One or two rumblings that might be related aren't exactly strong evidence.
The appearance of one of the only two currently serving Knights of the Cross suggests otherwise.
Heaven presumably took a look at a whole list of ongoing stuff before sending Sanya, the only Knight outside North America to the Norway/Russia border. That they prioritized this seems like we might want to pay attention.
Providing power and therefore motive isn't the same as being active elements setting fate. Further, they specifically tie into the plot around outsiders. Being a starborn gives you extra juice in general as well as against the outsiders, so of course they get targeted.
We dont know this. One way or the other.
Whether the stars actually cause the events, or are just visual indicators for other deeper cycles has never been made clear.
It's almost like everyone is a plotter playing games. Making plans based on understanding the factors in play isn't the same thing as being driven by prophecy or reading the actions you need to take from the stars.
The people in the know actually have been around long enough to have some idea about when to play games and when not to.
Longterm homeowners dont drag their trash to the curb everyday, only on trash day.
Unless you weave a new restriction in for something that hadn't been relevant in multiple iterations of the world to the fey I don't see it.
She couldn't necessarily make it take orders, but that's because exaltations don't take to that well most of the time. It wouldn't stop her from arranging for a human who vaguely matches the requirements from being the only option and picking someone who less likely to hate her personally.
Maybe she learned more once there was more data to work with, but if she knew from the start because she saw it in the stars her actions wouldn't make sense.
Its presumably not a new restriction.
The Raksha had no authority over Exaltations when they were Raksha; I dont see how that changes after they became Dresdenverse Fae.
No, thats nonsense. The Primordials and Neverborn of Creation could exert no control over the choices of the Exaltations; even when the Yozi stapled first circle demons on the Infernal Exaltations they suborned to change their criteria, they were essentially along for the ride as the Exaltation insisted on making its own choices.
Mab's potent.
She's not "manipulate a Celestial Exaltation's choices" potent. Neither, as far as I know, is Mother Winter.
You're suggesting that an exalt with access to at least some of the deep lore and an informational super weapon actively seeking to release more exalts won't speed it up?
We're an E3 Exalt, not a Primordial or an Angel or a Celestine or even a high-tier Incarna.
You significantly overestimate our capabilities if you think that we can materially alter the activation of an Exaltation by scrying it. Thats my opinion.
Im honestly not seeing where you are getting this from. Im not seeking to release more Exalts; I am on record as stating that the Black Vault would be a disaster if it existed and was cracked open. I just happen to believe that you cant sit out an arms race; this is important enough that we cant afford to let other people get a jump on us.
Thats what I voted for.
A person you can argue we'd be mandated to free.
A naked Exaltation? If its dormant, Im quite happy to keep it that way until/unless its ready to move.
As long as we can keep it out of the hands of everyone else that might want to fuck with it while its dormant.
Plot hooks aren't necessarily guaranteed to go one way or the other. I think Molly is the secret sauce to make this actually work in the near term.
I don't see this as something that has to happen, or the plot line as very appealing itself.
We'll spend a bunch of time looking for the lunar, getting to their cage, freeing them, then managing the fallout. They'll be pushing the DF out of our AP budget before they're even free, then it'll get worse.
Lunars aren't exactly the careful type, or overly impressed with systems of any kind. They can also make some very impressive social and combat builds right out of the gate. I'm not enthused about needing to clean up after them.
We'd better have some personal equipment done before that point, because our crafting edge will be key to keeping up with them long term.
Plot hooks that have been demonstrated to be actively in motion generally are.
The stone egg thing we saw in Sanya's Interlude was actively sought out by some shapeshifter magician of some sort.
And the QM has stated that they were rolling dice for this sort of thing.
Ignorance does not help us, whether or not we have any interest in hastening any processes.
Lunars are as careful or uncaring as any other Celestial.
There's a reason the original fiction for ExWoD was a Solar showing up at Elysium and YOLOing a venue full of high-tier vampires with a horsehead mask and a mall-bought katana.
Thats the sort of thing that depends on the person, not the type of Exalt.
And if I must have one, I'd rather have a friendly one, or at least one that hasnt been stuffed into a Monstrance/Caul or otherwise suborned by one of our opps because we chose to sit on our hands and hope that if we ignored it really hard that it would go away.
Assuming this is a Lunar, of course. It could always be something else from the Fae, back when they were still Raksha.
I mean, I am trying to get my head around the idea that a high lord of the Fae would want a Lunar or Lunars running around, or that the Fae would weep at the idea that it didnt happen.
And Im not really convinced.
Could be referring to Fenrir/Skoll
True. Good catch.
It doesn't hurt us to check. If she can't say anything, then she can't say anything. But maybe she can tell us something.
Remember that the Archive is its own faction.
And that Ivy doesnt make all its decisions, or set its priorities.
Hence my reluctance to test its limits and reactions.
