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Cory Raines: some headcanon
We never see Cory Raines fight with a sword, and afaik the Watcher's CD-ROM doesn't specify what kind of weapon he favours. But he was born in 1256 in England, and his teacher had formerly been a knight (in fact he died while jousting the year before), so I'm sure he does know how to use a sword.
My headcanon is that Cory uses more than one kind -- he's not as versatile as Rebecca, but he doesn't stick to just one type of blade the way Marcus does. And hey, Duncan switches from claymore to katana and the occasional rapier. It's not so weird to have multiple weapons. I figure he uses the following: an arming sword, a hanger, or a hunting sword. He's also good with a flanged mace and with a staff... plus he's a skilled archer. He's been keeping up with firearms as they develop, as a point of interest in things that can kill him.
Cory often appears to go unarmed; he doesn't particularly care about the Game, but he will defend himself. To that end, he has weapons and other useful things stashed in various boltholes. He's perfectly willing to temporarily kill an Immortal who challenges him and hightail it out of town rather than follow the rules. This is one of the things that drives Matthew the most up the wall... but he puts up with it because Cory doesn't ever cheat in order to behead people. (That he knows of...)
Cory's been anti-monarchist since he was mortal, and he still is. He learned to grin and fake it when he was Matthew's squire, but he'd rather not. (He's anti-fascist and arguably anarchist, as well. He has literally gotten into arguments about it.) He's not a coward, but he's not interested in fighting in wars on behalf of rulers he doesn't respect, especially as it means killing mortals -- and he goes out of his way not to kill mortals. He doesn't think he's got the right. (He doesn't kill that mobster in Money No Object, but on the other hand if he was a knight, he would have fought mortals... I'm not sure how this one squares, really.) He moved to the USA after the American Revolution. (So did Matthew, but he did it because he last life had been a bit too well known.)
Cory was part of the Underground Railroad, and was how Matthew was intending to get Carl out of Louisiana and North to freedom.
According to the Watchers' CD, Cory is 336 years older than Duncan MacLeod. Duncan hasn't realised this -- he thinks Cory is an American born in the late 1800s or so.
The Watchers have trouble keeping steady surveillance on Cory; he just moves around too much, too fast and suddenly. They primarily track him through the financial redistribution he tends to leave in his wake, and through sightings when he crosses paths with other Immortals. He plays messenger-boy for older members of his line less now that telephones and electronic communications are so easy, but he still drops by with packages too sensitive to send by ordinary means, and enjoys catching up on the gossip. This is especially useful for exchange between Marcus and Ceirdwyn in their more settled phases with Matthew and Alex who are currently embroiled in investigative espionage that keeps them as mobile as Cory himself.
Ask him why, if he's English, he doesn't have an English accent, and Cory will outright laugh at you. The language he grew up speaking isn't modern English, and the French Matthew made him learn was Norman.
My headcanon is that Cory uses more than one kind -- he's not as versatile as Rebecca, but he doesn't stick to just one type of blade the way Marcus does. And hey, Duncan switches from claymore to katana and the occasional rapier. It's not so weird to have multiple weapons. I figure he uses the following: an arming sword, a hanger, or a hunting sword. He's also good with a flanged mace and with a staff... plus he's a skilled archer. He's been keeping up with firearms as they develop, as a point of interest in things that can kill him.
Cory often appears to go unarmed; he doesn't particularly care about the Game, but he will defend himself. To that end, he has weapons and other useful things stashed in various boltholes. He's perfectly willing to temporarily kill an Immortal who challenges him and hightail it out of town rather than follow the rules. This is one of the things that drives Matthew the most up the wall... but he puts up with it because Cory doesn't ever cheat in order to behead people. (That he knows of...)
Cory's been anti-monarchist since he was mortal, and he still is. He learned to grin and fake it when he was Matthew's squire, but he'd rather not. (He's anti-fascist and arguably anarchist, as well. He has literally gotten into arguments about it.) He's not a coward, but he's not interested in fighting in wars on behalf of rulers he doesn't respect, especially as it means killing mortals -- and he goes out of his way not to kill mortals. He doesn't think he's got the right. (He doesn't kill that mobster in Money No Object, but on the other hand if he was a knight, he would have fought mortals... I'm not sure how this one squares, really.) He moved to the USA after the American Revolution. (So did Matthew, but he did it because he last life had been a bit too well known.)
Cory was part of the Underground Railroad, and was how Matthew was intending to get Carl out of Louisiana and North to freedom.
According to the Watchers' CD, Cory is 336 years older than Duncan MacLeod. Duncan hasn't realised this -- he thinks Cory is an American born in the late 1800s or so.
The Watchers have trouble keeping steady surveillance on Cory; he just moves around too much, too fast and suddenly. They primarily track him through the financial redistribution he tends to leave in his wake, and through sightings when he crosses paths with other Immortals. He plays messenger-boy for older members of his line less now that telephones and electronic communications are so easy, but he still drops by with packages too sensitive to send by ordinary means, and enjoys catching up on the gossip. This is especially useful for exchange between Marcus and Ceirdwyn in their more settled phases with Matthew and Alex who are currently embroiled in investigative espionage that keeps them as mobile as Cory himself.
Ask him why, if he's English, he doesn't have an English accent, and Cory will outright laugh at you. The language he grew up speaking isn't modern English, and the French Matthew made him learn was Norman.