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Battle Ground !!!SPOILERS!!!
ClintACK:
I *think* the point of the hood on the warlocks pre-beheading isn't so they can't see to aim a deathcurse -- it's so they don't know they're about to die, so don't throw a deathcurse at all.
From the start of Proven Guilty: "He never knew it when the blade came down."
Yuillegan:
You all forget, the warlock executed in PG was contained within a circle. Not to mention, any Wizard strong enough (let alone several working together) could place another practitioner under a magical lock. Hence the Council doesn't worry about Death Curses after trials, or magic escape attempts during (by and large). I suppose they could use the Thorn Manacles but I think they are rather rare and probably they don't encourage their creation.
The hood serves the same purpose as it does for mortals i.e. so that the executed person seems less than human. Makes the whole thing easier. There has been significant research into this.
I think mortal governments would nuke demonreach if they knew the danger of it. Not just because of the demons and monsters and dark gods within, but also because the fail safe would wipe out most of North America. And so end up likely creating the problem they wish to avoid. Probably a large part of why the island is shrouded and kept secret.
--- Quote from: morriswalters on September 03, 2020, 06:38:53 PM ---The White Council might become something similar to the Papacy, whose enforcement arm might just be hired out as needed. Think the Swiss Guards without the Swiss.
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That I can see. However I suspect it's just as likely the Council would collapse and individual Wizards would go back and support their homelands. I suspect relatively few would attempt to hold the Council together if things got really bad.
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on September 03, 2020, 11:33:49 AM ---Wizards are going to have to obey mortal laws, so no more fairy gold, but to be fair I would love to see a mortal try to pay a wizard for services rendered in bitcoin. An exchange rate between Fairy Gold and Bitcoin may be difficult to arrange. I think the dollar would prevail over both.
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The White Council (and many wizards within and without) have mortal money. The White Council as an organisation has enormous financial holdings. They hardly need fairy gold, nor do they seem to use it for mortal transactions. Not to mention, they also are already subject to mortal laws. Openly, they obey them like everyone else. And like everyone else, some choose not to when they think they won't be caught. Only a few openly flout the law. It often doesn't work out.
Something to also consider is the fact that only a relatively short time ago the magical community was out in the open. Some even remember it. So they know what to do if they are rediscovered. The real question is what happens if things go sideways and it's dark times all round.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on September 05, 2020, 01:36:17 AM ---You all forget, the warlock executed in PG was contained within a circle.
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Yeah, although I do wonder... wouldn't Morgan's sword (swung by a mortal having free will) break the Circle?
But yeah, I think it's very rarely an issue, due to a combination of the precautions they take + most warlocks aren't actually strong enough to do a death curse + many of the ones capable of it don't.
It seems to require accepting that you're going to die; Grevane didn't. Someone not Council-trained might not know it's a possibility, even if they were strong enough. (Cassius did, but he was ancient; even though he's called a "sorcerer" he probably knew more about magic than many wizards.)
--- Quote ---I think mortal governments would nuke demonreach if they knew the danger of it. Not just because of the demons and monsters and dark gods within, but also because the fail safe would wipe out most of North America. And so end up likely creating the problem they wish to avoid
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I don't think a nuke would hurt Demonreach, but maybe if it was enough to change the shape of the island... I doubt they'd use multiple H-bombs relatively close to a large city, though, especially since Demonreach has been there for ages and remained stable.
If they did damage it, that would be incredibly bad.
I doubt that part will go public, though. Harry binding the Titan might, but not the details of how.
Regenbogen:
I can see a whole new market evolving for magic suppressing items. The fae trading with humans. Their iron free safety for iron free thorn manacles.
The svartalves constructing magic suppressing prison cells or other magic suppressing manacles.
But I do think there will be harsh times for human magic users. At first there will be cheers. The wizards helped safe us from the big bad fomor. After the first euphoria has calmed down, the voices of doubt will become stronger. Hey, those wizards are really powerful and a threat, how do we know which ones are evil? They will kill us all or enslave us. And how do we know, who is a wizard. They look just like us. They are everywhere in our middle. Yes, they saved us, but sure they have their own agenda.
And so on. This will lead to prosecution of magic users. Exactly what the wizards fear, and why they kept their existence a secret.
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