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Fool Moon unanswered questions.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 21, 2019, 04:35:41 AM ---His line ended when he was killed.
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"MacFinn is a member of an ancient family line from an island known as Ireland. His family has a notable history. Sometime in the murky past, legend would have it, the man known as Saint Patrick cursed his ancestor to become a ravening beast at every full moon. The curse came with two addenda. First, that it would be hereditary, passing down to someone new each and every generation. And second, that the cursed line of the family would never, ever die out, lasting until the end of days"
passing down to someone new each and every generation
MacFinn is a member of an ancient family line
Even if Macfinn didn't have any known relatives, from the time the curse was made it would travel so far, and vast as the family tree branched off to cousins, second cousins, third cousins ect...
It's unlikely that his entire family line is gone. It's highly likely that someone, somewhere in the Dresdenverse is cursed..
morriswalters:
If he died without issue then his line ended. But either the books adhere to some rule about this or they don't. What is the rule? For instance the bloodline curse on Harry doesn't seem like it would take out every person who is distantly related to Harry. It would have taken out Maggie then EB and then reflected outward to take out Thomas. But there would have been a direct link to everyone who would have died. The same with the Red's. I read this as the rule. There must be a direct link.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 21, 2019, 03:45:26 PM ---If he died without issue then his line ended. But either the books adhere to some rule about this or they don't. What is the rule? For instance the bloodline curse on Harry doesn't seem like it would take out every person who is distantly related to Harry. It would have taken out Maggie then EB and then reflected outward to take out Thomas. But there would have been a direct link to everyone who would have died. The same with the Red's. I read this as the rule. There must be a direct link.
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Ancient irish inheritance worked differently:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanistry
groinkick:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 21, 2019, 03:45:26 PM ---If he died without issue then his line ended. But either the books adhere to some rule about this or they don't. What is the rule? For instance the bloodline curse on Harry doesn't seem like it would take out every person who is distantly related to Harry. It would have taken out Maggie then EB and then reflected outward to take out Thomas. But there would have been a direct link to everyone who would have died. The same with the Red's. I read this as the rule. There must be a direct link.
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Then there are 3 ways to look at it.
1. Chauncy is wrong
2. Chauncy is right, and there is another cursed person out there.
3. Chauncy is right, Dresden killed the last cursed person, and the End of Days has begun.
morriswalters:
I vote 3.
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