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Battle Ground !!!SPOILERS!!!

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Conspiracy Theorist:
Demonreach has a huge summoning circle, so it can drag a potential prisoner there if Harry has a true name or blood to make the connection and not all the senior council know Harry’s relation with Demonreach, Eb and Listens know for certain, the others may know of  Demonreach’s true purpose but not realise Harry took it as a Sanctum.

Christos doesn’t have the clout without the Merlin to get Harry thrown out, Harry has consistently undercut the Merlin’s authority, ended the war with the Ramps in utter finality overshadowing the Merlin’s counter attack and has custody of Excalibur, that’s got to sting. Christos may have gone  Wormtongue on the Merlin to encourage it.

Nick wanted the spearhead, he didn’t want the rest of the items but to use them properly together as a ritual would likely require soul fire, why? Because Harry has been given it, its a Checkov’s gun

Mira:

If Christos is alive, I think he may be the guy Thomas was sent to assassinate.

Yuillegan:
This is the blurb for Battle Ground:
(click to show/hide)Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders.

But this time it’s different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she’s bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way.

Harry’s mission is simple but impossible: Save the city by killing a Titan. And the attempt will change Harry’s life, Chicago, and the mortal world forever.

Battle Ground hits stores September 29, 2020!
I have bolded the important bits. The main thing to note is that it is Harry's mission to kill the Titan. Who says Zeus couldn't kill the Titans? Perhaps he chose not to. The myths seem to indicate he spared the female Titans as they did not participate in the war. So who says he even tried? In the original greek sense of the word, Immortals were literally unkillable. You couldn't destroy them any more than you could kill gravity or time. They represented abstract power. In the Dresden Files it turns out their are certain times and places that they are able to be killed called conjunctions. So perhaps Harry can do it if he can get the Titan into the right conjunction. But maybe not. I suspect Jim will take away Harry's Halloween advantage.

Conspiracy Theorist - Even the Merlin doesn't have the power to throw Harry out on his own. It requires a full vote without quorum. Even if it was just the Senior Council Harry probably has enough votes to stay. And as Ebenezer says in chapter 3, Cristos is throwing around a lot of orders these days. And you forget, he rounded up many young wardens at the end of Changes. He commands roughly a third of the Council on his own...which is more than probably any other member other than Langtry. I think you completely underestimate his influence and power to be honest. Cristos isn't Wormtongue. Cristos put himself on the Council above more senior wizards. Whether he organised it or he is merely a pawn of the Black Council, he benefited from the death of his mentor (LaFortier). He is dangerous and powerful and well connected. Also he distinguished himself in battle with a Rakshasa (no minor feat). Cristos likely intends to be the next Merlin (should the Council survive that long).

And that whole thing about Soulfire...is speculation. It could be a chekhov's gun. But we don't know that. It hasn't been stated or hinted otherwise. Besides, the weapons contain their own energy. Soulfire allows Harry to do more with his magic. Be more of what he is. Give his spells more reality. But where does it indicate that Nicodemus wanted the other artefacts of the Christ? Harry surmises that his main goal was the knife but his stated one was the grail. I am sure Nic could do a whole lot of damage just with one. Look what he did with the fake shroud.

Mira - we know that the person he was sent to assassinate is (click to show/hide)a Head of State. We also know it's a Svartalf. Etri is likely the Head of State as he is one of the Svartalves responsible for making the Hammer of Thor, Mjollnir. And we just met him in Chapter 5 or 6. This is both from Jim in a recent interview and the trailer (click to show/hide) So it can't be Cristos.

Mira:

--- Quote ---I have bolded the important bits. The main thing to note is that it is Harry's mission to kill the Titan. Who says Zeus couldn't kill the Titans?
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That may be Harry's mission, but that doesn't mean that he can.  Zeus also transformed some Titans.
Jim also takes myths and makes them his own, so perhaps Harry will find a way with the tools he has.
Let's not forget Zeus was a god, Harry isn't, there is a huge power difference.

Yuillegan:
Obviously, hence the dilemma. All good stories have a problem. This is Harry's to solve.

Which Titan did Zeus transform?

Indeed, Jim will do whatever he will do. But we can guess! I suspect Harry has at least some of the necessary tools otherwise there'd be no point to the story if he couldn't do it. But what they are is the mystery.

Indeed, the power difference is huge. But remember that WOJ about mortals being more of a threat to Mab than some villains/monsters. It's not a major chance of success, but it isn't zero either. It's about exploiting the weaknesses of your opponent. Perhaps Zeus can't kill other immortals. Perhaps killing a Titan would mess with nature. But clearly Harry has to, maybe it isn't as easy to lock up an angry Titan with an army as just try and kill her.

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