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The Death of Margaret Le Fay
morriswalters:
Maggie had two years of running with Harry's father to prepare to die. She knew that the clock was ticking when she broke with Raith. She was going to get killed sooner or later. She made her peace and then she made her plans. She must have known she couldn't kill Lord Raith with Magic, and we know what she did. If I were plotting it I would set up Lea's actions as payment for some favor Maggie did for Lea. Something we don't know about yet./shrug/
In any case she had time to make the amulet and find a way to tell Thomas of his brother. More interesting is Harry's father.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on September 18, 2018, 09:10:54 PM ---Maggie had two years of running with Harry's father to prepare to die. She knew that the clock was ticking when she broke with Raith. She was going to get killed sooner or later. She made her peace and then she made her plans. She must have known she couldn't kill Lord Raith with Magic, and we know what she did. If I were plotting it I would set up Lea's actions as payment for some favor Maggie did for Lea. Something we don't know about yet./shrug/
In any case she had time to make the amulet and find a way to tell Thomas of his brother. More interesting is Harry's father.
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Agreed
Kindler:
I've often toyed with the idea that Margaret's Death Curse was partially a sort of Birth Curse, harnessing power from giving birth to Harry to either A) anchor the curse's effects to her bloodline, or B) fulfill a requirement to make a Starborn, or C) somehow pass on some of her power to Harry, or D) some combination of these things.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Kindler on September 20, 2018, 05:04:39 PM ---I've often toyed with the idea that Margaret's Death Curse was partially a sort of Birth Curse, harnessing power from giving birth to Harry to either A) anchor the curse's effects to her bloodline, or B) fulfill a requirement to make a Starborn, or C) somehow pass on some of her power to Harry, or D) some combination of these things.
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This seems a pretty good idea.
We know Love is a force that can create offspring, and birth is a powerful symbol of that.
We know Love is the White Court's kryptonite.
So if Harry is a product and thus symbol of True Love between Margaret and Malcolm, his birth would be a good weapon to wield against Raith.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Avernite on September 20, 2018, 05:10:43 PM ---This seems a pretty good idea.
We know Love is a force that can create offspring, and birth is a powerful symbol of that.
We know Love is the White Court's kryptonite.
So if Harry is a product and thus symbol of True Love between Margaret and Malcolm, his birth would be a good weapon to wield against Raith.
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It is possible that the Death Curse and proposed Birth Curse (or whatever, I'm just paralleling here) were entirely separate things, too. Harry's birth may have been organized as a ritual, for example.
To really open up a can of worms, recall that Harry was born on Halloween, a day during which states of power are in flux; immortals can die poimanently (sometimes I like to type with a Stooge accent), for example. So it's possible that power was generated and passed on to Harry from his birth. (I've always thought it a bit convenient that Harry was such a slugger in terms of raw ability. Ebenezer's a brawler, and he's got a ton of power, but we don't know what Margaret was capable of, nor where her strengths were; she may have been a Molly or Elaine equivalent (better at delicate control than brute forcing things). So I think it's possible that power was passed on somehow.)
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