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What does the Merlin want out of Peace Talks
dspringer1:
Ok we know the next book is Peace Talks, which is basically about the Peace Talks to end the Supernatural WWIII pitting the White Council, Fellowship (mostly dead), Ventori, Winter, Summer against the alliance of the Red Court (mostly dead), White court, Black Court and no doubt some other unofficial allies like the (ahm) black council.
The lay members of the White Council, especially the older ones, probably just want the war to end as quickly as possible. They have no interest in continuing to fight and (collectively) little thought of the aftermath beyond some agreements to avoid a future war in the next few decades.
What does the Merlin want? A few books ago, I would say he is agreement with the above. Seeing him in Changes, he was pretty militant.
a) Is he going to go with a quick end to the war -- aka how we ended WWI by laying the groundwork for WWII
b) Is he going to go with a careful/prepared conclusion that might take longer, but leaves the White Council in a far stronger position and with solid allies (aka - how we ended up WWII), but with well established enemies like the black/white court still quite powerful.
c) Is he going to want to keep the war going until he can exterminate the black or white vampire court (or both). Total victory in other words - while he has the alliance of Winter and Summer as allies. After all, these two great supernatural powers may not be allies in the next war.
2nd question - what about the Formor and other supernatural nations that did not fight in the war, but now insist on having a pieces of the spoils and/or seat at the table. Will he welcome their presence (unlikely!) or fight their involvement fiercely or moderately oppose, but not spend his political capital on this fight.
groinkick:
I'm interested in seeing what kind of shape the White Council is in. Harry hasn't exactly been to a Council meeting. They could be strong, or perhaps they are not fairing very well, and it's being kept quite.
wardenferry419:
The Merlin will have his public plan, his SC-arranged plan, and his ace-in-the-hole plan that involves Harry.
RobReece:
--- Quote from: dspringer1 on September 25, 2017, 08:57:07 PM ---Ok we know the next book is Peace Talks, which is basically about the Peace Talks to end the Supernatural WWIII pitting the White Council, Fellowship (mostly dead), Ventori, Winter, Summer against the alliance of the Red Court (mostly dead), White court, Black Court and no doubt some other unofficial allies like the (ahm) black council.
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I think that part of your premise in in error. It's been a while since I saw the 1st chapter, but I don't think its about ending the war with the RCV, Harry did that fairly convincingly in Changes. If I remember correctly, these Talks were requested by the Fomor and are about the battles being fought in the vacuum of the Reds departure. I believe that even normals have started to notice the impact of the war and the abductions that the Formor have been conducting.
I don't think that currently the Formor are signatories to the Accords and they want to be, at least I believe that's the reason they're stating for the talks. Personally, I think they are wanting to bring a bunch of leaders together, kill them and create even more confusion and opportunity for them to expand. I also think that there might be representatives from the government showing up(Tilly).
Rasins:
I'll have to reread the first chapter of Peace Talks, but I thought it was about how the Fomor wanted to meet with the signatories of the Accords to discuss peace.
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