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A clue during Uriel's transubstation - Skin Games Spoilers!
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Rasins on August 02, 2017, 07:23:48 PM ---I read that as anyone on the side of defending the free will of mortals. Anyone. Angels, Archangels, or anyone else who fights for free will and the restriction of those who would limit it.
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Which is essentially the functional description of The Good Guys in the DV:
--- Quote ---2008 ComicCon Playing God panel Q&A @~7:00
How do you come up with the bounds between Characters free will and the Divine Hand?
For the Dresden Files, the whole point of The Almighty positive good forces that are out there is that free will is important and they respect that and you've gotta have it and use it. That's the entire point. They are a force of freedom. And it's the bad guys who are going around doing whatever they can to abrogate free will. So for me, where you draw the line is what defines where good stops and evil starts is by how much you're taking away free will and how much you're enabling it.
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Rasins:
--- Quote from: Quantus on August 03, 2017, 01:48:58 PM ---Which is essentially the functional description of The Good Guys in the DV:
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See? See? LOL
lynde4:
Unless Uriel is simply an Archangel, who along with other AA's is doing what they do, using their graces on behalf of humanity, for the greater good. . .
Rasins:
--- Quote from: lynde4 on August 07, 2017, 02:29:57 AM ---Unless Uriel is simply an Archangel, who along with other AA's is doing what they do, using their graces on behalf of humanity, for the greater good. . .
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But WHY?
Emeraldblade:
What if all "Uriel" did was transfer the mantel of his divinity to Michael. Just like Harry holds the winter knight mantel, and Molly the winter lady, Uriel just gives the mantel of an arch angel to Michael. I imagine the mantel acts in a different way from the Winter mantels however in that so long as the person wielding that mantel acts in accordance to "HIS" will that the mantel is returned to "HIM" even upon death.
So once Uriel gave the mantel away he was able to act of his own free will because he was mortal again, but the only act of free will Uriel really has is to bestow the mantel to someone else. I imagine that this hasn't happened often before but Michael was deemed worthy of this mantel and might actually be auditioning for a new part once he passes from the mortal coil.
Boiled down, this is what I think
Harry's Mantel=small fraction of winter's power (1-3%)
Uriel's Mantel=Large portion of Christianity's god power (10-20%)
Neither Harry nor Michael's bodies are truly healed by this, but their spirit grows to transcend the limits of mortality. My guess is the earring that Mab gives Harry is a temporary bit of her essence, that gives him more of her, too ignore the pain he is enduring. Though I wonder since it broke on him if he isn't going to keep some of it without knowing it.
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