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Peace talks excerpt indications
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on January 22, 2020, 10:19:14 PM ---Well, it is not shocking because Eb is old, really old, so he sometimes speaks with arcane words. And about Fey I just thought Jim meant "fairy" and it fitted what happened later for Molly.
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I also had thought the other meaning when I first read it in Proven Guilty, the one about death, not perhaps her own, but those she may cause someday. I am still not totally convinced that the meaning was simply the fairy part. Why? Because Molly has no problem with repeating the offense that put her under the Doom. Now as Lady she has no restraints upon her at all if she so chooses. Most likely it is this quality that attracted her to Mab and Lea. I also think Harry has always chosen to be a bit blind to that reality. That might be the real fault that Lea saw in his training of her, he has never seen Molly as a killer, thus never shaped it to advantage.
toodeep:
I originally wondered if it might really just be age making Eb’s hand shake. I remember reading somewhere th at Eb is “getting up there” since he is far enough along a geriocrasy to get on the senior council. But then I read that LaFortier was 270 when he died, and I think Mai is older than him. Even was reportedly a “young buck” running around in the war of 1812 I though I heard Jim say, so if he was 30 then, he would only be about 230 in the series. That gives him easy 40+ years more to go
g33k:
--- Quote from: toodeep on January 23, 2020, 04:13:20 PM --- I originally wondered if it might really just be age making Eb’s hand shake. I remember reading somewhere th at Eb is “getting up there” since he is far enough along a geriocrasy to get on the senior council. But then I read that LaFortier was 270 when he died, and I think Mai is older than him. Even was reportedly a “young buck” running around in the war of 1812 I though I heard Jim say, so if he was 30 then, he would only be about 230 in the series. That gives him easy 40+ years more to go
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He's got much longer than than that, I think: Eb is a STRONG wizard, and he tosses around some REALLY potent magic. These are things WoJ says make the wizards longevity effect stronger.
Yuillegan:
And Mai is about 400 ish years old, so Eb has plenty to go. The Gatekeeper is over 1000 years old, which is likely also due to time-warp Nevernever stuff, maybe even some more serious "laws of magic" time travel.
But also it really isn't his age making his hand shake, as it is quite clear that he is shaking out of fear. The passage flat out states it.
Kindler - pretty much exactly my point in the edit. I had read about the Frank Long bit too but didn't want to include it as like you I agree that a lot of "Lovecraftian mythos" is not just Lovecraft himself and found it simpler not to. Should hopefully make Peace Talks a very interesting book, plus whatever else Jim has cooked up!
morriswalters:
@Kindler
The why is simply because Jim needed a new Monster Of the Week. Why Eb may recognize this one is because he may have run into it on the retreat to Chicago in Proven Guilty. Michael's description is vague but it includes tentacles.
--- Quote ---If you catch the attention of one of them, they will hunt you FOREVER.
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Just saying.
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