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The Gatekeeper in Summer Knight
morriswalters:
In reality we know a considerable amount of information about the Gatekeeper. From the text of the books.
He appears out of nowhere at the tree Harry is hung up in Summer Knight.
--- Quote from: Summer Knight ---I folded my arms and had them sternly crossed over my chest when a tall, shrouded form emerged from the mist below. Dark robes swirled, a deep hood concealed, and a gloved hand gripped a wooden staff.
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Either he was following Harry or he was able to find him. Pick your poison.
And in Proven Guilty that Gatekeeper apparently sees Eb and the team as they move through a portal back to Chicago with Micheal. He breaks the circle and throws open the door before the guard can knock.
--- Quote ---Love Hurts The Dresden Wiki
In "Love Hurts", Anastasia Luccio mentions to Harry Dresden that although the Wardens don't have orbital satellites for detecting dark magic, the Gatekeeper may know something about what's going on. She states that Rashid has a gift for sensing problem areas, but that no one has seen him for weeks, which is not unusual.[17]
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Not a very subtle hint is it?
--- Quote ---By the way, I'm fine if we never do. Not everything in the Dresden Files requires a detailed explanation.
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I'm gonna have to be fine with it. Peace Talks will in all likelihood be my last, unless Mr. Butcher moves into hyperdrive.
You might think that the Gatekeeper was known as the Shadow in another time and place. Key cackle.
--- Quote ---"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
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Con:
You guys have forgotten Rashid's connection with Demon Reach as well as his knowledge of what the ability of Intellectus could do. In Turn Coat he says 'this island holds a grudge' then we have a later WoJ that 'he focused the tank', which is basically Gamer talk for he set a beacon in Demonreach to be attacked during an Outsider attack so that the Gates would be safe.
Then in Turn Coat Ebenezar said "A messenger arrived from Rashid he's more familiar with what you can do with that kind of bond".
Personally I think it's because Rashid has Intellectus with the Outer Gates themselves.
Mira:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on February 11, 2019, 11:00:37 PM ---The Gatekeeper may not be tracking Harry directly. We have so little information to work with. For example, if I were to ask forum members to give an explanation of what the Gatekeeper meant when he said, "Call it listening," I bet every response would be unique, and we wouldn't have a way to confirm any of them. (So please don't try unless you can quote something directly from one of the novels to back you up.) To get back to my main point, whatever the Gatekeeper may be perceiving, it's possible Rashid is looking for black magic, or to steal a Star Wars term; "a disturbance in the Force," or Mab might call it, "A disturbance in the balance of forces," and Harry is often at or near the center of those disturbances, so that could be how the Gatekeeper gets glimpses of, and eventually finds Harry.
Only in Turn Coat, after Harry called the White Council and told them he had Morgan, can we safely assume the Gatekeeper was directly looking for Harry. Even then, we don't really know if Rashid saw where Harry was, or if he saw, heard or felt something that told him to go to Demonreach without knowing; I mean having having 100% knowledge, that Harry was there. It could have been, the Gatekeeper's search only revealed to him that he had to get to the dock on Demonreach to learn the truth. He could have easily guessed that Harry would be there, but that's not the same thing as being certain that Harry would be there.
Unless the Gatekeeper gives us a more detailed explanation of how he gets these perceptions; which seems really unlikely, or Harry gets to use the Outer Gates material himself to do some kind of magic search; which could happen in a future story, we don't have a solid explanation of what the Gatekeeper does or what he's looking for. By the way, I'm fine if we never do. Not everything in the Dresden Files requires a detailed explanation.
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Listening means you quietly open your ears and listen.. Sometimes it is about understanding, you plead for someone to listen to you you want them to hear and understand what you are saying... Or it is picking out something in the background noise... So Rashid makes a habit of listening for Harry in the background noise... Face it someone like Harry would stand out.
Talby16:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 11, 2019, 11:47:57 PM ---And in Proven Guilty that Gatekeeper apparently sees Eb and the team as they move through a portal back to Chicago with Micheal. He breaks the circle and throws open the door before the guard can knock.
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Depends on what way you are using "see." I personally do not think that he physically saw them or saw them with his Sight. We know from Proven Guilty that Rashid sometimes gets information from hindsight:
--- Quote ---"He got this from hindsight, he had to," Bob said.
"Hindsight," I murmured. "You mean he went to the future for this?"
"Well," Bob hedged. "That would break one of the Laws, so probably not. But he might have sent himself a message from there, or maybe gotten it from some kind of prognosticating spirit. He might even have developed some ability for that himself. Some wizards do."
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My opinion is that Rashid knew they would be arriving through this skill. Kind of like Abby from White Knight who is able to see in the future involuntarily only Rashid has the skill to peer at will.
Talby16:
--- Quote from: Salusen on February 06, 2019, 11:21:54 PM ---Wasn't there a wikia post about how to get to his domain?? Egypt sounds like a great place to relax.
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Here is the relevant WOJ:
--- Quote ---2010 2D6feet interview with Iago @6:31
Iago says that at the 2010 DragonCon, Jim told him:
“You get to the Gatekeeper’s domain by walking across the surface of the moon.”
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