#belos: capture the golden ghost. my nephew must be returned to me

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The revelation that Belos is Hunter's uncle would go weird because Hunter is basically a cryptid, like most people thought he was a legit ghost until recently (and some people still believe it) so basically everyone just never considered that Hunter like,, had family. It's not that they thought that Hunter's family was dead, it's just that they never thought about it. Subconsciously they thought he like... Literally came from the forest or a tree or something. Like obviously he has a family but they just??? Never thought about it??? And that family is WHO???? Also I must admit that Belos is kind of... Like plot hole in my original idea because I think he would search for Hunter but that kinda cancels the whole au (because he would either have found Hunter fast, or at least people would recognize hunter cause of wanted posters so... No) so I just didn't *think* about Belos hahaha

- feral anon

I think I can fix that plot hole! It's stated that Belos has much less reach outside of Bonesborough, and with Hunter traveling all over the Isles, it'd be much harder for Hunter to be found if he was elsewhere, especially if he didn't want to be found (and if he befriended the Bat Queen early on. I've no doubt she and the palismans could make a person straight up VANISH if they wanted to), and Belos would probably give up, like, 6? 12 months in? obviously he wants the kid found but if the kids gone, kids gone. sucks but, oh well. so after about a year Hunter could just wander around normally, but still wears the mask obviously so nobody knows who he is. all his missing posters are from when hes like 8-10 lookin, he's 16 now with a bit more scars from living out in the wild, heavy bags, and far less cheery than the posters make him out to be. the mask overall definitely helped hide him from being caught, not like just seeing a staff like his would cause the guards to tell Belos about it and Belos immediately recognizing it as the staff He made. especially after he got the cardinal, everyone would probably assume the cardinal was the Golden Ghost's palisman, and Belos didn't make a staff with a palisman. kid didn't want to be found, and he Made Sure Of It.

and I doubt Hunter would ever publicly state that Belos was his uncle, but, yeah, Belos is bound to find out eventually what became of his nephew and announce to practically EVERYONE that "hey, the golden ghost is my nephew. whoever brings him to me will be rewarded" and everyone is LOSING THEIR MINDS

#asks #feral hunter au #the owl house #emperor belos #hunter #golden guard #bonesborough #boiling isles #toh #palisman #golden ghost #the golden guard #belos #so yeah i guess it mostly just depends on hunter spending a lot of time outside of bonesborough for a year or two and wearing his mask #and just. getting lucky. but its an au so we can MAKE IT WORK #belos: capture the golden ghost. my nephew must be returned to me #literally everyone: your W H AT #or maybe he wouldnt tell people its his nephew and simply just tell everyone to bring him the golden ghost and hunter realizes he Knows #hunter doesnt Hate his uncle but he does Fear him and generally thinks that he was just a burden on belos so hes #going through a Lot rn #feral anon