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Sir Ewen wrote:A few thoughts regarding this mystery, each not necessarily compatible with the other:
- We have been assuming that, if Meden's mind was tampered with, that some sort of control was added. Perhaps his behavior might be explained by some level of judgment or circumspection being removed? Perhaps the Meden we saw that night was a Meden whose cunningness filter had been short-circuited for a time? Of course, this wouldn't explain the subsequent amnesia, unless the unfiltered effect had been caused by a drug which also causes amnesia in its victim. Just a possible theory that we hadn't discussed.
Sir Ewen wrote:- Matt mentioned that the council chamber itself seemed to be warbling, which I initially assumed came from the critical mass of shielded folks gathered together there. But what if Aethel & Company's warbling nobility spell is most powerful in Tashal, in the vicinity of the castle, but attenuates the farther you get from Tashal? So that, in distant Gardiren, Sir Arren was able to tamper with Meden's mind without interference, and set a "suggestion" in Meden's mind that he interrogate and offer Sir Ewen a deal the way he did, and then not recall the uncharacteristic behavior subsequently. The Rapport ability allows for just such a latent suggestion, to be later triggered at another time. And if Arren figured out the attenuation effect, it would explain his interest in taking an extended trip away from Tashal, where his skills are most powerfully thwarted by Aethel's spell.
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