The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
How was Demonreach filled?
groinkick:
One thing to consider is that the chamber itself seems to be very very far down with apparent roots that shouldn't be there. This could mean that it's actually a place within the NeverNever much like traveling to Hades domain. If the chamber is really somewhere in the NeverNever then a lot of the "rules" go out the window. Time, space, power are different than in the mortal world. The Island may just be the vault door while the vault itself is somewhere else. Kind of like breaking into Hades vault inside Marcone's bank gave access to Hades domain within the NeverNever. It also means that a Mantle can be at full strength. Mab within Winter is much more powerful than if she's walking around Chicago for example. We don't know what Mantle's of power the designer of DemonReach had.
g33k:
IIRC, the island is at a confluence of ley-lines.
I'd bet that any summoning-circle / binding-circle tied to or using ANY of the lines can be used by the Intellectus-bonded Warden as a conduit to the prison-cells. This extends the "reach" of capture to rather more-practical ranges.
Interestingly, if my speculation is correct... it could likely have siphoned Ivy out from the Denarian circle, if only Harry had known... and had been the Demonreach-Warden at the time!
ClintACK:
In my Head Canon, the Wardens keep an extensive file of true names and other thaumaturgic links to unkillable monsters they've encountered. The original purpose of that file was to provide targets the next time Demonreach had a Warden. However, either they've forgotten why they keep those records or whoever keeps them (probably Peabody... *facepalm*) doesn't trust Harry enough yet.
BrainFireBob:
My 2 cents:
Alfred can be summoned to the Warden as the Warden is part of the island.
To avoid creating a "new" dark god, the island is inherently passive- it can only react unless the Warden directs.
The island is powered by its prisoners.
The island drains its prisoners of their power over time.
It represents the 3rd path for warlocks Harry is looking for.
The Wardens actually answer to the Warden. Harry has kept it down low foolishly.
The magic is a resonant created fractal- Merlin made the conditions and the magic made itself, hence it being so fine and pervasive.
dspringer1:
The timeline of Demonreach implies that there were Wardens well before there was a white council. Demonreach preceded the last ice age after all and the White council is only a few thousand years old.
Some could argue that the formation of the white council itself was (at least in part) intended to provide better support for demonreach than a single (or small group) of wardens could do. Much like the Fey replacing the Dragons as the defenders of the outer gates, things change over time even in the supernatural world. Perhaps the world was getting to complicated for the old warden model. No idea - but it makes for a nice theory.
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