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Mab is cleaning up the White Court
Conspiracy Theorist:
The allusion is to Mordite which is congealed anti-life and associated with Outsiders. The Archive had a lump, which as the force behind the Oblivion War may be expected to have been captured in the course of that War. Hades had several lumps as his Crown, again the Greek Gods led the defence of the Outer Gates before Winter and these could be expected to spoils of war. Peabody had the Mist RaithWraith used to attack the White Council. That is why it is likely Raith’s protector is an Outsider.
morriswalters:
I'll take your word for it. Butcher has been inconsistent on this point, to state it mildly.
The arm wraps in White Knight were some kind of magical artifact. I didn't have time to look at the relevant text earlier. Here it is now.
--- Quote ---Glitters of golden light ran up and down the symbols on the cloth strips wrapped around his arms. I understood, then. Ramirez's second shot had been a demonstration.
"He's warded!" Ramirez snarled.
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One thing is not like the other. Madrigal was warded and Papa Raith had something else.
seanham:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 11, 2022, 06:37:26 AM ---The WAG (an offhand idea, really; but we need some reason that Raith Sr. had killed all his other sons, but Thomas lived to adulthood).
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I always figured the reason why Papa Raith didn't kill Thomas was that he was unable to perform his "kiss of death," or if he could still perform it, it would take too much energy weakening him in the long run. Papa Raith always used this ability to kill off his other sons, and it would look strange that Thomas was killed in another way. The rest of the White Court would see this as something changed with Papa Raith, which could then lead to him losing power.
g33k:
--- Quote from: seanham on August 11, 2022, 03:02:29 PM --- I always figured the reason why Papa Raith didn't kill Thomas was that he was unable to perform his "kiss of death," or if he could still perform it, it would take too much energy weakening him in the long run. Papa Raith always used this ability to kill off his other sons, and it would look strange that Thomas was killed in another way. The rest of the White Court would see this as something changed with Papa Raith, which could then lead to him losing power.
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I don't think that rationale works, though... I'm pretty sure it's implied that Papa Raith incestuously controlled his daughters via the Whampy erotic mind-control thing (until Lara turned the tables on him).
He didn't (couldn't?) do the same to his sons because (I think? less clear here) of his own homophobia (which likely rules out the "Kiss of Death").
Also note that he killed Madrigal's father (his own brother?) by having him "go sky-diving without a parachute" -- again, no KoD, for someone who's presumably a rival and a threat.
I don't think we actually have any canon or WoJ on exactly how Raith killed his other sons (or even if he did it himself, vs. "arranging" it).
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 11, 2022, 02:44:15 PM ---I'll take your word for it. Butcher has been inconsistent on this point, to state it mildly.
The arm wraps in White Knight were some kind of magical artifact. I didn't have time to look at the relevant text earlier. Here it is now.One thing is not like the other. Madrigal was warded and Papa Raith had something else.
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Correct one was a countermeasure, force against force Papa Raith was the equivalent of a magical black hole.
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