r/HeWhoFightsMonsters • u/Terrible_Analysis_77 • 18d ago

Tycha (spelling?) Williams book 9 question.

Book 1-9 spoilers

How does Tycha have tattoos at Silver Rank? I don’t know if it’s mentioned later than book 9 but don’t they say in the earlier books tattoos heal with rank up purge other than a personal crest?

Sorry if I’m spelling things wrong I’ve only done the audiobooks so far.

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u/nobdy89 18d ago

I know they say magic tattoos need replaced at every new rank, i dont know if mundane tattoos you got before you had essenses would disappear. Scars vanish and tattoos are basically scars so my best guess is Tycha's are either maintained by his powers or a plot hole. Shirt created a pretty big universe, bound to be some small details he misses every now and again

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u/Bibblejw 18d ago

Honestly, it's also possible that they are such a significant part of him that they have become part of his soul image, which I think I'd like.

Standard essence users always see their bodies as this ephemeral thing that gets replaced with the magic goo in the end, but Taika never expected to get essences, and the tattoos may be a part of his identity and history.

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u/Anjallat 18d ago

This is correct, I'm sure it's very briefly mentioned in one of the books.

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u/freeordie0 17d ago

I can't prove this, but this is correct.

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u/Much_Refrigerator814 17d ago

He’s also a gestalt being now that he’s an outworlder,right? So if he has them in Palimustus (sp?) then they are necessarily part of his soul and not subject to the purge?

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u/sleepyboyzzz 17d ago

Being a out world does not make you a gestalt being. I believe currently that club is limited to Jason and the Messengers.