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KingRob:
Any idea on the canonical dates for the Black Cats? Jack Murphy?
Solid information about any supernatural groups active in the area during that time? Especially the White Court.
How much to we know about Kemmler and the White Council during World War 2?
Any references or thoughts would be helpful.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: KingRob on May 05, 2013, 07:53:54 AM ---Any idea on the canonical dates for the Black Cats? Jack Murphy?
Solid information about any supernatural groups active in the area during that time? Especially the White Court.
How much to we know about Kemmler and the White Council during World War 2?
Any references or thoughts would be helpful.
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Well the Jack Murphy and the black cats would have been much later, since Murphy has memories of her dad; He killed himself around 17 BSF.
As far as WWII, the only things that come to mind was the talk of Kemmler raising mass graves and that brief description of Klaus the Toymaker vs the Nazi Sorcerer that was summoning demons
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All the wizards in The Dresden Files seem to have their own personal motif and way of channelling energy. What's the oddest and/or most entertaining motif you've come up with?
My favorite is probably from an unpublished short story I wrote, set in the Dresden Files universe, but during the Battle of the Bulge. The Nazis had a sorcerer operating out of an old monastery, and the White Council dispatched the Belgian wizard, Klaus the Toymaker. Klaus's magic is all based around using children's toys as focii. My favorite moment was when he killed a couple of SS-summoned demons with a windup wooden duck.
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Tami Seven:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 06, 2013, 01:08:12 PM ---Well the Jack Murphy and the black cats would have been much later, since Murphy has memories of her dad; He killed himself around 17 BSF.
As far as WWII, the only things that come to mind was the talk of Kemmler raising mass graves and that brief description of Klaus the Toymaker vs the Nazi Sorcerer that was summoning demons
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Shame he won't/can't publish that. It sounds like a fun read.
Sharlee:
Here's another picky little historical tidbit:
In "Aftermath", Stallings mentions the FBI searching for clues to who attacked their building in Changes, and one of the names he drops is Osama bin Laden. Given that bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, this could be interpreted in two possible ways:
1) Changes could have happened before bin Laden's death. This would push back the estimated date of that novel to 2010 at the latest, and put Harry's birth in 1973 or earlier, not 1974.
2) Changes happened in 2011, but Bin Laden's death was recent enough for Stallings to sarcastically mention him as a suspect. Note that the other "suspect" Stallings mentions is Bigfoot -- and so far as we know, Stallings has no clue that Bigfoot is real in the Dresdenverse -- which is consistent with the notion that he's being sarcastic, here (i.e. "These feds are so clueless, they even suspect urban legends and a dead guy.").
In any case, unless Stallings is some sort of conspiracy crackpot, this surely supports the idea that Changes can't have happened any later than 2011. By 2012, even sarcastic references to anyone still hunting for bin Laden will have gotten far too stale for anyone to bother making.
Priscellie:
--- Quote from: Sharlee on May 09, 2013, 10:38:44 PM ---Here's another picky little historical tidbit:
In "Aftermath", Stallings mentions the FBI searching for clues to who attacked their building in Changes, and one of the names he drops is Osama bin Laden. Given that bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, this could be interpreted in two possible ways:
1) Changes could have happened before bin Laden's death. This would push back the estimated date of that novel to 2010 at the latest, and put Harry's birth in 1973 or earlier, not 1974.
2) Changes happened in 2011, but Bin Laden's death was recent enough for Stallings to sarcastically mention him as a suspect. Note that the other "suspect" Stallings mentions is Bigfoot -- and so far as we know, Stallings has no clue that Bigfoot is real in the Dresdenverse -- which is consistent with the notion that he's being sarcastic, here (i.e. "These feds are so clueless, they even suspect urban legends and a dead guy.").
In any case, unless Stallings is some sort of conspiracy crackpot, this surely supports the idea that Changes can't have happened any later than 2011. By 2012, even sarcastic references to anyone still hunting for bin Laden will have gotten far too stale for anyone to bother making.
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Somewhat relevant: Jim wrote the story in early 2010. :D
Yeah, this nestles in nicely with the growing consensus that Storm Front takes place in 1999. Great catch!
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