Talk:Mariam Phutapie/@comment-67.66.95.68-20160809203916/@comment-7342272-20160809224428

Guns appear in the Sloth era, but not the Story of Evil. No specific year is given for their invention or start of widespread use.

In real life, the early models were more time consuming than anything (by anything I mean useful). The American Revolution (well known for guns and cannons) took place before the French Revolution (normally associated with guillotines and swords) The guns had to have gunpowder and ball bearings put in them, stuffed down with a stick, then shot, then reloaded again. Mari's better off with flash bombs.

No use of guns were ever mentioned in the books as far as we know, only cannons. Regardless, Mariam is not known for her use of firearms, unless she abandoned them as she got older, but even then she doesn't even have a visible holster and is only seen wielding a knife. And why would a world be so concerned with swordplay when it has guns (no matter how primitive?) Even the most powerful country's (Lucifenia) soldiers use swords. Why would the Revolution use swords when guns are available? No one uses swords in Gift From the Princess who Brought Sleep, aside from samurai-like Gatt who uses Grim the End as a katana. The use of guns should be noted or at least shown like in Sloth.