So. um.
Evan Barde. Know that guy? The man who died one year prior to Last Specter under very suspicious circumstances, falling off a cliff with Clark being the sole witness and him not seeing anyone else around at the time? The one whose death was quickly ruled out as a suicide by the same guy who then proceeded to alter his will?
The one who, prior to his death, was simultaneously:
- A friend of the Tritons and presumably a good loving dad (yay!)
- AND a very highly hated guy who charged people with insane rent for no known good reason (huh???), among other suspicious decision-making regarding the town that he also made, such as shutting down the factory and depriving many inhabitants of their jobs, making living in Misthallery more and more difficult for many?
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Yes. Well.
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What if every piece of info we had been given was entirely true, and we were simply missing the big picture?
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What if, before Clark... Descole had successfully been manipulating Evan Barde and forcing him to charge insane rent and intentionally make people lose their jobs in order to get them to leave the town entirely before the excavation machines would then start showing up and leveling it?
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What if, after an undefined period of time being under Descole and Jakes' manipulating scheme... Evan Barde could no longer take it anymore, and for one reason or another decided one night to leave the manor, making sure that nobody, let alone the men controlling him, saw him leave, and... made the jump all by himself?
Could it have been the guilt? the shame? the will or desperation to stop or at least hinder Descole's plan in some way, no matter the cost? Was he hoping that his sacrifice would, somehow, save his children or the town...? That one shall alas remain a mystery.
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What if Evan Barde's death was indeed a major hindrance to Descole's plan, rather than a catalyst allowing it to start unfolding? What if Clark was never meant to be the puppet in the first place, but was taken as a replacement because their old one was no longer an option?
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What if, with Clark not being as easy to work with as Evan once was, and with the townspeople evidently not leaving, Descole had to start excavating anyway... and decided to use an old legend about a specter in order to cover it up?
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Portraits of Bard and Thranduil I made for @peonybroadbeltofbuckland ‘s Christmas gift !! It was a bit out of my comfort zone but I’m happy with the result, and I think she was too 🤭 (which is the most important!)
If you like LOTR/The Hobbit/Barduil, you should definitely check out her stories because she’s an incredible writer !!
(And yes I forgot to take off some tools before taking a picture. I’ll never be that perfectly aesthetic artist. Messy til the end seems to be my curse.)
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Remember when the the trailer for the second Hobbit movie dropped and we briefly thought Orlando Bloom was playing both Legolas and Bard the Bowman
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