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The odds 99 unbetaed (Patreon)

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2022-10-16 07:43:48
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As promised, this week was spent writing the new chapter of The odds were never in my favour.

The title is: the Lions of Venice.

Sorry to have said relatively silent on every website, including this one, but the chapter demanded a lot of attention.

Still, I hope the...16,000 words or so will make every reader happy.

I am going to send it to the betas in a few minutes.

It is very likely the beta-ed chapter will be updated next week-end, so that I can update and then finish the preparations for TWO 11-5.

Have a good read!

Comments

j0ntsa

Yeeeessss

Bel

Thanks so much for this chapter. I really enjoyed it! The differences between the Black Court and the other two was marked, with Longbottom almost immediately getting on the bad side of all his champions while the Champion of Ares basically turned himself into a Tyrant-ruler. The fact that Longbottom hasn't even gone back to Hogwarts to do his recruiting is kind of depressing but says it all really. Alex and the other Dark Champions are just on another letter compared to the rest and it seriously shows. Really looking forward to the rest of the preparation work and the start of the forth task itself.

windoverwaves

One thing that has been on my mind for a while now, supply for the ships. More specifically, ammunition. How are Alex and co supplying the ships with ammo? Do they produce it themselves? Can they conjure them? If yes, can they do it via an automated system using runes? If yes, can the system fit on the ship or do they have to be land bound? Can it fit in the breech of the guns? Also, if they can produce the ammo themselves (Which I assume they can), what shell design are their shells produced out of? Are they based on whatever shells that're still on the ships when they were re-floated, or did they managed to get someone (BAE Systems?) to design shells based on modern naval artillery shell design principals? Because shell performance will be significantly different in these two cases, given how much better modern shells and charges are compared to their counterpart in the great war. Further also, fire control. Given how naval engagement ranges are more determined by fire control rather the theoretical maximum ranges the guns can lob a shell, how good are the fire control facilities on the ships? Finally, if they could conjure shells, do they have the expertise to conjure missiles?

Sebiraider11

So, this is another good chapter. It goes a long way to show the differences between the 3 courts and to hammer them in. In the Doge Court we have a Dictator running things and while we all know he will fail in his attempts to win, he plays to his wannabe strengths. I can't fault his idea to win, because a variation of this theme is his only way to win, but I think he should have gone for more a James Bond option with his guards than the Rambo one that he chose. The day court is dysfunctional and Longbottom's best survival strategy is to chuck the most dysfunctional members of his court against Alexandra on the very first day and leave. It has the advantage of sounding like a very accepted light strategy too ... And then we have the night court, where the involved people actually make plans. I want to confess that I'm slightly surprised by the fact that none of them stated the one obvious thing: If all of the other courts are going to hunt them from the start, why not turn an empty warehouse into a sort of deathtrap to deal with a chunk of the people hunting them at the same time? And now i'm back at pulling my (slightly cracked) crystalball out to predict the future: - the fourth task will go over three chapters. and I'm not including the one chapter for the afterparty, which i now dub "Omens of Ragnarock". It would consist of the first part of the fourth task to the short truce, the second would be what happens during the truce and maybe a bit after and the third would end the task and stop practically at the beginning of the winner's ceremony ... which would leave a whole chapter for the most fun stuff. Why not a single humongous chapter ala WO? Would it be doable? Sure. But let's not forget that this story lives more through its Characters interacting with each other than pure action. this last chapter was practically just one day for example and it was crucial in setting the stage. giving our beloved author the time to get it right will surely help us get our fix of quality writing. - what would I test in a task, where you cannot in good conscience demand great spectacles of magical might? yeah I would go for a mix of charms and arithmancy. - the truce time of this task will be when the great masters come out for their exhibits and preliminary apprenticeships ... And it will fall upon Osiris to have Lyudmilla as an apprentice ... yeah that will be fun. - Some time in future the purpose behind the seals will be explained. I am guessing now, that apart from the immediate effect they are the tools of the exchequer to get the leylines into the shape that they want to. Hell I should have seen it earlier, considering the rpg campaign that i have played where that was a plotpoint in the background.

chubster

The fact Neville never realized he had to play politics is a great sign for how this entire game is going to be played, while the Night Court shows a level of unity that none of the other teams are going to accomplish. I'm still wondering if Eleanor is going to lose her Champion title by the end of this. I don't mean die, she's exhibited distain for The Light as they've displayed fast too aggressive and biased stances against "The Darkness" than she's happy with, that I wonder of she's going to willingly toss her title aside when events play out. I suppose it depends on the events, and honestly given the sheer political shitstorm Neville buried himself in, there's going to be secret plots and a level of corruption that will go directly against the spirit of competition. Someone is going to decide they can do things without notifying others and it's going to backfire spectacularly

Nicholas

Very Nice! Thank you! The Night Court is going to need to be very careful with their skeletons. Yes, they can deactivate them but that doesn't solve the Statue of Secrecy problem if the muggles get suspicious. An apparent person in a costume suddenly turning into a long dead skeleton is not less of a threat to the Statute then some muggle realizing an apparent person in a costume is actually a skeleton. A few confundus spells will take care of that but someone will need to be around to cast them.

Darkarus

Necromancy was a clever solution to the manpower problem of the night court and yah the actions of the Day and Doge courts were unsurprisingly predictable. I suspect that things will go wrong for both the Doge and Day courts incredibly quickly

Jacob L

The Night Court may be smallest, but they are far more united, and are solving their manpower problem quickly...as for the artifacts to avoid tracking, is it possible to acquire lesser artifacts that don't have such a significant wardrobe function, but have the same resistance to tracking? To make them cheaper and easier to use?

Hunter

Nice chapter eagerly await you you to start the writing of TWO 11-5. Nagash wills it.

s22132

I feel slightly bad for Neville, as he continues to be WAY over his head, but he's also making some very dumb decisions, both actively and passively. For instance, let Ron and/or Leo say literally anything at this point. ;) The Doge court is gripped in war fever, no surprise there. The Night court functioning as well as it is thus far both is and isn't a surprise. There was a possibility that, considering how powerful the various members are, that they would break down into fighting. Instead, each of them seems to have at least some respect for each other, even if they dislike each other and disagree. It also helps that Alexandra is acting like a true Queen, willing to listen to advice will still making the final decisions, as opposed to Neville's puppet king status and Malatesti's tyrrany. This civil war is going to be quite the spectacle. :) Thanks for the new chapter.

Jaco

Loved the chapter! Loved the order of the Night Court and the Chaos of the other two. Litterally cannot wait for the starting of the Fourth Task! Also, please tell me we will get to see the results of Lucrezia and Elenora using Lyudmila as their costume tester! I imagine there will be lots of death threats against the Night Queen!

Pilgrim B

A couple of questions: 1) What happens to the Doge Court if the Doge is eliminated? Do any remaining Doge Court members get to continue their mission or is the entire Court defeated? I ask because Fleur clearly feels she should be a Queen and would probably be more than happy to usurp Malatesti if she thinks she could pull it off. 2) The victory condition for the Day Court states is the capture of the Night Queen or the majority of her Court. Do they have to be the ones holding custody or does that apply to arrests by the Doge as well? If so, does that mean that if the Doge arrests the Night Queen first, does the Doge lose because the Day has obtained victory?

chibipoe's library

Curious to see if Neville's prediction a chapter or two back that Dark Triumvirates always implode would be patently false. If Alexandra, Lyudmila and Lucrezia did manage to form a triad... I imagine they'd be the sort of thing nightmares are made of for both sides.