Corvo finding Daud's sword

Tagged as Corvo Attano, Daud

Creator: Potes

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so I was Thinking about how Daud puts his blade on jess’s memorial in the gazebo at the end of bw and how Corvo would react to that.

And my thoughts are that he would react Very Very Badly because well-- how could he not???! Daud, the man who killed his secret wife and whose men kidnapped his daughter, managed to get past the guards and into the gazebo yet again (this time entirely unnoticed) and plopped the weapon that murderkilled jess right on her grave! that’s pretty oof!!! and feels like a huge fuck you lol!!

tho when he was doing it, daud was probably almost shitting himself bc "oh crap oh fuck if the bodyguard sees me then i am a whole new kind of dead, help" -- part of him was there like "yes this is a solemn gesture to show attano that i AM done killing" but other part of him was like "ahahahahahah this is a fucking bad idea".

also just a note, but daud’s sword totally gets yote off into the minging flooded district water when corvo disarms him, so daud went to go find it and fished it out the water. yuck.

ougha yeah - i think corvo would be like What the Fuck,,, but then also realise it significance ie no more knife.

corvo flining it in the bin before emily or abyone else sees it. bc fucka u daud.

but the guards'd probs be like "sir hey there's a SWORD" on empress jessamine's gazeba and he's like "u wot" and when he sees it he is FUCKIN LIVID and yeah like you say, very what the fuck. probably takes him a day or two of being like "i am going to find and murder daud for that" before realising it wasn't a fuck you, it was a "am done now".

Hey, doesn't Corvo have a sword collection in his room in DH2? Including a Whaler blade? What if it's Daud's?

Keeps it as a reminder of - he's not sure what. Of a defeated enemy? Of how he was merciful, and so far was right to be? Maybe he keeps it in case Daud betrays himself and comes back, so Corvo can shove Daud's own blade into his guts. it would be a good reminder for corvo of many things: of the corruption that can hit close to home, what he has to prevent ever again, of his own mercy, and idk that even the worst of ppl can express remorse.

Baby emily finds it in corvos room while walking about and asks corvo why it looks familiar.

Archives:

corvo, seeing daud's sword just chilling there at jess' grave: oh cool! free sword!

corvo: ew what's that smell it smells like sewers and depression

corvo: [looks at the blade again] wait a second i know that smell.

emily, going to see megbillie: hey meagan-- oh nice sword! my dad has one like it on his wall at home

meagan: [kicks the sword under the bed] he what? i mean uh- nice. Nice.

emily: yeah he really hates that sword, i don't know why. always looks at it funny

meagan: haha yeah i wonder why[later]

meagan: my name is billie lurk. i was one of daud's assassins--

emily, internally: ohhh THAT'S why he hates that sword...