KCD-related side blog

I love how calm and cool-headed Hans is when everything goes to shit. Yeah, he's a bit of a brat, but even in the first game in the Robber Baron quest and the Night Raid in Talmberg, the moment things actually got dangerous, he got serious. He takes situations with the gravity required for them. But beyond that, his whining disappears. He is calm, and collected in front of others (even if he tells Henry how scared he is, he doesn't show it to anyone who isn't Henry and in the active fighting he shows none of it). He knows to portray his image as a noble well. (Especially during battle and when things get fucked like here. Especially if he sees Henry is alive next to him, then there really is no need to worry). Even as he drags Henry's body through the woods at the start of KCD2, Hans is terrified, but he does his best to calm Henry, making jokes and acting calm ("Don't worry, my name will open any gate" or "The only army here is the one-man of Sir Hans Capon!") the desperate pleas only come when his mask breaks. But when the bandit reaches Bozhena, Hans shows zero hesitation. There is no fear or whining at the moment, Hans fucking acts.

Because it's not like he could complain to anyone close to the Kunstadts or to Hanush.

And Hans hits the issue he really has with this whole ordeal:

Because that's his real issue. That he wasn't asked. If he was asked, he would've probably said yes. He understands politics better than Hanush or Radzig give him credit for and if anyone bothered explaining the deal to him, he was very likely to agree anyway.

Thanks for calling his bullshit out Sam. I always have Henry say he thinks Brabant is lying/exaggerating and I am glad to see Sam is with me. Plus, birds of a feather (I've already seen people me tiin it, but I didn't see Sam's in my last playthrough and I think its cute):

And low and behold:

He is right there trying to propose to Anna.

But more interesting in this conversation is this: