Object

Liko's Crossbow Bolt

A slim, feral projectile—roughly the length of a forearm—composed of a narrow shaft with stabilizing fletching and a sharp, penetrating head. Darkened by rain and thrust with violent intent, it embeds in Picard's shoulder, spurting blood and forcing him to stagger. Worshippers recoil; Nuria tears the shaft free to expose the wound. Characters handle it as decisive physical proof rather than a mere weapon: evidence, catalyst, and the brutal focal point of the assembly's unraveling.

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Purpose

To be launched from a crossbow as a penetrating projectile intended to wound or kill; here used to demonstrate power and produce a visible, incontestable injury.

Significance

Functions as the pivotal catalyst that collapses the cult's deification of Picard: the wound produced by this bolt converts supernatural claims into mortal vulnerability, precipitating shock, grief, and cultural reckoning.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E4 · Who Watches the Watchers

The Crossbow Test — Proof of Mortality

The crossbow bolt is the literal catalyst: it pierces Picard's shoulder, producing blood that Nuria uses to visually disconfirm divinity. The bolt converts ideological dispute into corporeal reality and becomes the undeniable evidence that collapses the nascent cult.

Before: Nocked in the crossbow, ready to be fired as Liko aims at Picard's chest.

After: Embedded in Picard's shoulder and has become the tangible cause of injury and social rupture; its presence triggers medical and cultural consequences.

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