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Who summoned the Cornerhounds?

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Kindler:
I reread (well, re-listened, actually) Peace Talks and Battle Ground recently, and I don't think it's ever explained where they came from. A mortal had to summon them, right?
Except they're the Dresden Files iteration of the Hounds of Tindalos, which are creatures that find and hunt you when you mess with the fabric of time.
So, questions:
1. If they were summoned, who summoned them? Again, it needs to be a mortal practitioner. Could it have been Justine? My understanding is that magic was necessary to summon an Outsider, and Justine isn't magically talented. Justine is the obvious answer, particularly because they were attacked right as Harry left. But Justine needs Harry to take her to the Island, so why risk that he'd be torn to pieces?
2. Was there time travel during the events of Peace Talks and Battle Ground? I find it intriguing that it was specifically Cornerhounds who were summoned. Why those particular types of Outsiders rather than any of the others we've seen? They weren't especially effective at attacking Eb and Harry. Were they intended to fail, or were they following their instincts to attack time travelers?

Like I said, it's entirely possible the answer is simple "Justine, duh," but I think there's some room for debate here. Anyone have any thoughts?

The_Sibelis:
I'm a firm believer it was EB himself. In the 'events in history with energy behind them' category of repetition I think what happened in Harry vs Ebs fight was unavoidable. The primary thing the corner hounds appearance did was interrupt their growing tension, this literally pushed the fight back farther to when Harry had prepped for it. I think Eb killed him and turned around and sent the corner hounds back to interrupt the event. He's the blackstaff, he can break any of the laws on a whim.

Second Aristh:
I think the cornerhounds are a clue that future!Harry is doing something in the background of PT.    Future!Harry can catch a breather in the time travel book by confusing the cornerhounds into going after his younger self.  Since it already happened, it's a relatively safe option.  Basically the time travel equivalent of the classic heat seeking missile ploy. 

groinkick:
Have to add Marcone to the list.  As a mortal wizard, he could do it, and the previous host launched an attack on Winter.

Mira:


  I think we have to look at motive here.  What was the timing of it and the reason behind it?  I don't think it was a coincidence that the attack came very close to Harry's visit to Justine.  Nemesis knows if anyone can figure it out, it would be Harry, the Cornerhound attack was pure diversion.  I am not sure that the Cornerhounds had to be summoned in the conventional way since there were already an Outsider present in Justine.

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