#weapon preferences

that all the AU Mox's & OG Mox defer to different weapon types

*Yael's crown turns into an axe*

This ask wasn’t particularly suited to @dumbwaystodeviate but it got me thinking so I brought it over to this blog instead because heck yes I have headcanons!

Let us start with Connor: - In hand to hand combat, I think he would be very much a street style kung-fu type of guy. Wouldn’t shy away from fighting dirty and favours the more animal inspired forms. Think of crane blocks (which he uses in canon against Gavin), comes to rest in a dragon stance but will also use less traditional ones like the mantis and monkey. This is his favourite way to engage in combat. It’s honest and equal. - If it’s close combat weapons, he’ll opt for something like butterfly knives or tonfas. Functional, efficient and no nonsense. - At a distance, he prefers sniper rifles, keeps out of the way, half hidden. He likes the element of surprise and sneakiness on his side.

On the other hand, Nines: - When it comes to hand to hand, he is much more disciplined. He’ll opt for something more rigid stances and katas from karate. It’s efficient, brutal and doesn’t leave much to the imagination. He fights because he has to, not because he enjoys it. - When it comes to weapons, Nines prefers to use things from the environment. There’s always a good broom hiding in a corner. Which is why he prefers to train with weapons like a staff. It suits his height nicely, he’s got precision and reach with it. With a staff, he can also use it as a point weapon or a slashing one that doubles as a defence. He’s also a dab hand with nunchucks and enjoys the sound they make, whistling through the air. - With distance, he likes to have a little bit of a flair. Despite being told it’s outdated, he like bows and arrows. A compound bow is what he favours, he likes the weight of the draw, makes him feel he has to work for his shot. If at all possible, Nines likes to keep his distance in fight.

Hi there, great question! (And not confusing at all!)

All of the Shepherds have a preferred weapon, though only have some have a specific named weapon–

Blade, although he’s trained in the use of pretty much all weapons, prefers swords and usually exclusively uses his ancestral sword, Anguriel. If that isn’t around, any Ket-forged weaponry is up for grabs with him.

Trouble has an arsenal of guns and explosives that he uses, though he tends to stick to four: his long rifle for distance sniping, two pistols for close-range combat, and his specialty gun for situations that need really, really big bullets.

Tallys uses a goldenwood bow (an elite and rare type of wood), which she’s had ever since her clan was destroyed. It doesn’t have a name, though! It’s a longbow and, when used from a close distance and with good arrows, can shatter some objects or even bones.

Shery doesn’t use any weapons at all, and Riel has held a gun before, but never had the occasion to shoot it!

Chase uses primarily a pair of twin daggers–jagged and serrated–that do have names. One is black and ornate with a green edge (Ragnarok), and the other is gold damascus and red-tinged with a bone handle (Rhapsody) (this one clearly used to belong to a corsair from the style). He also has an unnecessarily-ornate gold handgun (also named: Trixie) that he has a variety of backstories for: he got it during a heist, he stole it off of an obscenely rich nobleman, he dueled the king of the three seas for it and was granted control of the pirate nation, but opted to just take the gun…

Red generally uses his magic over weapons, but he does carry one just in case he’s in a situation where he can’t use his spells:

THAT’S RIGHT, RED USES A BIG FUCKING WAR HAMMER TO CLOBBER HIS ENEMIES AND THERE’S NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT

It is, of course, enchanted (he unearthed it while exploring some Mage ruins and just decided to, like, take it home). He doesn’t have a name for it, but Trouble and Chase both call it “ol’ Reliable.”

Ayla has a battered and shiny-with-use quarterstaff that she uses both to channel her wind spells and also to beat the shit out of people in battle. She doesn’t have a name for it, but it’s covered with runes: symbols that she’s carved into it to represent every place she’s ever traveled.

Lavinet uses primarily a rapier in battle, though she is also versed in archery and can get scary with a knife. She’s more versed at combat on horseback but improves at her conventional fighting very quickly after joining the Order!