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A Hypothetical Diplomatic Incident
Walter the skull:
Say Fix is sent by Titania to stop a mortal that is murdering changelings. The mortal has a small amount of magical ability, and is a member of the paranet. His power is a watered-down version of the site. He is also a serial killer that believes humans that aren’t fully human deserve to die. He is killing them with a knife. Fix engages the killer and burns him to a crisp.
The paranetters let the council know about the serial killer. A warden is sent to investigate the situation and witnesses Fix burning the killer. What happens next? Does the warden try to arrest Fix? What if Fix resist arrest?
What if it was Ronald Rhule a plain mortal, not Fix a changeling?
What happens if its Harry freezing the guy to death?
What happens if its Harry freezing the guy to death, but he is no longer a member of the white council?
If the warden doesn’t engage, does he get in trouble?
If the warden engages and kills the knight, does the corresponding court have a legal right to retaliate against the council? Would the queens even care?
If the knight kills the warden, does the council have any legal resource?
Would the queens be annoyed that the knight didn’t go back to the council with the warden and let the queens and the senior council come to a diplomatic agreement?
I think the warden would leave fix alone. I’m not sure what the warden would do if it was Ronald Rhule. I think the council would want Harry brought in under any circumstance. The warden would probably comply.
I wonder if a situation like this is how Eldest Gruff got the purple Stoles?
If you’re a mortal working for a fairy court that has been given fairy power, which group has dibs on you? Are you subject to both sets of rules? The only one who probably has any idea what would happen is Jim, but I wonder how these situations work.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Walter the skull on July 08, 2020, 06:46:51 PM ---A warden is sent to investigate the situation and witnesses Fix burning the killer. What happens next? Does the warden try to arrest Fix?
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Certainly not if the Warden knows that Fix is Summer Knight. The White Council knows how powerful the Faerie Courts are, and isn't going to interfere with them that way. The Council has a lot of rhetoric about protecting mortals, but that's pretty much just from warlocks, not other
Accords members.
--- Quote ---What happens if its Harry freezing the guy to death?
What happens if its Harry freezing the guy to death, but he is no longer a member of the white council?
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Current Harry is a different case, since he is actually a member of the White Council, so the Accords don't prevent them acting against him under their own internal laws.
They won't go directly against Mab, but they could argue that Harry could still have fulfilled Mab's orders by killing via mundane means, as the Wardens do.
If Harry was not on the Council, then his only Accorded nation would be Winter, so the Council would be strictly hands-off - officially. Though they wouldn't like the situation, probably viewing him as a traitor, and might try to get him killed via indirect, unofficial, deniable means.
Walter the skull:
That's pretty much how i see things too.
forumghost:
Changelings are still humans, so what your question boils down to is "If a Minor Practitioner is killing humans and the Summer Knight kills him before the Wardens, will they do anything about it?"
Which... no, why would they? Fix isn't a practitioner (his abilities are all the Mantle) and the Minor Practitioner is dead, so, whatever.
Like, this guy is clearly going to go Warlock soon, because Changeling have superpowers and he has a Knife, I don't see that going well for him.
Walter the skull:
Basically what I'm getting at is what happens when two jurisdictions overlap. Fix is a mortal (sort of) and he kills some one with magic, which is a violation of the first law. Does it not count because Fix is an extension of Titania's will? Does it not count because Fix's power is an extension of Titania's? Does the council have jurisdiction over changelings or only standard humans. When you are a mortal and take on a fairy mantle are you now considered a fairy? Do the laws of magic only count for people who are using their own power? If a mortal makes a pact with a dark god and uses the power he or she gained to kill some one is it a violation of the law? They aren't really doing anything different than one of the knights, but they aren't members of the accords.
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