Man. What a blue ball of an update.

Has anyone read any of the revised chapters?

 

I did a reread a couple of months ago, and honestly, for the most of it, I didn't even notice the difference.

IIRC, the first few chapters it's mostly the wording difference, and a couple of in-character changes where Vel is a bit more aware of his own mortality, but the changes are such that all the major plot points ended up the same, only he wanted them explored a bit differently but it obviously doesn't work out.

So after that, I haven't noticed anything glaring different from Whiterun to Solitude, where there's the only bigger change I took note of, which I guess puts him in more of a favour with the Jarl than it was the last the last time around. I have a feeling that there's a couple of scenes mixed around, but it's been too long between the rereads for me to claim it's new with confidence.

All in all, as good excuse as any for a reread of this, with some skimming over the lore wanking.

 

I read the entire new chapters. I couldn't pinpoint what has changed, but it felt better paced then I remembered. Had a great time, but I did the first time around as well.

 

I think I'll wait for a new chapter to give the new version a read, but I'm looking forward to it. Dragon from Ash is easily the best fic in the fandom.

 

Some parts have been rewritten so that it is less of a...game adaptation, I suppose? Rather than sticking with starting from zero and learning spells and skills as he adventures, the passages have been rewritten so that Vel has an experienced background as a temple priest. He is still unfamiliar with combat, but there's a lot less learning spells from tomes (barring one or two more Nord-themed spells, like frost runes).

The major rewrite is the part in Wolfskull Cave and some of the following plot threads at the party in the Blue Palace. It is pushing the Elisif romance a lot more, which...I just don't see, myself. Also, some of the later chapters got broken up.

There are still parts that I think are weaker and probably should have been rewritten, but not enough to detract from the overall story.