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The Next Knight
dspringer1:
Totally -- Nic would have been ideal -- but I think that ship sailed with Skin Game. I totally believe that one of the reasons Uriel risked so much was because of the possibility that Nic might change course. That did not happen because not all good possibilities come true.
Hard for me to see what else might create a transformation moment for Nic.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 02, 2019, 10:14:23 PM ---I don't think he was as old as Nic. He didn't die of natural causes because Mouse broke his neck, but clearly he was aging at a very rapid pace, that is one reason why he was so desperate to take up another coin.
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He was in all likelihood Roman, so he probably couldn't be much younger than Nic. About 400 years at most. He survived for two years before being killed, i.e., he had at least two years in him, probably more. Nic would almost certainly survive long enough to take up a sword for a book or two. He definitely wouldn't just die on the spot and turn to dust, as we saw in Skin Game.
--- Quote from: dspringer1 on October 02, 2019, 10:35:39 PM ---Thomas is a full vampire. He feeds on souls - no choice about it. A Knight would not be allowed to feed on souls. If Thomas managed to kill his demon/vampire part, then a Knight could be possible.
...It is this combination of self-sacrifice and desire to do good that makes a Knight. Thomas does not have that for anyone beyond his immediate family.
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The predominant theory of Thomas being a Knight is that the Sword of Love kills the demon/frees Thomas from it when he takes up the Sword. His entire life between Blood Rights and Turn Coat is self sacrifice for the benefit of others. He was tortured into "accepting" his demon by a divine entity. It would be poetic for him to defeat his demon with the help of the Sword.
Mira:
--- Quote ---He was in all likelihood Roman, so he probably couldn't be much younger than Nic. About 400 years at most. He survived for two years before being killed, i.e., he had at least two years in him, probably more. Nic would almost certainly survive long enough to take up a sword for a book or two. He definitely wouldn't just die on the spot and turn to dust, as we saw in Skin Game.
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While you are right, Harry says that Cassius is approximately 1,400 to 1,500 years of age and had faced him two years previously. He did not have two or more years left in him as you put it...
page 357 paperback Dead Beat
--- Quote ---"Last time I saw you, you could have passed for forty."
Cassius stared at me for a moment more, and then leaned his bat on the floor. " It was the result of losing my coin to you and your friends,"he said, voice creaking. While I held my coin, Saluriel prevented age from ravaging my body. Now nature is collecting her due from me. Plus interest. "
He waved his stiff-fingered right hand, wrinkled, spotted, swollen with what looked like bad arthritis. "If she has her way, I will be dead within the year."
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And in Skin Game while Nic did take off his noose, and offer his coin to Murphy, he never gave it up. So while you could be right he wouldn't turn to dust on the spot, there is no proof that he wouldn't because he didn't give up his coin in Skin Game. Cassius is proof however of rapid aging after giving up the coin, Nic is that much older so who knows what would happen.
morriswalters:
The question, "Is the noose what keeps Nic young or is it his fallen?", might be interesting in this context. Also it will be interesting to see if Thomas survives Peace Talks, or or conversely, Justine. JB likes to reuse the same gags over and over. However if anyone in the damn book is owed a sword Murphy is.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on October 03, 2019, 09:04:20 PM ---The question, "Is the noose what keeps Nic young or is it his fallen?", might be interesting in this context. Also it will be interesting to see if Thomas survives Peace Talks, or or conversely, Justine. JB likes to reuse the same gags over and over. However if anyone in the damn book is owed a sword Murphy is.
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Um, perhaps but she isn't suited for one.....
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