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"It is not yet your hour."
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 28, 2021, 05:46:00 PM ---One has to wonder though, was the reason for no White Council representation at the important meeting
following the battle due to his failure not to show up at the peace talks?
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Harry's narration was pretty clear about that - they were freezing the Council out because they weren't confident where the self-appointed protectors of humanity would stand on supernatural nations and freeholding lords preparing for war against the vanillas.
Basil:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 28, 2021, 05:46:00 PM --- Or if one wants to be really cynical about it, the Merlin calculated that the peace talks were doomed to fail, so avoided any possibility of being held personally held responsible for them. At the same time he could claim that the White Council had sent a powerful delegation to the talks. One has to wonder though, was the reason for no White Council representation at the important meeting
following the battle due to his failure not to show up at the peace talks?
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Right, what did Merlin know and when did he know it? EVERYONE else assumed that the talks would go well -- even Mab and Odin were taken by surprise. Sure, there was that Thomas v Svartelve thing, but that was very much as subsidiary issue.
The combat centric focus of the White Council delegation is suspicious. Everyone -- including Christos -- had a formidable martial reputation, save for Liberty.
vincentric:
Unless the Merlin had foreknowledge, there is no trickery with the delegation other than tilting the vote against Harry's expulsion. Martha Liberty is an exception amongst the current Senior Council because she is not known as a formidable fighter. Everyone else, Harry describes as a badass he wouldn't want to go against.
BrainFireBob:
--- Quote from: Basil on June 28, 2021, 03:55:46 PM ---All the Senior Council was at Chicago save, except Merlin, Mai and Gatekeeper.
One assumes that Gatekeeper was very busy during the simultaneous attacks.
We know that McCoy, Listens-to-Wind and Christos were badly injured in the fighting based on Harry's. Listens-to-Wind broke his back and Christos was severely burned. McCoy looked like he was going to stroke out.
I don't think we were told what happened to Liberty. It may be that she was fine; it may be that she was also in bad shape -- most everyone was in bad shape afterwards. Either way, she was a shaky vote for Dresden and even if she was available for the "Dresden Expulsion" Meeting, the count still would have been Merlin 6 (Merlin, Mai, proxy McCoy, proxy LTW, proxy Rashid, proxy Christos) to Dresden 1 (Liberty at best). Liberty strikes me as someone would might support Dresden with cover fire, but not the kind of person that would go it alone.
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I personally assumed she was one of the unflappable Harry's command over the Little Folk disturbed. She has extensive contacts among the spirits and loa- she is the one most likely to know of some rising Za Lord but not know who it was
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: BrainFireBob on June 29, 2021, 02:22:22 PM ---I personally assumed she was one of the unflappable Harry's command over the Little Folk disturbed. She has extensive contacts among the spirits and loa- she is the one most likely to know of some rising Za Lord but not know who it was
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The expulsion was by majority vote, not just SC. Though my read on it is she was the most likely to have reported him killing the turtlenecks to trigger the death sentence by SC vote, but probably also the primary mover for getting it suspended instead of passed. I think you're right - she's rattled and wants a tighter leash on him.
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