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If they were the same Nic, as Kurtin suggested Nicodemus could have been a very common name. It doesn't matter if he was important at the time or not, but somehow he got tied both to the noose and one of the silver coins with one of the Fallen entrapped inside. Jim is either leading us down a rabbit hole of implied meaning, or Nic somehow has direct or indirect ties to Judas.
The is a legend about a centurion at the cross cursed to live until the end of the world. The discussion about Nic always bring it back to mind, Not saying that's Nic but i think the legend probably inspired jim.
In Universe i think that he was probably a roman who was in the region at the time a got caught up in events and was lucky(unlucky) to come across the noose and coins.
No, I think the whole Denarian thing will end up going against Marcone's grain. Andruiel pulls it off with Nic fairly well, Nic still believes he has an equal partnership with Andruiel. Lasciel tried to convince Harry that that was the kind of partnership he could have with her if he accepted the coin. However thanks to his inadvertent soul gaze early on when we first meet the Denarians he knows that the host is really the slave of the fallen trapped in the coin, or he feared that. Based on that knowledge Harry stanchly refused to accept the coin. I don't think Marcone likes to be or wants to be a servant to Namshell, at the moment he maybe convinced he is in the driver's seat, but I think a day will come when Marcone will realize he isn't in charge of anything,that's the day he will regret his choice.
I am relatively-confident Mirror!Murphy will be alive; simply because of the vast opportunities it gives Jim to further torture Harry.
Early-books Harry was still giving Murphy lots of stay-alive info (albeit limited/incomplete), and I expect that didn't stop completely when he made the Choice. Remember that Murphy got so deeply into the supernatural because of Harry. Without Harry there, opening the doors he opened, Murphy's likely to have had shallower, less-dangerous encounters.
Alternatively, maybe Mirror!Murphy teamed up with Michael, who -- while (mostly) not as clued-in as Harry -- had much more info than Murphy!
And that is mentioned at the end of Peace Talks when Vadderrung and Company try to devise a defense strategy for Chicago. That the Fomor reign supreme under water and none of the powers at the Peace Talks has much knowledge and no influence there. So in that sense it is easy to see why they would be totally hoodwinked by the Fomor.Of course they say so, but it seems in Ghost Story/Changes Mab has some power over the cold and dark of the deeps.
That was Cold Days, and it was Mother Summer who took Harry to the Outer Gates. The only experience he had before seeing any of Winter's army was in Summer Knight. One would think that while most of Winter's forces would be at the Gates, there would still be at least a couple of brigades in and around the Court in case Mab needs them. And in Battle Ground both Mab and Molly were in Chicago fighting, can't remember if they brought troops with them or not, but even so both the Winter Queen and the Lady were in Chicago while supposedly the Gates were under siege with only Rashid to lead the Winter Army, unless there were some other of Winter's generals.I believe Lea was conspicuously absent, and she's been touted as the placeholder for Mab in other parts of the story.
Yes, they do appear civilized, but are they really? They are cultured, clean, rich, attractive, so they are allowed to thrive, we think of them as civilized. However these are the same beings who will suck the life out of a mortal by feeding upon his or her emotions. This a group of beings that think of vanilla human beings as "kine" or prey to be fed upon.. This is the group that would imprison the little folk so they can have nice colorful lanterns at their parties. So as long as they have a source of food, and can create their own "civilized" islands they can thrive in a post apoplectic world as well as the Black Court in my opinion.
The problem is, at some point star born Harry is going to have to unite all these factions otherwise they won't have a chance against Nemesis and the Outsiders.
Just a thought, Mab's intentions for the marriage might be a stronger alliance between Winter and the White Court. However as many of you pointed out, that alliance might make uniting everyone against Nemesis/Outsiders in the coming BAT a whole lot harder because of infighting between the allied factions.. Hmmm... I wonder if this will be an instance where Mab is totally wrong in her planning? If she is, will she openly admit it?