How Paolo found Granny's hand

Tagged as Paolo

Creator: Megido

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paolo has grannys fuckin hand. corvo killed granna in dunwall so somehow one of them traveled.

so either:

paolo is a traveler. he traveled the isles when he was younger, before he formed the howlers. he ended up going to gristol at some point when maybe uh,, grannas body came down from a sewer drain while he was walking along the coast of the wrenhaven. he could feel there was a power coming from this woman, dead or not. he recognized the mark on her hand from heretical neighboors and abbey services. so, maybe in an act of rebellion or maybe just on an odd feeling, he cuts off her hand. it was already coming off as is. while her body wasn't suffering the normal decomposition you might see on a sewer corpse, the rats are not as deterred by magic. so he takes this fucking hand home with him, as a souviner.

or-

paolo has connections. he didnt grow up far from the ports and has had a lot of interesting encounters over his life. there was one sailor in particular that he became real good friends with, and they would bring him souviners from all over the isles. a bear carving from tyvia, a small book from morley, cool fuckin rocks, bonecharms, the lot. and one day, they bring him a gift wrapped in a soft cloth. they tell him not to be freaked out, that this thing is actually really cool and might be magic. they tell him to take it out when he's alone though; dont want the overseers seeing this. so once paolo gets home, he unwraps his gift. its grannas fucking hand. initially he thinks its just some fuckin prank, some bullshit to scare him. and then he feels how much the skin feels like, well skin. but it doesnt seem to have decayed? but this is definitely a real fucking hand. with the heretics brand on the back? maybe this is magic. paolo ends up keeping it, like all of his gifts from his sailor friend.

i love both of these but also now i have the vivid image of granny's body shooting out of a sewer pipe and pinwheeling at velocity into poor Paolo