Terraria: Wrath of Cthulhu Update Released!
The major update for Terraria Legends Book 1, Wrath of Cthulhu is now live!
It might take a while until your device says there's an update (most have a way to check for an update!), but you should be receiving the update for FREE if you already own the ebook!
If you haven't read the first book yet, now's your chance to jump in!
Here's a link to the Amazon listing, but it should be available from any major book store of your choosing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NC0TMUU
To give you a quick idea of how BIG of an update this is, the original version of Wrath of Cthulhu was ~29,000 words, and it now stands at ~39,000 words! That's 10,000 more words of action, adventure, and terror!
With this blog post, I'll be covering some of the changes, both big and small, that I've made to the first book in the Legends series.
This should go without saying, but if you haven't read the book, or want to be surprised by the changes, you should stop reading right here and skip to the bottom of this post!
============SPOILERS BELOW FOR WRATH OF CTHULHU!============
First off, let's go over a few of the smaller changes I've made to the book.
I would say 90% of the added words are just me fleshing out existing parts of the book, giving them more vivid detail and action!
For example, here's a look at a small excerpt from the new and old versions.
OLD
"Looking at his feet, I saw some small globs of green gel-like material that had not dissolved into the ground. He was right!"
NEW
"Looking at his feet, I saw some small globs of green gel glistening in the sunlight. They hung across the blades of grass like a sticky dew. He was right!"
In that short example, you can see how the gel went from plain "green globs" to a clear picture of a sticky, green, shiny, gel. A big improvement!
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Another thing I worked on was how certain characters spoke in the book. Take a look at this example of Frederick speaking as Allison patches Alex's wounds up:
OLD
"“Humph! Back in my day, we just rubbed some dirt in it!” I heard Frederick chuckle."
NEW
"“Miss Allison, may I say you do fantastic work!” I heard Frederick chuckle behind me."
Now that sounds much more like the polite Frederick we all know and love! I checked all the dialog in the book to make sure everyone was saying something that made sense for them.
One problem I ran into with this was Cody. At the beginning of the book, he almost has a robotic way of talking (which is on purpose), but I never really explained why he talks like that. Here's one of the reasons I gave for him talking so strangely at times:
NEW
"I turned around to ask “Of what?” but he was already gone.
Cody’s airheaded nature makes a little more sense now that I know what had happened to him. Who wouldn’t be a little out of it after a horrific event like that attack on his city?!"
The book goes on to explain why some of the other things he says seem a little "off" at times too.
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In addition, I better explain why certain things happened in the book, like why a merchant would show up:
NEW
"“Why would a merchant move in just because I have money? How would they even find us?” I questioned.
“Many traveling merchants wander all around this area,” Cody answered. “If we ran into one, they might be willing to stick around and help us out with supplies.”"
Much more believable than "get some money and a merchant will show up!"
----------
Those were a tiny sampling of the vast amount of minor fixes and additions to the book.
Now, I'd like to explain my reasoning behind what I consider to be the three "big" changes I made which resulted in some new content for the book!
The first thing I changed is having Alex learn a little more about the Corruption through a conversation with someone (I won't spoil who.). My reasoning for doing this is at the start of Book 2 "World Eater," Alex seems to have a pretty good idea of what the Corruption is and where it came from, but it was barely even mentioned in book 1!
The second bigger change I made was in regards to some of the tactics Alex used in the battle against the Eye of Cthulhu. There was really only two moments or so involving the grappling hook that I changed around to make more sense story-wise. Alex ends up making the same blows but uses some of their other equipment instead.
The final, and biggest, change I made, was I added a reason for the Eye of Cthulhu to show up in the first place! I won't spoil it completely, but let's just say that someone was up to some, "suspicious" behavior...
============END OF SPOILERS============
To finish up this post, I just wanted to remind you that the story itself is nearly exactly the same, so don't worry! Alex still fights the same fights, has the same emotional moments with their friends, and stares down the gaze of Cthulu! As I said in my other post, these same events still happen, just with more detail and intensity!
Still, maybe you didn't like these changes, or are worried that I might do this to all the books? Fear not!
While I do have plans on making some minor revisions to World Eater (along with the first two short stories), I also have no intention of changing anything substantial with the newer books (think Skeletal Horror and later), aside from fixing some grammar and spelling errors.
Having said all that, let me know what you think of the changes, and I'll catch you in the next blog post!
Keep adventuring!
It might take a while until your device says there's an update (most have a way to check for an update!), but you should be receiving the update for FREE if you already own the ebook!
If you haven't read the first book yet, now's your chance to jump in!
Here's a link to the Amazon listing, but it should be available from any major book store of your choosing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NC0TMUU
To give you a quick idea of how BIG of an update this is, the original version of Wrath of Cthulhu was ~29,000 words, and it now stands at ~39,000 words! That's 10,000 more words of action, adventure, and terror!
With this blog post, I'll be covering some of the changes, both big and small, that I've made to the first book in the Legends series.
This should go without saying, but if you haven't read the book, or want to be surprised by the changes, you should stop reading right here and skip to the bottom of this post!
============SPOILERS BELOW FOR WRATH OF CTHULHU!============
First off, let's go over a few of the smaller changes I've made to the book.
I would say 90% of the added words are just me fleshing out existing parts of the book, giving them more vivid detail and action!
For example, here's a look at a small excerpt from the new and old versions.
OLD
"Looking at his feet, I saw some small globs of green gel-like material that had not dissolved into the ground. He was right!"
NEW
"Looking at his feet, I saw some small globs of green gel glistening in the sunlight. They hung across the blades of grass like a sticky dew. He was right!"
In that short example, you can see how the gel went from plain "green globs" to a clear picture of a sticky, green, shiny, gel. A big improvement!
------------
Another thing I worked on was how certain characters spoke in the book. Take a look at this example of Frederick speaking as Allison patches Alex's wounds up:
OLD
"“Humph! Back in my day, we just rubbed some dirt in it!” I heard Frederick chuckle."
NEW
"“Miss Allison, may I say you do fantastic work!” I heard Frederick chuckle behind me."
Now that sounds much more like the polite Frederick we all know and love! I checked all the dialog in the book to make sure everyone was saying something that made sense for them.
One problem I ran into with this was Cody. At the beginning of the book, he almost has a robotic way of talking (which is on purpose), but I never really explained why he talks like that. Here's one of the reasons I gave for him talking so strangely at times:
NEW
"I turned around to ask “Of what?” but he was already gone.
Cody’s airheaded nature makes a little more sense now that I know what had happened to him. Who wouldn’t be a little out of it after a horrific event like that attack on his city?!"
The book goes on to explain why some of the other things he says seem a little "off" at times too.
----------
In addition, I better explain why certain things happened in the book, like why a merchant would show up:
NEW
"“Why would a merchant move in just because I have money? How would they even find us?” I questioned.
“Many traveling merchants wander all around this area,” Cody answered. “If we ran into one, they might be willing to stick around and help us out with supplies.”"
Much more believable than "get some money and a merchant will show up!"
----------
Those were a tiny sampling of the vast amount of minor fixes and additions to the book.
Now, I'd like to explain my reasoning behind what I consider to be the three "big" changes I made which resulted in some new content for the book!
The first thing I changed is having Alex learn a little more about the Corruption through a conversation with someone (I won't spoil who.). My reasoning for doing this is at the start of Book 2 "World Eater," Alex seems to have a pretty good idea of what the Corruption is and where it came from, but it was barely even mentioned in book 1!
The second bigger change I made was in regards to some of the tactics Alex used in the battle against the Eye of Cthulhu. There was really only two moments or so involving the grappling hook that I changed around to make more sense story-wise. Alex ends up making the same blows but uses some of their other equipment instead.
The final, and biggest, change I made, was I added a reason for the Eye of Cthulhu to show up in the first place! I won't spoil it completely, but let's just say that someone was up to some, "suspicious" behavior...
============END OF SPOILERS============
To finish up this post, I just wanted to remind you that the story itself is nearly exactly the same, so don't worry! Alex still fights the same fights, has the same emotional moments with their friends, and stares down the gaze of Cthulu! As I said in my other post, these same events still happen, just with more detail and intensity!
Still, maybe you didn't like these changes, or are worried that I might do this to all the books? Fear not!
While I do have plans on making some minor revisions to World Eater (along with the first two short stories), I also have no intention of changing anything substantial with the newer books (think Skeletal Horror and later), aside from fixing some grammar and spelling errors.
Having said all that, let me know what you think of the changes, and I'll catch you in the next blog post!
Keep adventuring!
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