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Comprehensive Proven Guilty WAG
kbrizzle:
One other interpretation of the Arctis Tor assault that I’d strongly considered but ultimately decided against was this:
Basically the Circle knows that Mab has figured out that Lea was Nfected, & has been curing her. They do not want Mab to be able to interrogate Nemesis, figuring out their future & concurrent plans.
Mab has not been entirely successful in interrogating Nemsis, but is aware that the Circle has a few irons in the fire. However she doesn’t know what or who is involved, so she sends her troops to Summer, leaving Arctics Tor unguarded to see which one of Nemesis’ allies will make a play.
In a sense Mab allows the Circle to assault Arctis Tor to “rescue Lea” to see how deep the contagion has spread, but in reality she wants to see who has come to assault her stronghold while she hides out securely in her prison garden. There is strong evidence that she takes revenge against Thorned Namshiel for his role in the attack in Small Favor. She also figures out that Maeve has become Nemfected.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 18, 2018, 02:22:53 PM ---There is strong evidence that she takes revenge against Thorned Namshiel for his role in the attack in Small Favor. She also figures out that Maeve has become Nemfected.
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I'm not sure he was the only Denarian in on it, if he was the attacker at all. Nic thought Tessa or Rosanna was "our Judas", after all. Could even have been all three of them.
kbrizzle:
@Snark Knight
Oh I completely agree. We just know from Mab’s words at the end of SmF in the hospital chapel that “one of the Fallen has much to answer for”, & her response to when Harry mentions Namshiel seems to confirm it.
@morriswalters
I don’t think the point of the attack was to hold Mab at Arctis Tor - the fact that the Black Council were unable to get her out of there is what made their attack fail. The point was to remove Mab from play - either force her to run, imprison her or Kill her - any of the 3 would have placed the Nfected Maeve in charge of Winter.
I also don’t think that the attack happened during Dead Beat - Mab appears to Harry personally in that book when he tries to call up Lea - she wouldn’t have been able to were her stronghold under attack. I think the attack happened a few hours, max days before Harry gets there to save Molly.
@Bad Alias
I don’t think that’s the reason - Changes is still 4-5 years away, and after PG both Fae courts stop allowing the Reds the pass. This turns the tide of the war against the Reds, forcing them to look at complex dual edged swords like the ritual in Changes. I don’t think Mab had planned it that far ahead - she didn’t even know at this point that Maeve is Nfected.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle ---I also don’t think that the attack happened during Dead Beat - Mab appears to Harry personally in that book when he tries to call up Lea - she wouldn’t have been able to were her stronghold under attack. I think the attack happened a few hours, max days before Harry gets there to save Molly.
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I think it was just after Harry's talk with Mab in Dead Beat. In this exchange, early in Proven Guilty, it is implied that something happened just after the attacks by the Reds to cause Mab to hold back. That's my read, YMMV.
--- Quote ---“You remember the Red Court’s attack last year,” he said. “That they called up Outsiders and assaulted us within the realm of Faerie itself.”
“Bad move, so I’ve heard. The Faeries are going to take it out of their hides.”
“So we all thought,” the old man said. “In fact, Summer declared war upon the Red Court and began preliminary assaults on them. But Winter hasn’t responded—and Summer hasn’t done much more than secure its borders.”
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Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 24, 2018, 08:08:35 PM ---@Bad Alias
I don’t think that’s the reason - Changes is still 4-5 years away, and after PG both Fae courts stop allowing the Reds the pass. This turns the tide of the war against the Reds, forcing them to look at complex dual edged swords like the ritual in Changes. I don’t think Mab had planned it that far ahead - she didn’t even know at this point that Maeve is Nfected.
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I'm not committed to the idea. It was just a thought I had while typing. But somebody was testing out the bloodline curse used in Changes 11 years earlier in Storm Front.
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