connecting wards. These distribute power and effect throughout the net for a more powerful overall barrier, but disabling one link can cause the whole net to fail.
Thanks for the tips Peat, somehow I had it in my head that the lines of each ward had to match up with other wards to strenghthen their power.
I am much improving my accuracy and lines as I go along… takes some time but they look great once you get the hang of them.
Cheers
Nick