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| * it's about four feet long, made of some sort of twisty wood with a gray finish; it's got a ring of silver on the bottom and a silver cap with Celtic designs on the top< | * it's about four feet long, made of some sort of twisty wood with a gray finish; it's got a ring of silver on the bottom and a silver cap with Celtic designs on the top< | ||
| * after used to attack the blackened silver knob had smoke gently rising from it | * after used to attack the blackened silver knob had smoke gently rising from it | ||
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| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] | ||
| + | * Oakman turned the Walking Stick into a spear | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]] | ||
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| * it was graceful and slender< | * it was graceful and slender< | ||
| - | [[Night Broken]] | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] |
| * old and beautiful | * old and beautiful | ||
| * the silver butt of the walking stick sharpened itself into a blade, a spearhead< | * the silver butt of the walking stick sharpened itself into a blade, a spearhead< | ||
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| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | ||
| - | * Uncle Mike thought Mercy quenched it< | + | * [[Uncle Mike]] thought Mercy quenched it< |
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| + | [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]] | ||
| + | * when a weapon is quenched and takes on the personality traits of the person who dies< | ||
| =====Death===== | =====Death===== | ||
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| =====Return===== | =====Return===== | ||
| - | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] |
| + | * Mercy' | ||
| + | * it wanted to bargain with Mercy to let it Be so that it could help her< | ||
| + | * Mercy chose to allow the walking stick to be again in order to protect Adam from Tilly< | ||
| + | * the walking stick is back again in the real world having followed Mercy both her and Adam's otherness< | ||
| ======Information & Usage Details====== | ======Information & Usage Details====== | ||
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| ===== Fire Touched ===== | ===== Fire Touched ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | ||
| - | * it followed Mercy home like a stray puppy the first time, it had seemed harmless< | ||
| * fae things are rarely what they seem; even very minor artifacts, given enough time, can gain in power< | * fae things are rarely what they seem; even very minor artifacts, given enough time, can gain in power< | ||
| * it was very old and stubborn< | * it was very old and stubborn< | ||
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| * since the walking stick had come back into her keeping, Mercy had been reading as much as she could about Lugh, who had created the walking stick< | * since the walking stick had come back into her keeping, Mercy had been reading as much as she could about Lugh, who had created the walking stick< | ||
| * one of the things it can do is show us the way home; that might be useful in Underhill< | * one of the things it can do is show us the way home; that might be useful in Underhill< | ||
| - | * when the walking choose to come to Mercy' | ||
| * Mercy felt the walking stick' | * Mercy felt the walking stick' | ||
| * either the blood or Underhill sang through the old wood< | * either the blood or Underhill sang through the old wood< | ||
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| * a dance in which the partner was more skilled than her; it would have been fun; she could feel the walking stick' | * a dance in which the partner was more skilled than her; it would have been fun; she could feel the walking stick' | ||
| * the walking stick called death to their enemy when he may have recovered from the injury< | * the walking stick called death to their enemy when he may have recovered from the injury< | ||
| - | * the walking stick spoke to Mercy; Magic armor it told her< | + | |
| - | * [[Nueth]] threw a death spell at Mercy; the walking stick recognized it and twisted in Mercy' | + | |
| - | * Mercy buried the walking stick in one of the garden bed near the back door, with Aiden, Jesse, and Adam as witnesses< | + | |
| - | * seemed like a good resting place for an old object of power, a safe place where pretty things grew; Mercy planted lavender on top of it because she liked lavender; she'd be able to see the lavender when it grew when she was doing dishes< | + | |
| ===== Smoke Bitten ===== | ===== Smoke Bitten ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | ||
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| [[Beauclaire]]\\ | [[Beauclaire]]\\ | ||
| - | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Night Broken]] \\ | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] \\ |
| **The Exchange Between Mercy & Beauclaire**: | **The Exchange Between Mercy & Beauclaire**: | ||
| Of my own free will, I give you this walking stick\\ | Of my own free will, I give you this walking stick\\ | ||
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| * Mercy had given the walking stick back to the fae often and it had always returned; she thought it would stay with Coyote | * Mercy had given the walking stick back to the fae often and it had always returned; she thought it would stay with Coyote | ||
| - | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Night Broken]] | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] |
| * Mercy had given the walking stick to Coyote as a gift, and he'd taken it as a favor; she wasn't sure how he'd react when she asked for it back< | * Mercy had given the walking stick to Coyote as a gift, and he'd taken it as a favor; she wasn't sure how he'd react when she asked for it back< | ||
| * the walking stick knows how to hide itself better; Coyote taught it a few tricks and gave it an education< | * the walking stick knows how to hide itself better; Coyote taught it a few tricks and gave it an education< | ||
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| * Coyote hadn't fixed the walking stick entirely, or possibly at all, because it tried to hurt Adam< | * Coyote hadn't fixed the walking stick entirely, or possibly at all, because it tried to hurt Adam< | ||
| - | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Fire Touched]] | + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] |
| * don't give magical things to Coyote; he'd returned it and it was...different< | * don't give magical things to Coyote; he'd returned it and it was...different< | ||
| * Coyote had seen that it was becoming aware and coaxed it to free will< | * Coyote had seen that it was becoming aware and coaxed it to free will< | ||
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| ===== Hendrick ===== | ===== Hendrick ===== | ||
| [[Hendrick]]\\ | [[Hendrick]]\\ | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]] | ||
| * the walking smelled of wood smoke and pipe tobacco; it had been stolen from Hendrick' | * the walking smelled of wood smoke and pipe tobacco; it had been stolen from Hendrick' | ||
| * was the guardian of some of the greater fae relics< | * was the guardian of some of the greater fae relics< | ||
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| ===== Lugh the Longarm ===== | ===== Lugh the Longarm ===== | ||
| [[Lugh the Longarm]]\\ | [[Lugh the Longarm]]\\ | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] | ||
| * Lugh never made anything that couldn' | * Lugh never made anything that couldn' | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] | ||
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| ===== Mercy Thompson ===== | ===== Mercy Thompson ===== | ||
| [[Mercy Thompson]]\\ | [[Mercy Thompson]]\\ | ||
| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] | ||
| + | * it was where Mercy needed it to be | ||
| + | * it didn't have feet and wasn't alive, it was old fairy magic and it trailed after Mercy like a faithful dog< | ||
| + | * an old fae artifact that attached itself to her while she was risking her neck to save a fae she knows; a friend | ||
| + | * it wasn't that Mercy was afraid of it—she didn't know what was wrong with it | ||
| + | * she failed to keep it safe; it should go to someone who would take better care of it | ||
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| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] \\ | ||
| + | * it had been old and beautiful—and loyal to her as any sheepdog to its shepherd< | ||
| + | * it was left with Mercy because whenever she tried to give it back, or one of the fae tried to claim it, it returned to her< | ||
| + | * had a fae artifact follow her home; it wouldn' | ||
| + | * the last time Mercy held it she'd felt its thirst for blood, and its magic had thrummed in her bones; now the wood was cool and she felt no magic; in knows how to hide itself better< | ||
| + | * the walking stick has a lot of affection for Mercy< | ||
| + | * Mercy gave it to Beauclaire but it came back to her< | ||
| + | * from the Outtake; when Mercy was in the hospital it showed up and lay protectively beside her on the bed< | ||
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| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]] | ||
| + | * when the walking choose to come to Mercy' | ||
| + | * it followed Mercy home like a stray puppy the first time, it had seemed harmless< | ||
| + | * it's usual resting place was on the top of Mercy' | ||
| + | * it moved on its own; Mercy had never managed to catch it in the process< | ||
| + | * since the walking stick had come back into her keeping, Mercy had been reading as much as she could about Lugh, who had created the walking stick< | ||
| + | * Mercy felt the walking stick' | ||
| + | * when the walking stick killed another fae his death greatly satisfied the old artifact< | ||
| + | * this time Mercy wasn't the walking stick' | ||
| + | * a dance in which the partner was more skilled than her; it would have been fun; she could feel the walking stick' | ||
| + | * the walking stick spoke to Mercy; Magic armor it told her< | ||
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| + | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]] | ||
| + | * Mercy' | ||
| + | * it wanted to bargain with Mercy to let it Be so that it could help her< | ||
| + | * Mercy chose to allow the walking stick to be again in order to protect Adam from Tilly< | ||
| + | * the walking stick is back again in the real world having followed Mercy both her and Adam's otherness< | ||
| ==== Mercy Claiming Pack Territory ==== | ==== Mercy Claiming Pack Territory ==== | ||
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| * the staff lit up like a lantern; red fire circled the silver ring at the bottom of the staff and raced up the bark in Celtic knots that spiraled from the bottom to the silver top that had once again lengthened to a spear and glowed as if heated in a blast furnace | * the staff lit up like a lantern; red fire circled the silver ring at the bottom of the staff and raced up the bark in Celtic knots that spiraled from the bottom to the silver top that had once again lengthened to a spear and glowed as if heated in a blast furnace | ||
| * Let the Gray Lords in their halls know that the Columbia Basin pack holds these lands and grants sanctuary to whomever we choose | * Let the Gray Lords in their halls know that the Columbia Basin pack holds these lands and grants sanctuary to whomever we choose | ||
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| - | [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Night Broken]] \\ | ||
| - | * it had been old and beautiful—and loyal to her as any sheepdog to its shepherd< | ||
| - | * it was left with Mercy because whenever she tried to give it back, or one of the fae tried to claim it, it returned to her< | ||
| - | * had a fae artifact follow her home; it wouldn' | ||
| - | * the last time Mercy held it she'd felt its thirst for blood, and its magic had thrummed in her bones; now the wood was cool and she felt no magic; in knows how to hide itself better< | ||
| - | * the walking stick has a lot of affection for Mercy< | ||
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