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Christmas Eve and Peace Talks theory (spoilers)
Conspiracy Theorist:
Christmas Eve shows Harry still considers himself to be a Wizard of the White Council, so we can presume there is still a White Council and Harry is part of it, he is deprecating the fact that Mouse has to help him. This is how to defeat Harry in a Duel, choose assembly of a children’s bicycle under Skill.
This does not mean other characters are on the White Council i.e. They died. I think both the Merlin and Luccio (and Christos) are for the chop, replaced by Eb and Harry in time for Battlefield when they are needed.
There is one other Wizard level talent running around, under the radar, Mortimer Lindquist according to Uriel who should know. Granted he pretty much set his powers aside at one point, and his powers are strongest in Ectomancy, but off the fly in Dead Beat, he does a rather nifty spell allowing for necromancy cold spots to be identified. He isn’t a strong one trick pony like Binder, he has a broader talent.
Bad Alias:
I never considered that things that happen to Harry later happen to Murphy.
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on July 10, 2020, 07:49:29 PM ---Technically, he's already fulfilled that. The curse even echoed when he was shot.
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I think Jim gave a "yes and no" answer when someone asked if that was the case.
Peace Talks (click to show/hide)
--- Quote from: Walter the skull on July 12, 2020, 01:40:02 AM ---I'm concerned about ... Thomas's lack of mention.
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Ouch.
--- Quote from: peregrine on July 13, 2020, 12:25:41 AM ---I don't think Eb is going to die until a book after he finds out Thomas is also his grandson.
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So end of Battle Ground if you're right?
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 13, 2020, 06:07:48 PM ---The only way to throw them out is either saying he is not a wizard, they tried that and it would be rather absurd to try it now, or saying he is not human anymore. No reason for that either.
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Depends on how much of a democracy/republic balance the Council has. A pure democracy is simple majority rules. A republic has restraints on the majority. (It's more complicated than that, but those complications don't matter for this point). We know it's not a pure democracy because the Senior Council can overrule the Council. Other than that, we don't know much about it's rules.
Arjan:
The council is a gerontocracy.
morriswalters:
Yeah, I kind of got tired of hearing about doddering old fools, so to speak.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 16, 2020, 08:16:57 PM ---The council is a gerontocracy.
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Not really. Harry's vote counts just as much as Luccio's. That's a democracy. The selection process for the Senior Council is gerontocratic, but according to Turn Coat, that's just a tradition. As we see it play out in SK, the eldest member willing to serve runs for the seat unopposed.
The White Council is a mostly direct democracy where each member has a vote equal to every other member. The democracy is limited by the authority of the Senior Council to decide any matter before the whole Council itself with a vote of, I believe three Senior Council members. The Senior Council handles routine matters and has more power in times of war. The Council has a republican form of government because of these limitations.
If we consider that the Council has authority over all humans, it would be a gerontocratic-oligarchic-republic.
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