#abigail of summerholm

[alicelufenia]

Some greatest moments of Abigail of Summerholm, the Gods' favorite soldier

Above or Below, that's for you to decide

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

Rebellions or even just unrest, would be a nasty turn after the way Callow had exhausted and would further exhaust itself prosecuting war against the Dead King. Best to nip that in the bud with a large standing army whose head would be both popular with the people and not bound to any of the great nobles and dignitaries of Callow. Whether Abigail of Summerholm could be that woman still remained to be seen, but for now she was at least the foremost candidate.

I forgot about this bit! And how much I love Abigail's increasingly bad luck.

[ivy-meshle]

Consider: Abigail Tanner of Summerholm ending up with the Name the Fox King(/Queen).

On one hand it does not fit with the established lore of the Guide at all. Names go to people with a burning vision and a desire to force it on the world, usually on a somewhat grander scale than Abigail’s wishes (retire, get very drunk). On the other hand, it would be hilarious. Arguably hilarious enough to bend the usual laws of Creation. Yea or nay?

[george-oswald-dannyson]

I love this loser so much

[urishvalsheva]

I feel like Abigail  of Summerholm is one field promotion away from “Queen”. 

[theothin]

huh, we really are back to cat already. I’m used to those multi-part interludes coming in a set of at least three

an oil painting, huh

is this an improvement over winter overdose

well, she sounds similar enough to usual. that’s a good sign

so we’re starting about thirty seconds before the end of the previous chapter, huh

ouch

welp

interesting contrast - the commander seemed to think it was more than half of two thousand. but maybe cat isn’t counting the ones still in the process of drowning

rip

staying vague about your exact capabilities is useful

hey, a familiar situation!

but cat has grown since then. pretty sure this time she’d rather talk

and huh, even younger than cat. and abigail, for that matter

I guess that fits his earlier behavior lol

:D

timeline stuff continues to be strange. I thought her legion first moved out at most a year after the start of the story, and she was almost sixteen at the start

or, at least - epilogue 1 was eight months after the first summerholm fight, which wasn’t too long after the start of the story. maybe throw in a few more months between epilogue 1 and the start of book 2 and it works?

not just him, either!

pretty sure you’ve got a bit of that providence yourself~

nice

I’ve seen arguments both for and against his approach here, it’s neat seeing cat weigh in in favor

or that :x

:D

I know who you learned THAT from

:x

omg

:D

:(

^^

<3

these two

cat you’re kind of intimidating :x

nice

yeeeeep :x

:D

rip

:D :D :D

cat is good at this

nice

nice!

maybe better advice for someone more dedicated than abigail, though :x

<33333

she’s finally admitting it out loud lmao

omg

not the only one who took that path, either :D

fucking rip

welcome to the big leagues, abigail

...rest IS important, though

:D :D :D :D :D

full circle, huh

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

Cat's weakness, as with many villains, is those she mentors. The most story-appropriate choice for Warden is the only person who has any dramatic edge on Cat: Abigail of Summerholm.

The bard planned this whole thing to become a Warden would be an epic twist. (I prefer Akua Warden but there’s no chance of it actually happening)

It'd be a bit much just for Cat to dramatically propose, yeah. (Also get back to the whole thing of 'if you handpick your 'equal' and theoretical check on your power, how much weight does that atually have?').

But honestly at this point I really don't know what satisfying third option EE is going to pull out. Like, everything people propose seems either unsatisfying or just 'make my favorite side character whose gotten 1 chapter in the last book the Warden!'. So who knows?

[alicelufenia]

Sorry I'm obsessed with cowardly General Abigail she keeps succeeding despite herself

Another flawless tactical play by General Abigail! The Black Queen will hear about this <threat>

Abigail: Welcome to Hell, Princess

[alicelufenia]

Now that she's General, poor Abigail is in the "distinguished" position of being Cat's apprentice, and is beginning to understand what it means when the monsters are on your side.

[theothin]

huh, I think she’s new?

presumably someone in the legions. she’s a captain, after all

or not!

yeah, those are all exactly right, in fact

malaga, huh. was he one of the ones from that meeting cordelia was at?

I forget if he was the one she wanted to bang or not

nice

turnabout is fair play!

tbf I already commented on the lanterns attack as fitting after headsman, but that’s the funny thing about escalation. (plus, headsman was directed at a procer army, while this is the same levant vs callow)

I guess this is the result of cat’s little gambit

or one of the results, anyway

...I haven’t been keeping up with logistics well enough to tell if this is the drow with her or the rest of them working in coordination. she’s surprised by the attack, but doesn’t seem to think they’ve come out of nowhere, so

hey, here’s an actual legionary!

nice

I’m pretty sure edgar is new. is hadda?

nice

it’s still a bit weird how they just absorbed them into fighting for a different nation, but I guess black and cat are popular enough to make it work lmao

heh. well, about that,

sounds about right <3

nice

I guess unlike abigail, he hasn’t heard about her summerholm adventure before that, lol

or it just doesn’t seem as noteworthy to people not from that city

nice

god I love the way songs are used in guide

nightfall, huh

summoned devils? you’re a bit out of the loop, lmao

cat only has about 500 with her, so if that army is in the thousands, it’s the main force

nice

apparently this is the guy from earlier. who is not in fact one of the ones cordelia met with, I’m pretty sure, since I think that family was from the north?

ouch

so, about that plan cat was working on,

no, but the enemy commander has

:D

time to realize Just How Fucked you are

:D :D :D

cat has such a great rep

heh, if only

there’s an isabella the mad quote about this

:D

welcome to lakeomancy

[alicelufenia]

Stay strong , Abigail! The Spirit of Callow is with you! (pay bump not included)

She got bamboozled ;_;

Also tell Hakram our alcoholic queen stole my wine im sure he'll have choice words

Some greatest moments of Abigail of Summerholm, the Gods' favorite soldier

Above or Below, that's for you to decide