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"It is not yet your hour."
Mira:
--- Quote ---Because you don't send the CEO or President for routine meetings. The peace talks summit wasn't meant to be the opening for an enormous battle. Secondly, Cristos isn't necessarily an inferior politician. By some measures he is the better politician. Think of what he achieved. He has united such a strong block of wizards he could start his own Council if he seceded, and used that leverage to get a position on the Senior Council. Ever since he has increased his power and influence, much at the expense of other Senior Council wizards including the Merlin. In Peace Talks it's even noted that Cristos is throwing around a lot of orders now and so it wasn't necessarily the Merlin who organised the vote to kick Harry out.
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Um, the peace talks with the Fomor was hardly routine... Look who attended it, not just the likes of Mab, but Farrafax and Odin as well, more like G-7 talks and yup, the President of the United States attends those.. So yes, the Merlin should have been there, why wasn't he? I think there is a lot more to come on that front.. I wouldn't be shocked if Langtry, incognito, shows up on Harry's door and presents a totally different picture from what Carlos told Harry. Not unlike the aside in Changes when he basically said," I know what it looks like we're saying, but we need you to continue going after the Red Court." It may no longer be just Peabody ink, but something even more serious, Nemesis infections among the most influential of the Senior Council.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 17, 2021, 11:42:14 AM ---Um, the peace talks with the Fomor was hardly routine... Look who attended it, not just the likes of Mab, but Farrafax and Odin as well, more like G-7 talks and yup, the President of the United States attends those.. So yes, the Merlin should have been there, why wasn't he? I think there is a lot more to come on that front.. I wouldn't be shocked if Langtry, incognito, shows up on Harry's door and presents a totally different picture from what Carlos told Harry. Not unlike the aside in Changes when he basically said," I know what it looks like we're saying, but we need you to continue going after the Red Court." It may no longer be just Peabody ink, but something even more serious, Nemesis infections among the most influential of the Senior Council.
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You know what's odd? Odin, Ferro, Mab, and all these other big names showed up.. Basically supernatural royalty... Does the Council send The Merlin? No.... They send the Blackstaff... That's quite the message, I think. I mean imagine that... The Council didn't send a leader, they sent an assassin, a super soldier, a destroyer.
I suspect that they knew something big was going to go down, but just weren't sure what it was.... If that weren't the case I'd think Langtry would have been there...
Arjan:
--- Quote from: groinkick on June 19, 2021, 02:44:23 AM ---You know what's odd? Odin, Ferro, Mab, and all these other big names showed up.. Basically supernatural royalty... Does the Council send The Merlin? No.... They send the Blackstaff... That's quite the message, I think. I mean imagine that... The Council didn't send a leader, they sent an assassin, a super soldier, a destroyer.
I suspect that they knew something big was going to go down, but just weren't sure what it was.... If that weren't the case I'd think Langtry would have been there...
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Most knew about the nature of the Fomor. I think most expected a betrayal in some way. Maybe they did not want to risk the Merlin.
It had probably more to do with internal politics. The Merlin send everyone he did not really trust and if they got wounded or worse he would hold all the cards, literally. He could expel Harry easily and who knows what else he did with that opportunity.
Often foreign policy has more to do with internal policy than with the groups external interests.
Basil:
I think the most interesting thing about Peace Talks is which Senior Council members and other high-ranking wizards are sent to the talks and which stay behind.
McCoy
Listens to Wind
Liberty
Christos*
Stays Behind: Merlin, Mai
Outer Gates: Rashid
Of Harry's known supporters, only Rashid is missing. This, of course, is unsurprising since Rashid does not participate that actively in Senior Council shenanigans.
In addition, all of Harry's friends/supporters among the New Guard Wardens are sent -- Chandler, Rameriz, Yuki, Wild Bill.
One is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action. EVERY Harry supporter on the Senior Council is unable to attend the meeting? Every. Last. One. All of Harry's friends among the Wardens save Ramirez and Lucio are unable to attend the meeting. Every. Last. One.
What's the result. We know from Proven Guilty that Merlin holds ALL their proxies. Merlin votes for McCoy, Listens to Wind, Liberty and Rashid (who undoubtedly is busy at the Gates) to expel Harry -- at least. He may well have voted for Christos as well. Ramirez, whose faith in Harry is already shaken, is permanently (seemingly) divided from Harry by being manipulated by Langtry in being the messenger. Langtry knows Harry well enough to know that Harry would "shoot" the messenger, given his persistent oppositional defiance disorder. Langtry has long wanted Ramirez on "team Langtry" to counterbalance Harry's popularity among the younger wizards.
Seems like he succeeded. Bigly.
* Christos may actually be a Harry supporter. Yes, he benefited from Fortier's death; yes, he didn't like Harry interfering with his "diplomacy" in changes; yes, Harry suspects him of being on the Black Council. But, his inclusion on the "away Team" means that the Merlin may have wanted him out of the way for his Harry vote scheme.
Arjan:
It just means the merlin does not trust Christos either.
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