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Something Occured to Me as to Why the Senior Council is so Afraid of Harry
Mira:
In Battle Ground Harry was able to do something the most powerful wizards on the planet cannot do. Raise a loyal army, that is why they freaked when Harry was able to call the Little Folk to his aid, and even if it was under Mab's power blanket, he was able to rally hundreds of Chicago vanilla citizens to his side to fight the Fomor and the Titian, he also was able to rally the Paranet. That scares the hell out of them, in the war against the Red Court, yes, there was a wizard army, some cooperation from the Winter Court, but no one outside of that. Most wizards are solo creatures, Christos, Eb, and Listens to Wind did do their part in the battle, but they couldn't call anyone/followers to their side to sacrifice and fight. The only other wizard I can think of that had/has disciples/followers on that level, was Kemmler. And they also know by now that Harry possesses the Spear of Destiny and all that goes with that. No wonder Harry has them wetting their robes.
vincentric:
You may be on to something with the raising of armies. The WC can't do that because they don't operate in the open. Harry does and may become something of a celebrity which could give him an even bigger following.
Only Marcone/Namshiel, Mab, Hades and Anna Valmont know that Harry has the knife. Nicodemus surely suspects it but only those four can say it with certainty.
Mira:
--- Quote from: vincentric on December 20, 2020, 05:41:43 PM ---You may be on to something with the raising of armies. The WC can't do that because they don't operate in the open. Harry does and may become something of a celebrity which could give him an even bigger following.
Only Marcone/Namshiel, Mab, Hades and Anna Valmont know that Harry has the knife. Nicodemus surely suspects it but only those four can say it with certainty.
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Oh I think once Harry was able to jail Ethinu that secret is out.
KurtinStGeorge:
While the White Council may not know that Harry has the Spear of Destiny, they know he's the Warden of Demonreach (They can't be in denial about that any longer.) and he had the power to bind and imprison Ethniu from the shores of Lake Michigan. Harry didn't have to lure the Titan to the island and the Council leadership would have no way to know that Harry was operating at the limit of the Island's power. On top of that, Harry pretty much told Carlos that he not only had Ethniu, but that he could control her to do his bidding. And he explicitly said, "That's a threat."
There might be several other magical artifacts that would have allowed Harry to do what he did, we can't be certain. What the Senior Council can be certain of is that Harry has something, very powerful, that allowed him to get the job done. On a related subject I wonder about the placard that Harry convinced Mac to hang up in his bar. Is it still there or did Mac take it down afterwards? The reason I wonder about this is all it would take to give the Senior Council a big clue is for Ramirez to have stopped at Mac's for a beer before he left town. (Maybe because he wanted a beer and maybe to ask some questions.) My guess is that a wizard would be able to detect the power coming off of that thing, even if they couldn't identify it. It's likely a description of that item would be enough to make someone on the Senior Council realize what it is and figure out what else Harry might have in his possession.
Finally, remember that in Turncoat, the Gatekeeper found it disturbing that the "little folk" were organizing, and that was probably based on nothing more than rumors that couldn't be substantiated. It was one of those unnatural occurrences, similar to the sky raining toads that told the Gatekeeper that something extraordinary and dangerous was occurring. Finally learning that Harry was the reason for this organization and that he controlled their purpose must have really freaked the older wizards out, because if a mortal could control an army of small fae, that could mean he could control an army of large fae. Oh wait, Harry did command an army of large fae during the battle. I think it would have been hard for Cristos, Ebenezer and LTW not notice that at the vanguard of Harry's mortal forces was a screen of some really nasty members of the Winter Court. So, their worst fears were confirmed.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 20, 2020, 07:17:25 PM ---Oh I think once Harry was able to jail Ethinu that secret is out.
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And Anduriel might have watched the whole thing.
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