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Which absent villian will appear in Peace Talks?
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on September 09, 2017, 02:19:36 AM ---I'm not talking about their accomplishments, I'm talking about their overall role in the story.
The Hamiltons weren't the important badguys, Bianca was.
The Eebs weren't the important badguys, Arianna was.
Did they get more done then the Hamiltons? Sure. But Harry has dealt with them, directly and on the page, and their narrative role was finished. At this point Harry probably doesn't even remember them specifically.
Who knows where the power of the blood went, if it went anywhere. It could've dissipated into the ether for all anyone knows. But ask yourself this -- if being in the Nevernever was enough to keep the curse targeting them specifically from hitting, then wouldn't it also prevent the power from finding them?
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By that logic, the Eebs are the plot equivalent of the Loup Garou, the Nightmare, Corpsetaker (pt. 1), the Naagloshi, and Before. One has already made a second appearance, and the other two are highly likely to return. How is the Eebs return less deserving?
As for the power reaching them when the curse couldn't, I would imagine it'd depend on the source of the power. I could see where it might not reach them until after their release.
It's been shown that power (magic) exists even when the person trying to tap it (Harry) can't due to being cut off from it via barriers (Hellfire circle), but access was restored once beyond the barrier.
The Ramp bloodline power could just exist in the pool of magical power, and would fade or transform given enough time. But if conduits were to appear... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Not that I'm saying the Eebs will get the Court's combined power. That's probably gone. But the aspect to create more of them might not be diluted anymore.
kazimmoinuddin:
They might not be able to restore the rcv, but I could see an effort to some how reclaim their lost power. As former rcv, the Eebs could have a claim to it. The same could be said for Maggie, she was the child of a Demi rcv. How many people have such a blood connection.
I kinda wondered if the warden or winter knight some how claimed that power, in the act of killing the rcv. The winter knight could be seen as a representative of the winter court.
DonBugen:
Probably not, unless somehow Dresden had done it upon Mab's stone alter. That would be interesting.
Griffyn612:
I don't think that would go well. I'm a strong believer in "you are what you eat" in the Dresdenverse. And I believe the Sidhe are so restricted because of how they got their power (they got the weaknesses and restrictions of what they absorbed along with the benefits)
Eating the Ramps power would be... potentially bad.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on September 09, 2017, 03:31:43 AM ---By that logic, the Eebs are the plot equivalent of the Loup Garou, the Nightmare, Corpsetaker (pt. 1), the Naagloshi, and Before. One has already made a second appearance, and the other two are highly likely to return. How is the Eebs return less deserving?
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Nah, I'd rank them lower than that. They were dealt with, Harry beat them... I think their role in the story is done. They were not, in themselves, powerful. They were working under orders and when push came to shove, they literally sent a random mook they grabbed out of their squad rather than face Harry directly.
--- Quote ---As for the power reaching them when the curse couldn't, I would imagine it'd depend on the source of the power. I could see where it might not reach them until after their release.
It's been shown that power (magic) exists even when the person trying to tap it (Harry) can't due to being cut off from it via barriers (Hellfire circle), but access was restored once beyond the barrier.
The Ramp bloodline power could just exist in the pool of magical power, and would fade or transform given enough time. But if conduits were to appear... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Not that I'm saying the Eebs will get the Court's combined power. That's probably gone. But the aspect to create more of them might not be diluted anymore.
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See, with all the focus on the blood, I think there's a necessarily, inextricably physical component to the Red Court's power. The power seems to be in the blood itself, rather than as energy.
The way I look at it, Odin is specific that their blood has been diluted. Bianca being elevated apparently involved drinking Ortega's blood. They constantly talk about blood as if it, in itself, is what's important.
So I think their power bled out when they did.
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