Reforge

Wait hang on, couple questions
When somebody tries to use me as a weapon, can I say no?
What is required to use me? Magic? Voice? Touch?

When was the actual firstborn born? For the cursed ones to know this, they must have been sealed afterwards.

Donnella: No. Stop. I…
Donnella: How does this even work? I’m a- a weapon? What does that atcually mean? How would someone ‘use me’?
Secretary of War: I don’t know. I’m sorry, Firstborn. You know how your father was with his secrets. He only gave me the faintest outline of what was going on. I’ve pieced some together myself, but…
Secretary of War: The most I can offer is that his concern was always that you would be kidnapped, specifically, and you were never to spend long periods of time isolated with anyone, particularly not anyone with strong links to a spirit. So whatever your function is, I would presume that it requires some sort of involved, time-consuming process to activate… but also that it may be difficult or impossible for you to resist.
Donnella: Okay… okay. That’s something.
Donnella: But… hold on. You say my father only told you about this?
Secretary of War: It was his most closely guarded knowledge, yes.
Donnella: But there were… others… before me?
Secretary of War: Your father produced many failed attempts at creating you over the past few decades, but you are apparently the first of that line to be viable. As far as the world knows, you are his first heir.
Donnella: That doesn’t make sense!
Secretary of War: I’m sorry?
Donnella: The Cursed Ones know about me somehow! But that book was ancient- they can’t have been around while any of that was happening! So if they couldn’t have learned it from… that, and they’ve never gotten near you, then-


Donnella: He’s still alive. He’s the only way they could know.
Donnella: He’s in that tower. You’re going to help me get him back. Now.
Secretary of War: Wh- Hold on, Firstborn!
Secretary of War: Your reasoning appears sound, but-
Secretary of War: Even if your father were still alive, as a prisoner, we cannot extract him now. It’s too dangerous to break this calm and openly act against the Beast! We don’t have any way of retrieving him diplomatically, either, because we both know there’s only one thing they’ll ask for in exchange and we cannot let them have you.
Secretary of War: The right move now is to retire to the sanctuary and draw up plans for the defense of our people.
Secretary of War: You have to give up on him, Firstborn. He would not want you to jeopardize yourself, and your land, for his sake.

He's still alive. You can't- You just-
You just need to get him back and then everything will make sense.
And yet...

It's your call. What will you do?