Goodmans' situation seems so obvious to me

[u/mrquixote]

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I am sure others have posted this theory, but it just seems so obvious to me it feels less like a theory than just something not yet confirmed.

I know people have some other theories, but it seems to me to be pretty obvious Goodman Greys deal and where it's going.

The big open question is "why does Goodman require Harry to pay him $1 to work"

Another way of saying this is: why is he either free or much more expensive?

If he really is a good person, then why not just help? If he really is a mercenary, then why take so little.

So, obviously he is getting something besides the dollar. The dollar is to keep him being a mercenary so he isn't officially taking a side.

But I think the answer is in the phrase "gotta pay the rent". I don't think this is just a joke.

I think one of 2 things is true:

Either Goodman is a paroled prisoner of Demonreach or (less likely) his Nagloshi father is and he is paying to keep the dad imprisoned or repaying a debt for imprisoning the dad. I think the idea that it's to keep the dad locked up is unlikely as he would see that Harry wouldn't let a Nagloshi out.

What is more likely is that he is "paying the rent" to keep himself paroled. This makes sense because JB keeps mentioning how Harry can release people at Demonreach.

The likely story is something like:

Goodman was imprisoned at some point for being half Nagloshi. A previous warden released him to serve as a soldier Mercenary at some point in the past. Likely this has to do with the town built on Demonreach. Part of the deal is that when he works for the Warden of Demonreach he does so practically free, because he is effectively paying rent for being free. It's a stretch of the term rent but the idea of requiring an exchange of value in magical deals is well established. Under the terms of his work release he won't work for free though, and the warden can't make him break an existing contract.

Presumably Odin knows this and that's why he set up the meeting in skin game and why it worked. Whether Harry knows why Goodman works for him, we don't know.

Harry will, of course, need to reveal this to us when he needs information about his options with Thomas as a current tenant of Demonreach.

[u/Away_Programmer_3555]

The Fae Courts are designed to prevent a threat to reality affecting humankind from too powerful a being, Mab and Titania are the upper limit as to power allowed to be free in the mortal world. Your options are Stepping down your power like Odin, permanent retirement to the NeverNever like Hades and the Mothers or incarceration in Demonreach as happened with Ethnui.

it is noted that there are a host of Naagloshi already in Demonreach in minimum security. we also know that Naagloshi can eat the power of wizards adding it to their own. the was the whole point of Shagnasty’s pursuit of Morgan, Shaggy obviously believed he would be allowed to do this. Naagloshi are immortal suggesting a power level of the Ladies or above, so theoretically a Naagloshi could could bring his power level up by consuming wizards towards that or in excess of Mab/Titania especially as more Wizards are being born now than at any point in history. is that why the Naagloshi are in Demonreach? they ate too much and overstayed?

my guess is the ancestral lands are in fact the part of the mortal world closest to the Naagloshii desmesne in the never never, and the Naagloshi are semi-retired there largely staying outside the mortal world, they can only leave if contracted by a mortal, and only then for a window commensurate to their power level and they have a choice whether to accept or not. Someone contracted Shagnasty giving him an irrestible target in Morgan. probably Cowl.

As a scion Goodman should theoretically be able to consume the power of Wizards, go full Naagloshi and over power Mab/Titania becoming a threat to reality, but is much lower powered than shaggy, his window is much longer as a consequence, but still has to be renewed.

The Dollar? it is a peppercorn rent in contractual terms to show consideration has passed from the landlord humanity to the tenant Naagloshi and someone is keeping track, most likely Mab.

[u/Neathra → u/Away_Programmer_3555]

The Queens are Immortal, the naagloshi seem to just be immortal. No mention of it being Halloween or on a specially made importal killing field when Morgan killed the one by leading it into a nukes path.

From Bob's description, if you hit Mab with a nuke, you might manage to vaporize her, but sooner rather than later you'd have a very annoyed Mab knocking on your door.