I love/hate Sung Jinwoo. :D the reason I hate SJW is... idk but feels like I just wanna slap him or torture him, bite him and violence. yes violence. idk but I want to eat him up. okay, I am legally Adult
so in relation to the last post, I figured I would go through and list who all has what kind of link
Object:
Lennart — his pocket watch, now in the possession of Bjorn
Tae-Gyu — his hat, which remains on a mantle in the Field Guild’s headquarters to honor him
Mirei — her mask, which is so much a part of her that she can bring it with her into the shadows, unlike the others
Person:
Alicia — Elena, who doesn’t figure that out until after she already ran away from the Justitia Guild
Place:
Reiji — the Blade Guild’s headquarters
Agnes — her own house
Dong-Wook — his martial arts studio
Jin-Woo:
ChoiBaek. originally, they were actually connected to each other, and they were disappearing so fast because of it that Jin-Woo intervened so they could be together forever (because before one of them was bound to die first and leave the other to slowly fade away)
Antoine. he had no connection originally and chose to join Jin-Woo so he could continue helping people. most of the time he’s actually not with Jin-Woo at all and instead out providing healing for anyone who needs it. he only ever really comes back if Jin-Woo calls him back because he needs a healer for whatever reason
Zhigang. he had no connection and chose to join Jin-Woo just so he could fight to his heart’s content without having to worry about fading away
None:
(most of the ones without a connection chose to join Jin-Woo, but some chose to stay independent)
Kanae. she stayed behind at the Blade Guild’s headquarters with Reiji, even though neither of them can really affect what has happened and is happening because who would listen to the dead? most can’t even see them
Thomas. he wanted to be able to watch over what’s left of the Scavenger Guild without having to rely on Jin-Woo and he has enough mana to do so for now. he and Jin-Woo have agreed for him to join the army if he gets too close to disappearing though
Emma. she chose to stick with Alicia and Elena.
as a side note, those who aren’t connect to the Monarch of Shadows need to expend mana to make themselves fully visible. otherwise, they sort of flit in and out of view. specific people with enhanced senses can see them regardless (Lennart would have been able to, if he was alive), but those are few and far between with all the S-Ranks gone
and for fun, the one’s that were already dead (and aren’t Shadows already):
Christopher would be connected to his football, mostly because I think it’s funny
Gun-Hee would be linked to the KHA headquarters or his wife
Ryuji to his sword
Akari to her sister
Byung-Gu & Eunseok to Yoon-Ho (they would have died before him and when he died they join Jin-Woo to stay with him [Byung-Gu wouldn’t have to fight though he’d be allowed to stay out of it {all of the “diseased” Shadows get special privileges from Jin-Woo lol}])
Il-Hwan to his family. he is technically connected to Jin-Woo but not officially part of the army since he’s also connected to his wife and daughter
plus some alternate versions that I thought of but ultimately scrapped (and why):
Lennart being connected directly to Bjorn (I felt it didn’t fit as well with his “responsibility” thing)
Thomas to the Scavenger Guild headquarters or Laura or the sunglasses he gave her (he’s too independent lol)
if Reiji’s wife was alive I would’ve made him connected to her. the other option was her grave but I felt that was too mean
and for more fun, some of the A-Ranks if we imagine they also died:
Jin-Chul (I actually debated including him to begin with since he’s almost an S-Rank anyway) would be connected to his sunglasses