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vultur:

--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 01, 2020, 01:01:13 PM ---To create splits in the Accord nations and create defections. They might have been expecting the White Court to join them, or Marcone to withdraw, or Ferro.
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Yeah, that's true. They needed a big shift in the political balance of power to get everyone in one place so Ethniu could demonstrate Mab's incapacity to enforce the Accords.

But I guess what I'm wondering is... if they've got someone as powerful as Ethniu on their side, why weren't the Fomor always a major political power?


--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 01, 2020, 01:47:00 PM ---She has to power Balor’s eye, she might only have a limited number of shots before it has to be recharged, if she had infinite shots she could level Chicago on her own.

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Harry seems to think she could (actually, he worries that Ethniu might be able to take on all of humanity).

I think the limitation on the Eye of Balor is going to be "charge-up time". As Harry says to Murphy, mythologically Balor's Eye got more and more deadly as more shields/covers/eyelids (it varies) were removed.

Probably the big tech-hex we saw in PT is the first level. It'll probably get worse, and Harry and the Knights and maybe Eb and some other "heavy-hitters" are going to have to attack Ethniu before she can charge it up to full nuclear-blast level.

ClintACK:

--- Quote from: vultur on August 01, 2020, 11:25:15 PM ---But I guess what I'm wondering is... if they've got someone as powerful as Ethniu on their side, why weren't the Fomor always a major political power?
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Perhaps the mass-kidnapped minor talents were sacrifices to wake Ethniu up?

Logistics515:
Ethniu's apparent objective was to rile up mortal humanity. After this is accomplished, they attack any supernatural foe they can find. This could have been done at ant time, but not optimally.

If this was done with the Accords structure in place, there would be the potential for a coordinated response by the various nations. They would presumably go into damage control mode and try to parley the situation. Elements with mortal guises, like Vadderung would be the reasonable starting point. The endgame for the Fomor is not as clear in that situation...especially if the rest of the Accords nations painted a nice big 'kick me here' sign on Fomor strongholds for mortals to punch at.

But if the Accords are killed off, chaos reigns. Everyone is on their own fighting essentially the whole mortal world, and even if a given faction could come to terms (a rather long-term prospect at best with the best contacts in chaos), it would mean little to the overall situation the rest would be in.

Meanwhile, the Fomor have the initiative, and the advantage.

ClintACK:
It's not clear, yet, what Ethniu's actual objective is, other than discrediting Mab.

The idea that the fomor might just rile up humanity and then retreat back into the sea to laugh while the mortal world panics and hunts down ghouls and vampires is a graphic image that Vadderung and Ferrovax put out there to get the panicking Accords delegates to come together. It's not necessarily Ethniu's plan.

Conspiracy Theorist:
It is undermine the defence of the gates, by forcing a split in Mab’s attention.

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