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itshim:
One question that has bothered me with all the various fae attacks on Harry over the series is that fae aren't allowed to kill mortals (hence the summer and winter knights) so how comes all these fae can attack Harry, before he becomes winter knight and hence a legitimate target?
madness:
Fae can kill mortals whenever they want.
The Queens/Ladies can't kill mortals who are not involved in Court business.
Trolls and goblins and such eat humans all the time, no problem.
itshim:
In which case there is absolutely no need for the knights.
[Mab] This mortal is annoying me, do I set a troll on him or set up a mortal to have some of my powers and thus the potential to kill me (as mentioned by Maeve in CD so not gospel). I know I'll go for the far more dangerous to me option.
Blagaah:
A troll snatching a kid off a playground for a snack is very different then a troll under Mab's orders doing ANYTHING. Kid snatching is troll NATURE. Directed violence against a specific opponent of the Winter Queen is an exertion of her will through a tool.
Also, given what we've learned in CD, should we trust the job description of the Winter Knight we had up till now?
wyltok:
--- Quote from: Blagaah on December 20, 2012, 11:39:22 AM ---A troll snatching a kid off a playground for a snack is very different then a troll under Mab's orders doing ANYTHING. Kid snatching is troll NATURE.
--- End quote ---
And even then, under the Accords, trolls are only allowed to snatch naughty kids (as discussed in Restoration of Faith). Nice kids are safe. Every other Fae is probably similarly constrained by their nature. A knight isn't: they can go against anyone the Queens deem needs killing.
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