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You seem to have been missing my entire point with regards to every edit I\'ve made (Which is, perhaps, my own fault for poorly explaining my point).
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I think we\\\'re talking at cross-purposes here (Which is, perhaps, my own fault for poorly explaining my point).
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Senator Valerius (He\'s the guy you couldn\'t remember) will almost certainly be a political rival of Tavi\'s for years to come, probably for the rest of his life; he might very well bring down the alliance and cast all of Alera into oblivion when the Vord Queens arrive. However, there\'s no indication that he\'s planning a rebellion like Kalarus, no indication that he\'s looking to place himself on the First Lords throne like Aquitaine, no actual plotline except generic obstruction and a \
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Senator Valerius (He\\\'s the guy you couldn\\\'t remember) will almost certainly be a political rival of Tavi\\\'s for years to come, probably for the rest of his life; he might very well bring down the alliance and cast all of Alera into oblivion when the Vord Queens arrive. However, there\\\'s no indication that he\\\'s planning a rebellion like Kalarus, no indication that he\\\'s looking to place himself on the First Lords throne like Aquitaine, no actual plotline except generic obstruction and a \\\"business as usual\\\" attitude toward government. He\\\'s a douche, but he\\\'s a douche without a story. The series doesn\\\'t end with \\\"And watch out for Valerius, \\\'\\\'because he\\\'s coming for you\\\'\\\'\\\" it ends with \\\"Valerius is continuing to be an ass like he\\\'s done for several chapters now, and we\\\'ll probably never be rid of him or people like him, but that\\\'s just the way things are.\\\" He\\\'s like Pluvus Pentius (From \\\'\\\'Fury of Calderon\\\'\\\'); a problem, yes, potentially a big one, but not the point of the story or the plot itself.
Crassus \\\'\\\'could\\\'\\\' also make a lot of trouble for Tavi, but there\\\'s nothing to even \\\'\\\'remotely\\\'\\\' suggest he will do any such thing. He\\\'s personally pissed at him, but there wasn\\\'t even a hint that he was speaking out against him politically or was looking to form his own empire. His plot ended with \\\"Tavi, our friendship is over,\\\" not \\\"You betrayed me and I\\\'m going to make you pay.\\\"
\\\"A Sequel Hook is something in a work that suggests that there is a clear possibility for another story;\\\" except Valerius and Crassus are only the vaguest, most generic possible plotlines, assuming they even conflict with Tavi at all. Much like Senator Arnos they\\\'d be the backup plot, the sidestory, as Tavi deals with the real threat of the Vord Queen (The conflict with Arnos might have been climax of \\\'\\\'Captains Fury\\\'\\\', but it was only a means to an end of dealing with the Canim. He wasn\\\'t the plot, he was practically the MacGuffin). They certainly \\\'\\\'could\\\'\\\' be big, climactic battles if that\\\'s how Jim Butcher develops it (Valerius as the political manipulator, Crassus as the noble figurehead and combatant, working together to bring Tavi down), but that\\\'s not what the series ends with. The series ends with \\\"Valerius is a tool, and I\\\'m sorry me and Crassus aren\\\'t friends anymore, but I\\\'ve got make it all come together because of the Vord, that\\\'s the question of the future.\\\"
I\\\'m not saying they\\\'re not important, I\\\'m saying that the series does not foreshadow their presence as being integral to the future plot.
Crassus \\\'\\\'could\\\'\\\' also make a lot of trouble for Tavi, but there\\\'s nothing to even \\\'\\\'remotely\\\'\\\' suggest he will do any such thing. He\\\'s personally pissed at him, but there wasn\\\'t even a hint that he was speaking out against him politically or was looking to form his own empire. His plot ended with \\\"Tavi, our friendship is over,\\\" not \\\"You betrayed me and I\\\'m going to make you pay.\\\"
\\\"A Sequel Hook is something in a work that suggests that there is a clear possibility for another story;\\\" except Valerius and Crassus are only the vaguest, most generic possible plotlines, assuming they even conflict with Tavi at all. Much like Senator Arnos they\\\'d be the backup plot, the sidestory, as Tavi deals with the real threat of the Vord Queen (The conflict with Arnos might have been climax of \\\'\\\'Captains Fury\\\'\\\', but it was only a means to an end of dealing with the Canim. He wasn\\\'t the plot, he was practically the MacGuffin). They certainly \\\'\\\'could\\\'\\\' be big, climactic battles if that\\\'s how Jim Butcher develops it (Valerius as the political manipulator, Crassus as the noble figurehead and combatant, working together to bring Tavi down), but that\\\'s not what the series ends with. The series ends with \\\"Valerius is a tool, and I\\\'m sorry me and Crassus aren\\\'t friends anymore, but I\\\'ve got make it all come together because of the Vord, that\\\'s the question of the future.\\\"
I\\\'m not saying they\\\'re not important, I\\\'m saying that the series does not foreshadow their presence as being integral to the future plot.
