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The Death of Margaret Le Fay
Yuillegan:
Margaret le Fay died due to the powerful malacchio curse, like the Barabass curse, that causes horrible deadly misfortune on the recipient. This spell was done by the White King Lord Raith, possibly with the help of a cult of practitioners and potentially even He Who Walks Behind.
However, malacchio can mean "evil eye". Who has an evil eye in mythology? Well one interesting individual does: King Balor of the Fomor. Known for his singular eye that killed all it looked upon, he was a ruthless tyrant and terrifying opponent. But what if it was not his eye, or even his physical eye, but the eye was a power he was given through his daemonic (Outsider) heritage from HWWB? This could make a lot of things very personal for Dresden.
Mr. Death:
I don't really think there's a connection there. "Evil eye" is the term that a guy who really had no idea about the supernatural came up with, based on things his Italian parents/grandparents talked about. He wasn't exactly speaking from knowledge or authority.
Snark Knight:
I'm not entirely sure she so much died as let herself die; possibly to meet one of the preconditions for making a starborn.
Harry was reasonably confident he could bounce the entropy curse back at its originator with that spell centered on the mirror that he tried to throw up around the film studio, until Trixie interfered with his props and held him up at gunpoint during the spell. Maggie evidently had forewarning that it was coming too, to make her deal with Lea. So one kind of has to ask, why didn't she just do her own version of 'return to sender'?
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 18, 2018, 12:49:55 AM ---I'm not entirely sure she so much died as let herself die; possibly to meet one of the preconditions for making a starborn.
Harry was reasonably confident he could bounce the entropy curse back at its originator with that spell centered on the mirror that he tried to throw up around the film studio, until Trixie interfered with his props and held him up at gunpoint during the spell. Maggie evidently had forewarning that it was coming too, to make her deal with Lea. So one kind of has to ask, why didn't she just do her own version of 'return to sender'?
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Harry did that with hours to plan and prepare.
Maggie didn't need forewarning -- certainly not hours of it -- to make a deal with Lea.
peregrine:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 18, 2018, 12:49:55 AM ---I'm not entirely sure she so much died as let herself die; possibly to meet one of the preconditions for making a starborn.
Harry was reasonably confident he could bounce the entropy curse back at its originator with that spell centered on the mirror that he tried to throw up around the film studio, until Trixie interfered with his props and held him up at gunpoint during the spell. Maggie evidently had forewarning that it was coming too, to make her deal with Lea. So one kind of has to ask, why didn't she just do her own version of 'return to sender'?
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She was in labor at the time. That can sorta distract someone.
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