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The Ascension

A Slay the Spire Chapter Index

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blueskybluestars

happy pride month

nacureny-zernomex

[NOT A SHIP/PAIR.]

I headcanon that The Silent is touch starved, due being raised as a hunter that should never let down her guard and never be soft. So now she clings to every bit of gentleness she finally gets.

And guess who LOVES to hug people and act cuddly-friendly-cutely? DEFECT. So it always tries to give Silent as much cuddles and headpats as possible, so she feels happy!

weaselishmcdiesel

would u be mad if i had 5 million orbs.... would u be mad if i had 1 million powers.......

blueskybluestars

I know we barely have anything on the Watcher and her lore/characterization since she’s not in STS2 but I imagine between all the characters she’s the most at peace with her emotions

Her stance-switching is fully under her control and she is very emotionless most of the time (the Sensory Stone event recalls a memory she has where she’s not bothered at all by a fight involving a dead carcass). As a monk from an ascetic order, she has learned to suppress her emotions and is able to channel what she feels into the divine stances, which she uses to her advantage in battle.

I feel like if the Watcher was a part of the STS2 group, she’d definitely be the most level-headed and mature out of everyone. She can see things rationally and would probably be the mediator between most conflicts in the group (especially between Necrobinder and Regent who I imagine would tend to clash heads a lot over what would be best to do). In my headcanon, before Watcher joins, Defect tries to mediate in conflicts as it hates to see everyone fighting, but can only do so much as it is a robot that doesn’t fully understand human(oid) nature and communicates frequently through beeps. Watcher is rather quiet most of the time but also knows how to use her words succinctly and effectively, so she’s able to quickly resolve conflicts and offer her wisdom. She also has a naturally soothing nature that draws the other characters in. She’s very empathetic and observant and has a lot of insight into the other characters, being able to somewhat sense their thoughts. She doesn’t express herself emotionally and isn’t particularly warm, but she’s also not a cold person either.

Anyway here’s my headcanon on her general relationship with the other characters (from a canon perspective):

The Ironclad — he looks strong and acts strong on the outside, and seems relatively emotionless and cold. However, she can sense his endless fear and immense guilt about his past actions eating him from the inside out along with the foreign presence that is Vakuu’s demonic aura controlling him and his thoughts a lot of the time. (She doesn’t know it’s Vakuu right away, but when she encounters Vakuu herself alongside Ironclad, she knows.) She can sense the human still inside him, wanting to come out and wanting to regain full control of his mind and his autonomy. She wishes there was a way that she could help soothe him and help him to forgive himself and his past wrongdoings. Ironclad respects her but both he and Vakuu (when Vakuu is in control) are utterly creeped out by how perceptive she is.

The Silent — Silent wants to think she’s as good at hiding her emotions as she is at physically hiding from enemies and engaging in petty thievery, but Watcher can see right through her and feel the crippling insecurity, self-hatred, and intense emotions that she harbors inside. She may be quiet but her mind is very loud and Watcher can feel it. Watcher doesn’t know about her sisters, but she does sense her trauma and pain from growing up in their care, her desire to earn someone else’s approval, the feeling that she’s running out of time (due to her terminal Blight sickness), and a desire to prove herself before it’s too late. I think Silent is mildly intimidated by her and though she respects her as an ally, seeing how powerful Watcher is in battle especially with her stance-switching triggers her insecurities about her own fighting ability.

The Defect — Watcher is the type to only fight when it is necessary just like the construct, so she understands its hesitation towards killing its creator the Architect even if it (reluctantly) agrees that it might be for the best. She isn’t as affected emotionally by death/destruction as the construct (who values life and doesn’t enjoy killing or destroying things), and she’s not quite as pacifist, but she understands its desire for mediation and for everyone to get along. Defect greatly appreciates Watcher’s insights on human nature and loves learning from her.

The Regent — the Prince of Starris is thoroughly impressed by her wisdom and sees her as a worthy intellectual equal/rival. She intimidates and challenges him but in a good way and it only makes him want to read and learn more about various topics so he can have a leg up on her when they debate. She is not annoyed with or bothered by him or his antics like the other characters — she is in fact the most patient out of all of them — and is very happy to share her knowledge with him, especially regarding the universe, the cosmos, and the military history of various planets/civilizations. They both really enjoy having intellectual conversations with each other and having respectful, philosophical debates.

The Necrobinder — the lich looks up to her a lot and thinks she’s so cool. She likes venting to her about her own grief and other issues that she’s not willing to open about to the others and finds her to be an incredibly trustworthy, reliable confidant. Watcher helps her see that sometimes she isn’t the most level-headed and while Necro is still very focused and dead set on her quest for vengeance, talking to Watcher brings her back to earth. Watcher makes her realize a bit more that being in a constant state of anger isn’t always good for her and that it’s necessary to relax every once in a while so she can remain dedicated to her goal. From Watcher’s perspective, she’s fascinated by Necro and the mystery of the Forbidden Grimoire she’s bound to, and wants to help the lich find out who wrote the book/why it caused her skin and organs to disintegrate.

watcheraskblogsts

You had best BELIEVE I’m using this as more Mama Watcher propaganda

#I really enjoy this #makes me want to write another fic

Wanted to draw everyone dressed as my favorite spoiled space prince

Who should I dress them up as next time?

#the regent #the ironclad #the silent #the Necrobinder #the defect #my art

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I've been going over the STS2 timeline recently, trying to determine what events occurred in what order. We have the obvious timeline markers denoting eras and time left to right, but I was wondering if events within each section were ordered. As best I can tell, they are, the oldest event is on bottom.

We can actually glen some interesting information from this!

The Silent is a bit younger than the Architect, and older than all the Ancients.

Ironclad started his STS1 Ascension before the Silent did, though within the same Era. Defect's start was unknown, and Watcher is not mentioned.

Despite the above, the Silent appears to have been the first to reach the Heart. She stilled it with poison, and then left to return to her sisters. Defect followed her, piercing the Heart with hyperbeam, and finally Ironclad came and consumed the blight.

Each character appears to have killed the Heart only once, and based on the next timeline, they appear to have done so quickly one after another.

Speaking of the next timeline, the Blight stopped before Silent reached her sisters. It doesn't look like a terribly far journey, so all of this seems to have happened in under a few days, despite Silent's quest to reach the heart having taken over 300 years.

This implies that either the characters were all gaining expertise at a similar rate and happened to break through at similar times, or while the Heart managed to revive itself twice, it was severely weakened each time. Silent broke through first and weakened it for the others to follow. I think the latter makes more sense. While Neow and the Heart are linked, implying it would share her powers of resurrection, reviving itself is likely an extremely difficult task.

The Architect woke up before the Defect ever even meet Flaw, and the two of them seem to have spent a very short time time together before Flaw died. Defect sat around in that scrapyard for literal ages, finally made a friend, left, and died like right away. Poor thing.

The Silent arrives at the tower before anyone else seemingly, before Necrobinder would've been born yet. Regent and Defect were also trying to slay the spire before Necrobinder was born. Regent appears to have failed at least once and been revived prior to Necrobinder becoming a Lich.

Surprisingly, she still isn't the last one to join the party on the timeline. Ironclad is! Vakuu put up with the Architect for awhile apparently and only sent Ironclad to the top after the Architect attacked him, probably for ruling over the spire.

Since Necrobinder is clearly an adult in game, that means Silent, Regent and Defect were already working at this for however long it takes children to grow up in this universe. Ironclad showed up late and hung over from burning alive for like 100 years.

As a side note, either climbing the spire takes a really long time each time (which, in fairness, actually wouldn't be terribly unrealistic), with a full climb taking several years. Or children in this world grow up incredibly quickly (also entirely possible, ages within this universe seem to work on the principal of "sure, whatever" which I'm fine with). Necrobinder is born and old enough to survive on her own until she her grimore by the time her parents get from the lower floors to the top of the spire, even with the giant's help.

This also brings up the interesting question of how Neow chooses who to revive/recruit. She was actively reviving other people around the time Necrobinder's parents died, but didn't revive them. I'd assume she was only reviving people she believed worth her time. It also appears that each character goes to visit her before their first death in the spire, which may also be a requirement for her to revive people.

Based on the cool as fuck (and brutal) early access trailer revival, it seems when characters "die" their bodies including their clothing + some weapons are transported to Neow. They may not fully die at all, Silent still seems to be twitching the entire time her body is being stitched back together. Neow also politely puts her skull back on and hood back up. Also, the blood literally flows back up into her body. Almost implying a time rewind thing? Certainly seems really painful, though I guess it'd depend on the character and whether they're even capable of feeling pain

It might be that Neow is specifically watching for those she's marked as her own and pulling them back from the brink of death? She's noted to have specifically struggled to revive Defect (the only returning main character who died between STS1 and STS2), who would've been dead for longer, but still someone who she'd revived previously. Reviving anyone else she wasn't already familiar with, who'd been dead longer, may be too much for her. Interesting to consider.