Ch4 23
While savages are capable of insane feats of regeneration, once their hearts are removed from their body, they are dead unless there’s a very accomplished healer nearby who is attuned to them. In short, Bram is dead. We will miss him and his gruff talking, ale drinking, laughing-at-Hasera ways.
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Hasera may not like Lark, but as this chapter began she still dreams about her idealized version of him. There is a level where she still cares about him. In Chapter 1 Page 6 it is stated that she never mastered curative magics –I’m willing to assume that “mastery” might be something on the order of fixing Bram’s current heart problem. But curing an unconscious drunk enough to become functional? That should be lots easier!
I’ll note that it also describes her on that other page as having “no curative magics”, but there is a chance that is exaggeration. Obviously apprentice-level curative magics are not the same thing as mastery, and obviously, considering what Champions are likely to experience, mastery of curative magics is the best option –and anything less than that might as well be the same as nothing, to the Council.
In most fantasy settings, magical healing is associated with empathy and compassion. Hasera’s attitude might be the cause of her problem with that. But since she does care for Lark on some level…. We Shall See!
Hasera has empathy! Look how much she cared about her predecessor getting stepped on by a giant! Oh, wait. Hrmm…
I could have better-phrased something in my prior msg. When the Council lady specified that a Guardian with no healing magic was useless, that statement didn’t necessarily apply to Haseara because it was very generic. That is, she didn’t specifically say that Hasera had zero healing magic.
Moving on, I think I should ask something about the Bond between Champion and Guardian. It is very unlikely that, for example, Bram’s Guardian was attacked at the same moment as Bram himself. At the current point in the story there are apparently 3 of each that are now dead. BUT, how strong a signal does one receive when the other dies? Could it be enough to wake someone from a drunken stupor, if not killed simultaneously? Obviously at this point in the story the portrayed Answer is “no”, but if you authors simply hadn’t thought about that aspect of the Bond … well, that’s what I’m asking about!
The death of another does register, and hard. There will be an explanation in the near future, don’t you worry 😀
Even more people immediately killed off. This time we even had all of their names. Oh, and did that Abyssal literally rip that guy’s heart out?
I think the author’s note confirms this. It says that savages are “capable of insane feats of regeneration,” but once their hearts are “removed from their body,” there’s not much hope. I guess these assassins know what they’re doing :\
Sorry for not checking the note. I tend to overlook wall of texts.
Oh well, poor Bram may have deserved a few more panels before dying a horrible death. Or not.
Kali Ma Kali Ma!
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Perhaps her tactical and combat skills are proving far more useful than the healing skills which are supposedly the primary job of a Guardian.
come let’s be fair, she’s totally unqualified to be a guardian, let alone Lark’s guardian. But then again she is the only guardian still alive right now…
Someone’s been paying attention! 😀
Based on prior evidence, Lark might not need a healer, in which case a guardian who can kill stuff is in fact more useful.
Not to mention more survivable…
Mind you, the question can be asked of whether Lark needs a guardian at all. Possibly to hold the proverbial leash and keep him on track, but Lark seems to have a better idea of how to deal with his… situation… than a neophyte guardian. Qualified or otherwise.