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Is there anything Mab can't command Harry to do? (Getting out of the WK idea.)
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on March 01, 2019, 10:18:14 PM ---Wait, what? I had thought hospitality came up in reference to a list of things that Harry could do but faeries couldn't, which was itself posted as an explanation for why Harry wouldn't necessarily assume that Winter Law applied to him (and so he wasn't trying to weasel out of his responsibilities as Mab's Knight when he broke it). I'm not sure how hospitality has to do with anything, unless the claim is that faeries are incapable of breaking it (which may be the case).
Also, I think there's a WoJ that the way neutral territory works is that everyone present is essentially Mab's guest.
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The Laws of Hospitality are an agreement between arcane groups, Winter Law is a property of Winter. Because of that, if Mab so chooses, the Laws of Hospitality become law for Winter. But Harry isn't Winter, he's human. His Mantle on the other hand is Winter. The Wiki describes Winter Law as emanating from Mab. Harry will know if he breaks Winter Law, the Mantle will tell him, kinda.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 02, 2019, 11:41:17 AM ---The Laws of Hospitality are an agreement between arcane groups, Winter Law is a property of Winter. Because of that, if Mab so chooses, the Laws of Hospitality become law for Winter. But Harry isn't Winter, he's human. His Mantle on the other hand is Winter. The Wiki describes Winter Law as emanating from Mab. Harry will know if he breaks Winter Law, the Mantle will tell him, kinda.
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But the Law of Hospitality applies to wizards as well, last time I checked, Harry is still a wizard.
morriswalters:
Yes, wizards are an arcane group. But Mab doesn't hold sway over them accepting by acts of violence. On the other hand Toot knows and obeys the way he breathes, automatically.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---But the Law of Hospitality applies to wizards as well, last time I checked, Harry is still a wizard.
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I think in Skin Game Harry mentions that the consequences of breaking hospitality are that everyone tries to kill you and something about having super-bad luck from then on (it's the chapter where he meets Hades; I don't remember exactly what he says).
Mira:
--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on March 02, 2019, 04:06:40 PM ---I think in Skin Game Harry mentions that the consequences of breaking hospitality are that everyone tries to kill you and something about having super-bad luck from then on (it's the chapter where he meets Hades; I don't remember exactly what he says).
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That has been true since Storm Front.
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