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TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: Aesir on November 16, 2012, 01:39:43 PM ---I recall Jim saying in one of the audio Q&A's that the senior council members were around Harry's age at the time of the French and Indian War. Some day he may even go back and write about that period.
On evocation I recall Jim saying in an audio interview that Harry is one of the most skilled WC members at evocation, although the senior council members have been doing it for far longer than he has, and have the skill to back it up. The Merlin is the Merlin for very good reason.
As for Chichen Itza, my memory has fogged over from time, but I believe that at some point Jim said something along the lines of it being put to the same use in the old days as it was in Changes, magical rituals involving human sacrifices.
For his exact words, you'd have to dig through the audio interviews.
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For the senior council, their ages are all over the map, Langtry and Eb are the same age, LTW and Martha unknown but appear to be same generation, Mai's over 400, Pietrovich and Cristos unknown and nobody freaking knows how old Rashid is, he was running around in 700A.D.
And the possibility of Harry being one of the best evocators makes me want an official clarification even more, in early books he was supposed to be pathetic at evocation and good at thaumaturgy, in later ones he's skilled in both with a talent for evocation in particular.
And the Chichen Itza thing, the only one who said Chichen Itza was used for that was Odin in Changes.
Aesir:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on November 16, 2012, 01:50:10 PM ---For the senior council, their ages are all over the map, Langtry and Eb are the same age, LTW and Martha unknown but appear to be same generation, Mai's over 400, Pietrovich and Cristos unknown and nobody freaking knows how old Rashid is, he was running around in 700A.D.
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Yep, Pietrovich and Cristos are unknowns, although Cristos must be the youngest of the bunch given the rules of seniority, and Mai is over 400. The rest sound as if they are somewhere around 250-300, judging from the French and Indian War remark.
--- Quote ---And the possibility of Harry being one of the best evocators makes me want an official clarification even more, in early books he was supposed to be pathetic at evocation and good at thaumaturgy, in later ones he's skilled in both with a talent for evocation in particular.
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Do you have the citation on where he was supposed to be pathetic at evocation? I recall something along those lines in the very first book, although I don't think "pathetic" was the word used. Given that this series spans 2 decades of supernatural bad guys trying to kill him, his evocation skills have been forced to improve greatly in order for him to survive, kind of like what Molly is now going through now with Lea & the Fomor, so it may well have been accurate for the Harry of that time, but no longer accurate for the Harry of today. Otherwise he wouldn't have been drafted to help teach evocation to young wardens.
--- Quote ---And the Chichen Itza thing, the only one who said Chichen Itza was used for that was Odin in Changes.
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Do we have reason to believe that Odin was mistaken?
Casterbridge:
--- Quote from: Lord Rae on November 16, 2012, 12:05:59 AM ---Actually he tried to use the sight on an angel in GS... not soulgaze. Different and distinct actions.
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Bleh I attribute my statement to tiredness and hunger and not properly reading the statement I quoted.
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: Aesir on November 16, 2012, 02:38:23 PM ---Yep, Pietrovich and Cristos are unknowns, although Cristos must be the youngest of the bunch given the rules of seniority, and Mai is over 400. The rest sound as if they are somewhere around 250-300, judging from the French and Indian War remark.
Do you have the citation on where he was supposed to be pathetic at evocation? I recall something along those lines in the very first book, although I don't think "pathetic" was the word used. Given that this series spans 2 decades of supernatural bad guys trying to kill him, his evocation skills have been forced to improve greatly in order for him to survive, kind of like what Molly is now going through now with Lea & the Fomor, so it may well have been accurate for the Harry of that time, but no longer accurate for the Harry of today. Otherwise he wouldn't have been drafted to help teach evocation to young wardens.
Do we have reason to believe that Odin was mistaken?
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I want more specific ages than just "alive back in the french and indian war".
--- Quote from: Proven Guilty chapter 29 ---I gripped my blasting rod so hard that my knuckles turned white, and struggled to work out an evocation on the fly. I'm not much of an evocator. That's, the whole reason I used tools like my staff and blasting rod to help me control and focus my energy. The very thought of spontaneously trying out a new evocation was enough to make sweat bead on my forehead, and I tried to remind myself that it wasn't a new evocation. It was just a very, very, very skewed application of an old one.
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The most recent quote on him being bad with evocation.
And we know What it was used for, I'm asking about Who it was used on in that time and Why.
Aesir:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on November 16, 2012, 03:39:12 PM ---I want more specific ages than just "alive back in the french and indian war".
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Asking Jim point blank for the exact ages of all the SC members assumes that not only has he picked birth years for them all, but that he remembers them without having to check his notes as well. I'll lay odds that "alive back in the french and indian war" is just the sort of answer you'd get if you were to ask him for their ages.
--- Quote ---The most recent quote on him being bad with evocation.
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Harry has come a long way since the first book in the series.
--- Quote ---And we know What it was used for, I'm asking about Who it was used on in that time and Why.
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The Why seems obvious, and maybe I've missed something, but I don't see what's so special about the Who.
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