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DF Spoilers / Peace Talks - Illogical Svartalves?
« on: July 29, 2020, 09:48:10 AM »
I don't understand how the behavior of the Svartalves was in keeping with the Accords.
Dresden specifically said that many nations in the Accords would consider the way Thomas was restrained (beaten until he couldn't move) to be practically gentle. But I thought the entire point of keeping Thomas imprisoned was to let the matter be settled by a 3rd party arbiter. And the Svartalves had to know that by beating Thomas to that degree, the White Court Hunger within Thomas would kill him while trying to heal his body. Didn't they?
So weren't the Svartalves - in effect - slowly murdering Thomas in such a way that he would have no chance of living long enough to see an Arbitration? How is this any different than holding a human prisoner for 6 weeks with no food and then saying - ooops? We didn't know a human would die with no food for 6 weeks? No one would believe that... The Svartalves are too intelligent to make that mistake as an honest mistake. Which makes their actions to me seem like deliberate murder against both the letter and spirit of the Accords (I know, only the letter matters).
How is what the Svartalves did not murder?
Dresden specifically said that many nations in the Accords would consider the way Thomas was restrained (beaten until he couldn't move) to be practically gentle. But I thought the entire point of keeping Thomas imprisoned was to let the matter be settled by a 3rd party arbiter. And the Svartalves had to know that by beating Thomas to that degree, the White Court Hunger within Thomas would kill him while trying to heal his body. Didn't they?
So weren't the Svartalves - in effect - slowly murdering Thomas in such a way that he would have no chance of living long enough to see an Arbitration? How is this any different than holding a human prisoner for 6 weeks with no food and then saying - ooops? We didn't know a human would die with no food for 6 weeks? No one would believe that... The Svartalves are too intelligent to make that mistake as an honest mistake. Which makes their actions to me seem like deliberate murder against both the letter and spirit of the Accords (I know, only the letter matters).
How is what the Svartalves did not murder?