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RNT: What is The Enemy's Plan in Storm Front?

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Mira:

--- Quote from: peterwiggin94 on May 26, 2025, 01:22:03 PM ---I suspect that people like Victor crop up all of the time and the White Council deals with them routinely. Victor was different because he had access to a very powerful killing curse, had a burgeoning drug empire, and had a fairly powerful demon that he barely controlled. I suspect that Nemesis propped him up in order to threaten Dresden and/or Morgan. Both would be positioned to be major threats to any play that Nemesis made against Demonreach so would be good people to eliminate as early as possible.

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And because it's considered routine, the real threat is lost in the shuffle.

Bridger:

--- Quote from: Mira on May 26, 2025, 03:20:29 PM ---And because it's considered routine, the real threat is lost in the shuffle.

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I like this idea.  We know that Ebeneezer came to the same conclusion about the Black Council as Harry did.  What evidence did he see that convinced him of their existence?  Were there other 'unusual but dismissed as routine' events happening in other cities that he was able to connect together?

Talby16:

--- Quote from: Bridger on May 30, 2025, 05:58:27 PM ---I like this idea.  We know that Ebeneezer came to the same conclusion about the Black Council as Harry did.  What evidence did he see that convinced him of their existence?  Were there other 'unusual but dismissed as routine' events happening in other cities that he was able to connect together?

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A great question. Ebeneezer as both the previous Warden Captain and a member of the Senior Council has a greater knowledge of both the events impacting the White Council and those impacting the wider supernatural world. I'm sure there are more dots that could be connected to the dots Harry has personally come into contact with that give greater depth to the Black Council Threat. Heck, our knowledge of the war with the Red Court is fairly limited given that it comes from Harry. We know there are events happening off page and we know that a large number of baddies (Nemesis, Black Court, Black Council, Necromancers, etc) like to make movies during the chaos of war. How many events slipped past the Council's notice or couldn't be responded to because of the war? There are probably a lot more dots out there than we are aware of.

Mira:

--- Quote ---A great question. Ebeneezer as both the previous Warden Captain and a member of the Senior Council has a greater knowledge of both the events impacting the White Council and those impacting the wider supernatural world. I'm sure there are more dots that could be connected to the dots Harry has personally come into contact with that give greater depth to the Black Council Threat. Heck, our knowledge of the war with the Red Court is fairly limited given that it comes from Harry. We know there are events happening off page and we know that a large number of baddies (Nemesis, Black Court, Black Council, Necromancers, etc) like to make movies during the chaos of war. How many events slipped past the Council's notice or couldn't be responded to because of the war? There are probably a lot more dots out there than we are aware of.

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Or the White Council hadn't really been challenged in so long they couldn't conceive that they could be attacked, especially from the inside.

Talby16:

--- Quote from: Mira on June 03, 2025, 05:24:20 PM ---Or the White Council hadn't really been challenged in so long they couldn't conceive that they could be attacked, especially from the inside.

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There is definitely a degree of institutional delusion present in the White Council. As high and mighty wizards capable of commanding the powers of the universe they see themselves as the protectors of humanity. They are the shining bulwark against the darkness. This is backed up by centuries of tradition. The war with the Red Court exposed some of their weaknesses (ex not having enough wardens) and the Peabody event showed that their are wizards who are willing to die for a different set of beliefs just to bring the council down. The fracture lines are showing.

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