The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Battle Ground??
Arjan:
It could be Clontarf. It is somewhat earlier and ab big defeat of the vikings by the Irish in 1014. R.E. Howard wrote a piece about it and I just had to think about it
http://www.howardworks.com/storyg.htm#grey
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: SerScot on March 24, 2020, 08:01:41 PM ---Not to mention the fact that other authors have put out doorstopper novel that don’t market at $50 a pop.
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Yeah, Rothfuss hardcovers are double the page count of any DF book, with smaller print, and still not prohibitive for bookbinding. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, though - maybe it's mostly the change in tone not working, and this might be much longer than a normal DF novel.
--- Quote from: Dina on March 25, 2020, 06:18:43 PM ---Of that quote, I think that Maeve predecessor lived any time in the last 1000 years, it could had been a couple of centuries ago. We don't know if Aurora become a Lady at the same time.
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Maeve and Sarissa's father was the "famous Austrian composer" which, even admitting some uncertainty which one we're talking about, pretty much limits them to being born no earlier than ca. 1650. And it may have been a while until Maeve got her mantle; perhaps ~1800. I believe Molly refers to a "two hundred year backlog" from how lazy Maeve was about her duties.
But it might be that there was one intervening Winter Lady between the time both got killed in the era of the last Starborn and Maeve's ascension.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: g33k on March 25, 2020, 06:03:56 PM ---
--- Quote ---Uh, the Ladies, Queens and Mothers, their mantles change very, very, very rarely in general. I mean, Mab’s been there for better than 1,000 years. And Maeve’s been there….there was a Winter Lady before Maeve, uh, in Mab’s time. And she didn’t fare so well the last time a Starborn was running around.
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(https://wordof.jim-butcher.com/index.php/word-of-jim-woj-compilation/woj-on-the-fae/, near the end.)
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I'm pretty sure that's the one I remember.
morriswalters:
It seems to imply the the Gatekeeper is a starborn.
BrainFireBob:
From that and Mab's remark on his brolliance and insanity, I figured Kemmler was starborn, & the death of the WL was part of his mantle research
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