Hmm, ok so regardless of the status of the oath at this point let’s evaluate the actual use of a sword in KoA. Correct me if I’m wrong, but most of the sword fighting going on is with wooden swords and I’m not sure that really counts. The only real sword is the one taken from the assassin and while he may not have initially grabbed it by the hilt I kind of assumed he would have had to grab the hilt at some point to use the sword, or throw it at a fleeing assassin, or whatever. (Again, no problem with the oath since this is clearly a life-threatening situation.) But picturing this makes me wonder just how Eugenides dispatched the three assassins. We know he killed at least one of them with the hook, and I always figured he killed/wounded at least one with the sword.
I went back and read the pertinent passage and it really says very little. All we are really told is there was one guy dead in the fountain, one dead on the path, and a third one a little farther away who was wounded but alive. So it’s kind of hilarious that I’ve had this scenario in my mind that probably owes more to some ninja movie than what’s actually in the text.
So here’s how I picture it: I would assume the assassins all attacked at once, although maybe not since they thought he’d be helpless, you know, “like a toddler with a toasting fork”. Anyway so he dispatches one with the hook while grabbing the sword of another with his hand. The third guy has managed to wound him but he uses the sword to kill that guy while the disarmed one makes a run for it. Finally he launches the sword like a dagger and hits the fleeing dude in the back. Dang, Eugenides! What a badass! No wonder no one believed he killed them all without help.
Lol. None of this is actually in the text, of course! Anyway, thoughts? How have you guys envisioned this whole thing going down?
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Date: 9/22/19 08:50 pm (UTC)Hmm, ok so regardless of the status of the oath at this point let’s evaluate the actual use of a sword in KoA. Correct me if I’m wrong, but most of the sword fighting going on is with wooden swords and I’m not sure that really counts. The only real sword is the one taken from the assassin and while he may not have initially grabbed it by the hilt I kind of assumed he would have had to grab the hilt at some point to use the sword, or throw it at a fleeing assassin, or whatever. (Again, no problem with the oath since this is clearly a life-threatening situation.) But picturing this makes me wonder just how Eugenides dispatched the three assassins. We know he killed at least one of them with the hook, and I always figured he killed/wounded at least one with the sword.
I went back and read the pertinent passage and it really says very little. All we are really told is there was one guy dead in the fountain, one dead on the path, and a third one a little farther away who was wounded but alive. So it’s kind of hilarious that I’ve had this scenario in my mind that probably owes more to some ninja movie than what’s actually in the text.
So here’s how I picture it: I would assume the assassins all attacked at once, although maybe not since they thought he’d be helpless, you know, “like a toddler with a toasting fork”. Anyway so he dispatches one with the hook while grabbing the sword of another with his hand. The third guy has managed to wound him but he uses the sword to kill that guy while the disarmed one makes a run for it. Finally he launches the sword like a dagger and hits the fleeing dude in the back. Dang, Eugenides! What a badass! No wonder no one believed he killed them all without help.
Lol. None of this is actually in the text, of course! Anyway, thoughts? How have you guys envisioned this whole thing going down?