Do we? What has she explicitly done to us that makes her an existential threat that needs to be dealt with immediately? The EiB was the master, so we have no confirmation that she's actually in any position to do significant damage. We already have plans to scout her with Biedde if I recall correctly, so it seems way more practical to just wait for more information.
Just as a point of clarification, the first EiB was the Master. The second was Neighnia, who is in Copper's hands. If we run out of keys, she can very easily kill us with another. To say nothing of the large organization that could attack us at our home, but I'll grant that we don't have details on what exactly that covers.
The first EiB was the Master. The second was 100% her, we got visited by Neighnia in our dreams and everything. Copper took the bait just like we did, which means she absolutely thinks we're a threat to her (not incorrectly), and, unlike us, has the willingness and resources to summon Windigo herds. That's not to say I think we should be prioritizing going after Copper over Name befriending or going for Glory, because I don't. But she is definitely a threat to us (or, more accurately, to our family). But mostly I think that means taking steps to defend our house and Stormchaser, and maybe setting the Bureau on her later. Once we've verified that she doesn't have the Damning Evidence.
We have been told, again and again, that being connected to the Lores pre-laundering means death by Celestia. The manuscripts are direct and obvious evidence that we knew about the Lores prior to the Crown discovering them and, whether or not they know it at that exact moment, directly connects us to Luna's attackers. They are not a "minor thing" by any stretch of the imagination.
Assuming Copper is alive of course. Or able to lead the cult after receiving multiple psychic injuries.
Come now! Running in blind worked so well the first time.
It does.
Nice, because we were on relatively good terms with Windy Flakes so if we could find him again he'd be a pretty good target for it.
Cheerilee still sounds like a better option for me, only because she is less useful than Windy.
Eh, I actually care about Cheerilee somewhat since she teaches the foals. Besides, it feels somewhat poetic to do it with Windy Flakes since he thought we cared about him.
And as been pointed out repeatly we cannot hide Velvets Lore knowledge at all, she is 3&4 across the board, the moment Celestia gets a touch of Lantern she will notice that Velvet is a master of the Lores, and kill her. IE we cannot do the supposed Laundering of the lores, because if we do we die.
I mean… bro. Putting aside the Edge 3 from the Mares, there's also the Precussiponies. Or there were. Assuming they were the Precussigant equivalent, then they totally would have been Heart/Edge. 4 each IIRC. The other summons in the woods were probably the Moth/Forge summons equivalent, though I don't remember what those were.
Oh I remember. I meant like, Edge primary (I.e. Edge 5, based on a sample size of two
) not Edge secondary. Bcuz it would be kind of nice to have something that can actually 1v1 a Windigo and not horribly lose.
Maybe lore laundering too?(maybe try pushing for Harmony if people get frustrated with Outsider stuff?)
Meatshields to buy time for the family to GTFO would also be acceptable, but those got ashed along with the Woods (Percussiponies. Presumably). Unless a Wolf-flavored Heart summon is going to replace them.
Mares in the Light would be a pretty solid guard. Lantern to notice attacks, Edge to stop them. Would really love to get one of those summoned.
I've seen you mention this a couple of times, but do you have a quote? Because I certainly remember the MANY times we were told "If Celestia finds out and we can't explain, we're dead", but I don't remember a "if Celestia gets Lantern that's insta-game over".
More like use the Canterlot Expedition as an excuse and maybe reason since, you know, it is right under the castle and the Changelings or other threats might take/have taken advantage of it so of course we had to investigate when we could and look at what we found: A book explaining about the hidden nature of the World, a strange artifact(the Knock one we're not gonna study anyway
) and even the drawing of the one-circle ritual(that is a maybe but it could help in jumpstarting lore knowledge and maybe hint about the other higher circles).
As Celestias Lantern grows she will realize. "Arms race".