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Mac's identity
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: groinkick on August 20, 2021, 05:56:57 PM ---First is your theory: I could be totally wrong, and Mac indeed used his Grace to help build Demonreach. "Raphael" would fit, at least in terms of the name's meaning, which literally means "God heals," (Hebrew origin) so that meshes well with the one supernatural ability Mac's demonstrated on the page. "McAnally" means "Son of the poor man" (Gaelic origin), if anyone's interested.
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Or, if this is an accurate source, one origin of MacAnally means 'son of the chief bard or physician.'
https://forebears.io/surnames/mcanally
The angel who's name means "God Heals" or "God has healed" taking a name that means "son of the chief physician"...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
morriswalters:
I think he was the original Gate Keeper.
@groinkick
--- Quote ---“You!” Sharkface snarled. “You have no place in this, watcher. Do you think this gesture has meaning? It is every bit as empty as you. You chose your road long ago. Have the grace to lie down and die beside it.”
Butcher, Jim. Cold Days (The Dresden Files, Book 14) (p. 229). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 20, 2021, 10:12:54 PM ---I think he was the original Gate Keeper.
@groinkick
--- Quote ---“You!” Sharkface snarled. “You have no place in this, watcher. Do you think this gesture has meaning? It is every bit as empty as you. You chose your road long ago. Have the grace to lie down and die beside it.”
Butcher, Jim. Cold Days (The Dresden Files, Book 14) (p. 229). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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I mean, Sharkface literally calls Mac empty and talks about grace in that line. Pretty strong evidence of an angelic vessel that's given away Grace for a purpose. :)
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 20, 2021, 11:12:55 PM ---
I mean, Sharkface literally calls Mac empty and talks about grace in that line. Pretty strong evidence of an angelic vessel that's given away Grace for a purpose. :)
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Oh I missed that! Ok I'm really leaning towards Griff's theory. Especially since Maeve said it was ironic that Mac would die on the Island (where in theory his grace is being used to power it). Another possibility could be that the Angels watched the Outer Gates and also set up the Demon Reach prison. They then handed over responsibility to mortal kind. Mac could have been the angelic Warden of the place.
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 20, 2021, 10:12:54 PM ---I think he was the original Gate Keeper.
@groinkick
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That could also be true. I was reading about the Gates of Heaven (I think there are 3). Perhaps one of them leads to the Outside and it was Mac who as an Angel watched the Outer Gates.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: groinkick on August 21, 2021, 03:39:44 AM ---Oh I missed that! Ok I'm really leaning towards Griff's theory. Especially since Maeve said it was ironic that Mac would die on the Island (where in theory his grace is being used to power it). Another possibility could be that the Angels watched the Outer Gates and also set up the Demon Reach prison. They then handed over responsibility to mortal kind. Mac could have been the angelic Warden of the place.
That could also be true. I was reading about the Gates of Heaven (I think there are 3). Perhaps one of them leads to the Outside and it was Mac who as an Angel watched the Outer Gates.
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I think it's also interesting that Mab calls Raphael the Demon Binder (I think it was in SmF?). There are alternative explanations, but if you're gonna call something a demon binder in the DV, somebody giving the juice for Demonreach is probably a good fit for the nickname.
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