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What changes with Battleground
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: 123Chikadee on May 27, 2020, 08:02:54 PM ---
@morriswalters: when I first read that, I was all 'what problems? What are you-oh. Oh shi-'
My WAG is that Thomas could actually 'die' but doesn't stay dead. He has a NDE and is revived after a minute or two but that's enough for the death curse on Papa Raith to break and the first one Papa goes for is Lara. She gets killed and Thomas is the one who has to kill Papa(maybe w/ Eb's help) and that's how Thomas gets the crown.
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I don't really know, I could see Thomas getting killed and Harry taking his vengeance on Raith with the spear. He almost lost his mind when he learned Raith killed his mother. Let's see Raith's magic shield stop that. Fan service on my part.
Mira:
--- Quote from: 123Chikadee on May 27, 2020, 09:35:37 PM ---@Mira: LOL at 3. Yeah, that'll do it. :)
But really, I think how severe her injury will be varies. I'm not sure how much help she'll be physical wise but that's not the only role she can have, or even the most important one. I'm not sure how much I like the idea of her injury just getting erased though.
With 1, the other option is that she has a lot of family members....
But a metaphorical death is just as interesting. How do you think that'll happen?
@g33k: Yeah true. I hope PT clears this one up.
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Well, she could really blow it as far as Harry is concerned and is ostracized from his world. Not sure how that could happen, but as we know Murphy has her own ideas about things and it results in disaster. So while she could still be alive, cut off from Harry and all his friends, knowing they want nothing more to do with her, that would be her metaphorical funeral.
Like I said, it could be a miracle, but usually cutting a cast off a weight baring limb that isn't healed to charge off to join a physical fight doesn't end very well. She dies. Oh here is an idea, Harry's nightmare comes true, Murphy accepts a coin to heal her knee so she can save Harry.. She does, but she loses because she is now a Denarian, now there is her metaphorical funeral.
Bad Alias:
Blackstaff: It is likely to be Mother Winter's cane. Jim has said two things about who gets it when the current wielder stops being the current wielder. The first is that he chooses his successor; the second is that the successor knowingly chooses it.
--- Quote ---Eb took up the Blackstaff in 1884-1885 somewhere in there. The Blackstaff chooses his successor.
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--- Quote ---Would you tell us how a person gets choosen to be The Blackstaff of the White Council?
Heh. He picks up the Blackstaff with full knowledge of what he’s in for if he does. If you can find someone crazy enough to do that, and reliable enough to be trusted with it, he gets the job.
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Here's everything else from https://wordof.jim-butcher.com/ about it:
--- Quote ---How long has the White Council had the Blackstaff
Look for Celtic Lore around 1065 ad.
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--- Quote ---Q: How is Eb protected from black magic?
A: The Blackstaff is a literal black staff. He hasn’t had it when we’ve seen him, but he has it and it protects him.
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--- Quote ---The Blackstaff is not sentient per se it’s just really, really, really powerful and tapped into like some serious elemental powers in the universe. But basically all it really is is insulation from using those powers.
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--- Quote ---How did Ebenezar’s instant death spell in Changes work?
That had to do with Ebenezar’s stick. That was all to do with the Blackstaff.
Any more to elaborate?
Well, there are folks who have speculated on where the Blackstaff came from, and that should explain it for those who piece it together.
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--- Quote ---And the original owner of the Blackstaff is quite perturbed that he no longer has it – he, she, it no longer has it, so that will come into play eventually.
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--- Quote from: 123Chikadee on May 27, 2020, 08:02:54 PM ---Since I bet the Paranet would be helpful for the vanilla mortals and there's no real reason for them not to.
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@Bad Alias: Do descendants count? It's been awhile since I've read Blood Rights or Changes.
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Bob says it can be linked to a relative or "like that loup-garou guy. His own bloodline keeps the curse fueled." Emphasis added. So six of one, half a dozen of the other, I guess.
While it wouldn't surprise me if Murphy died, I don't see the Grim Reaper standing over her (and Eb's) shoulder(s) like everyone else seems to.
Mira:
--- Quote ---While it wouldn't surprise me if Murphy died, I don't see the Grim Reaper standing over her (and Eb's) shoulder(s) like everyone else seems to.
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I'd hate it if Eb died, his character still seems to serve it's purpose. However if it is a step necessary for Harry to continue to evolve into what he needs to become to lead the fight or be a key component in the BAT, so be it. Not sure if it has to happen just yet though.
I see Murphy dying because she has become awkward as a character for lack of a better word since
she left the police force. The tough punk rocker look as head of the Justice League, seemed weird to me. She may have worked out as a Holy Knight, but that concept got blown out of the water. I don't see her as lover to Harry for very long either, for a number of reasons. So best she die heroically, Harry can mourn her and it will be another step in his evolution..
Avernite:
I don't think Harry can become Blackstaff right now, because he owes fealty to Mother Winter. That means if he recovers it he should hand her her property (and she would have to duly reward a faithful servant).
Of course one of those WoJ's says MW's perturbation comes into play, so maybe Harry is Blackstaff, MW tells him to hand it in cause it's hers, and he is difficult about it.
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