i had a question about duty to others, or like. a thing that i noted.
how you described abolish's lantern made me think of like. if you've ever seen the netflix castlevania series, trevor's morningstar-chain whip-thing. except with a lantern on the end. and i don't know if that's what you meant but it's suchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a cool and awesome visual that i think he has one of those now. forget give abolish a gun give abolish whatever the fuck this is
Morcant: So did you learn anything fun in Oakhurst, son? Abolish:
I AM glad people like that headcanon and I can't wait to expand on it- every time I think I'm boring you guys with my headcanons you prove me wrong lmao. I can't wait to get to the actual conflict in Grim Purpose- I am stuck in dialogue and sad wet cat hell at the moment. I LOVE writing action.
Abolish seems like the kind of guy to get good at every weapon he uses, otherwise it's not worth using it at all. I am flavoring my Abolish a BIT with some of my own bloodline headcanons and family magic as well! Martyn's lantern-flail looks VERY different from Abolish's, and for very good reason.
Maybe he had used a whip or silver chain before, but hadn't thought the trouble worth it. After all using a mid to long range weapon like the lantern-chain in the fields and forest of Oakhurst is much easier to use than say in a city, or the close confines of an alley, and since arrows are at a premium it seems doubly valuable.
I also headcanon that if any of the humans had made it out of Oakhurst, they would have kept their tome abilities. I have some vague headcanons for the reason and purpose behind the tome abilities and barrier in Oakhurst, that I will avoid saying for now, in case I get around to explaining it in Grim Purpose!
