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Motivation for fixing Little Chicago?
kbrizzle:
--- Quote from: g33k on May 17, 2019, 07:23:59 PM ---I could definitely see it being Summer, particularly Mother Summer or one of her agents. Elaine could have been playing a really really deep game, secretly in Mother Summer's employ, for example.
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I had considered Elaine because she likely has the skill to get through Harry’s wards, get around Bob & fix LC (if she knew she needed to fix it). My only issue here is the timing & the doubts I have about Elaine’s loyalties. Elaine’s last 2 ‘sponsors’ were Justin & Aurora - I don’t think MS would want to risk allowing a possibly Nfected/ thrall/ Black Council Agent access to Harry’s apt at this critical time when Nemesis is in the middle of a big play
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Sure, but we’ve seen what happens to people when they try to interfere when it’s someone else’s time to die. Marcone saving Harry in DB from the Corpsetaker has terrible consequences for him down the line. Harry trying to read Gard’s expression in SmF also doesn’t end well for Michael (since it was the gun being carried by Harry that Tessa used to shoot him).
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Marcone I'll grant you, but Uriel specifically told Harry that his interference saved both Michael's and Harry's lives, and that this was Michael's happy ending.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on May 18, 2019, 04:58:40 PM ---@morriswalters
I don’t know that every thread is solved by CD. Here are some of them:
* Who invites Madrigal Raith to SplatterCon!!! a year ago? Has Maeve been Nfected for a year at this point?
* Why is Mab in the Winter garden? What is the purpose of the garden? What are the other statues in the garden?
* Who all were involved in the attack on Arctis Tor? When did it occur?
* Who hits Harry’s car in the beginning?
* Why were Summer & Winter forces aligned at the border for months against each other despite the Ramps encroaching on their territory?
Regarding your earlier question about the Gatekeeper - he seems to be able to sense black magic outside of linear time - no doubt his mantle & eye help.
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Sandra Marling. Unless you have a simpler theory this is a foreshadowing of the events in White Knight. Somebody wanted the finger pointed at Madrigal. Harry was more than likely supposed to go all Harry on him, leaving a corpse. Yes, Maeve was infected by the time of Dead Beat, because at that point Lea is detained by Mab although she is unaware that Maeve is compromised. After that point she couldn't have gotten to Maeve.
Mab is watching, see the final paragraph. A prison. The other statures are described by JB in some WOJ.
We know the identity of the Denarian involved although no one else in particular. In the description we know that the deaths of the guard is caused by hellfire thus placing the Denarian and his identity is revealed in Small Favor. The attack occurs sometime during the events of Dead Beat. Somewhere around the same time the Reds attack the Senior Council calling in the aid of Outsiders.
Ace is the driver, Murphy describes the attack as an attack of opportunity. The only other candidate is Cassius. But no wizard could safely make the bombs used later. And Cassius can still use magic as evidenced by his attack on Mouse in the museum. By the time of Cold Days it is fairly obvious that Ace has been following Harry and in point of fact has stolen from Harry's repertoire. As evidenced by his use of the Wyld Fae. Consider his father is the Red Cap and remember Harry's description of him.
The attacks on the Winter Court were designed to pin Mab to the borders of Winter and to keep her from retaliating against the Reds. While Maeve was doing her whisper campaign against Mab she was using Lilly as a pawn. This serves to keep Mab in the dark about the degree of Summers involvement. Down two of her primary allies Mab has restricted freedom of motion and must react as if Summer is preparing to attack even though she suspects otherwise.
The attack itself probably had no other purpose. There is no indicator that shows that other than kicking down the door that anything else occurred.
Lea's involvement in Changes is almost certainly payback for the events of Arctis Tor. Changes, Cold Days and Skin Game are all payback books, where Mab wreaks vengeance of those who wronged her. The Reds, Maeve and Nicodemus.
I suspect that Mab told the Gatekeeper. She's on a war footing and is watching everything. Mab's plan is designed to expose the traitor or traitors within Winter. Her involvement consists entirely of warning Harry. After that it's all about watching the pieces move. Mab simply turned the light on in a roach infected kitchen(our illustrious wizard) and watched where everybody scurried. Scarecrow was acting under someones orders, probably Maeve's. This is the simplest explanation of his behavior. Lucius Glau was coopted by somebody, probably in Egypt. A number there will turn up on his sisters phone in Turn Coat. She could have back stabbed him, that's questionable and I won't support it. Taking Molly to Arctis Tor has no benefit to Mab, but plays to Maeve's story that Mab is crazy. Mab will tell Harry in Cold Days that she had another purpose in mind for Molly.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Ace is the driver, Murphy describes the attack as an attack of opportunity. The only other candidate is Cassius. But no wizard could safely make the bombs used later. And Cassius can still use magic as evidenced by his attack on Mouse in the museum.
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Also, Cassius is dead at this point. Remember, he was killed in Dead Beat, which is the book before Proven Guilty.
Unless you're claiming that Cassius is the time traveller...it would certainly be an original theory.
kbrizzle:
@morriswalters
Wow, a lot to unpack here. I will point out that almost everything you’re saying is a theory (some with strong evidence). The main thing CD confirms is that it is Maeve & not Mab who has “gone insane”.
Who is pointing a finger at Madrigal in WN? IIRC Madrigal is the one who wants to involve Harry. Madrigal & Vito are hatching a plan to usurp the White throne (which is the main plot of the novel). I guess you could say that Cowl/ the Circle are using Madrigal.
There is also evidence that the garden is more than just a prison - Mab was curing Lea there. I don’t recall the WoJ about who the statues are.
Just knowing the identity of one of the Denarians involved is not enough regarding the attack unless you think Thorned Namshiel mounted the assault on Artis Tor by himself. The point is that the attack was concerted effort by what was likely an army - the point is whose army?
As @nadia points out, Cassius is dead at this point. There is strong evidence that it was Ace using an opportunity- but it could also be TT Harry.
There is no evidence that Mab positioned most of her forces at the Summer border ready to attack just to flush out a traitor (it’s possible, but it’s just a theory) - the fact that Mab has done this is used by Maeve to convince Harry that Mab has been Nfected.
My own theory is that Maeve told Mab that Lily, like Aurora, had also been Nfected causing Mab to expect Nemesis’ next attack to come from that direction. Maeve used the fact that the Winter armies were at the Summer border to attack Arctis Tor, besieging Mab (who was able to hide out in the Winter garden) & outing herself in the process. Maeve is able to convince Mab of this because we see how well she’d ingratiated herself with Lily by PG - she was manipulating Lily into doing Nemesis’ dirty work (as shown in CD) more overtly than herself - painting a subtle target on Lily’s back.
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