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Sells : BC recruit
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Rasins on August 02, 2017, 06:57:27 PM ---I have to agree with Wardenferry.
He was more of a BC asset than recruit. He probably didn't even know about the BC.
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I second, no third that opinion. Sells was set up to take down Marcone or at least destabilize his hold on his criminal empire. Had Sells succeeded and survived the BC might have found another use for him or; if Harry hadn't gotten in the way, might have let the White Council (Morgan) remove Sells. Victor Sells was quite obviously insane which made him a loose end that needed to be snipped off. Morgan was much more likely to just kill Sells than try to figure out who had trained him.
Rasins:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 02, 2017, 07:37:39 PM ---I second, no third that opinion. Sells was set up to take down Marcone or at least destabilize his hold on his criminal empire. Had Sells succeeded and survived the BC might have found another use for him or; if Harry hadn't gotten in the way, might have let the White Council (Morgan) remove Sells. Victor Sells was quite obviously insane which made him a loose end that needed to be snipped off. Morgan was much more likely to just kill Sells than try to figure out who had trained him.
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Yeah, and thinking about it, it's entirely possible that the BC would have just used Sells as a money machine. I'm not saying that the BC needs money, but lets face it, being evil on a budget just isn't the same thing as being able to order Sharks with Laser beams on their heads, is it?
Quantus:
Agreed. He was more cut-out man than a long-term investment. That being said, if he /had/ managed to grow into bigger things (possibly after taking down a Council wizard or two) I've no doubt they'd have found larger uses for him.
I tend to think he was a Tool in a War of Prophesy, that the BC's main goal was to target Marcone and take him out before he could grow into whatever it is that Vadderung is grooming him to become (The Good King Johnny?). The whoel trust run of the Bloodline curse, and even the development of 3rdEye, were more side-benefits, but things that could have reasonably been accomplished anywhere (like a fully Ramp-dominated South America, perhaps).
Zaphodess:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on July 29, 2017, 08:36:56 PM ---Less recruit and more disposable resource. Sells was the toliet paper of magic community.
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The one doesn't preclude the other. The BC doesn't recruit using advertising leaflets about everything they're doing. They can't put that kind of trust into people who haven't been tested.
Victor failed because he confided in the wrong people to build up his own little circle. If he had pulled off the Three-Eye distribution thing more cleverly (mainly by surviving and not getting the White Council involved), he would have been given something else to play with. If he had proven himself a couple of times, they might have eventually made him a member.
btw: I believe that's what they did with Molly in PG too. Corrupt her and see how she uses her powers. Then decide how they could get the most use out of her. As soon as Mab took her, she lost all value as a potential future recruit and could only be used as a pawn. They (Maeve among them) tried to use her as a means to get Mab or the White Council in conflict with Uriel's guys.
Molly was a failed investment in many ways. ;)
Zaphodess:
--- Quote from: Quantus on August 03, 2017, 03:04:48 PM ---Agreed. He was more cut-out man than a long-term investment. That being said, if he /had/ managed to grow into bigger things (possibly after taking down a Council wizard or two) I've no doubt they'd have found larger uses for him.
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I see you beat me to it. :)
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