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Some questions about the Gatekeeper

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kbrizzle:
Here are a couple of questions I have about Rashid/ office of Gatekeeper.


* In CD after Harry is taken to the Outer Gates by MS, Rashid tells him that his role is to make sure that beings who should not be allowed into our reality are kept out. My question is, is this a field position at the Gates itself, or is Rashid generally responsible for Outsider activity in the DV in general? As in is Rashid also supposed to keep beings like HBB4 out as well (although he seemingly fails at this) when the Walker was likely summoned by a mortal practitioner, or is his job only to make sure that Outsiders at the Gates stay out?
* In CD, when Harry asks Rashid if it would be a problem if “someone new took over, reorganized everything”, Rashid responds with “most years it would pose no major difficulty....this year it would be problematic, rather severely so”. My question is why? What is happening at the Gates concurrently that is making things problematic for a Fae regime change that particular year?

morriswalters:
The Gatekeeper is there to find the soldiers of the Fae who might be Nemfected since they fight the outsiders directly.  He may do other things.

In Cold Days there is a major attack going on.

isoycrazy:
Why is one year a war fine and another a danger to others?  Economic reasons.  Perhaps right now, outside of Harry's awareness, the world isn't as stable in certain areas.  If the assault happened and the pressure was right inside, the dam could break and cause a major flood of outsiders inside.

Kindler:
Well, he's the Gatekeeper, not the Outsider Entrance Preventer. I think his job is to be the mortal responible for preventing the Gates from falling and making sure Nemesis doesn't infect those returning from the battle. I don't think he's responsible for all Outsider activity. And I'm pretty sure there's no way to prevent Outsider summoning. If that was possible, I think that's something the White Council would've done a long time ago.

kbrizzle:
@Kindler
That would make sense, although it would make his appearance in TC incongruous since neither Fae nor Outsiders were really involved in the central plot.

@isoycrazy
I would guess that the Outsiders ramped up their attack at the Gates the year of CD so as to put pressure on Mab - a Winter regime change was coming that year, they obviously wanted it to be Maeve replacing Mab. By ramping up their attacks, they put a lot more stress on Mab, leaving her little time to scheme her way out of the trap Maeve was building in theory. 

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