Kathryn_51

Wow, this is great. You should visit the tVN site for AoS. They refer to Mudeok as "Virtue" and Naksu as "Falling Water".

New viewers to AoS are constantly asking some of the same questions over and over, so I wrote up a reference guide for: (1) mage levels and (2) the Soul Ejector and "ice stone" . If I have time, I will add artifacts of Jinyowon (but if anyone else wants to do it, please be my guest).

Big thank you to poster lidi_17 who provided translations from Episode 5 that were variations on the mage levels.

While writing it up, I kept capitalizing the term "Ice Stone" as if it was one specific item. But in the show, it is never capitalized - it is always "ice stone".

Question: If Mu-Deok is the "ice stone", why didn't it heal Gil-ju? In fact, why wasn't she able to repel the poison from Gil-ju?
Answer: She is not "the ice stone".

I think the very first time he saw her she was wearing silk - and her hair was pulled back/hanging down.

The only real problem, from my standpoint, is when it gets personal, as in "you guys" or "you are blind", etc.

I think maybe he will be visiting sejukwon and meeting up with his distant cousin(?) Heo Yoon-ok. 😊

If you step back, there are many times that characters do ask the questions and the answer appears flimsy to the audience but it makes sense in Daeho world. It was easier to blame Cho-yeon for opening the Jinyowon vault and breaking the mirror than to even consider that Mudeok might have mage energy.

Questions are asked even by our heroine such as "Why is it this tiny body keeps craving foot".

The one unasked question that is difficult to understand is that kinder/gentler Naksu still doesn't think about or care about Original Mudeok's soul. But, without a doubt, it's required in order to gain max impact for the ultimate reveal whenever that may be.

The dress JSM is wearing looks like one of the outfits in the mirror "room" - pale pink w/pale green collar. 😊

Maybe this was previously posted - it came out before the show started and shows 5 of the 6 "young" Daeho elite actors (Dang-gu missing) at a coffee truck. Eng subs provided and when Arin was asked to provide three hashtags that introduce her character, she says "#Danggu, #jangwook and ##Buyeoni. 😄😄😄

https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cezn1TWhNaZ/

lidi_17 - thank you so much. 🥰🥰🥰It looks like Jipsu and Chisu descrirptions are fairly similar to the originals, but Ryusa was different enough that they translated for us? At any rate, I can finish my "reference" guide now and will try to post before Ep. 9 broadcast.

If JSM returns as JBY (as a human) I will be ecstatic.

That's my plan. I put together the Character Descriptions/Relationships Topic and try to update weekly. My window of time to spend much time on this is shrinking and if I don't get an answer to my request above, i will go ahead with what I have. In addition to Mage Levels, other "reference" topics will probably be artifacts w/in Jinyowon . Feedback welcome

I hope someone can help with the Korean translation I requested above.

If you are interested in understanding a bit more about soul-shifting, I wrote something up almost 2 weeks ago based on info thru Ep. 6; it needs to be updated (but, I don't believe it needs to be revised!).

https://kisskh.at/discussions/can-this-person-be-translated/74181-the-science-of-soul-shifting-draft-7-1-22

PongeAbelli - you are watching the same show and characters I am watching. Duty, desperation, outside-the-box thinking, co-depoendency (the main leads) growing into something more substantive, complexity in every episode.

When Jin Mu realized that Park Jin was aware of JU's constellation plate, it was like an even bigger Red Target on Park Jin at that point. I also remember how Jin Mu ordered Naksu "the soul you need to collect THIS TIME is Park Jin, the leader of Songrim." I still haven't figured that one out - was Naksu not simply killing off mages but was also going around collecting souls??? She knows Park Jin is in danger from Jin Mu.

I get lost in the discussion forum.😄😄

If I understand Korean naming convention, Seo would be the name of her father. So, yes - Choi would be from a different relative somewhere up the family tree. in Korea, the woman keeps her maiden name, even if she marries. In AoS, they turn this convention on it's head with the Jin family😎

I'm trying to put together a reference list of major AoS "concepts', including the different mage levels/stages and if I complete it, I will put it into the Discussion Topic area for future reference.

If anyone can read Korean, I would especially like help with the following: In Ep 5, around Mark 27, Mu-Deok and Jang Uk are watching Teacher Lee chop wood with his hands, etc. MD recognizes and identifies each mage level AND ON THE SCREEN there are Korean words for the various levels.

Only one was translated: Ryusa and words are: "The stage of emitting energy from the body". There was no translation for Jipsu or Chisu although Korean words appeared on the screen for each of them. If anyone can assist with the translation, I would be very grateful. 😊

As background, in Ep. 3, we were told the levels and they were very "water" oriented:

Jipsu - the ability to gather the energy of water
Ryusa - the ability to gain energy from the flow of water
Chisu - the ability to control the energy in the atmosphere

And in Ep. 4:
Hwansu - the "god-like" of changing water to fire and vice versa.

Wow - incredible video. The first scene with Park Jin and Naksu is one of my favorites. There was another BTS of the first fight between CP and Jang Uk and a stunt double was shown in the background (but face hidden of course).

The 1st OST is all about Jang Uk and Mu-deok. I hope the other two main couples get their own OST.

Now we know that Jin Mu knows about the original JU constellation plate and he is working with the Queen to take control of all of Daeho. One big question is: Does the Queen know about JU's constellation plate? I don't think so - her focus appears to be avenging her family (Choi) and taking over Daeho. If she knew about the constellation plate, JU would have been dead long ago.

But then, I didn't think Jin Mu knew about the constellation plate because I thought he would have killed JU long ago if he did know. 😕