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HUGE BATTLE GROUND SPOILERS - (Un)Answered questions
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 30, 2020, 01:31:49 PM ---I want to know what was behind Marcone giving Harry the Eye? Was it an attempt to get Harry on the side of the Denarians? Did he will want to appear to be a reasonable member of the Accords? What kind of arrangement does Marcone have with Namshiel? Is it the kind of partnership that Lasciel offered Harry or that Andruiel has with Nic? Has Marcone had the coin since Small Favor and only now getting around to taking it up? What will he do when Namshiel starts to call the shots? Will he ultimately reject the coin then and become a Knight?
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Thorned Namshiel does not want Marcone to have the eye because he does not want to play second fiddle to something that powerful.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on September 30, 2020, 01:37:51 PM ---Thorned Namshiel does not want Marcone to have the eye because he does not want to play second fiddle to something that powerful.
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But he wouldn't would he? I mean the Eye is merely a tool, a weapon of pure hate. I doubt that Namshiel would play second fiddle to the eye, but Marcone might, which would make him less useful perhaps?
ClintACK:
I'd assume that Marcone's ability to use magic is something he negotiated for specifically, before he fully took up Namshiel's coin. Harry showed him over and over what a ridiculous force multiplier magic was, and then the fomor showed him how inadequate his elaborate and expensive defenses were.
The scary question is -- what did it take for Marcone to get that? We know that there's a way to "eat" the magical talent of other wizards -- sort of like Harry did with Kravos in Grave Peril. I'd imagine Namshiel knows the details of the "horrible" way to make that work -- a sort of one-soul-at-a-time Dark Hallow. Perhaps some of the lesser talents who vanished over the last few years weren't taken by the fomor.
Re: the Eye...
When you consider what it takes to use it (physically and emotionally), it's not actually that useful to anyone sane and human-sized. And it puts a huge target on the back of anyone known to have it.
But yeah, I'd imagine Marcone could have taken it and then auctioned it off to the magical community, or just sold it to Vadderung for all kinds of things -- like personal magic instruction.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 30, 2020, 01:41:59 PM ---But he wouldn't would he? I mean the Eye is merely a tool, a weapon of pure hate. I doubt that Namshiel would play second fiddle to the eye, but Marcone might, which would make him less useful perhaps?
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The fallen want to tempt their host with power. The eye might be an alternative source of power.
I do not think an object this powerful is nothing but a tool. Using it will influence you, you will start hating. Also it probably wants to be used.
Marcone knows Harry won’t use it. He wanted to put a target on Harry and Harry managed to cast doubt about it and Mab and Lara supported him in this.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 30, 2020, 01:31:49 PM ---I want to know what was behind Marcone giving Harry the Eye? Was it an attempt to get Harry on the side of the Denarians? Did he will want to appear to be a reasonable member of the Accords? What kind of arrangement does Marcone have with Namshiel? Is it the kind of partnership that Lasciel offered Harry or that Andruiel has with Nic? Has Marcone had the coin since Small Favor and only now getting around to taking it up? What will he do when Namshiel starts to call the shots? Will he ultimately reject the coin then and become a Knight?
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Marcone never plays unless he can win.
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