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The mysteries of Maggie, Sr.

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wardenferry419:
    Harry's mother is a very interesting character for me. I think that alot of Harry's problems are tied to her actions. She was anti-authority and anti-establishment figure that catalyzed many plot ponts that are coming to fruition during Harry's life. Hence, the apology during the magically-altered soulgaze between Harry and Thomas. I would like to list some points and mysteries that surround her.
1. For someone who was closing in on 200 years of age; she maintained a less than middle-age look and was able to bear children well past her age. This has been explained as extended time spent in Never-Never. Rashid remarked her as a fellow traveler of the Ways. She spent enough time to discover and anticipate the movements of the Ways. But, is there more to her youthful appearance?
2. She is well-known among many of the nastier supernatural elements. Nico spoke of her with familiarity. She had frequent and extended associations with various vampire courts. Maggie dealt with Lea and made her Harry's godmother. But, something occurred that troubled Maggie to such a degree that she fled Lord Raitth's control. What was it?
3. Creating a star-born seems to be not an easy task. It reguires a lot of unique conditions and unknown preparations to be met. Yet, Maggie achieved these necessary measures in order for Harry to be born with its potential. Why did she do this and how?
4. How powerful was Maggie? We know that her father, Eb, is on the top tier in his magic use. Her son, Harry, is well ahead of his age for ability to channel large amounts of magic even if he lacks fine control. She crafted elaborate and delicate spells. Was she closer to Molly with the sensitivity or closer to Harry with raw power? Could she have made Senior Council with her range and ability?
Are there any great mysteries of Maggie Sr. that others have pondered?

Arjan:
What we know about wizard aging is based only upon a few samples so there could be some variety maybe Margaret just stopped aging at the normal rate somewhat earlier. It seems that frequent use of magic, which is linked to life and emotions, slows aging so maybe extensive traveling in the nevernever and frequent contact with the fae does so as well.

Or maybe a Margaret was on her way to become something else, most of the Sidhe started as human after all and she was called Margaret la fae for a reason.

She got older and so wiser? Maybe discovering what the white court really was did the trick. She was there for years and the white king must have thought her under his control so she must have observed a lot.

The starborn thing is something she must have discovered when working with the nasty ones or it was part of her deal with Lea. Nut the motive is not that difficult, a lot of parents want power for their children or want them to succeed in whatever they failed. She must have loved her magic so more of it for her child was desirable.

Margaret was probably as powerful as Harry or Ebenezar at their respective ages but she was more experienced and better taught.

Mira:

   I thought it was established that she was between 135 and 150 when she died..  For a wizard that would be like a human in her early thirties...

I don't know that she was excessively powerful in of itself, but she made trouble for herself and the Council because she colored outside of the lines.  When they jumped her for it it escalated from there as she upped her rebellion against the system and yeah, she did commit real crimes... As Chauncy said, they were getting ready to welcome her, but she met Malcolm and turned her life around.

Kindler:
1. I'm not sure about the aging. I don't think there are many wizards who spent extensive enough time in the Nevernever to lose enough time to artificially extend their life too much. Rashid is one of them. Maggie may be another. I think it would be noted by many when wizards powerful enough to hang around the Nevernever with impunity (it's a very dangerous place, remember) go missing for years. They did notice when Maggie disappeared; Luccio remarks on it. So I don't think it was Nevernever time shenanigans.

As for fertility at an advanced age... even if it was a problem, which I'm iffy on, a whole, whole lot of ancient magic rituals were focused on fertility (and crop yields, because famine was a problem). I'm reasonably certain that there is at least one that works. So, in short: magic.

2. I think she bailed when she realized that Lord Raith was hanging with Outsiders. She somehow uncovered that his antimagic field was sponsored by one (or, you know, a bunch), realized what it meant, and fled. My question is simply: why on earth did she leave Thomas? She could've kept him from becoming a vampire, after what we learned in Blood Rites about their first time—if she had taken him with her.

3. I don't know how she made a starborn. If fertility was an issue, it might've been part of things, actually. But I do think that she recognized the Outsider threat, and decided to do something about it.

4. I think Maggie could've been Senior Council once she was senior enough. I'm reasonably certain that'd be a safe bet.

Arjan:
I do not think Margaret could have saved Thomas from vampirism, the only cure we know is unpredictable an impossible to plan.

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