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Marcone and the Castle

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prince lotore:
I don't think anyone was expecting things to kick off that night.

Bad Alias:
Ethniu attacked from inside the castle and was invited in, so that needs to be taken into account.

I think the castle needs a spirit of intellect to be fully operational and they are probably hard to come by.

I'd guess this castle was the best Marcone could get his hands on even without using a spirit of intellect.

Xamion:
We are forgetting, that Harry is not actually "good" at quick-magic (he cheats via stupendous brute forcing of magic juice with his tremendous power reserves and physical stamina), and especially not large scale or complex ones, like controlling the various "systems" incorporated into Merlin's tower seems to require. So I think it is actually possible for a single wizard to operate all the defenses, if they're good at that sort of thing. I would expect that it does not even have to be a spirit of intellect specifically, that would be required to be a stand-in for such skills, either, e.g. perhaps someone/something like the gargoyles may be able to do it too, or at least specific parts of it. And potentially, he could perhaps achieve the same level of control of those systems Bob has, but he'd need a bit of prep time for a more "serious" ritual to temporarily connect to them more directly, since with the battle at the end he only had like half an hour's worth of warning?

Tinfoil hat:

--- Quote from: Mira on February 04, 2026, 03:12:18 PM ---My point is though, is apparently Marcone when he owned the castle either wasn't aware, or was unable to make use of Merlin's wards.  Odd in that he was hosting a fallen angel with top wizard skills.  I'd like to know how this particular castle was selected to be purchased and brought over here.

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I think that marcone knew about the wards but was not yet ready to do what Harry could. Remember that Marcone most likely doesn't have the skills to pull this off. Not the knowledge Nam has the knowledge. Not sure of  their relationship and how much control Nam has over Marcone. The closest analogue I can think of is a person having an accident and having to relearn to walk. Marcone has to build up his skills and focus step by step in spite having the knowledge all ready.
Plus Marcone probably has to prioritize combat magic over the more subtle type of magic.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Tinfoil hat on Yesterday at 07:40:59 AM ---I think that marcone knew about the wards but was not yet ready to do what Harry could. Remember that Marcone most likely doesn't have the skills to pull this off. Not the knowledge Nam has the knowledge. Not sure of  their relationship and how much control Nam has over Marcone. The closest analogue I can think of is a person having an accident and having to relearn to walk. Marcone has to build up his skills and focus step by step in spite having the knowledge all ready.
Plus Marcone probably has to prioritize combat magic over the more subtle type of magic.

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I think Marcone had the castle at least five years, which isn't a short time. 

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