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Archive & Oblivion War -- who knows?
g33k:
2 questions, here...
The Venatori know of the Oblivion War, by and large.
Q.1 -- Who else knows? The OW relies heavily on keeping it secret; indeed the OW itself is about reducing the number of people who know certain secrets -- and writings recording those secrets -- to zero.
So... who (else, besides the Venatori) knows of the OW?
Q.2 -- Who knows of the Archive's role in the Oblivion War???
Damned few, I think...
I don't think there's any real sign the Venatori themselves know of the Archive's role in it. Many of them "know of the Archive," of course: as "a signatory of the Accords" and as "a repository for human knowledge," the Archive is (to the Supernatural community at large) something of a "public figure" (albeit a reclusive or low-profile one; unlike, say, the White Court or the erzatz Reds, who keep/kept up an intentional image as dangerous and active).
But the Archive's role in the Oblivion War?
I think that knowledge is as rare (amongst those who know of the OW at all) as knowledge of the OW itself is, among supernaturals-in-general... Possibly so rare as to be unknown, within the Dresdenverse; or only known to individuals like Vaderrung, or Mab, or Anduriel.
As has already been pointed out: the Archive's obvious purpose is to collect and preserve knowledge / information; the Oblivion War's purpose is to eradicate it. So the Archive has a "cover story" that's reasonably solid... indeed, I might wonder if some Venatori (ignorant of the Archive's genuine role) might conclude the Archive's known "collect/preserve" function is actually a huge threat to the Oblivion War! :o ;D
Thoughts? Insights? Facts I have overlooked?
Yuillegan:
Interesting, interesting.
I imagine there would be a few supernaturals who are aware. Kringle I am sure. Mab. Any being with Intellectus that covers that sort of thing in the scope (so probably all Angels, fallen or otherwise). Naturally, the probably were also aware of the Archives role.
I would be willing to bet it was a "good" supernatural entity allied with humanity that helped create the Archive for that purpose, and it's secondary cover purpose. Kringle, or perhaps Thoth (if they aren't the same being...Thoth is the equivalent of Hermes and Hermes is the equivalent of Odin apparently).
As for mortals (and the somewhat mortal like the WCV)...I would say very, very few but the most senior know. And perhaps one or two very knowledgeable people (like maybe the Merlin or Gatekeeper).
It would be amusing if the Venators believed that the Archive itself was a threat to be forgotten. But I doubt it. I could see a rogue Venator zealot deciding that though. I imagine that as part of it's purpose, the end function when all the supernatural are consigned to Oblivion is to shut the Archive down. Perhaps a self-destruct is built in.
Mira:
Reading the blurbs about it, the main weapon is the Archive. From what I read the Archive is the keeper of the memories of the dead, until it decides the memory of that particular being doesn't need
to exist anymore.. Zap! That is that.. So maybe no one knows except the Archive..
Arjan:
According to Thomas in Backup they tried to get rid of the fairy courts but Mab prevented that.
--- Quote --- There was an old book on the table next to the candies, set carefully and precisely in place beside the dish. It was titled Kinder- und Hausmärchen. I leaned down and opened it. The text was in German. It was really old. The pages were made of paper of the finest quality, thin and crisp and edged in gold foil. On the title page, under the title, were the names Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and the year 1812.
It was autographed, and personalized, “For Mab.” I couldn’t read the text, so I settled for the illustrations. It was better than reading those stupid celebrity magazines in every other waiting room, and was probably more grounded in reality
--- End quote ---
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 19, 2020, 04:27:19 AM --- Reading the blurbs about it, the main weapon is the Archive. From what I read the Archive is the keeper of the memories of the dead, until it decides the memory of that particular being doesn't need to exist anymore.. Zap! That is that.. So maybe no one knows except the Archive..
--- End quote ---
The Archive serves 2 purposes. As you note, she does the ZAPping -- she is the coup de grace.
But before she does that, she tracks every time someone commits anything to writing, and when she sees signs of an Oblivion Target, she dispatches an assassin (or if needed a team, presumably) to deal with the situation.
So she is intel/recon, and command&control (in addition to being Cap'n Zap).
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