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Who are the four?
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on August 25, 2019, 02:22:17 AM ---All this talk of mind control has me thinking - the best way to do this would be Corpsetaker-style. He seemed extremely adept at taking over people’s minds, including Molly’s who had become fairly formidable by GS. So any wizard/ sorcerer with strong mental magic capabilities (like Molly) could technically be a candidate. So perhaps 1 of the 4 is a warlock?
@Bad Alias
While it’s true that Blamps likely can’t create fine thralls, I think that Mavra may be the exception to this rule. Her nuanced understanding of human emotions is what has allowed her to be one of the very few bad guys to successfully manipulate Harry to get exactly what she wants & walk away unscathed.
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Perhaps the key part here is that Kringle was specifically talking about mercenaries, because their loyalties are uncomplicated. The issue might not be so much that roughly enthralling the accountant would have made him forget the PIN as that Nic wouldn't trust a blampire. Given his apparently sincere pitch to Harry about why they had a common interest in exterminating the Red Court, I'd be surprised if the same reasons didn't motivate him to help and exploit the purges during the Stokerlypse, but that would leave anybody who is anybody among them carrying a grudge against him.
Similarly for human warlocks, the skill threshold might be such that only the Circle has anyone that good, and they're even more likely antagonistic to the Denarians than the Blampires are. Fast-training a magically capable host themselves (like Hannah's pyromancy lessons from Lasciel) would probably run sufficiently afoul of Uriel's purview to protect free will that they don't want to risk giving him a balancing action like teaching Harry advanced magic. Not to mention, the ability to do that for any middling warlock in a matter of a month or two would make the Fallen way too OP from a Doylist perspective.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: isoycrazy on August 22, 2019, 11:51:20 AM ---Not really. The Supernatural world takes commitments deadly seriously. If I hire Jack to impersonate Jill for the next month, Jack will do it, and if Nicodemus comes along in that month with a job that would make it impossible to do my job, Jack would have to decline or be an oathbreaker to me. I would tell everyone from the mountain top Jack's loyalty can be bought with cash and he will betray you for the right price. His name would be ruined.
If these two were on contract, they would risk their entire reputations on leaving one job early for another.
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Or, you know, Nic could hire them off their employer.
isoycrazy:
--- Quote from: Avernite on August 26, 2019, 07:04:19 AM ---Or, you know, Nic could hire them off their employer.
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True. Which makes me think Kringle was the one who hired them or had them hired by a proxy and the proxy wasn't going to release them from their contracts.
So to continue my Jack and Jill scene, Peter hires Jack, but Peter is paying a debt to Paul, who is doing a favor for Mary, who is taking orders from Odin. And Nicodemus only knows right now Peter is the contract holder and he won't budge.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Avernite on August 26, 2019, 07:04:19 AM --- ... Or, you know, Nic could hire them off their employer ...
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What if they're "on assignment" from their employer... Monoc Securities.
Because, you KNOW he's got the best mercenaries around.
(I wonder if that's why GG came so cheap, too -- because Monoc was paying his REAL salary)
GWPfark:
I would assume one is tied up under a snake as an assignment....
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