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King Arthur's Scabbard
morriswalters:
The last guy born under a star was Christ in Bethlehem. I just keep looking for the three wise men. I assume the next thing we'll find out is that Margaret had a virgin birth. /s >:(
I'm more than a little tired of this whole Starborn shtick.
If Mab was a halfling like Sarissa then her age is indeterminate. She could be any age subject only to the convenience of the story.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on June 06, 2022, 01:02:53 PM ---The last guy born under a star was Christ in Bethlehem. I just keep looking for the three wise men. I assume the next thing we'll find out is that Margaret had a virgin birth. /s >:(
I'm more than a little tired of this whole Starborn shtick.
If Mab was a halfling like Sarissa then her age is indeterminate. She could be any age subject only to the convenience of the story.
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I agree to an extent with the star born thing, especially since we are now finding them under every other rock in the story. So if they are really relatively common, what is so special about them and why the secrecy?
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on June 06, 2022, 01:02:53 PM ---The last guy born under a star was Christ in Bethlehem. I just keep looking for the three wise men. I assume the next thing we'll find out is that Margaret had a virgin birth. /s >:(
I'm more than a little tired of this whole Starborn shtick.
If Mab was a halfling like Sarissa then her age is indeterminate. She could be any age subject only to the convenience of the story.
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‘halfling’ is the incorrect term for the product of the union between human an Fae, I think you mean changeling.
A halflong is a mortal human like figure with large feet, often clad in sensible shoes, as Nicodemus snidely commented upon in Skin Game.
whitelaughter:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on June 03, 2022, 04:54:03 PM ---The swords do no change shape either, they change form.
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And your distinction between shape and form is...what?
Because both a noose and a scabbard hold something still; you can form a noose in a rope belt to hold a sword.
Meanwhile, Katanas date from the 10thC, broadswords from the High Middle Ages, the cavalry sabre from the 17thC. The swords have clearly changed radically; probably starting out as Roman Gladii.
(And that's before pointing out that the swords are older than the languages they are supposedly named in).
Your other points deserve their own thread(s). Probably based on the 13 treasures of Britain.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on June 06, 2022, 01:57:17 PM ---‘halfling’ is the incorrect term for the product of the union between human an Fae, I think you mean changeling.
A halflong is a mortal human like figure with large feet, often clad in sensible shoes, as Nicodemus snidely commented upon in Skin Game.
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Okay, changeling. But that escape hatch he created when he dreamed up Sarissa is so big you could drive a plot semi truck through it. It keeps you from assigning any age to Mab.
--- Quote from: whitelaughter on June 06, 2022, 02:17:23 PM ---And your distinction between shape and form is...what?
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This distinction isn't significant. But the swords have always been swords. A noose is not a scabbard. However the quote adds to the argument. I could see Butcher giving something like it to Harry in the endgame.
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