Advancing to Underlord forges your body with Soulfire and extends your lifeline. I feel like that's something I've achieved through introducing my son to Cradle.

I found Cradle just before Skysworn came out. So was able to basically binge read the first four books and really got hooked. Waiting for Ghostwater is when I discovered the audiobooks and the magic Travis Baldree brought to the characters. I've devoured all the books and eagerly anticipated each new release. I've re-listened and reread every book countless times. Many times in the car with my kids. A BIG thank you to Will that it's fairly family friendly. There's no foul language or any sexual references, making me more than comfortable with having them on with my 6 and 9-year-old around when listening.

With the series complete. I felt that the excitement of cradle would fade. Sure, I would still listen and read them over again. The Kickstarters have been fun and I look forward to the next one. But outside of the animatic or any other future animations that fervor would calm down. 

Then my son started asking questions about the book and showing a real interest. This was my Underlord revelation and I feel like I advanced. Thanks to the kickstarters I picked up all the hard cover books and we started reading them at bedtime. Getting to go back and experience it all new again with my son has been an amazing experience. This is an experience I never had with my own father. No one in my family or even my friend group has ever had an interest in fantasy and it's always been something that was just me. It really has been a next level bonding experience. We're halfway through Soulsmith now but I've also shared them through an audible kids profile so he can enjoy the audiobooks. He's already listened through the series at least twice and already has his own favorites. He loves to listen to them while he's doing other things and when he has trouble sleeping. 

He's fascinated with Lindon and asked to be him for Halloween. We spent weeks slowly working on his costume. We went with Lindon during the Uncrowned King tournament because he he is also fascinated with swords and shields and said that "I have to have Dross". 

So this was our interpretation of Lindon at that point. It's not perfectly accurate but we were both pretty proud of what we came up with. We made the turtle shield together from scraps iny woodshop. It took the most effort but was also a really fun project. He was a bit frustrated that no one recognized his character so I told him I would share it with other Cradle fans. We also carved a Dross jack-o'-lantern.

[Uncrowned] I feel like I advanced to Underlord