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[CD spoilers] Mother Winter, the Blackstaff, Death and the Raven Banner
Cenphx:
Re: the four horsemen, someone else suggested that if MW was Death, MS, who seems to have a fondness for jars of disease, might be Pestilence. Especially considering that quofe from Bob that a season of unbalanced summer would be rampant growth which would be good if you were a disease or virus. The poster (wish I could ever keep track of where I first read something on here) also theorized nemesis might be War. Its an interesting idea. I think the evidence is tighter for Death and Pestilence, but its worth thinking about...
knnn:
--- Quote from: Elegast on December 07, 2012, 10:33:58 AM ---Oh, I think I've solved the four sets of teeth problem:
* iron teeth = sword
* rotted-looking = plague
* pointed teeth = wild beast
* simple enough, all white and even = famine
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So you are essentially saying that MW's false teeth are her various mantles as the 4 riders of the apocalypse?
Dust Bunny:
--- Quote from: knnn on December 07, 2012, 02:03:38 PM ---So you are essentially saying that MW's false teeth are her various mantles as the 4 riders of the apocalypse?
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It's an elegant theory ... in a very viscerally disturbing kind of way. :)
Elegast:
--- Quote from: knnn on December 07, 2012, 02:03:38 PM ---So you are essentially saying that MW's false teeth are her various mantles as the 4 riders of the apocalypse?
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No. MW is Death.
There are four horsemen of the apocalypse:
* Conquest
* War
* Death
* Famine
No matter how hard you try, there is no way you can match each set of teeth with one rider.
But if MW is Death, then she's one of the rider. And those riders are described in the book of the Revelations: here is the description of Death:
--- Quote from: Revelation 6:7-8˄ NIV ---When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
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According to the Bible, Death has four ways to kill mortals during the Apocalypse: sword, famine, plague and wild beast. Try to match with the set of teeth, and you'll see it fits perfectly.
Bujin:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on December 07, 2012, 04:33:29 AM ---So it is highly likely Mother Winter's lost walking stick is now known as the Blackstaff. So what would Harry do if Eb were to die (In battle or murdered) and Harry picked up the staff. Would he accept the post of the new Blackstaff; assuming it was offered to him, or would he return Mother Winter's walking stick to her?
With the first option Harry gets to break all the laws of magic and do everything he despises without going insane. The second option puts the staff back in the hands of a being that thinks that Mab is too soft.
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What if keeping the Blackstaff also enables him to similarly resist the influences of being the Winter Knight (and perhaps Lash?). It would enable him to wield all the various powers he's picked up without falling prey to the Dark Side.
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