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Proven Guilty WAG: Rashid's behind it!
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---When Rashid threatens Harry in Summer Knight it is because of the consequences of Harry taking the easy way out. Thus showing himself not competent to be a true member of the White Council. And in Turn Coat Harry risks a civil war within the Council. And apparently Rashid thought Harry might be part of the conspiracy to cause it.
--- End quote ---
Yes. And in Proven Guilty, according to this WAG, Rashid is trying to prevent the destruction of the universe by Outsiders (via making sure that Mab realizes what Nemesis is doing with Maeve).
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 21, 2019, 01:18:39 AM ---When Rashid threatens Harry in Summer Knight it is because of the consequences of Harry taking the easy way out. Thus showing himself not competent to be a true member of the White Council. And in Turn Coat Harry risks a civil war within the Council. And apparently Rashid thought Harry might be part of the conspiracy to cause it.
--- End quote ---
After Harry accomplished his trial as defined by the Senior Council and Rashid said:
--- Quote ---I know that you have accomplished your mission for the Winter Queen. She will keep her end of the bargain, grant us safe passage through her realm. So far as the Council is concerned, that will be enough. You would be safe.
...
Wizard Dresden, you could end your involvement in the matter. You could choose to step clear of it, right now. It would end the trial.
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Wizard, no one expects you to stop a war between the Sidhe Courts. the Council would assign no such responsibility to any one peson.
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You're sure? You won't step out of the Trial now?
--- End quote ---
Rashid is trying to convince Harry to make the "wrong" decision.
Before Rashid started talking and in between every ellipses, Harry had the opportunity to quit the trial successfully. Afterwards, Rashid talks about how he will now vote in favor of Harry, but he already voted. The Senior Council voted to appoint Harry a trial. Harry successfully completed the trial. If Rashid murdered Harry for standing on his rights, then Rashid would have gone against the will of the Senior Council and murdered a member of the Council in good standing. Outside of the extremely limited definition of treason in the U.S. Constitution, that's about as treasonous as one can get.
Rashid is willing to color outside the lines and risk innocents in the process. Whether or not he is justified for various reasons is besides the point.
morriswalters:
There are actually two trials happening, the Councils and Rashid's. The council wants access to the ways. Rashid wants Harry to restore the balance of the courts.
--- Quote ---"Balance," the Gatekeeper corrected me. "It is all about balance. Redress the imbalance, young wizard. Resolve the situation. Prove your worth beyond doubt."
--- End quote ---
The context of this quote is the Council meeting at the the outset. Rashid both knows that Mab is looking for an Emissary and that the Courts are getting ready to fight as the table turns to Winter at the Solstice. (This, by the way is a foreshadowing for Rashid to be a close associate of Mab's and Winter, one close enough to possess of a piece of the Stone Table.)
Given this context we can see that Rashid is testing Harry's character, by giving him an easy out. Only after Harry has made his choice does Rashid tell him the stakes. He then intervenes, defying the Council to aid Dresden by giving him a piece of the table and the salve to see through glamors.
Bad Alias:
I don't disagree with you. I'm just saying that shows that Rashid plays by his own rules (I hear myself saying that in an '80s rogue cop movie trailer voice despite my best efforts). He could easily set up some dangerous situation which risks the lives of some innocents for a good enough reason.
I do have a question of what does Rashid accomplish by killing Harry? He keeps a guy out of the Council whose character is less than Congressional Medal of Honor heroic? Rashid has been keeping tabs on Harry throughout Summer Knight. We don't know how closely, but Harry has been acting admirably, if not wisely, throughout. Rashid would be aware of Harry's actions in Storm Front where Harry was willing to die rather than break the laws of magic. He may well be aware of Harry's actions in Fool Moon. He is later, in Turn Coat.
morriswalters:
I suppose Jim was making a point about character. Had Harry been the type of guy would would walk away, I suppose that Rashid felt that it showed that the Council was correct in their judgement of him. That Rashid would have killed him himself, is the counterpoint. Meaning that if if the collective judgement would have been that Dresden had to die, that he wouldn't hide behind the fig leaf of collective action, but would do the job himself.
This type of thing is the central point of Changes and Ghost Story.
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