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I love Kit Cat, and it's a shame that I don't talk about her much. Unfortunately my main blorbos are the CQ2 protagonists, and therefore Lioner and Wolfen by extension, but that's mainly because I can almost build them entirely from the ground up. There's enough info to start from, and plenty of gaps for me to fill in the rest
HOWEVER
That doesn't mean I don't like a good well established character. And as far as the Cat Quest franchise goes, Kit is a shining example of this. Mainly because we get to see her in TWO games instead of just one
Kit is characterized as an eccentric blacksmith, who's work is her hobby and passion. She also loves other media such as The Pouncing Dead and House of Parchments (I won't go into the implications of there being TV in this medieval lite setting. I will instead choose to be blissfully ignorant so it doesn't interfere with my timeline lmao). Basically what I'm trying to say is I think Kit would 100% be a Tumblr girlie lol.
We also know that she's been alive since before the Kingsblade War, since she was one of the people who forged it in the first place. I like to imagine she was around during the Dragon War too, so there's plenty of opportunity for her and Hotto to become friends with the first kings.
And APPARENTLY she had a younger brother (who I have to assume is probably just as immortal as she is). While I'm still unsure of her relationship with him (I should probably play CQ3 a couple more times to really get a feel for it), it doesn't seem like they've seen each other in person for quite some time.
ANYWAY
Now onto what this post was actually meant for
While I was playing CQ2 with a friend a while ago, she mentioned something that I haven't been able to get out of my mind.
In the second game, Kit mentions that she doesn't make weapons anymore. Which is interesting considering she's even taken commissions from the Lupus Empire in the past, if Spirry is to be trusted.
And to roughly paraphrase my friend:
It's no wonder Kit chose to stop making weapons, having her ultimate weapon, the Kingsblade, cause a war, and having to possibly make weapons for wars after...
Imagine a hobby you love dearly, and put your whole heart into, being used for such incredible violence! To be burned time and time again
It's no wonder she stopped
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And yeah. Putting it into that perspective, it makes sense why she would just. Give up on weapons.
I also want to mention that Kit doesn't really seem to involve herself in politics at all. Even as far back as CQ1, albeit there was less of an incentive to.
But in CQ2 Lioner doesn't even know she exists it seems, or maybe he just doesn't care idk
But you'd think he'd fight pretty hard to get the greatest blacksmith in the world on his side.
I wonder if, because she stopped making weapons, her notoriety faded a little. And I wonder if perhaps she prefers it that way.
Anyway, Kit also seems to make every man fall in love with her. But she seems to take it pretty well, at least for what we see. I don't think she's doing it on purpose though.