Starting to think “firebrand” is the most fitting code name. Still might go with Fool though.
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Nah they dont care as long as it’s not incest or rape, in war for the west you had an option to ruthlessly pillage whole kingdom and in forgotten one you can butcher thousands of soldiers
I like to codename the PC after the Pyre they were burnt on. It just feels right, like The Mage was brought back but they’re significantly more malevolent and bitter about the fact their best friend burned them alive (especially since I usually choose “that’s not who I am anymore” when vision Mage asks.)
Like, I don’t think The Mage would care as much if it was a painless or quick execution but Leon burned them alive and made them choke on the smoke after promising them that they’d always have their back. Y’know?
Yes.
Also yes.
Also to everyone who corrected me, thanks for that. I don’t always remember things right.
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Almost went for Firebrand, but Calamity is just too good and I love Zelda too much NOT to pick that one.
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I chose “Phoenix” as my MC’s codename. It’s obvious; coming back to life after being burnt to ashes.
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I went with Dragon.
What does a dragon breathe? Fire.
What’s the most terrifying and powerful mythology creature? A dragon. Also very sure there was a choice that you could get a dragon mask which leads to someone saying the person who was wearing it would have to wear something else. Plus as the one with the most pure Mateus bloodline, Dragon was the most obvious one for me.
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I considered something with a fire motif, but that felt too blatant for my taste
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Mine is just CROW. It’s pretty fitting, to be honest.
Especially with an MC that hold grudges.
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I stuck with Fool, but I might reconsider.
(Incoming essay) My mage would give the shirt off their back for those in need, and nearly died of mana exhaustion numerous times for others; but that kindness only ended up costing him everything. Once he came back, he cast off the man he was; with a new chance at life he never wanted, he’s going to be selfish, no more reservations about killing others, no more sacrificing for strangers, the only things that matter are protecting his friends, and getting rid of those who threaten them. If his kindness cost him everything, then being kind is foolish, and a Fool he once was.
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I went with Calamity and the dragon mask
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A bit clarify: War for the West is HG not COG (comradelenin asked about COG). And it also has rape and incest so the “as long as” thing is not really true.
him asking about cog was obviously a mistake since mage reborn is also hg title…and no it doesn’t have rape and the incest part is very hard to find out - you will have to connect the dots between dream scenes…i am willing to bet whoever was reviewing that game didn’t catch up on that cause otherwise that part would have been removed alongside rape scene lol
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I meant the company itself not the label.
Hi,
Let us return to A Mage Reborn topic please.
Thanks.
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For code names I went with Koschei. Necromancer from Russian folklore. Fits a spiritist and it’s appropriate since his moniker is “the Deathless”.
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Get a load of this!:
I’m not sure I understand how exactly the resurection worked.
From what i understood from reading Thalia brought MC back but their body was not accustomed to living yet, and that the ritual puts some sort of toll on the resurected person, therefore Tahlia was suplying mana to Mc in order to lessen that effect and gradually fixing them.
But from reading the forum I gathered that basically MC is a walking corpse with their soul barely glued together, held only by Tahlia’s magic and it can’t be fixed. Can someone kindly explain it to me?
Also with so many people getting fire-related codenames, it would be fun to see other characters’ reactions to it, I went with Fuse.
More questions and rambling below, with spoilers ahead, click at your own risk :
Summary
In what state are people resurrected in?
It was weird to me that MC was resurrected standing up and not on some kind of altar. I find it hard to believe they would be conscious enough to keep standing straight, but that’s a nitpick I guess.
It seems that they pop back up in a state they were in before death with all their possessions. In Eli’s case, they just disintegrated with everything they had on them, but MC took longer, and even if they lost consciousness they must have been severely burned before actually dying. So if you are brought back in the state from the very moment you die, then MC would be not only burned but also be wearing charred rags or nothing left. I really wish MC was still burned after the resurrection, not 6th degree of course, but at least something to make them constantly aware of what happened and what price they had to pay for saving everyone. And wonder if it was even worth it.
It is said that Tahlia heals MC, is it from burns then?
It is treated like no big deal, just a little heal but it seems like she healed MC’s crispy condition with no trace of it left. Not to mention possible torture in the dungeon and the damage caused by overusing the phantasma (MC states in the dungeon, I think, that their body is destroyed). If that’s the case, she is a much better healer than Eli is ehhh… How about after Tahlia’s healing MC still have a bunch of burn scars all over, and it is Eli who slowly, throughout the book heals those? Then we have a connection to book 1 event, a physical representation of MC accumulated trauma, a chance for Eli to shine as a healer( hell yeah!, yes I’m an Eli fanboy), and a progression for MC by either gradually healing and coming to terms with everything or refuse to to be healed altogether and succumb to madness. Direct consequences of the previous book’s ending.
Another thing, I think the second book overlooks how much effect dying on a pyre would have on a person, I can remember maybe 2 times it is mentioned and it’s not really explored much in the demo. I know there will be more content in the book but establishing MC’s state at the beginning of the book is crucial to essentially reintroduce us again to the character after the finale of the previous book. Cos remember that from MC’s perspective they were just pulled out of the fire, and yet they walk around fine, buiseness as usuall, even flirting away like their skin wasn’t melting 5 minutes ago. Not to mention that the characters don’t acknowlagde what state MC could be in when they should be most aware and so much more careful, especially if they want MC to willingly join their side. I imagine a normal person would be very considerate to someone who was severely burnt not to mention painfully killed. I don’t really see the consequences of burning in MC’s character, not even a mention that they could be scared of fire from now on. What if they can’t even use magic that well because they are scared they will set themselves on fire? They get panic attacks from seeing fireworks but nothing from the normal fire they died in. Such untapped potential for trauma *chef’s kiss.
Also if Eli was resurrected under the same conditions as MC why are they working independently from Arcadia when we first meet them? Why would Tahlia let them go on their own for years when they are supposedly a great asset to Arcadia (supposedly, because they can’t heal that well)? Seems kinda weird.
My theory is, that Tahlia is lying about how the resurrection works. That she is not able to cause Eli the same pain as MC. All those healing sessions seem to me like a perfect occasion to put some sort of a curse on MC under the pretense of healing them. That would mean she learned her lesson after Eli bailed and will not allow another resurrected mage to run free. Or Eli was not worth it since Tahlia heals better anyway.
I’m also confused about the rules around phantasma.
So WhatsHisFace bound MC to 4 by the use of some seals ( more on those later). That implies they were, let’s say, locked up inside MC. But from book 2 and the forum, I get the impression that a phantasma can make multiple contracts with multiple mages, provided they fill the requirements, and they are just lending them their power (in exchange for I don’t know what). But Earthsworn was inside that knight guy, and not in some separate dimension, they even would talk all the time and could feel each other’s emotions. On top of that Arcadians set up a transfer so the Earthsworn would not be lost, and the BBEG at book 2 demo said phantasma dies along with its user. Tahlia even says they lost many phantasma since Arcadia fell so they should be unavailable, but the psycho twins in book 2 set up a contract with one phantasma that should have died along with its user when Arcadia fell. And coming back to Eli, why would Tahlia let her do her own thing and risk her death when it is equivalent to losing their phantasma forever? You know, the most unique one there is??
So what’s the deal here? Are phantasmas like gods in D&D, who sit in their dimensions and lend mortals their power or are they residing inside them as Earthsworn did? You’re doing me a confused, Book.
And on the topic of being confused what are those seals actually for? In book 1 this happens early on:
So are those seals working overtime as mana ducts? Why are they damaged if MC didn’t use phantasma for years at this point? Or are they damaged because they want to get out? MC goes near mana exhaustion many times after that point in both book 1 and 2 and the seals never get mentioned again in that manner. In this situation, MC just solo some bandits and is disabled for a year but later fights monsters and archmages and gets no damage to those seals, what’s up with that? Were those bandits the Deamon King and his generals hiding in secret or something?
And to clarify, I don’t mean that I want everything to be spilled out at the beginning. That I need to know everything there is to know, otherwise I won’t like it. Secrets are fine, even super fine. Creating mysteries and meaningful reveals is great, I would never criticize that. I just don’t like when the information I am getting is contradictory and when characters do not acknowledge that there is something going on or is being purposefully hidden from them. Like for example MC not being very interested in Tahlias involvement in Sister setting up an invasion, or MC’s capture by WhatsHisFace, or why she didn’t rescue Sister from MC, or MC and others from WhatsHisFace, or even care bout Tahlia reading their mind all the time while being smug about it. As the story goes and as MC learns more and more about their new situation there is more and more stuff they should be invested in discovering and I don’t feel from them any desire to know anything, not to mention to hold anyone in Arcadia in any way responsible. After MC says to Tahlia that Eli died because of her she might as well just shrug, like “that happens, meean” and MC just rolls over and accepts that. If main character don’t care neither will the reader.
This summary function is pretty great, I feel like I set up a trap for everyone 
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My MC finally decided on Poena for a codename, the (Greek) personified spirit of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter. Goddess of vengeance and retribution seemed fitting.
It was either that or Ramboina: “I’m coming to get you, Murdock… er, Leon…” Poena sounds better, anyway…
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My MC went with “demon” since that’s what they were being called when they were alive.
And also because my MC is nothing if not on the nose. Hence why they also where a shroud/veil like a corpse or mourner 
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Calamity fits what I am aiming for.
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I just realized, you could totally just use your actual name as a code name and get away with it. Everyone would just assume you got it from that one mage who got burned on a pyre and never make the connection. Unless they knew you personally and could ID you, but what are the chances of THAT happening?
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