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Origins of the Three Eye drug. (Changes spoiler)
pobabylon:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on July 08, 2011, 02:33:11 AM ---The Council don't react to Red Court provocation because they basically have no need to; we see in Changes that when they finally do bestir themselves, the Red Court survive a matter of days. The Council are in the position of a martial arts master walking down the street refusing to be provoked by the taunts of a small child into killing that small child with one blow.
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reading your posts on the last page, this was the one thing that rang bells in my mind. have i missed something? if the WC could have so easily handled the RC, why wouldn't they have earlier during their war? iirc, the WC was reported as being on the losing side of the war several times. the results of Chances wasn't the WC killing a small child in my eyes, it was Martin's manipulation to get harry an extremely low blow that would hit the entire RC, the WC wasn't even a presence at the final conflict (sure a few of it's members where, but they were all Grey Council)
biggs:
It was Arthur Langtry, remember? His policy was to stop the RC with wards, which his were very powerful. If you remember the various battle references, when the WC takes an offensive campaign, the RC get their balls caved in (paraphrasing Harry) by the WC. The reason they kept losing was because the Merlin was a pompous coward, politically speaking. Or something else entirely...
logistics:
--- Quote from: pobabylon on July 08, 2011, 05:12:00 PM ---reading your posts on the last page, this was the one thing that rang bells in my mind. have i missed something? if the WC could have so easily handled the RC, why wouldn't they have earlier during their war? iirc, the WC was reported as being on the losing side of the war several times. the results of Chances wasn't the WC killing a small child in my eyes, it was Martin's manipulation to get harry an extremely low blow that would hit the entire RC, the WC wasn't even a presence at the final conflict (sure a few of it's members where, but they were all Grey Council)
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I have to second this. If the White Council version of a nuke strike was able to be pulled off easily, surely the strategic situation in Dead Beat would have merited such a response - Peabody's manipulations could only go so far. Incidentally, the strike called up in Changes never materialized due to the Reds interference. Dresden managed to turn their own weapon upon them, but it still doesn't signify the White Council having the practical ability to do such a strike, even if they have the skill to do so. They tried and got slapped down before it ever occurred.
biggs:
Maybe Arthur is lying about his age, and is much more prone to influence than we thought... ;D
kazimmoinuddin:
to a mortal it give a pseudo sight ability, what would it do to practioners, could they become addicts, easier to manipulate, mentally, corrupt them so become warlocks. possible power boost or ability.
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