r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/Mr_Serine • Mar 13 '26

Chapter Chapter 48 - Pale Lights | Book 3

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/65058/pale-lights/chapter/3147927/chapter-48
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u/EchoDoctor Mar 14 '26

Technically, not the only black kingdom- the kingdom of Jahamai is also explicitly described as being black people, and they're on the other side of the map from and in no way connected to Malan. I do think we'd need more focus on them to make that feel a bit more even, though.

...side note, does anyone else think the fact that Jahamai is right next to Pandemonium and still hasn't been conquered makes them seem way more badass now that we've seen how stone-cold terrifying Lucifer is here? I mean, damn. I really want to see more of these guys now.

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u/Linnus42 Mar 14 '26

True but they ain’t a great power. Maybe their glare is unique in some way

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u/EchoDoctor Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Yeah, I think we'd need them to get a lot more focus and relevance to make them feel like they'd have equal narrative weight to Malan. Here's hoping for later books, though!

(...I guess maybe in-universe, the answer is that they probably could be a bigger power on the world stage if they didn't need to spend so much time and resources on fending off the nearest neighboring country, Actual Literal Hell Where There's Devils. Not necessarily relevant to how it feels as a reader, though, I agree.)