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A Way to Demonreach
morriswalters:
I don't think security has a lot to do with it. It's in the middle of Lake Michigan so it isn't secure, all you need is a boat and knowledge of the islands existence. Maeve and Lily got there with no trouble and the barges for the outsiders found it without too much trouble. So a portal in the basement wouldn't seem to be a problem, if that was the only place the portal existed.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 25, 2021, 03:18:06 PM ---They weren't, but the island has been attacked since Turn Coat.. It didn't have a full time Warden at that time to fully deploy the defenses. I got the impression in Peace Talks and Battle Ground that the island's defenses were fully employed, if they weren't and there was a way in via a Way, you'd think that Justine/HeWhoWalksBeside aka Nemesis would use it instead of trying to trick Harry into letting them in.
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Walking on the Island isn't the same as going down into the cells. You'd need Warden permission to do that (or convince Alfred that you're trying to save his Warden), so Harry would have been required for a Nemesis plot along those lines.
We also know that the Island's defenses aren't fully up all the time. For example, the circle in CD is only triggered at a certain level of threat. I think that an open and monitored Way to the dock would be fine for normal levels of threat.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on September 25, 2021, 04:51:37 PM ---Walking on the Island isn't the same as going down into the cells. You'd need Warden permission to do that (or convince Alfred that you're trying to save his Warden), so Harry would have been required for a Nemesis plot along those lines.
We also know that the Island's defenses aren't fully up all the time. For example, the circle in CD is only triggered at a certain level of threat. I think that an open and monitored Way to the dock would be fine for normal levels of threat.
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Harry wasn't fully in charge as of Cold Days, it wasn't until he spent a full year on the island, up until Skin Game did he learn the ins and outs of the defensive system and how to turn it on. Going to full defensive mode is apparently something Alfred cannot do completely on his own.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 25, 2021, 05:46:02 PM ---Harry wasn't fully in charge as of Cold Days, it wasn't until he spent a full year on the island, up until Skin Game did he learn the ins and outs of the defensive system and how to turn it on. Going to full defensive mode is apparently something Alfred cannot do completely on his own.
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Agreed, but I don't think the Island is continuously in full defensive mode, even now that Harry knows how to trigger it.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on September 25, 2021, 07:39:44 PM ---Agreed, but I don't think the Island is continuously in full defensive mode, even now that Harry knows how to trigger it.
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I believe it is now though, I seem to remember Harry ordering it before he returned to Chicago for the battle.
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