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Candidates for future Nemfection?
kbrizzle:
A general comment about Lea & the athame: We must remember that the athame itself is so powerful that it is considered to be equal value to Amoracchius. So let’s sidestep the Nfection for a second (we’ll get back to it).
Here is the sequence of events from Lea’s POV -
Lea gets Amoracchius in GP, however it is kinda useless to her due to its nature. Lea manages to exchange Amoracchius for Morgana’s athame, which is an artifact whose power can likely be tapped by a Sidhe.
Lea is probably supposed to turn over the athame to her Queen so as to not upset the balance, however being a power-hungry Winter Fae, she is tempted to see if she can use the athame to overcome “that which stalks us all”. She fails & is instead Nfected. The likely target of this Black Council ploy is Mab, with Lea having been incidentally Nfected (clearly not something Nemesis is opposed to).
By merely choosing to keep/ use the athame, Lea upsets the power balance in the Winter Court - Mab has to take away Harry’s debt in compensation (talk about equal value!) to balance things. I wonder if this seemingly ‘free-willed’ choice on Lea’s part is what told Mab she was Nfected?
@KurtinStGeorge
Exactly - we only see high-level elder Sidhe get Nfected in the series so far, so having C/D grade bad guys like Sells & Kravos also be ‘Nfected’ would somehow cheapen the danger posed by Nemesis.
It is also clear that Nemesis cannot spread beyond a certain audience - if it is spreadable over a larger audience, everyone would know about it thus defeating one of its’ greatest weapons. My WAG is that Nemesis can only possess 3 people at a time.
@Lady Inez & g33k
The purpose of Winter is protect the DV from Outsiders - this is why they have the power etc. that they do. My WAG is that post-BAT, the Outsider threat will be neutralized once & for all - when this happens, what becomes of Winter’s purpose? Without the looming threat of Outsiders, the Fae courts will lose a lot of their raisin d’etre & power. Perhaps they will no longer require Knights, thereby freeing Harry?
morriswalters:
I don't think the athame was ever meant to be Mab's. The way I read it is that it was an arrangement between Marva, Bianca, and Lea. The sword was obtained by Lea. To get the athame Mab would have had to give Lea a gift of equal value, isn't that canon? And if the athame infected after being used then Lea was infected almost immediately. Since she opens some kind of portal with it.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 29, 2019, 08:15:07 AM ---I don't think the athame was ever meant to be Mab's. The way I read it is that it was an arrangement between Marva, Bianca, and Lea. The sword was obtained by Lea. To get the athame Mab would have had to give Lea a gift of equal value, isn't that canon? And if the athame infected after being used then Lea was infected almost immediately. Since she opens some kind of portal with it.
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No, it wasn't, Lea wanted it because she wanted Mab's job... Mab saw it and confiscated it.
g33k:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on August 29, 2019, 05:17:24 AM ---@Lady Inez & g33k
The purpose of Winter is protect the DV from Outsiders - this is why they have the power etc. that they do. My WAG is that post-BAT, the Outsider threat will be neutralized once & for all - when this happens, what becomes of Winter’s purpose? Without the looming threat of Outsiders, the Fae courts will lose a lot of their raisin d’etre & power. Perhaps they will no longer require Knights, thereby freeing Harry?
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Winter is its own thing; being the Army Defending The Gate is a new gig for Winter... probably dating back to the Battle of Hastings or so.
Before that, it seems to have been one or more of the pagan gods.
Winter will move along just fine if the Outsider threat is neutralized. Possibly the Summer/Winter Courts will be a bit more balanced?
I expect the Knights will continue: "knights" seem like an integral part of medieval-esque "courts."
Dunno... maybe Mab will die, Molly will advance from Lady, and Harry will advance from Winter Knight to Winter's King, and they'll finally resolve that element of their relationship (yes, I know the DV doesn't seem to have such a thing; this mini-WAG includes that there IS such a role, but for some reason the role is unoccupied, or submerged in some other activity due to the War at the Outer Gates).
Or maybe Harry will figure out how to strip off Faerie Mantles, and get both himself and Molly out
I mean... we don't even know what's happening in the already-written next novel... and we're WAG'ing about the BAT & beyond?!? Why yes... yes we are. :o ::)
peregrine:
We can't even be sure that non-fae CAN be infected. So far 100% of the known infected people are fae, being Lea, Maeve, Aurora, and Cat Sith. Others may be manipulated by those who are infected, but not necessarily infected themselves. Or even straight out working with them, but of their own free will.
I almost think that a creature with Free Will can not be infected, if the whole thing is to go against one's nature, as Free Will already lets someone do that.
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