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EBRIEN:
Re: Dresden becomes new Blackstaff

Was it mentioned somewhere that the Blackstaff is a mantle? If so, and Eb dies, then Harry's the closest and best-prepared vessel for the mantle. So, maybe the WCouncil doesn't have a say in who gets it the staff...? Or, knowing he's going to die, Eb bestows it on Harry knowing that Harry will use it responsibly.

123Chikadee:
Combo 2 with 8. Since I bet the Paranet would be helpful for the vanilla mortals and there's no real reason for them not to.
 4 could lead to 3, but I think I can live w/ just 4 happening. Maybe if 3 gets teased but ultimately pushed aside, b/c hey, there's a big ol' titan smashing Chicago. 
5 for sure.
@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.
@Bad Alias: Do descendants count? It's been awhile since I've read Blood Rights or Changes.
I don't think Harry will get the blackstaff just yet. If Eb loses it(I'm not sure he'll die yet here) it might choose someone else. Harry would probably use the lance(from the cover) instead. I bet it's the one from Hades' vault. The titan can get imprisoned in Demonreach, so maybe 6 is gonna happen.
@Mira: Yeah 4 works really well. Molly and Sarissa are both young enough that their mantles haven't taken them over. Their circumstances are also unique enough that they can work together better than Titania and Mab can. I hadn't thought of how Lea would react to that.
I still don't think Murphy will die. I think she'll team up w/ Tilly at some point instead.
@EBRIAN: I think it has, yeah. But I don't think Harry will get it. Maybe it'll just go back to Winter, if that's where it's from.
Oh, maybe if Eb doesn't die, but gets injured enough that the staff could decide that Eb is too weak to wield it, that it'll just go back to where it came from. Maybe a dramatic moment will be when it chooses Mab to use it to get out of a tight spot.

g33k:
RE the Blackstaff --

I'm pretty sure the WC has owned it for quite a while, and Eb only picked it up relatively-recently.  I don't think we have info on any prior wielders.

I believe we have WoJ that the Staff isn't really active in "picking" who it goes to.  It's a matter of who is willing to pick it up, and bear the burden.  OTOH, I'm not sure you can put it down again so easily ...

Mira:

--- Quote ---I still don't think Murphy will die. I think she'll team up w/ Tilly at some point instead.
--- End quote ---

 Murphy is being set up to leave this mortal plane in my opinion..   

1]  Unless it was a very bad joke, Jim mentions writing her "funeral" a while back.  Now
funeral could have two meanings, a] she makes a very bad decision and the results are
metaphorically her funeral.. b] the literal, she is killed and it is her funeral. c] or he was
just pulling our collective legs..

2] Her character hasn't really "clicked" since she left the police force, Murphy is a professional
cop like her father, always was and always will be.   The latest versions of her come up lacking,  maybe she will end up partner to agent Tilly, but that seems off as well.

3] Lover of Harry, a real sentence of death...  Not to mention unless she is cured by a miracle, a
severely injured knee that requires a cast isn't going to work very well in a serious fight.  Oh yeah, she can still shoot, but she still has to get to the fight, then she has to set herself to best advantage, and someone had to help her get into position.  Harry is going to be very busy, so who is going to do it?  So I think she is going to do something really stupid, really heroic to save Harry, she will succeed, but she is going to die doing it.. 

123Chikadee:
@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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