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Some observations on a Winter Day
morriswalters:
Yes and no. Without Harry Molly would have died. Michael couldn't have changed that. To save Molly you first had to save Harry. Other then getting him out of Chicago until he could solve the mystery there is no reason for Harry to go to Arctis Tor.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Mab wasn’t going to kill Molly, only the White Council were interested in killing her as a Warlock.
To be blunt, Her abduction was saving her from the known attention of the White Council, in hindsight Harry was warned of a Warlock in Chicago by the Gatekeeper who we only subsequently found out was in league with Mab. The Gatekeeper surveyed the possible futures and nudged events towards the desired future of Harry apprenticed to Molly (see the Molly soul Gaze)
The Gatekeeper senses a Warlock, is prescient about her role in future events, alerts Harry and ropes in Mab to keep her safe by abducting her with indication of a new Winter Lady candidate, until Harry can collect her and take her to the White Council where their co-conspirator Uriel has arranged Michael to come out as the saviour of the Baby Wizards, just when they are ready to execute Molly.
It’s the Gatekeeper manipulating events so Harry gains Molly as an apprentice, who will eventually replace Maeve as Winter Lady, which is also vital to both Mab and Uriel’s future plans. There were absolutely no coincidences.
In tandem to this you have Crane/Madrigal setting up Splattercon as his own buffet, and opening the backdoor to Arctis Tor, the Convention and attacks would firm up the link to the Fetches abode in the Never Never in Pell’s theatre, allowing the Black Council to use it to ‘rescue’ Lea/ survey the Backdoor to Demonreach in Mab’s Ice Dungeon. We have to presume Mab was aware of an attack by the Black Council, what surprised her was the Denarian involvement.
It’s clear The Gatekeeper, Mab and Uriel (Plus Vadderung and Hades) have been working together throughout the entirety of the Files. We only really see this from the end of Ghost Story onwards.
morriswalters:
Rashid never looked into the future. He never needed to. Molly was set up a year in advance. Proven Guilty actually begins in Dead Beat when Jim sets the time that Arctis Tor was attacked. Shortly thereafter Molly is arrested and put in diversion and starts working at the halfway house with Sandra Marling where she meets Nelson and Rosie. About two weeks before the start of PG Sandra Marling gives Molly the idea of using fear and Molly mind rapes both Nelson and Rosie. She has, 10 days before the book begins, broken one of the Laws. If she is caught before Harry can figure it out they will both die. The last event happens just before the first trial. Pell is attacked and Nelson is arrested. After that at some point Pell's theater is locked and the first trial opens the book. Rashid is not present. This is the setup for Proven Guilty.
How did Rashid know that Black Magic had been used by Molly?
Why was Pell attacked and who ordered it?
seanham:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 10, 2022, 12:14:30 AM ---In tandem to this you have Crane/Madrigal setting up Splattercon as his own buffet, and opening the backdoor to Arctis Tor, the Convention and attacks would firm up the link to the Fetches abode in the Never Never in Pell’s theatre, allowing the Black Council to use it to ‘rescue’ Lea/ survey the Backdoor to Demonreach in Mab’s Ice Dungeon. We have to presume Mab was aware of an attack by the Black Council, what surprised her was the Denarian involvement.
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What Backdoor to Demonreach is in Arctis Tour?
Conspiracy Theorist:
One of my (Many) theories is that Demonreach backs onto Mab’s ice Sculpture Dungeon in Arctis Tor. Both keep prisoners in stasis in a fortress. It’s a better fit than Tartarus, and the connection between Merlin and Mab makes this more likely.
It explains why most people won’t use this route, the only two people who have were Rashid and Maeve, who both would have or had access. The attack on Arctis Tor was in part to reconnoiter this route. Mab doesn’t use this route because she knows how dangerous the Demonreach end of the route is, she wouldn’t step on the island from a yacht so appearing suddenly from the Never Never would concern her. Alfred can clearly take her down, and until more recently so would Harry.
This opens up a possibility of a congruency existing between Castle Dresden and the Winter Knights Quarters in Arctis Tor, creating a route from Castle Dresden to the Winter Knights quarters via the Never Never a quick bit of parkour to the ice dungeon and then from the Never Never to Demonreach. A nice secure quick route for Harry. I would hope Next Book establishes something like this now Harry is on better terms with Mab.
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