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Little Things [spoilers]
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on May 04, 2022, 04:46:29 PM ---Everyone saw a hole blown in the castles defences, by Ethnui, including Carlos. That was the point.
No one knew apparently about Bob the Castle. Bob is dismissive of Toot throughout the story unable to remember his name (shame on Bob the spirit of INTELLECT). someone used stealthy Gremlins to penetrate a known defensive lapse. Large number of suspects, likely an Accorded Member making it look like Harry blew himself up. More interested in making an example of Harry than in trying to obtain his toys. The spells Merlin.
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Bob does know. He is playing.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Mr. Mouse on May 04, 2022, 03:51:22 PM ---The idea that Bob the Castle wouldn't have defenses calibrated to sense a swarm of gremlins is ludicrous, but needed for the narrative, so cast extra strength disbelief suspendo for 20 pages and it's all good.
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Bob confesses to Harry that he didn't take gremlins into account. May seem ludicrous to you, but then again Bob is new to this job. At Harry's place he lived in skull, he didn't monitor the wards that Harry had up for his apartment. Now he has the run of the castle, that is different, and yes, even Bob screws up at times. As Harry said back in Cold Days, Bob is smart, but he doesn't know everything.. If Merlin did devise the wards for the castle, they could be something totally new for him.
--- Quote ---Everyone saw a hole blown in the castles defences, by Ethnui, including Carlos. That was the point.
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Everyone knew a physical hole was blown in the castle's roof, that isn't the same as it's wards.. And as Bob tells Harry, the wards were up and running, he thought they were secure, however he didn't account that little folk like gremlins, so they were able to invade without detection.. I doubt that Carlos knew that.. As far as that goes, until he stepped foot in the castle Harry didn't know the ancient runes existed that make up a security system almost as strong as what Demonreach has.. Actually could be as strong once Bob gets the hang of running them. What Harry really needs is Alfred to pay a visit, bet he understands them. No, Carlos wouldn't know anymore about that than he does the defenses of Demonreach.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 04, 2022, 04:12:17 AM --- ... Or another possibility is Harry underestimated what Marcone knows about the castle wards, in fact very possible. I think it improbable that Marcone would have a castle imported stone by stone from Europe to Chicago, reassemble it, have supernatural types guarding it and going in and out, plus a coin of a Fallen angelic wizard stashed away, accepted or not, and not know about it's ancient wards. I even doubt that that castle was a random pick from the castle real estate market ...
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I'm going with that last tidbit...
Not a "random" import at all!
My original thought -- when we learned about all those Demonreach-caliber runes & wards -- was that Marcone had leveraged Gard/Monoc to select & import the castle.
Now, I think it was Namshiel.
And I think Nammy wanted Harry to get the castle; that was the entire reason it was imported.
I'm not clear why, exactly. But I suspect it's because Nammy wants the Starborn Wizard to be more able to fight Outsiders (and doesn't really expect a Starborn to necessarily be really deeply involved in the whole Heaven/Hell conflict... and, really... even if he did take sides, it's only a couple of centuries to avoid the North American midwest, and go cause misery elsewhere!), But, Outsiders? I think even Hell thinks the Outsiders are bad for business.
Similarly, I think Mab expects Harry to eventually master the WK-Mantle, and use it as just another tool in his toolbag, to fight the Outsiders. I think the whole reason she was recruiting him so long, is because she wanted the longest time possible to temper him and sharpen him for the fight to come. She took him away from Malcom's tender care, to toughen him up under Justin's tutelage. She knew (I bet most of the major powers knew) all about Starborn cycles, and the time(s) of birth to qualify. And she sure as hell(lower-case-h; emphasis not alliance!) knew about Margaret LeFey's pregnancy, and her Starborn son's Salic-law heritage!
vincentric:
Gotta agree that Bob not seeing the hole in the castle's defenses is a flaw. The Guard have been coming and going this whole time and they are the same size.
Bob was there when Lacuna and her faction almost killed Harry in Cold Days. He'd recognize them as a possible threat as soon as he noticed that he could not see Toot and the Guard with the defenses.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Now, I think it was Namshiel.
And I think Nammy wanted Harry to get the castle; that was the entire reason it was imported.
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I buy the other stuff, but not this, simply because unless Namshiel orchestrated the burning of the apartment house to begin with back in Changes, Marcone buying the property, then that particular castle, then Harry realizing that his old basement lab still existed, then the Battle of Chicago, followed by Harry in front of the other Accord member demanding the castle from Marcone. That seems a lot over several years to be ducks neatly lining up in a row, even for a fallen angel.
--- Quote ---Gotta agree that Bob not seeing the hole in the castle's defenses is a flaw. The Guard have been coming and going this whole time and they are the same size.
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Yes and no, simply because Za'Guard are Harry's "men" so they'd have a way to get past the wards just like the ordinary vanilla humans do that are staying there.
Here is one more thought that there might be a traitor inside. How is it that the gremlin knew the exact location of the kitchens in the castle? I don't buy that it was logical that they were where they were. Also not a given that that is where they were when Marcone had the castle, Harry was having the place redone. So someone on the inside knew and gave the layout before hand.
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