#the talons

[good-or-bad-luck]

missed them

[kilgorejustsmiply]

hi yall! Got a massive artblock but i think i got out of it. Been learning how to draw etc and i think i will make a new account for my CoD au what i will draw so i will announce it when i will! Till have a silly goober Moth

[fanworldbuildingfun]

So we all decided that a person's eyes turn gold when they use Eagle Vision. In DC the process of turning a human into a Talon turns their eyes gold. What if the Court of Owls steals or clones the bodies of dead assassins and turns them into their Talons? There are so many possibilities for a modern day AU with Ezio or someone else breaking their programing and rebuilding the Brotherhood in Gotham.

I admit I had to do a bit of googling to see who The Court of Owls are. Alas, I am not well versed in DC…

However, even from Wiki pages – they seem, a lot, like a shoe-on for a version of Cult of Kosmos or Order of Ancients. Masks, comprising of elites, and dabbing in things that are more on occult side than usual

If you want to include Assassins (or potential Assassins) as Talons, I think we can dabble into “Worshippers of the Bloodline” branch of Kosmos to set everything up

See, even with the reform of Templar Order, there is always a chance that someone would find information on its predecessors. And once they did, they may have found it more appealing than the current state of the Order. And thus… Given that Templars tended to seek their members around people of note/means… Let’s assume it was one of the Templars families that founded Gotham that did it. Fond information about the Isu-blooded humans, found the ideas Kosmos had for them

And then, they decided to use the information. Slowly but steadily finding allies, breaking away from the Templars, and, eventually – founding themselves their Court. And once they gathered the means to search for the Isu-blooded? They did so. And eventually… They found a way to make use of them

Perhaps it was, as in case with Alexious, manipulation

Perhaps it was a piece of Eden

Whichever it was – the Court of Owls managed to induce awakening of Eagle Vision among the Isu-blooded they found. And then they found a means of controlling them. And thus, the Talons came to be. With them, finding new “recruits” became easier – like called to like, after all. It worked that way with Assassins, too, after all

It was more than Templars ever managed – and thus, it solidified the Courts’ belief they were in the right

Eventually, unaccounted-for Isu descendants started to dwindle. Either the bloodline thinned out to the point it was no longer “special”, or it was destroyed by Templars, or picked up by Assassins. And so… The Court had to find another way to replenish their “army”

First came attempts to poach from the other groups. But in that, the Court did not have nearly the same reach as the other organizations did. Then came cultivating of bloodlines – but it was too much of a game of chance

And then, Templars founded Abstergo

And the Court found a reason to reach out to their long-disconnected “sister” branch of Order, again

In their view, Abstergo lacked the vision

Of course, they knew of the war against Assassins. And of course, Abstergo was willing to put work into developing tech that would allow them to make use of pieces of Eden

But it would be a long time, before Abstergo realized that they could also make use of the Assassins they… Did away with

The Court invests into Abstergo. They insure the branches of Abstergo that dealt with DNA research, had sizeable labs in Gotham. They provided them with freedom of action – and, in return, the Court… Got the means to replenish the ranks of their Talons

By recreating those that they, historically, knew had the genes they so dearly sought

The Court made use of and improved Abstergo’s cloning tech long before Abstergo thought to do it

All they needed… Was a piece bearing the mostly-intact genome of the one they wished to copy

Not everyone they wanted to get, they could. They had access to less known Assassins. The court even managed to access the remains of some of the more known ones – Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Edward Kenway. Jacob Frye. If there was even a shred of information on when they were buried – the Court did not shy from getting some black archeologists in their pocket

It took more time to raise a clone than to find and… Persuade, an adult. But it also meant that they could ensure their loyalty much better than any other method

And it worked. Until the Solar Flare

(….It got long XD)

Loose thoughts:

The early Talons were less effective because Court’s way of awakening their abilities relied too much on the method of control. Renegades were not uncommon. Deaths were not uncommon

 By the time Abstergo catches on onto the fact they were used, the Court is perfectly capable of cloning without their support

The “divorce” in this alliance of convenience is messy and loud

There are only so many DNA samples the Court gets its hands on: for example, they never managed to access remains of Altaїr, or Ratonhnhaké:ton, or Amunet, or Bayek. If the location of their remains was not known, they were not accessible to the Owls

When the Solar Flare happens, the item they used to awaken the Eagle Vision in Talons… Malfunctions

After that, the Talons that were part of the cloning program start to act oddly. It doesn’t take long for them to disappear with no viable evidence as to where

[leoneliterary]

My MC's notes to Sefu verbatim:

"I want every Jackal to fear for their life when they cross paths with a Talon and I want to know every move they make 😤😡

- except for Jackal Steve 🥰 we're cool with Jackal Steve ☺️"

Another for the Jackal Steve petition!

Sefu's notes to the MC:

"Instructions unclear, broke Jackal Steve's face. My bad."

[howperfectlyproper-blog]

“He has failed the Court of Owls. The Talon found the man dressing for bed, and the target begged for mercy. The Talon felt it ‘lacked honor’ to cut him down in this manner, so he armed this whelp with a dagger and instructed him to battle for his life. But the craven simply ran into the streets bellowing. And the Talon was seen.” 

“In all, he was forced murder ten British soldiers. One was an officer. There will be questions. There will be inquires. And he lost one of his sacred blades.”

“And this is not the first time that he has proven unreliable due to some misguided attempt at honor.”

“He has not performed as well as his predecessor. Too damned emotional. Our methods in building these men into the weapons we desire many not be perfected.” 

“Lay him in state without his weapons or in his garb, or the trappings of his station as a Talon. He is so bound by honor... Let him feel the sting of his shame.”

[clanzenith]

@your-local-birb

return of the Minas Eregdos UV tattoos  

[leoneliterary]

HEEELLLLLL YEAAHHHHHH! JACKAL STEVE!!

My love for minor characters CANNOT be stopped and that includes Jackal Steve! I sign the Steve petition with all my might!! lol

But fr if Steve’s in the game I hope that we are able to clown on him and Sutek (teasingly/threateningly) because the Talons are simply Better™

Oh you know you will!

Also I'm loving this surge of guild pride!!

One thing I plan is for y'all to be able to influence your guild and manage the membership. Which means getting to know certain members and sending them out on jobs.