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Demonreach and the WC

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seanham:
That's a great explanation, Conspiracy Theorist!

I agree that whoever was Warden last hadn't been there recently. Which then goes into another question. What does it take to be the Warden? Is the Sanctum Invocation enough? It is definitely the first step. Or does the Warden need to return to the island once every year or something to retain their Wardenship?

Snark Knight:

--- Quote from: Cozarkian on December 06, 2021, 07:47:21 PM ---Also, maybe the cost and risk of failing to bind it is simply too high. By the same token, there isn't a strong risk of foolish young wizard taking control because 1) Demonreach discourages vistiors and 2) young foolish wizards might not be able to take it over. Harry is young and foolish, but substantially more powerful than most young and foolish wizards.

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And even being substantially more powerful and foolish than most of his generation, he still likely would have failed - perhaps fatally - without the benefit of the soulfire buff that the rest of the council didn't know he even had.



--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on December 06, 2021, 11:02:23 PM ---I think it was LaFortier, whose murder in Turncoat is unexplained as regards motive, but what if it was a play for the wardenship, but before the Black Council could get their Warden in place Harry does a Sanctum Invocation.
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Ooh, that's a good one.

Conspiracy Theorist:
Small Favour and Turn Coat are back to back so it makes sense. Harry going to the island probably signed La Fortiers death warrant, the Black Council needed the wardenship vacated earlier than anticipated, imagine Cold Days with a Dark Warden in place instead of Harry. Maeve could have just walked in. Instead she had to expose herself.

Maybe that was one of the reasons Peabody turned up in Turn Coat, on Demonreach to claim the Wardenship, vacant with LaFortiers death only to find Harry had beaten him to it, if he was Warden the Senior Council would have been vulnerable to him he would have been able to defeat them as they dealt with the Naagloshii, irrespective of Harry’s bluff. Remember Peabody is an expert on summoning and binding, the Erl King would have been excellent practice for taking on Alfred. He must have been researching such things for a century since Kemmler lost the Wardenship.

Peabody the pen pusher is small fry for the Black Council, Peabody the Dark Warden in waiting not so much.

Mira:

--- Quote ---And even being substantially more powerful and foolish than most of his generation, he still likely would have failed - perhaps fatally - without the benefit of the soulfire buff that the rest of the council didn't know he even had.
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Yes, lets keep in mind that Harry had no clue of the consequences of what he was doing at the time he did it.  All he was doing was trying to buy time for Morgan and keep from being turned into a grease spot by the Senior Council.   He didn't seek to be Warden of Demonreach, heck he didn't know it had had or needed one until the end of Ghost Story.  So just the fact that he accomplished it anyway shocked the crap out of number of the Senior Council who are also scared of the kind of foe Harry could be when he realizes how much leverage this fact gives him.  So naturally they want him eliminated.  I am remind of the brief conversation between Harry and Listen's to Wind, when Listens sort of brings up the above.. To which Harry answers by pointing to his battered head, "Dude.." 

Conspiracy Theorist:
Oh I think Harry’s Subconscious had figured it out, it is quite a bit smarter than conscious Harry, like for example about  “the parasite”.

That doesn’t make it better does it? Conscious Harry is in the drivers seat.

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