The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Cowl's Identity [FPOTM2 11.2016]
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--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on November 17, 2016, 05:18:35 PM ---Knowing the language of the spells doesn't seem to be bad. It being your native language is.
Harry's not liable to use Latin in regular conversation. Yes, there may be roots that he runs into, but him accidently casting an ice spell while shopping for a fridge seems unlikely.
In comparison, a Slavic Russian using Slavic Russian words would be risking.
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It not an actual word, though. It's a common surname from that part of the world, but has no actual meaning in any active language, so no energy mishap danger.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on November 17, 2016, 05:58:11 PM ---It not an actual word, though. It's a common surname from that part of the world, but has no actual meaning in any active language, so no energy mishap danger.
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So, no more dangerous than having a spell named "Smith" and being located in a country where there are plenty of Smiths.
Wizardofnelson:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on November 17, 2016, 06:29:39 PM ---So, no more dangerous than having a spell named "Smith" and being located in a country where there are plenty of Smiths.
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idk, I'd argue it's the actual thought form connected to the language. Wizardry grows in the mind similarly to actual language, where in eventual it stops becoming a conscious effort to understand the word or apply your own thought form. Instead your mind reproduces the idea in a chunk of memory with the associated effects with it. (It happens as wizards get better at their own spells too) Perhaps a 'smith' spell would get confabulated with a metalworking smith or a smith most well known them.
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--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on November 17, 2016, 06:29:39 PM ---So, no more dangerous than having a spell named "Smith" and being located in a country where there are plenty of Smiths.
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Probably, ya. Though I suppose "Smith" can technically be a verb, maybe more like "Henderson" or "Beck" (Im just looking around the office)
Phariah:
i went w/ other. i believe Cowl is.......... Cowl.
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