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Molly's heritage.

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Serack:

--- Quote from: Cozarkian on November 03, 2015, 10:37:03 PM ---Why does it have to be her mother's side? The child of a Fae changeling might not be that interesting as a Winter Lady candidate, but the hybrid-child of a Fae changeling and human wizard? -- that's special.

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I've got nothing to back it but intuition, but I suspect far queen eligibility is passed maternally

taishar:
We know that Mab had other plans for Molly then Winter Lady, but I don't believe that Charity would ever cheat on Michael considering her devotion to him. I think she was pure vanilla mortal who had gotten magic from her mom and Lea's tutoring changed her to make her more compatible with Winter

Griffyn612:

--- Quote from: taishar on November 03, 2015, 11:59:48 PM ---We know that Mab had other plans for Molly then Winter Lady, but I don't believe that Charity would ever cheat on Michael considering her devotion to him. I think she was pure vanilla mortal who had gotten magic from her mom and Lea's tutoring changed her to make her more compatible with Winter

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There's a theory, though, that some -- if not all -- mortal practitioners inherited their power from changelings, scions, and other half-supernatural offspring that chose to be human rather than supernatural. 

If so, then Molly's potential might be tied to an ancestor that was a Sidhe changeling that chose humanity, but retained the supernatural genetic trait that A) gives her the ability to tap into magic, and B) could be triggered to turn her into a full Sidhe.

Cozarkian:

--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on November 04, 2015, 12:19:13 AM ---There's a theory, though, that some -- if not all -- mortal practitioners inherited their power from changelings, scions, and other half-supernatural offspring that chose to be human rather than supernatural. 

If so, then Molly's potential might be tied to an ancestor that was a Sidhe changeling that chose humanity, but retained the supernatural genetic trait that A) gives her the ability to tap into magic, and B) could be triggered to turn her into a full Sidhe.

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I thought the Fae were originally mortals that achieved Darkhallow-style power? That theory would put us in a chicken or egg scenario.

Griffyn612:

--- Quote from: Cozarkian on November 04, 2015, 12:27:24 AM ---I thought the Fae were originally mortals that achieved Darkhallow-style power? That theory would put us in a chicken or egg scenario.

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That's one theory.  It's based on an old WoJ that started with a conversation about Cowl and the Darkhallow, and ended with something like, "how do you think Mab and others got their power?" 

Some took that to mean that they used a Darkhallow.  Others think he simply meant that they all started off fairly weak, but gained power through Ascension rituals, whether it be Darkhallow or ritual sacrifice on a stone table or making a pact with a powerful NN beastie.

My current guess is that in the beginning, no mortal humans had any power, but monsters from the NN bred with humans, and created offspring that weren't entirely human nor monster.  Those were the origins of most pantheons, as many of those offspring most likely chose Power rather than Humanity.

But those that did choose Humanity became carriers for magical genetics that left them predisposed to using magic.  Those men and women could then use rituals to gain more power for themselves; they stared off mortal, but became something more.

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