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Mab is cleaning up the White Court
Ed0517:
--- 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).
]Margaret could have hinted -- over the first few years of Thomas' life, where she was being Raith's "senior concubine" -- that she intended her son to LIVE, and had laid some subtle and dangerous warding on Thomas. Raith figured (a) he had years to break down Margaret's resistance, before Thomas' first kill & the awakening of his Hunger; & (b) his own protections would likely suffice, anyhow.
Then Margaret went walkabout. That eliminated (a) ... and made Raith mad as hell: no woman should be ABLE to reject him! So he tracked her down and had her killed... and her death-curse got him despite his protections! Which, obviously, rendered (b) moot too.
And then Thomas showed absolutely zero inclination to "play politics." So Papa Raith played the long waiting game.
As for Lara -- Thomas ascribes her hands-off approach to him as being a limited bit of family loyalty... but what if she's worried about whatever protections Margaret left on Thomas?
Margaret LeFay escaped her father at the peak of his powers, and then managed to land a curse on him that lasted for decades. And Harry... well, Lara has seen Harry in action. He saw through her papa's charade, in just one night. He killed a bunch of baddies in the Deeps, including summoning lava in Chicago. And then, when there was no way to survive, he saved them both. Lara was giving the sexuality her all... and Harry used her for sex, instead of succumbing. He took the full force of a Whamp, and channeled it into his willpower in an entirely non-erotic fashion. At this point, Lara is likely very cautious about the abilities of that family!
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No, no, I am not arguing it is a bad idea! I LIKE the idea. I just think if it was implemented we would have had word leak thru Lara or Thomas by now. Earlier in the series this would have fit great.
--- Quote --- I think those arm-bands were a unique item, probably stolen, traded... even bought (from Svartalves?). They could even have been White Council work (I'm sure at least a few wizards have gotten Whamp-whammied over the years, and served the White Court in return for some o' that sweet, sweet luvvin' (or, as noted, straight-up theft)).I don't have my copy of Blood Rites to hand (grrrr). I'd like to look at the descriptions of the protections on Lord Raith, vs the ones in the armbands. I don't remember them being similar (the glowy runes, etc).
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I didn't say the Whamps developed it. They could have bought the tech. I doubt it is WC work - selling defenses against their own attack? Not smart. Svaltalfs? Could be. I think they are the best bet here
As far as appearance, I was suggesting the battery operated suit as a way of hiding Raith's magical black hole. If the suit lights up, the observer thinks his suit is absorbing the power. Otherwise it raises the question of "who did he make a deal with for this defense?". The suit glows on batteries, not magic.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Swartalves would be a good bet they are suckers for physical beauty but paranoid to a degree that they call Gary “justifiably precautious Gary” that allows the best of both worlds.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 11, 2022, 10:39:18 PM ---Swartalves would be a good bet they are suckers for physical beauty but paranoid to a degree that they call Gary “justifiably precautious Gary” that allows the best of both worlds.
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Well, i was thinking they are logical because Harry could walk around their compound/Molly's apartment without stuff blowing up from his Murphyonic field, so they likely know some magic negating/antimagic hardening tricks.
morriswalters:
--- 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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Thomas used my favorite technique for staying out of harms way. Look dumb and act stupid.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 12, 2022, 09:57:58 PM ---Thomas used my favorite technique for staying out of harms way. Look dumb and act stupid.
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papa Raith wanted Thomas to have a politically useful death “how dare you kill my beloved only son and heir.” Only Thomas wouldn’t cooperate.
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