Eh... Two things about the Koraakan-post, the first of which is that it can hardly be said that Rilon did nothing to stop the One's tail and tail-spikes from tearing his arm apart when fire is venting through his wounds, and the tail is pretty much wrapped around a very much wounded arm. The second and more worrying thing is concerning the fact that Koraakan just named itself all-knowing in regards to all things past and present, citing that the only advantage the Oracle had was in knowing the future (which she doesn't, per se... she can only see the consequences of choice, and calculate the odds of events taking place and their outcome depending on decisions made). I can't help but to feel that the One having unlimited knowledge of all things is somewhat overpowered (especially considering that its knowledge is apparently so detailed that it knows what Rilon is thinking at any given moment) and that there being some kind of limits to its knowledge would probably be fair... but I'm also (still - I think I mentioned this already, long ago) concerned about it seeming a bit illogical that the group - Aemoten in particular - would undertake their quest in the first place when it would be much faster and easier to just make a bargain for a cure for the Withering, since Koraakan - being all-knowing - would obviously know exactly how such a thing could be accomplished. Unless of course you explained to me why that wouldn't work back then and I just forgot, I think there needs to be a reason why such a thing could not be done. (On another note I can also point out that Koraakan was definitely downright wrong in one of his observations about Rilon: the Blood God definitely cares about family. Very much so. His sister is very important to him.)