Tacet Discord

Biodata

Power Progression

Tacet Discords can grow by devouring one another, absorbing frequencies, or receiving power from a Threnodian. The following advances are documented for individual members and groups.

Formation and Nature

Frequencies and Tacet Fields

• Tacet Discords materialize when frequencies converge within a Tacet Field. Rover and Yangyang witness this near Qichi Village 12.
• Tacet Fields can have dormant phases. Ling An initially cannot move within his field until it activates and releases him 1.
• An abandoned field can be reactivated through a Resonance Ability. The Mad Daoist’s surviving Resonance Marks continue gathering frequencies after his death and would produce more Discords if left intact 53 54.
• Their bodies can be shattered back into frequencies and reconstructed. Ling An restores Thunderclap Scale after accidentally killing him 139.
• Some Discords form in connection with legends or actual history rather than purely random events. Lianfeng links the Bell-Ringing Turtle to Huanglong’s tradition of ringing bronze bells during battle and triumphant returns 64.
• Crownless embodies the act of war, while Dreamless is the Threnodian representing war; their connection allows Dreamless to reclaim Crownless’s frequencies 78 86.

Retained Consciousness

• Tacet Discords can absorb human frequencies. Yangyang suggests that a purple, spherical Discord’s repeated humanlike murmurs come from lingering consciousness it has consumed 12.
• A Discord in the Mirage Realm contains the frequencies of Short Li’s dead villagers 132.
• Destroying a body does not necessarily erase every trace of its consciousness. Sorrowful Cry’s deceased companion persists through ghostly shadows generated by his attempts to restore her 97.
• Rebuilding a body is not automatically the same as restoring its original identity. Sorrowful Cry’s uncontrolled fusion of remains is expected to produce something other than his beloved; Ling An succeeds by gathering her lingering frequencies and consciousness 97.

Power Classes

Rank terminology varies across the supplied chapters. Crownless is initially called Overlord-Class and later Rumbling Tide-Class; tsunami class also appears. These labels are retained below without assuming a fully consistent hierarchy.

Appearance

Tacet Discords have no single body plan: documented forms range from armored humanoids to animal-shaped giants and abstract floating creatures.

Behavior and Intelligence

Most Tacet Discords encountered by humans are hostile. The Resonators fleeing Thunderclap Scale describe most Discords as emotionless, while their captain compares certain behaviors to animal instincts—including playing dead before a stronger predator 138.

Their behavior nevertheless varies considerably. Arrowhead Bear attacks other Discords inside Ling An’s Gourd, while Thunderclap Scale recognizes territorial warnings and retreats from stronger residents. Lesser creatures also flee from Ling An’s presence 62 96 139.

Sorrowful Cry and his companion demonstrate affection, grief, and attachment. Villagers remember them flying together without attacking humans, and research logs record Sorrowful Cry mourning at his companion’s death site. September interprets this as evidence of genuine souls rather than imitation of animal behavior; Ling An agrees that Discords can develop emotions 95 96.

Ling An is an exceptional case: Changli distinguishes his independent thinking from the simpler emotions exhibited by ordinary Discords such as Sorrowful Cry 100.

Abilities & Skills

Devouring and Frequency Absorption

Tacet Discords can consume one another to increase their strength 2 13.

• Ling An refines an Elite-class Discord and uses Scar’s summoned army as fuel 13 14.
• Consumption can alter appearance and confer new abilities, as shown by Ling An’s Glacio Rider-derived evolution 42.
• Accumulating low-level prey alone does not guarantee advancement into Tacet Discord class 14.
• Under Ling An’s summons, Discords can surrender their physical bodies and travel as frequencies, crossing the sea and the Sentinel’s stasis barrier 114.

Individual Combat Abilities

Different Discords possess distinct weapons, elements, and environmental effects.

• Crownless: Spear combat, winged movement, and—in Ling An’s evolved forms—Purple Flame and Crimson Gold Flowing Flame 13 14 171.
• Glacio Rider: Motorcycle attacks and a Flamebloom shield; Professor Woodrow proposes an Explosive Lance to break the shield 36 37.
• Bell-Ringing Turtle: Bell tolls that heighten nearby Discords’ aggression, alongside ice attacks used during Jinzhou’s defense 63 82.
• Cloudflash Scales: Rapid movement accompanied by purple lightning 80.
• Sorrowful Cry: His attempted resurrection of his companion generates thunderstorms, mist, sludge, and ghostly shadows in the Wailing Wastes 97.

Reconstruction and Resurrection

External abilities and Threnodian authority can rebuild Discords from recorded or scattered frequencies.

• The Mad Daoist records the frequencies of creatures he has killed in his Pangu Terminal, then reproduces them through his Resonance Ability using external frequencies 53.
• Dreamless repeatedly reconstitutes fallen Discords during war, making ordinary battlefield victories insufficient to end its tide 77 80 171.
• Ling An revives Sorrowful Cry’s companion and reconstructs Thunderclap Scale 97 139.
• In Rinascita, Ling An raises hundreds of fallen Discords and orders them to attack the hostile tide 172.

Echo Conversion

Defeated Tacet Discords can yield Echoes that Resonators absorb and wield 8 13.

• Rover captures a Frostland Tortoise’s Echo with her Pangu Terminal 3.
• Tide Sis can absorb Echoes directly into her body, although she does not initially understand why 2.
• Tide Sis turns three Discords released from Ling An’s Gourd into Echo samples for Shifan 152.

Relationships

• Ling An / Crownless — Commands and collects Discords in a Gourd containing a portable Tacet Field. Low-level creatures can be captured directly; stronger ones may need to be subdued first 55 62.
• Resonators — Commonly defeat Discords and use their Echoes for combat. Powerful documented Discords can carry bounties 8 138.
• Fractsidus — Manipulates and deploys Discords. Scar summons them within an illusion, while Phrolova directs large forces through her Otherworldly Flower 13 77 110.
• Dreamless — Drives the tide against Jinzhou and reassembles the frequencies of the fallen into increasingly powerful enemies 77 78.
• Touch of the Old Days — Dominates Rinascita’s Discords with authority that Ling An initially cannot override 170.
• Rinascita’s inhabitants — Describe formerly friendly creatures as “good friends.” Its knights fight alongside Echo companions and can resonate with Discord phantoms 169 171.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Siege of Jinzhou

• Tens of millions of Discords advance under Dreamless as Retroflow Rain engulfs the battlefield 77.
• Fallen humans and Discords supply frequencies for stronger enemies, culminating in a Tacet Discord class Feilian Ape 78 82.
• Ling An’s Glacio Rider and Bell-Ringing Turtle help defend the gates, but the strengthened ape destroys the rider and presses toward the exhausted turtle 82.
• Jinzhou’s defenders and the spirits of its dead ultimately repel the tide and destroy the Feilian Ape 83 84.

Wailing Wastes

• Sorrowful Cry’s attempts to revive his companion explain the region’s abnormal weather and ghostly phenomena 96 97.
• Ling An restores the deceased bird, and the reunited pair later become his allies 97 99 102.

Confrontation with the Sentinel

• Millions of Discords across Jinzhou answer Ling An’s call and march toward Mt. Firmament 113.
• Those unable to advance physically dissolve into frequencies and enter Ling An, enabling him to move despite the Sentinel’s stasis 114.

Rinascita’s Tacet Discord Tide

• Formerly friendly creatures become hostile after the Touch of the Old Days awakens; the resulting tide contains no creatures below Overlord-Class 170 171.
• Ling An reconstructs fallen Discords to reinforce Rinascita’s defensive line 172.
• The tide continues attacking the shore while Ling An and Soran confront the Threnodian beneath the sea 177.