06-29-2014, 07:29 PM
(06-29-2014, 06:19 PM)Starfury Wrote: Also your logic about the size of the hiding place eludes me, perhaps I'm being a bit dense and you can explain it to me so I'll understand. But as I see it the 7 knights took an artefact from the sacked city of Constantinople (or so we are being lead to believe - could be a complete misdirection by the knights) it was moved in secret to another location, so would suggest that it, in and of itself is not overly large (not logically inconsistent based on the information given so far in the story), and finally deposited in a secret location likely in the black forest region of Germany (again based on the information we have been given so far). At no point through this do I see any information regarding the size of the location (I might have missed an obvious clue and would be grateful of the enlightenment on this point), for all we know, it could simply be like the out of place black rock Red has to find from the Shawshank Redemption, unlikely but not beyond the bounds of possibility.
I'm relying on what Kelly told Nick in the trailer during the first or second episodes of season two. She seemed to intimate that the treasure from Constantinople, in addition to the object of power, were hidden together. It sounded like a sizable treasure, so that's where I got the idea that the hiding spot would have to be a good size. Could be I got it wrong, wouldn't be the first time.
(06-29-2014, 06:19 PM)Starfury pid= '7236 Wrote:But I say again 7 knight took it upon themselves to hide an object of immense power, to keep it away from the Royals. They had to assume whatever precautions they took would be eventually broken, so one layer of protection would not be enough. Call me a paranoid son of a bit$%, but if I was one of the knights, and I couldn't destroy the artefact for one reason or another I would smother the thing in so many layers of security that it would take a very long time to unravel. I also think the original security measure relating to the keys worked more effectively than was planned for, 800+ years is damned effective but again you had to assume the worst as the hider of the artefact and plan accordingly. The only reason I could come up with to only allow for one layer of security would be some sort of time constraint the knights had to deal with. They only had a finite amount of time to come up with a plan and implement it therefore ending up with the keys/map idea.
The whole concept of protecting the secret of the hidden object's location would seem to turn upon each of the original Grimm Knights making a sacred vow to pass along their individual keys to their Grimm offspring down through the ages. That way, its whereabouts would have the best chance of remaining unknown to the Royals. Guess they could share information with wesen or others in some circumstances, but it feels more like a secret society type of thing. But - Kelly did say the story was a legend, so there may be more to it, or as you suggest the knights tried to throw pursuers off the trail by using false leads or other layers of security.
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