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The White Council is kind of a Joke.
Conspiracy Theorist:
The Blackstaff is an item of power from Winter, I doubt it can be used on the Winter Knight, without Mother Winter taking it back.
As regards the most powerful items historically associated with the White Council, Excalibur and the Holy Grail, they are in Harry and Nicks hands. Indeed no-one seems ready to trust the White Council with any important artifact, preferring Hades to hold them.
Melriken:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on May 03, 2023, 08:44:53 PM ---The Blackstaff is an item of power from Winter, I doubt it can be used on the Winter Knight, without Mother Winter taking it back.
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I don't think she can just magically take it back... (she can't summon it like a Denarian can summon their coin)
Also the Black Staff isn't a weapon that you can 'use on the Winter Knight' it is more like a filter or shield that protects you from the taint (for lack of a better word) of the Black Magic you use, Eb can do all the same spells with or without the staff, it just corrupts him if he does it without the staff.
Conspiracy Theorist:
My guess it was a bargain with Mother Winter before even Eb’s time and whilst Eb wouldn’t use the Blackstaff on Harry, some less clued in wielder of the Blackstaff will probably do so should the Merlin seek to appoint a new Blackstaff who would try to use it against the Winter Knight, in such circumstance the bargain would be broken and the Blackstaff would go to the nearest agent of Winter, Harry.
Melriken:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on May 05, 2023, 09:00:01 PM ---My guess it was a bargain with Mother Winter before even Eb’s time
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The problem with theories based on theories... is that they make for weak support, especially as they get farther out.
--- Quote from: Cold Days Chapter 32 ---"It is her way," Mother Summer said, smiling. "She rarely leaves our cottage anymore. She lost her walking stick ... But it is terribly painful for her to travel, even briefly..."
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Not a Bargain, possibly a bet. We are meant to believe a theft or it was misplaced.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Not really, Winter is in cahoots with elements of the White Council the Gatekeeper is proof of that.
We have been given clues that the Blackstaff is Mother Winters missing walking stick, most recently in Battle Ground Eb’s shadow in wielding it is that of a Crone.
Mother Winter is an Intellectus, she knows exactly where her walking stick is at all times. Therefore Eb holds it with at least her tacit consent, which she can withdraw at any time.
In The Law Mab steps in when there is an attack on the company car, she sees it as an embarrassment, an attack upon her Knight with the Blackstaff would be seen in the same vein by Mother Winter.
Harry as the Winter Knight is specifically Mab’s agent in the mortal world, but he is also Mother Winters.
Eb in attacking Harry didn’t use the Blackstaff.
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