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Origins of the Sidhe (High Fae) [CD spoilers]
Quantus:
--- Quote from: aShorty21 on May 07, 2014, 07:31:00 PM ---The Erlking did gain much of his power through an assention ritual. Not necessasarily the specific assention ritual known as the Dark Hallow.
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May not have been a mass ritual like that at all. I figured that WOJ was more referring to the fact that he also took the power of a bunch of spirits, but more of an accumulation over time. We know the guy has a yearly Hunt on Halloween. Give him enough success at that and he would eventually reach critical mass. Cowl was just trying to take a shortcut and do it all at once.
aShorty21:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 07, 2014, 08:15:52 PM ---May not have been a mass ritual like that at all. I figured that WOJ was more referring to the fact that he also took the power of a bunch of spirits, but more of an accumulation over time. We know the guy has a yearly Hunt on Halloween. Give him enough success at that and he would eventually reach critical mass. Cowl was just trying to take a shortcut and do it all at once.
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I could go either way on the "over time" or "all at once". I doubt that he started leading the Wild Hunt until after he became the Earlking though.
Serack:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 07, 2014, 08:15:52 PM ---May not have been a mass ritual like that at all. I figured that WOJ was more referring to the fact that he also took the power of a bunch of spirits, but more of an accumulation over time. We know the guy has a yearly Hunt on Halloween. Give him enough success at that and he would eventually reach critical mass. Cowl was just trying to take a shortcut and do it all at once.
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Me, I think Jim is referring to a discrete ascension ritual here (followed by the haunts you refer to for fluctuations in power later), however, your interpretation is supported by the part of that WoJ I lopped off.
--- Quote ---For that matter, how do you think the Mothers and Queens and Ladies established their original base of power? That big old sacrificial, power-sucking stone table in Tir na noth isn't there for its primitive decorative aesthetic.
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Mira:
--- Quote from: SAZ on May 07, 2014, 07:32:02 PM ---Mira – DVD? Blah, go to an outdoor theater!
Serack – if you are in the northern hemisphere and therefore approaching summer – there is usually some theater group or company somewhere doing a Midsummer’s Night’s Dream… pretty popular summer time fair.
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Oh, but I love the old 1930's movie version with ten year old Mickey Rooney as Puck! The altered a little of it, but the story is still the same. Oh and the special effects for the time are really amazing. Otherwise yeah on stage version is also good..
Quantus:
Not sure if the Erlking title came with him Immortality or not, but regardless he was a Hunter Spirit long before that I figure. So he would have simply hunted and hunted, growing stronger and stronger, until he was able to do what harry did and take the "Lead" option instead of the "Join" option. Harry proved you dont actually need to be an immortal to do that.
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