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Faith's importance spoilers
dspringer1:
I am going to approach this question differently by asking a different question. WHY would JB have the story end with Faith.
* Part of it is symmetry of course -- the really short story with Faith was the first Dresden story. So having her play a role in the last story is symmetry.
* Part of this is that Dresden has a relationship with Faith -- a connection. That connection has to be important.
* Part of this is just a reward for us fans -- who obsessively read everything that JB writes. :)
Dresden does not need a connection to seek to save a victim, so the connection has to be more than a hook to draw Harry to his doom. This lead me to believe that the connection implies that Faith is a person of power in some respect, as that connection will matter at some critical point. Hence the theories that she is Kimori as that is really the only person of magical power that is identity unknown at this point that is not obviously too old. So this theory is the front runner in a one person race.
Personally I think we know too little to usefully speculate as I can throw out other possibilities that "could" happen -- although there is no real evidence for any of these so far in the story.
* Faith can become a Knight of the Sword --- with a name like "Faith" --come on!!!
* Faith can be a Fallen --- the dark mirror of the 1st idea.
* Faith can (although unlikely) be a changeling or other person with some supernatural connection. I say unlikely as past books have indicated that such people can be recognized by Dresden as such -- even if he cannot precisely identify their connection
* Faith can simply be the person that gives Dresden the right encouragement at the right time for one more try
* Faith can be an agent of the government agency that watches the supernatural and plays a key role in getting that agency involved
* Faith can simply be a memory --- a random news article that tells Dresden that this person is dead or a member of the UN or just married or whatever... and triggers a retrospective thought at the right time and place
kazimmoinuddin:
I wonder if she might try to trick, attack or harm Harry for some reason, it would fit with history with women.
wardenferry419:
You forgot one thing many women try to do with Harry, seduce him.
raidem:
I like your idea of symmetry. In one of my time travel wags, I too have symmetry with a fully knowledgeable Murphy meeting up with Harry and faith at that bridge.
It can be one of two ways, straight up future informed Murphy or some alternate Murphy riding tag a long to meet Harry in that first encounter. This plays off of some time loop that Murphy gets to play in.
So in some ways, the restoration of faith would be closer to an end of a time loop, and the end of the story, but also the beginning of it.
Oh, and by the way I have a wag that Murphy=Mab at some point so it would be like Mab taking a peak at her first encounter with Harry.
kazimmoinuddin:
I could see her coming to Harry to help her kid, just as he helped her when she was a child. It all coming full circle.
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