Consider that every noble now in the city has seen the mortars in action. But I could totally see him as quickly becoming the magical adviser of the noble leading the siege and maybe getting himself included in the next “parlay”. Obviously only a tactic that would make sense if the siege was more of a political effort than a serious effort to take the keep. I think it would be hilarious if he entered the city quietly to surprise his girls, noticed the siege and decided to get more information by being recruited as a mage for the force besieging his own keep. So we have Daniel Black returning in such a way as he is not likely to be recognized - and a possible siege of his keep. There is also a reasonable chance that tensions in the city have gotten bad when he returns and several people have theorized that Black Keep will be “under siege” by one of the military factions. It is likely that most people would not recognize him unless they see his face - or know him well. New full-body armor, new weapons, likely retain the taller/more buff body, etc. Odds are that when Daniel returns to the Keep, he will look somewhat different. Those opportunities will become even more important as Daniel develops more new skimmer designs with more armor and more heavy weapons. Nobody can be certain exactly where those skimmers will ground and unload once they leave the island. It totally makes more sense to send troops out on skimmers over the river, both in terms of giving them plenty of space in which to maneuver and in terms of maximizing potential for misdirection. Daniel needs to reconstruct that edifice larger and more robustly.
I do believe you are correct about the river gate. Try considering all the different groups of people in Kozalin who use the pier and gate house to visit Black Island.įrom common folk hoping to purchase food or medical care to important royals expecting to importune yet more of Daniel’s most precious resource - TIME - there are many different reasons for the continued existence of the pier and gate house in roughly the same proportions they have now. Oliver, you seem to be thinking from the inside of the gate house, looking out. He’s still frustrated that he can’t remember how a Geiger counter is supposed to work…
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So even with the huge cheat of mana sorcery, there’s going to be a lot of trial and error in Daniel’s future. Real life doesn’t come with a rulebook, and just because you watched a video about something once doesn’t mean you can do it. The trouble is, it’s a lot easier to talk about things than to actually do them. You know that guy who can debate everything from Napoleonic military tactics to advanced space launch technologies? The one who keeps bypassing the GM’s carefully constructed plot complications by doing something clever but sensible instead of just charging after the obvious plot hooks? The one who always seems to be overpowered, because he reads all the rulebooks and carefully min-maxes his characters? That’s Daniel. My inspiration for Daniel actually comes from some of the more capable players I’ve met in tabletop RPG games over the years. That’s going to continue to happen in the future, although he is learning. But there were several places where I intentionally had him do things that turned out to be a mistake because it fit his attitude at the time, or because he had no way of knowing better. He’s just a guy who had enough brains, imagination and determination to get the job done, at least so far. The other point I want to mention, though, is that Daniel isn’t intended to be some perfectly hyper-competent superman. So his enchantment work has focused almost entirely on things he could do quickly, without having to spend much time figuring things out. At the end of Extermination it’s only been about three months since he was summoned, and he’s been insanely busy for that entire time. Of course, the answer to most questions of the form ‘why hasn’t Daniel done X’ is ‘he hasn’t had time’. I may even answer a few questions, as long as they don’t give away anything I have planned for future books. There seem to be a lot of people who still want to talk about what Daniel ought to be doing and what enchantments he should be working on, so I figured I’d give you a better place to do it that the comments of an unrelated post.
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