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Who really killed Margaret McCoy Dresden
kbrizzle:
@morriswalters
My mistake - you’re right about Harry being target & Thomas being the fuel
Mr. Death:
Did Lord Raith's HWWB entropy curse always need a human sacrifice?
If so, that's another reason he took so long to get Maggie -- even he probably can't get away with sacrificing a person a day for that. Eventually someone would notice, and the logical conclusion would be that the White King has lost control of his feeding and is now weak; and if they actually did know why, they'd find out that A. he's obsessed with revenge and B. he's been totally ineffective at it.
Ergo, if the spell needs a human sacrifice, I think that makes it more likely he held it in reserve until he was sure he had a good shot at her.
kbrizzle:
@Mr. Death
I started this thread with the thought that it could be Nic who kills Maggie with his entropy curse, but just to play devil’s advocate, you’re assuming that Lord Raith had just the one entropy curse up his sleeve. Also as the King of a nation of vampires, I’m sure through his Court he could get as many mortals to sacrifice as he needs. I mean people like Madeline seem to drain a person every day or couple of days. Can you imagine what the entire WCV goes through daily?
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on May 05, 2019, 06:48:11 PM ---@Mr. Death
I started this thread with the thought that it could be Nic who kills Maggie with his entropy curse, but just to play devil’s advocate, you’re assuming that Lord Raith had just the one entropy curse up his sleeve. Also as the King of a nation of vampires, I’m sure through his Court he could get as many mortals to sacrifice as he needs. I mean people like Madeline seem to drain a person every day or couple of days. Can you imagine what the entire WCV goes through daily?
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I think it's the main one we've seen and it's a very powerful curse, the kind of thing that he'd need/want to get to a powerful wizard. Plus, the HWWB connection is too good to pass up.
Madeline is noted as being something of an out-of-control loose cannon. Others, like Lord Raith and Lara, tend to drag it out for weeks or even months, based on their dialog, and they disapprove of how Madeline treats her prey based on White Night.
But for the White King to go through a person a day, that'd be up there with the Red King's near-junky tendencies. It'd be a sign of weakness.
And if he sacrifices that person a day to try and kill another person -- and keeps failing to do so -- that's yet more weakness.
And while I'll agree that Nic could have killed Maggie, I just don't see him wanting to, or a good motive for it.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---And while I'll agree that Nic could have killed Maggie, I just don't see him wanting to, or a good motive for it.
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This is my issue as well. I can think of many reasons for Nic to be potentially upset at Margaret, or to want to influence Harry, but none of them would make killing Margaret Nic's best plan.
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