The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Who was the real target of the bloodline curse at CI?
Arjan:
Was it overkill? Of course it was overkill. But there are several good reasons for it to be overkill so I mention a few more.
It was a demonstration of power. To impress the allies like the fomor and the red court itself and to show everyone what they were capable off. To make the white council afraid so the red court could not exploit internal differences.
And these are old beings and to understand them you have to go back and consider what a sacrifice also is. The king sacrifices animals to the gods but they are used to feed his supporters in a big feast. That is what happened with human sacrifices as well. The more human sacrifices the more generous and powerful the red king was. A king must be generous for his supporters.
And of course Ebenezar could be everywhere. Behind wards that needed a god to break or somewhere deep in the nevernever. Overkill is just the safest bet.
Or as someone else said with these beings there is no such thing as overkill.
kazimmoinuddin:
The thing is wont the use of such a large scale magical attack encourage other factions to demonstrate similar capability. You don't bring a knife to a gun fight, it is sure to cause an escalation so some kind of balance of power to emerge.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on October 14, 2017, 07:11:06 PM ---The thing is wont the use of such a large scale magical attack encourage other factions to demonstrate similar capability. You don't bring a knife to a gun fight, it is sure to cause an escalation so some kind of balance of power to emerge.
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The Reds had long since been going for broke. You don't start a fight with Faerie after already being at war with the Council unless you're basically going for nr. 1. And nr. 1 would be reinforced by having an ungodly powerful weapon that even your allies would be worried about.
kbrizzle:
From the perspective of 2 characters seemingly in the know:
Martin: IIRC Martin was the one who dug up this ancient spell which he’d stumbled upon during his time as a red priest. So it seems like the mechanics/ set up would be his brainchild - seeing as one of his goals was to exterminate the red court, it’s entirely possible he overpowered the spell because he knew who it was really targeted towards - every Ramp & half Ramp in existence.
Ariana: Ariana seems to have been the ‘sponsor’ for the curse on the Ramp management side. Her motives seem to have been to promote herself to the LooN hierarchy, potentially unseating the Red King & of course revenge on the family who’d killed 2 of her own ‘family members’. I also agree with Arjan that part of the ridiculous Power was to show the Red Court’s strength - that no member of the Senior Council was safe, even behind their own wards in their stronghold
wardenferry419:
For Ariana it was both personal and part of a coup. For the Red King, it was a show of force that is blood-addicted mind liked.
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