The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Lea and the Adversary
Mira:
--- Quote ---She did not fight it so Mab could not help her.
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Actually we do not know that..
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 12, 2019, 09:30:09 PM --- Actually we do not know that..
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The quotes from Cold Days point in that direction. Sarissa is no dummy.
morriswalters:
Lea is off at the best of times. However in terms of how the infection was spread the text is explicit.
--- Quote ---"It was the knife," Mab said.
"Knife?"
"Morgana's athame," Mab said in a neutral tone--but her eyes were far away.
"The one given her by the Red Court at Bianca's masquerade. That was how the Leanasidhe was tainted--and your Godmother spread it to Maeve before I could set it right."
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It's about power. It's likely that Maeve was infected at or around Summer Knight. With the Winter Knight, Maeve, and Lea off the board Mab was isolated. It drives the story line. Grave Peril is ten or so years in the past in Harry time by Cold Days. During that time Mab has been weak. Proven Guilty and Small Favor are driven by that. She isn't acting, she's reacting. She can't go on offense because her board is weak. She may have traitors within and Summer may still be compromised.
Lea reenters the story in in Changes, Harry becomes the Winter Knight. Whatever Harry's reason for the events of Changes this is the beginning of Mab's vengeance. Lea gets to balance the scales for Winter and herself. Cold Days fills the board. With Molly as Winter Lady and Sarissa as the Summer Lady. And this completes the Winter Arc.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 12, 2019, 11:35:21 PM ---Lea is off at the best of times. However in terms of how the infection was spread the text is explicit.It's about power. It's likely that Maeve was infected at or around Summer Knight. With the Winter Knight, Maeve, and Lea off the board Mab was isolated. It drives the story line. Grave Peril is ten or so years in the past in Harry time by Cold Days. During that time Mab has been weak. Proven Guilty and Small Favor are driven by that. She isn't acting, she's reacting. She can't go on offense because her board is weak. She may have traitors within and Summer may still be compromised.
Lea reenters the story in in Changes, Harry becomes the Winter Knight. Whatever Harry's reason for the events of Changes this is the beginning of Mab's vengeance. Lea gets to balance the scales for Winter and herself. Cold Days fills the board. With Molly as Winter Lady and Sarissa as the Summer Lady. And this completes the Winter Arc.
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No, I think Mab believes that Maeve was infected by the Knife, now Aurora is another story, she was infected just before Summer Knight.
morriswalters:
I have ideas about Aurora but there is nothing directly in the text, except Titania's remark about knowing what she had become.
Since Mab is allied with the Gatekeeper, she more than anyone other than the Gatekeeper, should be able to spot something like that. So I consider it gospel that the infection occurred the way she suggested.
The torture of Lea may have been as much about finding out who else might have been infected as curing her. And this could be how Maeve is uncovered. And Lea suggested in Changes that it isn't completely gone.
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