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DF Spoilers / Re: The Red Court vs. The Fomor
« on: January 25, 2021, 04:59:01 PM »
The Formor were always a weak supernatural nation, protected mostly by the fact that they lived in water (a potent defense vs most supernatural) and because prime territory had humans in it - which the ocean did not. So basically a supernatural power made up of supernatural refugees and renegades living in territory nobody wants and where attacking them delivers little value. Additionally their leadership probably has little real understanding of what the modern world is really like or how things changed in the last few hundred years. Yes they understand cell phones and cars -- but the "meaning" and "impact" of 7 billion people armed with modern weapons and information technology is beyond their leadership which has stayed beneath the seas.
However, what made them legitimately dangerous was a combination of events
1) The White Council being weak and divided and unable to protect gifted humans. Add to this that the other supernatural races are probably fine with gifted humans being culled. So they are picking targets that nearly all supernatural nations do not care about -- and the only one that does is heavily weakened. This allowed them to build up a significant army.
2) Insane god with Balor's eye. Hard to argue that any of the events in Chicago could have happened without the Eye.
3) They ignored the rules. In this case the rules of behavior that guide supernatural interaction from breaking guest rights to showing off in front of humans to picking fights that should be impossible to win. It is often the case that individuals can achieve the impossible if they only refuse to believe it is impossible. This can lead to great goodness or horrible tragedy. The classic example is Hitler's Germany. Hitler's entire rise to power and much of their initial success had to do with Hitler's eagerness to make huge gambles by breaking the rules while using bluster, lies and legitimate grievances to stall or prevent the normal consequences. A house of cards of course - but if he have enough momentum it can be quite successful for a long time.
However, what made them legitimately dangerous was a combination of events
1) The White Council being weak and divided and unable to protect gifted humans. Add to this that the other supernatural races are probably fine with gifted humans being culled. So they are picking targets that nearly all supernatural nations do not care about -- and the only one that does is heavily weakened. This allowed them to build up a significant army.
2) Insane god with Balor's eye. Hard to argue that any of the events in Chicago could have happened without the Eye.
3) They ignored the rules. In this case the rules of behavior that guide supernatural interaction from breaking guest rights to showing off in front of humans to picking fights that should be impossible to win. It is often the case that individuals can achieve the impossible if they only refuse to believe it is impossible. This can lead to great goodness or horrible tragedy. The classic example is Hitler's Germany. Hitler's entire rise to power and much of their initial success had to do with Hitler's eagerness to make huge gambles by breaking the rules while using bluster, lies and legitimate grievances to stall or prevent the normal consequences. A house of cards of course - but if he have enough momentum it can be quite successful for a long time.