#misc lore

[doctor-hopper]

Headcanons often speak of Kamukura's work being technically perfect yet devoid of emotion or particular direction, but I feel like that was also true of Hinata--I think he was a straight-A student who was good in every subject but had never really been directed by an interest he cared about for its own sake. Too committed to the grindset, knowing he's missing something, meant for something more, but never allowing himself the time and breathing room to figure out what.

[phoenix-clan]

🔮 Which cat is the most superstitious?

⚰️ What are your clan’s death rituals?

your characters are cute as HECK by the way I’m really enjoying the comic so far !!! :):):)

thank you so much!!! :D

Which cat is the most superstitious?

This one is tricky for me to answer because quite a few cats have superstitious tendencies. Slight is quite superstitious, but it mostly pertains to her beliefs as a mountain loner. If you didn't know about her beliefs you would probably just think she's kinda quirky, and seems like a bit of a hippie. Blaze is probably the most stereotypically superstitious. He can be a bit of a nag, telling the others to be careful, not to touch on step on cracks in the ground, not to be out past a certain time, etc. This is mostly because he's very cautious and feels like he needs to take care of the others, so he tends to be extra careful, even with superstitions! "Better safe than sorry!" She isn't in the 2025 run yet, but you can see when Dahlia shows up that she is definitely the most paranoid of all the cats. She is certain that any little thing is a bad omen. It's raining? "We're going to die!" A bird's feather lands near the territory? "It's a bad omen, we're doomed!" Basically anything out of the ordinary makes her on edge.

What are your Clan's death rituals?

We're actually going to get into this somewhat later in the comic, but it's gonna be a while before we get to it and it won't be the main focus so I'll talk about it here :) When a cat dies, the clan gets together to share their favourite memories of the cat that passed, trying to remember all of the best parts of the passed cat, and then they bury them in a bespoke grave. The gravesite is just a small, bare field with soft earth near the mountainside they call home. After the cat is buried, the cats all bring a stone to place upon the cat's grave, as a symbol that the cat will always stay tethered to the clan and the place they called home. Afterwards, the entire clan holds a silent vigil for a day, avoiding any activity that could be considered "fun." (This is very much to the chagrin of every kitten that has to sit vigil!) They also tend to fast and keep silent during the entire day. After the day of silence is complete, the clan returns to normalcy, but cats are free to visit the gravesite and place more stones upon the grave from then on. It's also the duty of the medicine cats to continually return to the gravesite and tidy, and mourning cats will often accompany them for the task.

[doodlingbot]

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[gretelsfifthcousin]

Gear

(Transcribed directly from the game, errors included.)

Below the cut are Gear descriptions that are more or less relevant to the lore.

Elite+

Leather Armor:

Spear of Moonlight Luna’s Spear

Mythic

Plate Armor:

Gaius’ Flail «His exploits were unmatched, but his brutality was also chilling» -Chapter 4, Chronicles of Gaius

Gaius’ Helm «He despised authority and followed only the passions and desires of his heart» -Chapter 6, Chronicles of Gaius

Gaius’ Breastplate «I’ll reach the top of the mountains and look down on the world» -Chapter 6, Chronicles of Gaius

Gaius’ Greaves «His army marched to the West in high spirits, determined to cover every inch of land» -Chapter 3, Chronicles of Gaius

Leather Armor:

Ancelot’s Edge Ancelot lead his men into battle many times with this illustrious spear.

Ancelot’s Refuge Lord Ancelot sacrificed his own life to protect his people. Put this to good use.

Ancelot’s Honor Lord Ancelot’s raiment. Worn by Lord Ancelot himself.

Ancelot’s Perseverance Victory favors the bold and those who persevere.

Mythic T1

Padded Armor:

Crow’s Grandstaff of Dark Magic «The dark arts are like a boiling concoction, possessing unknown dangers and uncertain benefits.» - SSOTC Memoirs

Crow’s Hat of Dark Magic «Their minds are so unusual, they are impervious to the abyss where the dark forces gather.» - SSOTC Memoirs

Crow’s Drape of Dark Magic «They’re like murder of crows in the dark, invisible, mysterious» - SSOTC Memoirs

Crow’s Heels of Dark Magic «They walk on the edge of taboos, observing the dark areas beyond the reach of ordinary people.» - SSOTC Memoirs

Mythic T3

Plate Armor:

Wraith’s Severance «The Executioner of King’s Manse had no concept of mercy. Without hesitation, he put every rebel to death.» - A Brief History of the Wasteland

Wraith’s Casque «He commanded the dead armies to return, seizing King’s Manse, giving this once domineering realm a whole new character.» - A Brief History of the Wasteland

Wraith’s Culrass «In the Bantus Wasteland, the screams of the dead echo through every street and ally, clusters of white cones decorating the walls of King’s Manse.» - A Brief History of the Wasteland

Wraith’s Sabatons «Trampled by the weight of iron, those mortals who refused to submit were flattened by the legions of dead.» - A Brief History of the Wasteland

Leather Armor:

Bleak Claws «Were we to exchange places, you would surely understand out burning hatred.» - The Bleakest Lament

Bleak Mask «Death completely changed us, and so we hide in the shadows.» - The Bleakest Lament

Bleak Robes «Hatred… It is both our poison, and our remedy.» - The Bleakest Lament

Bleak Tramplers «Roaming amidst the unkempt graves, we lose ourselves, and dissolve into shadow.» - The Bleakest Lament

Padded Armor:

Filthmonger’s Cursebinder «The school of the Dead’s library houses unfathomable forbidden knowledge. It does not lack for magic spells entirely unknown to man.» - The Wraithlands.

Filthmonger’s Coronet «Horrifying screams reverberate throughout the land, as though mocking the bones buried there.» - The Wraithlands

Filthmonger’s Raiment «The odor of death rises into the atmosphere, permeating the sky, deterring all living beings who would from stepping foot in such a place.» - The Wraithlands

Filthmonger’s Stompers «There are no living mourners to grieve at these graves, only the solitary nameless souls that roam the land.» - The Wraithlands

[crayonflight]

Iola, princess and future high priestess of the Lightweaver. At least, she was supposed to be until she was cursed and turned into a mouse. Now she’s on the run with her new guardian, Cirrus. 

Iola had only just begun to dabble in light magic but since being cursed she is unable to channel anything.

[doctor-hopper]

Where do people get the idea that Komaeda was uniquely passive among the Remnants of Despair, or that he adopted the ideology in a meaningfully different way thanks to his allegiance to hope?

As a Remnant in DR2, his ideology is clearly shown to be in tatters. He keeps contradicting himself, and honestly it feels like any attachment to “hope” he may have had is only strengthening the warping effect of despair on his mind, not weakening it. And in UDG, while he’s never directly violent, he’s a dangerous puppetmaster. The Remnants were supposedly able to blend in well enough to be taken in by the Future Foundation, so it’s not like all of them were mindless killing machines except Komaeda! They all retained their original selves enough to carry out despair’s will, however they might’ve had to justify it. And they all lost themselves, too, in the process. This is all to say, I don’t think Komaeda was a “special case”. He, like everyone else, became someone that was utterly repulsive to his Chapter 4 self.

[doctor-hopper]

I arbitrarily dislike portrayals where Kamukura’s able to smile in any normal or natural way. I think he would have very atypical modes of expression even when he’s as happy or satisfied as possible. And I’m also kind of a fan of the idea of even postgame Hinata realizing he still can’t smile unless it’s a conscious decision. (Or maybe he was that way even before the project, hidden under years of masking. Yay.)

While I’m at it, I think Komaeda’s sort of the opposite—almost no control of his face. It makes whatever expression it will, all on its own, and it tends not to be quite appropriate for the situation either!

[doctor-hopper]

Hinata was so quick to accept he might be capable of murder and so slow to accept he might be capable of suicide.