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Future Darkhallow
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Quantus on February 22, 2018, 06:24:03 PM ---Ah, fair enough. It was never referred to as a Darkhallow, but I can definitely see the similarities. The only differences are very vague and center aroudn the ill-defined question of What Corpsetaker actually /was/ at the end there. Evidence was that she was more than just a typical ghost, more likely a disembodied Spirit/Soul just like Harry.
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It is most likely the primitive version of the darkhallow. Remember that in book 7, it is mentioned that Kemmler is famous due to his ability to devour ghost and spirits to empower his magic. It is mentioned that this ability gave Kemmler enough strength to defy the white council. We know this must be before Kemmler casted the darkhallow, because we know Kemmler is thwarted when he try casting it.
As a matter of fact, book 7 also mentioned that the darkhallow is basically devouring a lot of ghosts at once, which is why corpsetaker brings the exibit of native American artifacts to Chicago. The darkhallow devours magic, but because it is based on Necromancy, the magic to control dead things, ghosts and spirits are the medium whereby life and magic are to be devoured, because necromancy grants power over ghosts instead of raw magical power.
kazimmoinuddin:
The dark hollow ritual is a necromancy based Ascension ritual, a way for a mortal to become immortal. There are likely different Ascension ritual depending on the style of magic, and sources of power. I wonder if demon reach allows for a temporary version of an Ascension ritual, which allow him to channel the power of the inmates.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on February 25, 2018, 12:13:17 AM ---The dark hollow ritual is a necromancy based Ascension ritual, a way for a mortal to become immortal. There are likely different Ascension ritual depending on the style of magic, and sources of power. I wonder if demon reach allows for a temporary version of an Ascension ritual, which allow him to channel the power of the inmates.
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In Theory, there should be other types of ascention ritual. But there is no mention of say, a fire mage who become a fire god by devouring a volcano or a star. All the mortals who ascended to become immortal, all that we know of anyway, done it via either the faith rute or the human sacrifice rute, which is closer to the school of necromancy than any other arcane discipline.
I suppose devouring natural elemental energies of the heaven and the earth like you see in Xianxia and Xuanhuan novels is not a viable path of power in the dresdenverse.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: huangjimmy108 on February 26, 2018, 12:54:55 AM ---In Theory, there should be other types of ascention ritual. But there is no mention of say, a fire mage who become a fire god by devouring a volcano or a star. All the mortals who ascended to become immortal, all that we know of anyway, done it via either the faith rute or the human sacrifice rute, which is closer to the school of necromancy than any other arcane discipline.
I suppose devouring natural elemental energies of the heaven and the earth like you see in Xianxia and Xuanhuan novels is not a viable path of power in the dresdenverse.
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I wouldn't limit the sacrifice category to just "human" sacrifice. It seems highly likely that gods were sacrificed as well.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 26, 2018, 02:24:51 AM ---I wouldn't limit the sacrifice category to just "human" sacrifice. It seems highly likely that gods were sacrificed as well.
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Definitely possible. Immortals stealing bits and pieces of each other's mantle during Halloween is a good indicator that such a thing is possible. The fact that Hecate's power has been split into 6 and become the 6 queens of faeries are another example.
However, as far as we can tell, all those things are done via the power of another immortal. Only a fellow immortal can steal bits of an immortal's mantle during Halloween, and I doubt it is a mortal wizard who split Hecate's mantle into 6 and form the courts of the fae.
Not even Merlin could sacrifice and drain divine entities for power, otherwise he would have done it instead of imprisoning them at Demonreach.
So far, such a feat like sacrificing a god seem to be beyond the scope of human wizardry. Kemmler's ability to devour ghosts is already Heaven defying. for a human mortal, trying to devour a god is like an ant trying to eat an elephant in one bite.
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