Post Peace Talk/Battleground WAGs
1) Eb lays down his life for Thomas, not Harry, as a sideways apology
2) Thomas is cured of his phage by the island- it was referring to the phage, and not Thomas, when commenting he barely deserved minimum security
3) Harry binds the Titan. This puts a target on his back, because it was not known he was Warden. Control the Warden, control the island. He’s only using cheat codes when he’s there.
4) The Round Table was created for one of two purposes:
a. As an “endless supply” of well-trained KotC
b. To provide Merlin with blood samples to use at Demonreach
5) Harry finds out he’s the 4th KotC, and this is why Mab can’t stop Uriel from using Harry- pre-existing obligation.
6) Not mine, but I’m onboard- Thomas becomes a KotC; he’s the son of a king.
7) Harry’s only been saved by the WC because of his starborn status.
The last time a starborn was running around, it was bad for Mab, the Winter Lady died, etc. I’m standing by my guess this was Kemmler, and he became a *Destroyer* instead of a *Starborn*.
9) Longstanding, but restating: Starborn are walking conjunction points. Harry can kill an immortal whenever he decides to. He can also change the true nature of things. This in turn makes them immune to possession- within their own frame of reference, they are the fixed point. They’d have to *decide* to be possessed.
10) Vadderung is/was Balor, not the Gatekeeper. Or he was Balor and gave his magic eye to become the Gatekeeper. Ethniu’s deference is filial.
11) Ferrovax is the dragon that killed Beowulf, hence the antagonism.
12) Elaine was the master in the Justin-Elaine relationship
13) The Senior Council members spend a significant portion of their time in the NeverNever to extend their lifetimes; the war et al was partially to “age them out.”
14) The Za Lord becomes a mantle- the Lord of the Dewdrop Fairies. Harry signs the Accords on *those* terms if kicked out of the Council. Mantle ability is a form of intellectus- Harry can know, if he thinks about it, what any of the faeries know, and speak multiple languages. He also gains a constant craving for sweets.
15) Butter’s new sword can cut through “Titanic Bronze”; this is a significant reason why the KotC are involved.
16) Murphy is dying at the end of Battleground, but becomes a Valkyire- and heads off to boot camp. Harry won’t see her for a century or more.
17) The frying pan that dissolves was created by Maggie’s own conjuritis when she was thinking about pancakes.
18) The references to Ivy and Hope’s physical maturity was to point out that Maggie was at an age to start the puberty they had nearly finished. In turn, this means her magic would start manifesting.
19) The issue with Grendelkin is the size of the babies. Irwin exists because his mother is quite large.
20) Thomas got Evanna pregnant and that’s tied into the “assassination attempt.”
21) Harry’s treatment of the violin player/the ampule he put on Ramirez leads to Wardens changing their votes
22) Little Chicago is used to coordinate defensive actions/communication
23) The key to the story are the misdirections- Malcolm’s comment to Harry. What are the distractions?
a. Thomas?
b. The Peace Talks?
c. The Last Titan herself?
24) The Lance of Longinus is a perfect fit for the Blackstaff. Harry doesn’t want to think about that too much
25) The Blackstaff cures Harry of his existing Black Magic taint. It’s “not worth it.”
26) The real attack will be aimed at Demonreach again- conveniently near Chicago.
27) When touching a coin, a Denarian can put a “shadow” of itself in you. If the Swords are also Angels, shouldn’t they be able to do the same? The Denarians can also teach you how to “summon” their coin. Is that how the Knights gain their knowledge of where they are supposed to be?
28) There’s a lot of speculation that Lara’s haunted look at Eb reflected her doing him wrong. Possible, but it shows up after he comments that isolating you is what abusers do- and I’ve a longstanding WAG that it’s her own wedding ring that burned her; killed her own husband on her wedding night and he let her do it *because he loved her*, and that’s what makes Lara different. She has proof. The “haunted look” is memory, not guilt.
29) Justine wants to go into witness protection to save her baby from the White Court. No-one considers this as the case- she called the FBI.
30) The vampires are part of the accords because their dual nature protects them from Nemesis- it can infect the vampire, or it can infect the host, but it can’t infect both.
More as they come up. This was just from a first-pass read.
