The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
[major BG spoilers] About the Council.
Bad Alias:
Do we even know if Marth Liberty is alive? We last saw her at the castle. Someone later says they think no ones left at the castle and the radio's just on a loop.
edf:
Trying to be Eb in line has some serious issues I doubt the senior council has considered or even knows. First off, Eb may side with Harry rather than just refuse to kill him. They already know he has some fondness and had protected him even if they don't know the full relationship. Second, Harry just got the best of Eb. The recent bout should show that Harry isn't just winning by luck. Worse, since he knows that Harry was just creating a diversion, Eb can't even be certain that Harry showcased what he can do if he really wants to throw down. Last, asking Eb to kill his apprentice sound bad. Leveling a death sentence against a senior council member for not wanting to kill sound even worse. While Eb being the blackstaff may be a poorly kept secret it's not general knowlege. Just how would the Merlin sell this to the general assembly without it sounding like "yea, we kill anyone that votes against us."
Basil:
We learned from Proven Guilty that the Senior Council voting system gives the Merlin a proxy for any Senior Council member not present for the vote.
Listens to Wind and McCoy would never vote against Harry. LtW just cut a deal with Harry to give him some answers (in a year); McCoy ... the last thing he wants is for Harry to be isolated from the Council.
So, Merlin acts when LtW and McCoy are out. Doubtlessly Rashid is also away -- there was a massive attack at the Gates and time between the Gates run differently.
What this means, I suppose, is that Martha Liberty turned against Dresden as well. She was the most on the fence about Dresden of his "supporters."
Merlin probably knows the deal between Harry and McCoy (or strongly suspects). Doubtlessly, he sees this as a two-fer. He can control Dresden and McCoy with the suspended sentence.
Mira:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on October 06, 2020, 11:51:05 PM ---Martha Liberty was on the rooftop chatting with Loa when Harry called the 'Za guard. A hundred thousand pixies answered his call and went to war. Remember that he killed a Queen of Summer with only a dozen of them (and the Senior Council would have been fully briefed on that, since it was his probation test). The efforts the assembled powers had been taking to try and counter the invisible-assassin-squids (who really need a cool name) were far more complicated and far less effective than what Harry whipped up with a minute of *silent* spellcasting and a piece of frozen pizza.
Mab told him: "An impressive display. You frightened several very confident beings tonight. I found it entertaining."
I think that's the moment when Harry lost Martha Liberty's vote.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, well, sometimes simple is best, so is lack of prejudice and a good reward for a job well done.
Everyone underestimates the Pixies, because they are small, cute, and pig out on pizza. Maybe they are the "Hobbits" of the series and Harry is their Gandalf? Harry has always appreciated them, used them for important tasks and rewarded handsomely their deeds, oh, and also freed many of them from enslavement by the Raiths, thus won their loyalty. I bet the one wizard not freaked out by this was Listens to Wind. He was there when Toot took on Shaggy to save Harry on Demonreach.
maqito:
I think Harry getting booted out of the WC and the wardens was part of Nemesis' plan to weaken Harry. Mai and maybe Christos have been corrupted by N. I think Carlos was also infected. Why else would he turn on Harry that way. He believed in Harry and trusted him. He knew Harry had a dangerous side from that time at Camp Kaboom. Why would anything Harry has done since change his mind? Especially after the talk they had at the end of WK.
I'm beginning to think Harry being Starborn gives Harry some protection against the Ninfection. What about Drakul you say? Drakul was just acting in self interest not corrupted or fighting for a cause.
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