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Questions for Mab
SerScot:
Didn’t Molly mention having significant financial resources as Winter Lady… as such… and because it would make Harry more effective and efficient as Winter Knight shouldn’t Harry ask Mab about a salary or financial resources available to him as Winter Knight?
Any other questions Harry should address to Mab?
Mira:
--- Quote from: SerScot on March 11, 2025, 10:09:29 PM ---Didn’t Molly mention having significant financial resources as Winter Lady… as such… and because it would make Harry more effective and efficient as Winter Knight shouldn’t Harry ask Mab about a salary or financial resources available to him as Winter Knight?
Any other questions Harry should address to Mab?
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I think it was mentioned in Skin Game by Harry that while Mab and the Winter Court gives Molly more than ample money for her needs, they do not pay the Winter Knight. Not sure if it is custom or a rule, the first he could negotiate, the second, not..
peterwiggin94:
Jim has directly addressed this if I remember correctly. Harry asked for and got the ability to save Maggie. He gets strength as the Winter Knight, Lea's temporary help to get Maggie out, and the continuing ability to walk. If Harry asked for a salary, I could Mab saying something "To people paralyzed like you actually are, the ability to walk would be priceless. This is your salary."
g33k:
--- Quote from: SerScot on March 11, 2025, 10:09:29 PM --- ... because it would make Harry more effective and efficient as Winter Knight shouldn’t Harry ask Mab about a salary or financial resources available to him as Winter Knight? ...
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--- Quote from: peterwiggin94 on March 12, 2025, 02:33:26 PM --- Jim has directly addressed this if I remember correctly. Harry asked for and got the ability to save Maggie ...
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Yeah, this.
Harry gets everything he bargained for there under the stars, at the Stone Table.
Everything.
And not a single bit more.
(except a tiny bit here or there, as he manages to leverage new points by virtue of being the Winter Knight and having understanding of Faerie Law and Winter Law (e.g. Mab was annoyed with him for summoning her to Judgement in Talvi Inverno's office, but it was a correct use of Winter Law by the Winter Knight; so she was compelled to do it). salary is nowhere in this. )
g33k:
--- Quote from: SerScot on March 11, 2025, 10:09:29 PM --- Didn’t Molly mention having significant financial resources as Winter Lady …
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Molly does have significant financial resources.
I'm not _at all_ clear that she didn't earn those herself. I rather suspect she did not inherit any "Winter Lady Wealth" per se.
She gets the asset of Arctis Minor (which sits in the Nevernever, and she cannot sell), and she gets the powers of the Winter Lady's Mantle.
But a smart girl like Molly can leverage these things to an incredible degree. I expect she could have become a multi-millionaire within a month of Mab releasing her from whatever "basic training" she had imposed.
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