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In defense of the WC
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Ed0517 on August 11, 2022, 04:25:55 AM ---Gotta be careful on that line, because if it is Winter, it could be an embassy, which would make Harry an ambassador - is there diplomatic immunity?
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It’s the company car all over again, attack Harry’s home Mab will ignore, but an attack on a Winter Garrison she will not. Whoever (Merlin) tried to bomb the Castle will have to answer to her at some point and that gives Harry as Winter Knight the capacity to challenge to a duel whoever organised it (Merlin) with the full power of Winter behind him. As a Vassal of Winter on Winter Business Harry would be guaranteed unmolested access to the White Council and specifically the Merlin to issue the challenge. It’s the only way he could get one on one with the Merlin and we know from the Gatekeeper this is going to happen in the future.
If Harry has any sense he would ask Eldest Gruff to be his second.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 10, 2022, 10:31:56 PM ---Except that the whole "the Merlin was the perp" idea is just a theory.
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Plus, Harry in non-member limbo where they might move against him is a political lever for Langtry over Ebenezar. Harry blown up neutralizes an asset along with a potential problem.
Fcrate:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on August 11, 2022, 05:53:38 PM ---Plus, Harry in non-member limbo where they might move against him is a political lever for Langtry over Ebenezar. Harry blown up neutralizes an asset along with a potential problem.
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I'm a little bit scared of you right now...
g33k:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 11, 2022, 12:35:10 PM --- ... Whoever (Merlin) tried to bomb the Castle will have to answer to her at some point and that gives Harry as Winter Knight the capacity to challenge to a duel whoever organised it (Merlin) with the full power of Winter behind him. As a Vassal of Winter on Winter Business Harry would be guaranteed unmolested access to the White Council and specifically the Merlin to issue the challenge. It’s the only way he could get one on one with the Merlin and we know from the Gatekeeper this is going to happen in the future.
If Harry has any sense he would ask Eldest Gruff to be his second.
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If he could prove it was the Merlin -- if he could even make a credible case -- he'd have grounds to go to the White Council, and to issue a challenge under the Accords.
The Merlin could then either apologize (and pay some nominal fine, since he didn't kill Harry (but suffer a massive hit to his rep within the Council!)) or accept, and they'd likely duel.
We've seen 2 Accorded challenges, IIRC. Ortega vs. Harry, and Harry+Carlos vs Vitto+Maddy. The first one was much more formal, with time between challenge & duel, 2nds to be found, a neutral arbiter (who got to define the methods of the duel!). The 2nd one had none of that; a brief pause while the challenged armed themselves, then an "anything goes" fight (no neutral 3rd party, etc).
It's unclear to me what made both of those duels "legal" under the Accords, which generally seem quite finicky about the details (where they have details); and then very wide-open where they don't. Hence, I'm very unclear what sort of duel would occur if the Winter Knight challenged the Merlin.
The big risk, as I see it, would be if some 3rd party was arbiter, and chose "Power" as the method for the duel... even with all his powerups to date, Harry is WAY behind the Merlin in magical brawn.
Conspiracy Theorist:
And yet he fought Eb to a draw in Battle Ground who is supposed to be the best Battle Wizard. Langtry is considered to be the best defensive wizard, but you don’t win a duel on defence. For example Langtry erects a shield no attack can get through, Harry could use soul Fire to enhance that shield so that Oxygen doesn’t get through and then wait for Langtry to pass out.
Langtry at this point has to consider Harry a greater political threat than Eb, he isn’t an asset, and he is the more immediate threat.
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