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Did Bianca die? And was she more powerful than we realised?

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Yuillegan:
Read Grave Peril closely. She is trapped by ghosts and pulled into a hell hole of a burning building, but not body ever seen.

Now admittedly occam says she probably did.

Paolo and Arianna thought she was, and she never shows up again, which she probably would have. And if she didn't die even in Grave Peril, the curse at Chichen Itza probably would have finished her.

Still though, if some savy Vampire or Necromancer or both had decided to rescue her and protect her in the Never-never, it would make for a terrifying return.

Also - is it just me or is it very scary how powerful she was, magically speaking? She almost seemed as strong as Mavra, and used magic that Mavra used rather than the traditional Red Court stuff (Red Lightning, elemental stuff etc). Gathering shadows was almost a direct copy of Mavra's abilities and seemed very lethal - it killed a Red Court vampire outright turning it to dust, and she was able to block Harry's direct shots.

One could argue that Jim had not yet really established what Vampire magic looked like at that point, and was going for the more generic Dark Magic stuff. Still though, I think it is worth discussing.

Kindler:
I have a feeling she WILL return, but just in Mirror, Mirror. Unless Harry went ahead and nuked her building from orbit or something.

g33k:

--- Quote from: Kindler on January 29, 2020, 07:18:15 PM --- I have a feeling she WILL return, but just in Mirror, Mirror. Unless Harry went ahead and nuked her building from orbit or something.
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I think she's dead-dead.  D-E-D dead.

She may get summoned back by necromancy, I suppose...?

I don't think she's eligible for a Mirror-Mirror return:  she died before the end of the book, where the Mirrorverse diverged; so she's dead-dead in both timelines.

Just Al:

--- Quote ---she died before the end of the book, where the Mirrorverse diverged
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I missed something. How do we know where the mirrorverse diverged?

Bad Alias:
We know it diverged with a "major decision" near "the end" of the book. I've heard arguments for a major decision after the battle. I think the only plausible major decisions are from before the climatic battle.

I think she died, but she could have been pulled into the Nevernever by the ghosts whose domain was close but drifted farther and farther away until it qualified for that WoJ about where a RCV could have survived. I'd call it possible but not plausible.

She does seem more powerful than all the vampires we've seen except the LotON and maybe Mavra. We honestly haven't seen Mavra pull off a lot of impressive magic. Harry notes the long range telepathy and veil as impressive. Additionally, he credits Mavra with teaching Bianca. I think that implies that Mavra would be more skilled, but Harry isn't better at fine magic than Molly.

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