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morriswalters:
In SG Kringle tells Harry that there are four mercs who can fill the role that Goodman Grey does.  Two are under contract, one is detained and the other is Grey.  Are there four scions of skinwalkers?

KurtinStGeorge:
Maybe the one who is detained is now stuck in a cell underneath Demonreach island.  That would leave the other two.  Could one of those be Kincade, because I doubt they have to be scions of skinwalkers?

g33k:

--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 11, 2019, 07:44:44 PM --- ... because I doubt they have to be scions of skinwalkers?

--- End quote ---
Well, remember that Nic picked GG specifically to get through the eyeball-and-PINcode security.

So it needs one of:
* shapechange so profound as to duplicate retinal patterns and memory

* complete mental domination / loyalty-rewrite
* illusory reality, so the victim does the job thinking they are doing something ordinary
* hardware/software hacker who can tell the door to open and the alarm not to go off
* ... I dunno, other options I've overlooked?So a merc that can do any of those would, seemingly, suffice.

I presume Vadderung knows all the abilities of all the mercs.  Looks like there aren't many.  We don't know the methods of any of the others, but I presume any Naagloshi (or N-scion) would suffice for the shapeshift.  Daisy (or Fitz) from S.H.I.E.L.D. could could probably do the hacking job.

I don't believe Kinkaid has the skillset to get through the door without setting off an alarm (just as GG probably cannot snipe the way Kinkaid can).

I presume we don't know the other 3 mercs because we haven't met them yet; maybe Jim hasn't even invented them?  Maybe it was just a throwaway line to demonstrate the elevated ranks of operations involved (only 4 in the entire world? There are more Senior-Council level wizards than mercs who can do this job??!?), and the "Can plan for anything" aspect of Vadderung?
 

KurtinStGeorge:
Just as Harry once said there are other types of succubi besides the White Court there are probably other types of shapeshifters besides naagloshii and their scions.  Whether we will ever see another type of shapeshifter; beyond something like an angel, is another question.

morriswalters:
The specificity caught my attention as did the fact that two were under contract, since it implies that somewhere out there there are two people operating who can impersonate anyone down to the cellular level and might be doing so. Oh, and Kringle knows them and what they are doing, not to mention that he knew what Nicodemus needed.

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