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Winter Lady Restrictions
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 11, 2022, 07:11:34 PM --- Hmm.
I've obviously missed something in the text.
Help a brother out? Can anyone cite or quote for me?
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In Peace Talks it was established that forcibly removing the Mantle from Molly(via a Circle) would have left what remained not Molly. Suborning The Mantle would have had the same effect with Maeve, forcing it away from her.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 11, 2022, 05:34:54 PM ---Breaking the Mantle would have killed Maeve since Maeve was hundreds of years old. Mab kept Sarissa alive as part of a bargain(and because she wanted a spare). But certainly Nemesis would not have allowed Maeve to destroy the Mantle as long as he/she thought Maeve might become Mab.
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Do we have a lifespan for the Fae though? They may live hundreds of years. Lea doesn't appear to be aging fast
Conspiracy Theorist:
They live until they die, usually by violence, which by Winter standards is listed as “Natural Causes”
A few Fae are genuinely immortal, the Queens, Kringle, The Erl King, most likely Lea. Physical or magical attack can’t kill them, only dissipate them for a time. I would add to this list Puck the Wildfae who is shown to be at Leas power level, and likely Eldest Gruff from Summer, who seems to be Titania’s second and probably more powerful than Sarissa.
I think that is a matter of power with the Lady’s just powerful enough to be Immortal. Nameless is probably under the Lady’s power level (which supports the Cowl theory, the Word would have made him immortal(here’s a thought Cowl achieves immortality on Harry’s birthday, only to be immediately killed by Harry)) and able to break free from Mab.
ElusivePan:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 11, 2022, 07:11:34 PM --- Hmm.
I've obviously missed something in the text.
Help a brother out? Can anyone cite or quote for me?
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Cold Case, Mab to Molly: "Maiden, mother, and crone. You are the maiden, Lady Molly. And for you to be otherwise, to become a mother, would be to destroy the mantle of power you wear. The mantle protected itself—as it must."
JTass:
--- Quote from: ElusivePan on August 12, 2022, 08:21:39 PM ---Cold Case, Mab to Molly: "Maiden, mother, and crone. You are the maiden, Lady Molly. And for you to be otherwise, to become a mother, would be to destroy the mantle of power you wear. The mantle protected itself—as it must."
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This is the quote that inspired my initial question of this post. Mab doesn't just imply, but overtly states that the underlying source of the Winter Lady's enforced chastity is that the maiden cannot become a mother. If that's all of the factors involved, then there are a myriad of sexual outlets that have no chance of pregnancy that are outside of Winter Law's prohibition (e.g., the implied lesbian relationship between Maeve and Jenny Greenteeth).
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