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Twelve Months - What our you expecting from it?
TrueMonk:
I know it is not 12 months related, but I think the pro wrestling book might be as much about pro wrestling as ghost story was about a PI who got in jail with the people he had sent there.
Mira:
--- Quote ---2/ Part of Harry's whole arc is a suite of power-ups to be a viable player in the BAT. The WK-mantle is a big one. I think he'll keep it 'til the end. Harry has no way to play in the BAT leagues without the WKmantle or similar.
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Huge hint, who guards the Outer Gates? Winter. Harry isn't the only wizard closely aligned with Winter, we have the Gatekeeper himself Rashid. Not only has he from the beginning worn Winter's colors as far as his robes go, but also an "eye" thanks to the Fates to allow him to see the presence of the Enemy in wounded Winter Soldiers.. So yeah, Harry will keep that mantle just like Rashid keeps that eye.
Talby16:
I believe that there is an old WOJ that states that Lara's control of the White Court is slipping because Papa Raith is becoming more unstable. We know that some of Twelve Months will be dealing with the White Court. I think it is conceivable that there will be a loss of control of Papa Raith and Harry will have to help Lara set herself up as the White Queen. She will no longer be ruling from the shadows. This could dovetail nicely with a hunt for Outsiders in the White Court that other posters have mentioned.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Talby16 on April 28, 2025, 02:57:09 AM ---I believe that there is an old WOJ that states that Lara's control of the White Court is slipping because Papa Raith is becoming more unstable. We know that some of Twelve Months will be dealing with the White Court. I think it is conceivable that there will be a loss of control of Papa Raith and Harry will have to help Lara set herself up as the White Queen. She will no longer be ruling from the shadows. This could dovetail nicely with a hunt for Outsiders in the White Court that other posters have mentioned.
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No hint of that so far, however we haven't heard a word from the other branches of the White Court since "White Night," so it is possible that the Raith family will find itself on the outside looking in. Lara may find herself with her father incapacitated, Thomas and Justine now gone, isolated and she may have to turn to Harry, and not from her usual position of strength.. Or with the help of whatever is protecting him, Papa Raith makes a huge come back, plus perhaps many in the family didn't like the fact that she chose to fight against the Fomor in the battle for Chicago. Then there is Toot and Za'Gard, they haven't forgotten their treatment at the hands of the White Court, I doubt they will remain passive in all of this.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 28, 2025, 11:29:53 AM ---No hint of that so far, however we haven't heard a word from the other branches of the White Court since "White Night," so it is possible that the Raith family will find itself on the outside looking in ...
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That seems unlikely, to me.
Skavis & Malvora both got decapitated in the Raith Deeps -- not only the individuals who were their leaders, but the very-strongest of their Whamp's. The Raith leadership (and strongest members) are intact. I don't doubt that the Raiths took steps at that point to "raid" the resources of their rivals, stripping them also of mundane resources/power.
This may be why Lara is making her power-play right now: Thomas remarks (in Cold Days) that Lara is "getting scary" in how far she's extending control (where previously the Whamp's had limited themselves to the local Chicago scene, maybe some State elections, but now Lara's moving outside that scope (n.b. she had a USN Destroyer group in position in the Gulf, with military choppers standing by to violate Mexican airspace)). But for the first time, the White Court resources are largely united, instead of the semi-détente as Skavis & Malvora maneuvered to take the White Throne; such that most of the effort of most of the Whamp's was focused internally).
But I'm sure Lara is too canny to just be ignoring Skavis & Malvora. She knows the strongest of them will be emerging as new leadership, a new generation of challengers. She knows that if she just ignores this, they will move against her... & she'd be ignorant of it. So she'll be keeping more than a "weather eye open" to the internal politics, still.
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