[X] Mercenaries
Never trust a mercenary.
Never trust a mercenary.
The Enemy Within (WHF Witch Hunter Quest)
- Thread starter Maugan Ra
- Start date
- Fantasy
I mean, honour explicitly only applies to knights. Which he wasn't. He was a yeoman.
[X] Mercenaries
Who can trust a man who kills for money?
- Location
- London, England
If you had chosen claim, then no. Phillipe would have instead tried to negotiate for a cut of the money in exchange for his assistance/silence - hence the talk in the previous update where he tried to persuade you to go with it by pointing out all the ways it was totally justifiable and could be used for good. It was only the prospect of losing all of it that made him turn against you.
Huge oof, those who had voted for claim have been vindicated.
- Location
- London, England
Well, none of the reasons that people had for voting against taking the inheritance are invalidated by this. Nor for that matter were there many people voting to claim it in order to keep their new relationship with Phillipe. If Markus had opted to claim the inheritance then his new friend would still be alive, but he didn't know that at the time - it was, for him, largely a matter of his own principles.
(Which itself is a contributing factor - for Markus, a highborn agent of the state, the money was a largely theoretical temptation, a question of principles and moral codes. For Phillipe Descartes, mercenary drifter without family or home, it was rather more immediate.)
- Location
- Spain
Well that wasn't very gay.
Sertorius
Rebellious Legate
- Location
- Roma Invicta
With "friends" like him, who needs enemies?
No thank you, he is better off dead and lamenting the poor life choices that have lead him to a gloomy afterlife.
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- Location
- Te Ika-a-Māui
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Yeah, how dare he want to have an easier life than that of a wandering mercenary?
Sertorius
Rebellious Legate
- Location
- Roma Invicta
Too bad he was an incompetent wandering mercenary.
If nothing else, he can cry about that.
- Location
- Te Ika-a-Māui
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Classy.
I mean this is the guy who's publicly known for spurning his own family inheritance according to what Lady Isolde said; if anything sticking to it and not claiming someone else's seems very fitting for Markus.
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[X] Mercenaries
While avoiding becoming biased against certain groups would be nice I'm worried about deteriorating Markus' questionable mental health even further by making him question his every thought even more than he already does. Himself or The Dark Gods is adding to an already overbearing aspect of his perspective on the world as a Hunter. It could very easily become pathological.
While avoiding becoming biased against certain groups would be nice I'm worried about deteriorating Markus' questionable mental health even further by making him question his every thought even more than he already does. Himself or The Dark Gods is adding to an already overbearing aspect of his perspective on the world as a Hunter. It could very easily become pathological.
You say Philippe was as incompetent as you deride yet he managed to survive this far long before meeting Markus.
It's like deriding a Grail Knight who had been fighting for years yet then died to some Beastman with a bonk stick and deemed incompetent.
Sertorius
Rebellious Legate
- Location
- Roma Invicta
He died because he lost a fight that was impossible to lose.
Shooting someone in the back is a guaranteed kill and even if the victim survives, the first thing he should do was to turn Markus into a pincushion with his blade while he was down and vulnerable, instead of gloating like a poor copy of a Disney villain. He didn't do so and was defeated simply because he did what millions of cliche bad guys did.
Despite what others might say, he was not practical or pragmatic at all. He was an idiot, that picked a fight he couldn't win due to his own incompetence.
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Markus got very lucky as the narration made it clear. In all respects, the Witch Hunter should be dead and it's only by Sigmar's will (and a lot of luck) that he survived a point blank shot to the back with the leather of his coat catching the bullet somehow. Philippe was a dangerous man in all respects, it wouldn't do to think him incompetent just because he lost to someone even more dangerous than him.
Considering Bretonnia was a Monty Python satire state, it's not surprising that so-called "chivalrous" lords/knights and scumbag brigands act like mustache twirling villains when gloating at their enemies they seem to have the advantage.
Yeah, Markus should have lost a lot of blood and his inner organs being blasted off from the shot in the back from Philippe.
Sertorius
Rebellious Legate
- Location
- Roma Invicta
I did mention, that Markus was very lucky to have survived that and to be frank, his leather coat stopping the ball seems more like plot armour to me. I simply refuse to believe that it's possible (unless magic or divine blessings are involved), especially at point blank range, but the QM has the final say, so I'll leave it be.
I merely said Philippe was incompetent, but not that he wasn't dangerous. He lost not because of his lack of skill or experience, but due to his poor decision-making. Bad tactics can lead to the grave as surely as a misfire.
I hear ya and I can live with that.
But still for a guy that claimed to be a professional it was a poor end to his career.
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True, I did once call Philippe a Gambit as myself making a light hearted fun reference of a lovable Rogue who plays with cards.
But unlike the Cajun man himself, the cards aren't in Philippe's favor and he died unceremoniously.