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Mavra and the Black Court
Bad Alias:
It could be that Bob was born somewhere around the year 1000, thus he is a "thousand year old being." I always assume JB is rounding to at least the nearest century when he says someone is x centuries old. He roams the world and/or Nevernever free of the enchanted skull until Etienne binds him to the skull "somewhere in late 14th to mid-15th century."
I figure it probably went down something like this. Bob was birthed or delivered by Etienne around 1000 years ago. Then somewhere in late 14th to mid-15th century Mab discovers that Bob discovered that immortals become vulnerable on certain conjunctions, and then Mab shares her displeasure of this state of affairs with Bob (probably in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him), so Bob returns to Etienne for a sanctum in the real world where he can avoid Mab's reach.
g33k:
I like most of your analysis, but this:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on November 02, 2019, 09:43:15 PM ---... Mab shares her displeasure of this state of affairs with Bob (probably in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him) ...
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seems unlikely. The Queen of Winter being unsuccessful in killing some piddly spirit?
How about that Bob finds out the secret, realizes what a "destroy me NOW" target he has become (as soon as any powerful immortal finds out what he knows)... so he goes and solicits a mortal-realm sanctum and trades his freedom to get it.
aikidoka:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on October 22, 2019, 09:05:43 AM --- and the name Mavra comes from a Russian opera about a love affair.
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Mavra is also Greek for black.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: g33k on November 03, 2019, 08:43:57 PM ---seems unlikely. The Queen of Winter being unsuccessful in killing some piddly spirit?
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I don't think that she would take care of it personally. The Summer Queen tried to kill Harry, repeatedly, and failed. See Small Favor. And the reason I think Mab found out is that Bob is hiding from Mab, not immortals.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on November 04, 2019, 05:00:56 PM ---I don't think that she would take care of it personally. The Summer Queen tried to kill Harry, repeatedly, and failed. See Small Favor. And the reason I think Mab found out is that Bob is hiding from Mab, not immortals.
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If the point is to get rid of him because of what he knows, Mab can't very well risk her assassin finding out the secret while going after him by delegating the hit. I read it that she personally took a convincingly scary-looking swat at him to motivate his silence, without actually meaning to take him off the board permanently in case he was useful later.
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