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Orion’s Hilt isn’t Alistar’s only sword, far from it actually! They have a huge collection of weapons inside the moon knight armory from various quests. Orion’s Hilt is her travel sword that she brings for shorter missions that should have minimal fighting. His usual main weapon is one of those GIANT anime swords that’s the size of like an average person (Think cloud from final fantasy).

Apo’s Moon piercer is a gifted hand me down from Alistar, though Apo doesn’t actually know that. Basically Ali wanted to give it to her because ze noticed her capability with the knight’s training spears, but ze also knew Apo would never accept a handout. Instead, Alistar sent her on a fetch quest, pretending the item Apo was searching for was super important for the king/princess (something like “Oh this flower is pivotal for the princess’s outfit for the ball” or “The king needs these magical components for a very powerful potion”). Then after her quest he made sure Ren gave her the spear instead of himself. Apo really treasures that moment as one of the first times she ever interacted with the royalty of Soluna as a moon knight.

When Apo and Cherri pull into Soluna’s harbor, their brief fear that the docks are on fire is assuaged by that distinct crackling and a closer look: Ren is at the front of the crowd on the pier sending up the signal for “OUR people approaching” as a way to welcome them home.

And for the first time, Cherri gets to answer his signal flare with one of her own.

King Ren already found it a heart-wrenching read; the idea of a royal father deliberately burning his own child sickened him. After Cherri’s accident, he couldn’t bring himself to pick up the books again at all.