KSBD 3-52
Chapter: 3
“Do you understand the true power of a sovereign? A raw man must kill with his bare hands. The battered warrior, a weapon. The commander, his bellowing voice, the conspirator, a whispered word. But all these pale compared to kingship. A true sovereign need not flex a single muscle in his body, and a hundred men die. A true sovereign may murder without a single impulse, or even intent, sight, breath, or even though of his murder. He is an idiot indifferent to his own violence. He has sublimed the act of obliteration.
That is the meaning of kingship.”
AU VAM, Pankrator of the Yellow City
Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.
Don’t bring a gun to a WMD fight.
Don’t bring a WMD to a divine multi-dimensional omni-spectral for-humans-incomprehensible-horrors fight.
The only question left is how long it’ll take to reach those thresholds.
We need to wait for the one who will bring a kitchen knife to the Thermonuclear Fight and win.
That man is Solid Snake, of course.
The old man has brought a mirror to a power struggle. Vanity is the greatest weapon for such an occasion, yes?
The mirror is for revealing the truth/lie of the ‘I’
And I am fairly certain noodles are about to be brought to the fight, to great effect
About seven years, it would seem.
Thuis a test
I have not deduced the design of the gun-witch’s pistols, but there is insufficient smoke to indicate black powder, indicating a more advanced design. My task of determining the level of technology taken for granted in Throne continues.
Often it has puzzled me; many a sword of world-shattering supernatural power is written of, but where are the accounts of the all-powerful firearms?
An all-powerful weapon that many tell tales of must truly be spectacular; the all-powerful weapon that none have gone on to speak of is potent indeed.
History is the fertile soil from which legend grows. Historically speaking the gun was a peasant’s weapon, used by conscripts with minimal training. A swordsman could spend a lifetime mastering his craft, an archer would take many seasons to know the subtle cadence of wind and gravity and the many kinds of arrowhead. A peasant could slaughter a king or a lord or a living god with the gentle flex of a few muscles and a hand held steady for but a moment.
Needless to say, a weapon of lowly people and a slayer of kings by ignominy is NOT a weapon which bards will be paid to sing about. Can’t have the peasants getting ideas after all.
Okay what do I have to do to grow up to be a Gun Witch. That is my new life goal.
Oh dear, oh dear! Here the many will show their skills and feats of strength! How delightful, I oft wondered how the Great Purge would start. Seems to be that the mighty and powerful will destroy each other once again!
Though now… tis the moment our noodle-woman must show her true self.
You say true, Speaker, for here are dread opponents indeed. Yet I fear our noodle-eating false-Mendicant will soon take part, to the sorrow of all.
Let us watch, and see.
Indeed. Once I traveled to a far-off fortress hidden in a maelstrom of hate, lust, and fear. There I saw many warriors gather to test their skills and mettle, showing great feats of strength to the surrounding multitude. They each contested the others for ownership; for each was a warlord in his own right.
Those many loud and strong people, eager to show their craft, were all known as chaff.
I to fear of what is to come, Knight, for truly little good is accomplished by greed.
As AU VAM has wisely said, and as is evinced by your own tale, Speaker, the greatest warriors have no need for bombast.
Truly, the greatest wealth I ever knew was the trust and friendship of a child, and her death my greatest loss. I was never happier than when she rode atop my shoulders for to see farther across the world.
Greed is a cancer, and the lust for power is no better.
I wonder if this Noodle-Lady shall prove friend or foe to Pree Allison? Either way, I foresee that she shall be important in times to come.
Yes. She may simply ignore the spectators and find the girl, she may in-fact evince the statement above. Though it is more likely the girl that is referred to here.
OH MY GOOOOOD I LOVE LAYLA BRIMSTONE’S DESIGN
I think I have a new life goal. I want to be a gun-witch when I grow up.
No you don’t.
Next offering Gun Witch will face Thermonuclear Wizard.
Possibly a shout-out to Next Town Over?
Until she starts chucking fire about or using bullets that explode on contact with water or magics up a sweet-ass cyber-horse then I’m just going to be content with a coincidence.
And now the old guy remind me of Yoshimitsu.
Is the Kingly Script that is shown above their translated names actually understandable or is it just some random squiggles? i.e. Is it possible for us to translate them ourselves?
This version of U.M. is in fact translatable!
Truly?
Do forgive this ones ineptness, but how would I go about that process?
The prophet Abbadon reveals exquisite fantasies to the devout and the awakened. Such beauty and poetry I have scarcely seen elsewhere, such conveyance in authenticity and power is in quality unrivaled. I am only newly unto this learned path, and only now have I chased it to its rest. In time, our travels will continue, into an uncertain dawn. Praise YISUN.
and thusly doth we ponder the various intricacies of the witch subculture among the denizens of this complex meal we call our world. such grace is befitting of those for whom the wind needn’t blow to move the silken fabrics of their countenance. truly a brilliant display
Everyone within the same postal code as Allison, Allison included, is completely and profoundly screwed. The fortunate ones shall die, and thereby see an end to their suffering.
‘Wax Drippers’, ‘Ink Drippers’…What’s next?
I’m curious as to what being a member of these organizations entails.
Just when I think I know how to describe this comic to other people, I get thrown a curve ball like ‘gun witches’. It’s fantastic and there are literally not words to describe why
It does cause a mind to ponder, what the second and first order of Strike Witches were. Mayhaps there were Rock Witches, or Fist Witches, or something yet more primal?
The first Order of Witches crafted and channelled their spells through their own flesh. Whilst this gave them immense control and power over their spells, it also diminished them with every spell they cast. The surviving members of this Order are either tiny, wizened creatures waited on by other creatures, or they are composed of said creatures themselves.
Since this eventual fate was not considered enviable by all wannabe Witches, the second Order of Witches was formed, to discover new ways to use spells without giving of themselves to the spell itself.
The fourth order of witches was founded due to the general belief (at the time) that the constant scent of saltpeter, gun-oil, and sasparilla that gun witches carried with them was somehow unladylike. This order, the Word Witches, were obliterated within a generation and cannot be spoken of.
That is literally all information about the Word Witches that is known. The rest is merely conjecture- do they secretly rule the universe and nobody who knows can speak of it? Was there a falling out? Were they all wiped out in a high-powered conjugation gone wrong? Or did something even stranger happen? No-one knows, and those who do know cannot say.
Those with the ability to win may yet lose.
Those with the strength to conquer may yet falter.
Those with the will to triumph may yet quail at the last.
Those with belief in their victory may taste the understanding of loss.
Among the wise, those who have not always known of their enemies’ defeat simply do not turn up to the fight.
Just wondering, are there any plans for a KSBD wiki? It would be amazingly helpful.
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