A RED-ROSE CHAIN open thread!

I seem to remember that Seanan has indicated that Raysel is a favorite of hers, so I think your hope is likely to bear fruit. In One Salt Sea, it was specifically indicated that Raysel (presumably) didn't know the elf-shot she was using was deadly to the fae when she shot the female Selkie. I believe the only other people she shot at were Gillian (not subject to Oberon's Law, and not dead as a result) and Toby (same sitch as Gillian). In the latter case, Raysel hit Connor instead and did kill him, but one could argue that that was an accident. And yes, she tried to kill Luna, but Luna's not going to want Raysel prosecuted for that. I also have a soft spot for Raysel, especially after Toby looked through her Shadowed Hills quarters in OSS and found her journal.

I really, really, really want to know why Eira wanted Luna and Rayseline locked away. Just to destabilize the Mists by taking Sylvester out of the equation for a while? Or did she want to make sure that Raysel wouldn't be a fit heir for Shadowed Hills?

Like I said, I feel sorry for Raysel, and she is vary much a victim in all this. However, I don't think 'It was an accident" will, or should, allow her to escape without consequences. That's fine if we're talking about dropping a hammer while you're working on the roof and hitting someone in the head, or tripping over the rug and knocking someone down a flight of stairs, but shooting an arrow at someone is a crime, whether your intent was to kill or not. I seriously doubt the fact that one of her targets was human and the other a changeling will carry much weight in Arden's court, especially when the changeling was Toby and the human was her child.

But Raysel's ordeal should be factored in when it comes time to mete out justice. I believe it will, especially if Toby changing her blood has stabilized her, and she shows genuine remorse for her actions.

And yeah, I want to know what the point of it was. Destabilizing Shadowed Hills is certainly a possibility, but why? It's just one duchy, so how would this have figured into the grand evil plot? Toby is the only answer I've got. She is sworn to Shadowed Hills, the Torquills have been her family for a long time, and now Luna hates her, she can't stand to be near Sylvester and Raysel ... we just don't know yet. It all comes back to Toby, somehow...