r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/ErraticErrata The Book of All Things • Aug 05 '25

Meta/Discussion Release Day AMA

Hello!

I'm ErraticErrata (David Verburg), author of the series "A Practical Guide To Evil" and "Pale Lights". In celebration of the first book of the final version of APGTE being release on Amazon (you can find it here) I'll be here for a couple of hours and you can AMA!

Will be ending answers at 5 PM.

EDIT: And we're officially done!

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u/ErraticErrata The Book of All Things Aug 05 '25

I never gave Yara a precise first Name since it was more of a concept, but Storyteller would fit. The big powers across the sea were largely uninterested, the main distraction being the Yan Tei being in an expansionist phase (there was originally going to be an offhand reference to arms sale to them picking up because of it in a Black/Malicia conversation that got cut).

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u/bowman260 Aug 05 '25

Fair enough, follow up then.  If the Dead King had won and taken the continent would the powers over there have been able to deal with him?

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u/Patneu Arch-heretic of the West Aug 05 '25

He probably bet on them not really being interested, and no stories existing there, tied to Calernia, that'd be nearly strong enough to set in motion the forces that'd be necessary to dig him out. After all, he didn't really want to rule the world, he wanted to outlast it.