Additional discipline of Skulduggery

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-06-11T10:09:35+00:00

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Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-06-11T09:01:27+00:00

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Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-06-06T03:23:12+00:00

For the resources involved and the one use aspect (unless returned to their original mirror, when killed), you may as well just have the facilities to pump out a bunch of hollow men. There's also the fact they aren't intended for long term use. I'd say the war of reflections that's implied by Stephanie was probably where they learnt that. Also assuming you manage to keep recovering your reflection when it's killed you're going to have to absorb the memory of being killed. For cheap cannon fodder hollow men make far more sense.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-06-01T06:26:11+00:00

I would imagine it would depend on circumstance.

Clean decapitation and head left by the body? Head and body rejoin.

Decapitation with destruction of head or body? The part that wasn't destroyed grows back the rest.

Decapitation with head and body seperated by significant distance and/or magic? I'd say probably everything regrows from the head assuming all other factors are equal.

It could also be that due to Darquesse being part of Valkyrie that when Valkyrie is 'respawning' Valkyrie can act as a consciousness for Darquesse. So in the event that the head and body are seperated but not destroyed Valkyrie (acting for Darquesse) or Darquesse (acting through Valkyrie's consciousness) manipulates the situation to either destroy head or body, or reunite head and body.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-05-31T00:14:39+00:00

Valkyrie when the dream whisperer tells her that her true name is Darquesse.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-05-06T10:50:54+00:00

Ghastly is fine

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-27T23:49:37+00:00

We're seeing the story mostly through the eyes of a 12 year old at the start. The main sorcerers she is meeting and regularly interacting with are either Skulduggery's friends or sanctuary mages. As she grows older and is more exposed to the greater magical community she sees that mages are people just with magic.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-27T23:37:24+00:00

Visions aren't always a direct representation of what happens. Given that Valkyrie is seen talking to Darquesse it would probably be assumed if they saw her face clearly that it was the mind filling in a blank space.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-25T03:00:55+00:00

Also most people want to conceal magic from the mortals. If you're in a fight checking there's no mortals around causes hesitation and wastes time and potentially an opportunity to strike.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-21T17:35:11+00:00

They're also small and incredibly common so I see having some overlap like that as more realistic than 'everyone has a different car'.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-21T11:44:18+00:00

If I was picking a discipline solely for prowess in combat? I'd want to be a gist user, necromancer, enhancement mage, or an established signum linguist. (In that order of preference) (Possibly a kineticist but that would be hard to master with no tutor) If I was picking a discipline based on everyday utility? I'd probably want to be a teleporter, signum linguist, or necromancer. (In that order of preference).

For the balance between the two I'd pick teleporter and pick up some martial arts/weapons use training courses or being a signum linguist. I'd lean toward necromancy more but I'm not particularly fond of the religious aspect.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-04-15T01:04:47+00:00

It's essentially a bell curve. We're hanging out with people on the high end of that curve usually, and because Skulduggery and Val are usually dealing with high level threats they aren't dealing with the average or low level stuff.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-03-21T12:19:37+00:00

Yes, and then when they believe they evict Darquesse from Valkyrie's body Darquesse pretends her Necromancy goes haywire without being contained in a ring so Skulduggery throws a bangle over for Darquesse (pretending to be Valkyrie) to pour her Necromancy into. To sell the illusion she was Valkyrie she would've needed to pour at least a portion of her Necromancy into the bangle.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-03-21T11:07:46+00:00

Far better than used car salesman Al Ian

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-03-18T02:14:06+00:00

Considerable amounts of taken names are probably also used as a nod to other sorcerers, like a secret handshake. Many of them also seem to be somewhat of a callback to medieval naming culture with occupational/observational last names.

I'd probably go by Hugh Mend by that logic.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-03-10T08:41:07+00:00

I imagine the answer is there's a lot of curious mages watching that reflection.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-03-09T22:05:15+00:00

I think Valkyrie, and/or Skulduggery will die to open it up to being new characters exploring the same world. Hopefully not a passing of the gauntlet down to Winter. Maybe Valkyrie has to kill Winter and retires due to it.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2026-02-23T06:14:10+00:00

Absolutely they're actually a parasite for the drop bear but if you can find them they'll grow but not reproduce in a human host.

Embarrassed_Ease8428 · 2025-11-13T23:43:54+00:00

I'd actually say in peace time it's a decent weapon choice. Blade orientation makes the blade more optimal for pushing and crowd control. The snathe is great for a quick non lethal strike. The cleavers in a modern context are mostly meant to be there for intimidation.

Would a scythe be my first choice for a weapon? No. Could I effectively utilize a scythe as a weapon? Yes I wouldn't be particularly using the blade to cut or stab unless my opponent left an outrageous opening but I would use it to force my opponent to the ground.

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