That mf is canonically a mathematical genius and astrologer who's calculations were essential to Marco Pollo building his map to El Dorado.

[TW: suicide attempt, self harm, mentions of abuse, (subtle) bullying, implied transphobia(?)]

A Spiral Reading of Donald Trump’s birthday:

(June 14, 1946)

20.4.2.228.12.1

Sagittarius Sun, Capricorn Spiral, Leo Moon, Pisces Age.

A chart built for projection.

The Sun speaks loudly, the Moon seeks attention, and the Spiral climbs toward legacy.

Capricorn Spiral drives the structure. Sagittarius provides the story.

Leo Moon fuels the need to be seen, known, and remembered.

Born into the haze of the Pisces Age—where illusion is influence, and belief shapes reality.

He became a mirror. And the world stared back. And what a spectacle it was.

I lied no one really needs this answered but I do so here you go!

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In the tutorial, Boochbeard warns us of spark throwers, saying: "Careful of those sparkthrowers! They'll stun you into submission-- that's how guns work in the spiral."

(nice forthwall break)

Now this is probably to make the game more kid friendly but obviously I need l o r e so here are my thoughts: ->

The guns shoot sparks of electricity, but how? I personally believe it is through the use of 'lumina crystals.' These are crystals that are charged with storm magic in a mill in Triton Avenue(w101). Lumina crystals cut small, so essentially you can 'socket' them into the gun and take them out once they need to be recharged.

Now if you want a gun that doesn't need a recharge, I assume there are expensive options-- for example, a gun that is enchanted with storm magic.

Okay so everything described here doesn't need bullets, in fact bullets aren't shown due ya know kidz but then

COOL RANCH

there are silver bullets?? How spark come out of bullet??

Anyways since metal is a conductor I'm assuming maybe it's just charged?? Make bullet and spark MAKE SENSE KINGSISLE PLEASE I SWEAR-

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Last but not least injuries. Since it is electricity wounds will mostly be burns, but enough electricity can kill a person.

To break it down here are symptoms and what happens during electrical shock:

• Outside Body

Can have visible burns but in some cases you look normal. For a sparkthrower, since it shoots out, I'd assume it'd be mostly burns.

• Inside Body

Moving electrical currents can cause damage to organs/stuff around them and cardiac arrest.

- Symptoms

Headache, loss of consciousness, muscle spasms, numbness/tingling, trouble breathing, vision/hearing issues, seizures, and irregular heartbeat.

<- The shock also has a chance to cause Compartment Syndrome.

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Last but not least, handling. Handling a lumina crystal is probably safe as it is in a solid form, but I'd be wary if it's cracked or so.

What if was revealed that The Rat was the first king of Bastion and originator of both the Burrowers, the Hoppers of the Khonda Desert, and basically all rodent folk of the Spiral, but the Burrowers betrayed Rat and because of that, they were treated favorably by Grandmother Raven and rewarded to be the forces of Light fighting against the Spider’s Arachna forces? Or something like that idk.

And that somehow lead to the Mantises and Bees siding with the Umbra Legion as we see in Khrysalis’s Storyline, so on and so forth?

Either way, I always had this headcanon that the Rat had plans to betray his father later and take over as the ultimate supreme leader of the new first world or whatever the fuck Spider wants to turn the Spiral into. He had created the Burrowers and the Hoppers and whatnot to be his loyal servants and soldiers, apart from the Cabal and the Arachna Spiders, but that ended up failing for whatever reason. Whether that be influence from someone else (like the Bat), or the Burrowers (just gonna mention them for now on) just had enough of Rat’s shit, idk.

both our Wizard and our Pirate are half-dead. or like, they straddle the line between life and death--

the Wizard drinks from a “well of death” in Avalon 

and the Pirate is touched by Mother Spider in Cool Ranch