When Harry and Butters charged Ethniu at the last battle once Marcone arrived with everyone else from the south, Butters struck the helmet off a friendly who “... turned out to be a rather unremarkable-looking young woman with medium brown skin and the arched cheekbones and angular eyes of a native of the far northwest of North America, her face twisted with utter terror—and I saw it when the Sword passed, and its light burned that fear out of her. She blinked twice, as if waking up from a nap that had been plagued with a bad dream, set her jaw, and rose with her weapon in her hand. “Sir Knight,” she bade me, by way of greeting, gave me a short nod, and rose to drive her sword into the throat of an enemy soldier that lay on the ground...”

Who is this? Someone from the comics (I didn’t read those) or some other story I’ve missed? Seems like a significant mention since it put their very important charge on pause to describe what was a very normal thing that the Sword did for all friendlies on the battlefield.

It could be that Lara dies in Peace Talks or Battle Ground saving Thomas. Then Lord Raith is freed from Lara and chaos breaks out because he's insane by now. If you recall, Thomas was planning on either dying or ending up in charge in Blood Rites.

I’d be very interested in how Lord Raith would behave if left to his own devices at this point. Certainly nothing good would come from it except maybe some interesting information he would never reveal otherwise. This whole hypothetical scenario is one I’d love to read but would hate for it to happen!

Thanks all for the thoughts!! It's fun nerd about this stuff

@Yuillegan
I guess a big question that I have that could perhaps help or hurt the theory is “can a WC demon’s power be grown through feeding or other means?” If so then that sort of power could be attainable, even if by time. Justine has already revealed her workaround to keep Thomas fed without hurting anyone too seriously. I consider that a Thomas power up, because he isn’t starved anymore.

I tend to give Thomas more credit in the political side for the subtle things. How he slid into Harry’s life at the right moment. How he disguised himself as a no-threatening screw up when he was really watching (and miserable). But also when Madelyn got too bold, then he slapped her down *hard*, displaying he is not to be trifled with. He is a secret operative for the Oblivion War. Those things I think could make a basis for qualifying on the political side.

I agree that Lara wouldn’t take the challenge lying down. As I think about it, the only way Thomas would be in a position to be King would be if Lara is dead. She's kind of like Marcone. She's not good but it could be worse. But please, not Thomas ((


@g33k
I agree, it does seem the puppet show is an open secret. If Lara falls I think the only way to save face would be to outmaneuver everyone into keeping the throne. We know you can’t just beat everyone in the head to get respect in WC, although I think being able to doesn’t hurt.

As far as Thomas assassinating Lara, I could only see him attempting that if he knew she had been corrupted by Nemesis (or had super convincing evidence) and he was the only one in a position to have a chance or else [major consequences].

What sort of secrets are in that library anyway tho?
@Con
I see where you are coming from, but I’m not sure how well Thomas and Lara would cooperate that way. They understand each other and they care for one another as family (which is a redeeming quality of Lara). Yet I don’t think Thomas would stand for having Lara’s plans and actions be “publicly” portrayed as his own, much less support most of them behind the scenes.

Hi All,

I judged started a new topic related to the Children of the Sun in this Spoilers forum.

Quartus, I find your comments about the CotS really interesting! And reflect some of my own imagination of the race. Would be happy to have your thoughts on the topic!