Huh, guess I misread that.
Then either Molly or Lash have to do Water. Because fae are bad at eroding certainties. Maybe if these were old Raksha, but the modern fae are all about rules and certainties.
This is ritual being performed with a fey old enough to reasonably call a Rakasha, a terrestrial, and a celestial exalt. Moreover Tiffany herself is of the lineage of angels.
Wind has cold in its portfolio. Kakuri is all about biting cold to the point where it has multiple references and vectors where ice is only present in some places.
Point of order - Mothers here are not raksha, or not just raksha. We know that Fates are connected to Faerie Queen trios. We also know that Fates were, at some point, three surviving Maidens:
So, this is a fae/raksha that is bound with / empowered by several Incarna.
There is a reasonable argument that Lash would qualify for Water, but because of her nature and her origins and life so far. Not because of her Lores; I fail to see how the combination of Flesh, Light, Longing and Awakening would do any such thing.
This is not at all true.
Mind elaborating for someone not familiar with either setting?
Not at all true.
Got it, changing back to my original vote of
Awakening 4 is animating inanimate matter. Awakening 5 is resurrection. That's certainly eroding all certainties. Flesh is all about teansgressing the limits of, well, flesh. Both of those map perfectly to Water.
Not transformation. Wood is more about transformation. Water is "eroding all certainties". Fae are about certainties. They are bound in Law as much as anyone we know. They are so tightly connected with the Rules, that, at their cores, they are about certainty. On a cosmetic level they are masters of mutations, transformations and inclusions, yes. But they are not Raksha from Deep Wyld. That's very much a plot point.
In Exalted 2E, the Wyld, which was where the raksha lived, was antithetical to fixed reality.
Thats not true.
Here:
2009 WoJ forum post:
5. cowl with darkhallow – really? just a bunch of spirits…
If he'd succeeded, he'd have had the collective power of all of those supernatural beings and then some. He'd have been clearly stronger than the Ladies, and a full-on equal to Mab. I mean, why do you think the Erlking was summoned as part of that ritual? Because that's how the big E got so boss in the first place.
For that matter, how do you think the Mothers and Queens and Ladies established their original base of power? That big old sacrificial, power-sucking stone table in Tir na noth isn't there for its primitive decorative aesthetic
Only on a very cosmetc level. On the fundamental core level, the Dresden Fae are all about the rules, the immutability is at their core. It's their main design feature.
Disagree.
Disagree.
Article: 5. cowl with darkhallow – really? just a bunch of spirits…
If he'd succeeded, he'd have had the collective power of all of those supernatural beings and then some. He'd have been clearly stronger than the Ladies, and a full-on equal to Mab. I mean, why do you think the Erlking was summoned as part of that ritual? Because that's how the big E got so boss in the first place.
For that matter, how do you think the Mothers and Queens and Ladies established their original base of power? That big old sacrificial, power-sucking stone table in Tir na noth isn't there for its primitive decorative aesthetic.
I know that citation.
Disagree. Strongly.
This is you misreading that citation. Power transfer does not mean unwilling sacrifice.Jim Butcher directly states that the Fey Queens were empowered by sacrificing entities, strongly implied to be their predecessors, on the altar the Summer Lady is later killed on.
Article: 5. cowl with darkhallow – really? just a bunch of spirits…
If he'd succeeded, he'd have had the collective power of all of those supernatural beings and then some. He'd have been clearly stronger than the Ladies, and a full-on equal to Mab. I mean, why do you think the Erlking was summoned as part of that ritual? Because that's how the big E got so boss in the first place.
For that matter, how do you think the Mothers and Queens and Ladies established their original base of power? That big old sacrificial, power-sucking stone table in Tir na noth isn't there for its primitive decorative aesthetic.
The Mother's power wasn't given to them, it was stolen with blood sacrifice, like a Darkhallow on steroids.
"virulent and ever-changing". You don't to cut description I half discarding something that doesn't fit into your view. This is clearly about transformation, about evolution and life.
"Eroding all certainties". Again, you don't get to cut parts of the text off. The fae without their core bindings is an Outsider. You can always trust fae not to lie. To uphold their bargains. Etc. They are not a good fit for Water. They are not Raksha anymore.
