The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
The Death of Margaret Le Fay
groinkick:
Remember the image of Thomas, and the mirror? That he was fighting the demon? My guess is that Maggie created a barrier between Raith, and his demon. If you got to see in his mind it would be a mirror where they were fighting to connect but could not.
peregrine:
--- Quote from: groinkick on September 20, 2018, 06:05:02 PM ---Remember the image of Thomas, and the mirror? That he was fighting the demon? My guess is that Maggie created a barrier between Raith, and his demon. If you got to see in his mind it would be a mirror where they were fighting to connect but could not.
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I'm gonna have to disagree. Raith can still tap into his demon, it's just that the demon can't tap into the rest of the outside world. So Raith can use his powers, but he can't replenish them, so he's got to be very careful when using what limited reservoir of power he has remaining.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: peregrine on September 20, 2018, 07:47:31 PM ---I'm gonna have to disagree. Raith can still tap into his demon, it's just that the demon can't tap into the rest of the outside world. So Raith can use his powers, but he can't replenish them, so he's got to be very careful when using what limited reservoir of power he has remaining.
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He may be able to tap into it's powers but something is keeping it from feeding. I'm thinking it's this barrier.
peregrine:
Yeah, but my point is the barrier is between the demon and the world, not between the demon and Raith.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Kindler on September 20, 2018, 05:43:09 PM ---It is possible that the Death Curse and proposed Birth Curse (or whatever, I'm just paralleling here) were entirely separate things, too. Harry's birth may have been organized as a ritual, for example.
To really open up a can of worms, recall that Harry was born on Halloween, a day during which states of power are in flux; immortals can die poimanently (sometimes I like to type with a Stooge accent), for example. So it's possible that power was generated and passed on to Harry from his birth. (I've always thought it a bit convenient that Harry was such a slugger in terms of raw ability. Ebenezer's a brawler, and he's got a ton of power, but we don't know what Margaret was capable of, nor where her strengths were; she may have been a Molly or Elaine equivalent (better at delicate control than brute forcing things). So I think it's possible that power was passed on somehow.)
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It is possible; from Margaret's description she never seemed a slouch, among the White Council I would expect her at least in the top 50 famous/infamous/notorious (and probably top 10 outside senior official functions like Senior Council, Warden Captain, ...). Of course this doesn't have to translate directly to power, but it seems unlikely she was one of the weak Wizards.
But Harry's power, by any indication, is truly for the highest ranks - and I would argue his control, while not on Elaine's or Molly's level, has been getting far better through the series. Moving a top-tier wizard into more-or-less-first through a ritual would seem like something you might do if you wanted said Wizard to save reality.
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