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A Hypothetical Diplomatic Incident
Walter the skull:
I think that is just the nature of the never never. I don't think the wizard is effecting time.
Bad Alias:
Re intent: Jim has said intent matters less than results.
Spiritofair, I don't think most of the laws of magic prohibit inherently evil acts. I'd agree that many or most of the acts violating the laws would likely be evil acts. E.g. murder vs. killing in defense of life.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on July 13, 2020, 06:37:09 AM ---I'ma little surprised Harry can BE the Winter Knight. That's an agent of Winter. Not an employee. I can WORK for, say, a Canadian company, but I can't be an envoy of their government... I don't think I could get diplomatic immunity for them.
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Both the White Council and the Winter Court are much older than the modern concept of nations, which is basically 17th century European in origin. And dual citizenship is a thing many places even in the modern world.
Harry is Winter Knight, and he's also a member and Warden of the White Council. These are essentially separate legal identities with separate duties and powers.
In a more feudal-type system where government is largely based on reciprocal oaths and obligations between individuals (or between hereditary positions), this makes perfect sense. Harry has certain obligations to the White Council, and he has certain obligations to Mab. Unless those directly conflict (eg. Winter and the White Council go to war and Harry is now obligated to fight for both sides) there is no problem.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: vultur on July 16, 2020, 09:21:18 PM ---Both the White Council and the Winter Court are much older than the modern concept of nations, which is basically 17th century European in origin.
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The concept of the nation-state began to emerge with the Treaty of Westphalia. At one, before that, point England's ambassador to Spain was Spain's ambassador to England, if I'm remembering the countries right.
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