Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-67.185.246.129-20160318045523/@comment-24.18.92.122-20161209044924

Participants in the Crusades reportedly returned to Europe with pieces of the One True Cross, which supposedly had healing powers. This artifact fits the narrative better than anything else. The seven Grimm Crusaders lived in a time when the cause and transmission of disease was not at all understood. Disease was thought to be the result of God's displeasure. So having something that could cure any disease or injury would be an emormous asset. If you could use the stick to cure yourself over and over, there is potential for you to live forever, or a least for a very long time. For a Royal, the idea of extending one's life as an absolute monarch must have been very attractive. And if you could use the stick to cure your soldiers in battle, then your army could be unbeatable. The Grimms may have hid the stick because they didn't want anyone to have that kind of power. Today, there are still many diseases and serious injuries that we can't cure, so something with this type of power would still be a highly desirable object.