[767] Right where we needed it!

I don't see no green arrow stickin' outta that body...

That's fine



Yeah, I noticed that too. No sign of a wound or a hole in the clothing either.

oh my gosh
oh my gosh
oh my gosh



...hey yeah, you guys are right. It looks like Jeanne died peacefully.

...or she was posed after death.

Other than the obvious lack of an arrow, I am puzzled to see Jeannes remains in that pose. That actually looks to me as if someone went down there after the deed was done and give her something at least remotely resembling a burial (arranging the body, with hands resting on the sword, removing the arrow).

I'm kinda surprised everybody assumed the arrow struck Jeanne... I thought it had something to do with pinning her astral cord to the canyon, or something like that.

Maybe her ghost came along and started hassling that person before he/she could finish the burial?

Also, the bottom of that ravine is probably solid rock, so a proper burial may not have been practical.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BIRD?
The tension is killing me.

He could also have gotten lucky with a ballistic shot.

Hey look a dead girl.

So the bottom of the ravine is etherically dead and lifeless. I wonder if it's the same on the other bank, near the forest.

So they throw it from the stairs xD hehe smart annie

Oh... oh my god! That, I was not expecting.

True, if they could reach over the edge they could drop the blinker stone straight down. However, if you look at Steadman when he's shooting he isn't leaning over the edge and shooting straight down. He's shooting at an angle and therefore has the same problem the girls had if he was trying to hit the bank on the near side. Strike the pose and you'll see what I mean.



It does look ill-designed for killing people. If I recall the debate correctly we came up with at least three possibilities.

Possibility the first: It does look a lot like a signal arrow's point. The curvy bit of a signal arrow isn't actually a weapon, it's a bit of wood or metal designed to make a loud whistle/screech when shot; the flow of air makes the wood vibrate like the reed in a wind instrument.

Since we didn't hear anything it's obviously not a simple signal arrow (and there's also the glowy bit and the funny thick shaft) so possibly the style is a nod to convention in Diego's design, or perhaps it's like an antenna. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the arrow did something etheric other than vibrate to make a signal. For example maybe it made a big green glowy sign after being fired. Below the edge of the cliff people on the Court side wouldn't be able to see it but the Forest side would. That might work well with the notion that whoever Jeanne is waiting for would need to know she was there, and how Young wouldn't want anyone not involved with the plan on the Court side to notice.

Second possibility: A long time ago I think I remember seeing medieval arrow points like that designed for naval use, for cutting rigging on enemy sailing ships and boarding ropes and such. That would work well with the silver-cord cutter theory.

Third possibility: Someone else mentioned that the point looked a lot like a modern fowling point for large bird hunting. The sickle-blade keeps the point from being deflected by thick feathers, I believe he said. This possibility doesn't come with a theory attached but I'm sure we can make one.

It is only an assumption that the arrow was supposed to hit Jeanne, but I'd say it is a pretty safe one. The "device" was specifically made arrow-shaped, in order to be delivered by a master marksman. From all we know, there's nothing but rocks and water at the bottom of the ravine - you don't need a master marksman to hit either of those (unless maybe you want to hit one specific rock).