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CD Spoilers: The Case of the Stolen Walking Stick
dpara:
I am confused. Why does no one assume it was the Merlin that stole it? Isn't he the most obvious badass contender?
FirstSelector:
Actually, that brings up a really good point - maybe Mother Winter didn't lose her walking stick in the sense of it was taken, but lost it as in lost a hand of poker?
Imagine if, way in the past, Nemesis decides to start infecting people as a new tactic. The Fae have to call in a mortal to combat the threat, so Merlin shows up and bargains with Winter. He builds them a set of magical gates and gets a guardian to go with them (I suspect it might have been Rashid), but in return (they are Fae, after all) he gets Mother Winter's stick and perhaps a few other things.
EDIT: This explains why, with all of her power, Mother Winter is prevented from retrieving the Blackstaff. As a Fae, she can't go back on a deal. I think this is the only reasonable way that someone could have prevented Mother Winter from immediately taking it back. What it is worth in trade, however, is not as clearly set.
madness:
--- Quote from: FirstSelector on November 28, 2012, 11:09:45 AM ---Actually, that brings up a really good point - maybe Mother Winter didn't lose her walking stick in the sense of it was taken, but lost it as in lost a hand of poker?
Imagine if, way in the past, Nemesis decides to start infecting people as a new tactic. The Fae have to call in a mortal to combat the threat, so Merlin shows up and bargains with Winter. He builds them a set of magical gates and gets a guardian to go with them (I suspect it might have been Rashid), but in return (they are Fae, after all) he gets Mother Winter's stick and perhaps a few other things.
EDIT: This explains why, with all of her power, Mother Winter is prevented from retrieving the Blackstaff. As a Fae, she can't go back on a deal. I think this is the only reasonable way that someone could have prevented Mother Winter from immediately taking it back. What it is worth in trade, however, is not as clearly set.
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Now that we have seen the scope and power of some of Merlin's magic it seems likely that he might have had a whole lot to do with establishing the modern power structure and defining the relationships between Faerie and the mortal world (and by that I mean that he may have been the one who won us a seat at the table rather than having us stuck as cattle or fodder).
Aegnoralkarin:
--- Quote from: madness on November 28, 2012, 05:48:15 AM ---Finding any wizard insane enough to attempt such a theft would be the most difficult part of the entire scenario.
If something is so insane that even Harry wouldn't consider it then you know that the needle has gone right off the scale.
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I'm thinking you're underestimating Harry's crazy level a wee bit. If he thought he'd have to, he'd definitely do it.
Seidmadr:
So.. I was thinking... On the theme of the Mothers... What are the odds that both of them are faces of Mother Nature? Gaea?
They are after all both life and death, and they are tied so damn close... I isn't impossible for something that powerful to wear two masks at once. Perhaps to work more efficiently.
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