The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Who summoned the Cornerhounds?
Mira:
--- Quote ---Eb's hand shaking is one of the many clue bats dropped in the book. And while it points to fear it represents the fear that comes with aging and the loss of the virility of youth. Jim points it out about all of the Senior Council.
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Yes, that along with Eb barely being able to control himself emotionally, which is very dangerous in a wizard. Which actually would have led to Harry's death if Harry hadn't anticipated that Eb might lose control.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: groinkick on August 23, 2021, 02:11:47 AM ---Interesting. Harry said that Eb's hands weren't steady when they arrived. I wonder if it wasn't entirely because of the Corner Hounds themselves but the implication. It meant that someone had messed with (or traveled through) time.
So that's probably a really big deal:
1. Someone messed with time
2. Because the Corner Hounds arrived near them it stands to reason that the person is near them
3. Even more likely it's Eb or Harry.
4. If Harry it means he will be executed
5. If Eb then he knows that something really really bad is going down, and that he at present doesn't know what.
So I think that Eb's reaction to them is probably important. He also seemed to know a lot about them hinting he may have dealt with them before.
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Yeah, most of the oldest Senior Council seemed to get frail physical descriptions this book. I think it's to help foreshadow a changing of the guard.
As far as in story, Eb is aware of the Circle screwing with things lately, so a weird assassination attempt from the White Court combined with political issues from Harry was bad enough. Throw in Outsiders specifically connected with time travel, and it's really bad.
Griffyn612:
Here's a thought.
Eb summoned them on accident, simply by drawing their attention by inadvertently messing with the localized flow of time.
--- Quote --- The universe yawed slightly in his direction as he
did, a subtle bending of light, a minor wobble of
gravity, a shudder in the very ground as Ebenezar
drank power from the earth itself.
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Bending light?
Universe yawing toward him?
That's the kind of behavior one sees around a black hole.
And as we all know, dense gravity can affect the flow of time. Dense gravity that's strong enough to bend light would be way more than enough to cause gravitational time dilation.
So maybe it was less that someone sent them, and more that they were already in reality, and Eb accidentally did enough, between his power and his fear, to draw their attention.
We're so busy trying to fit the attack into the plot, when it might later be revealed that it had nothing to do with the bad guys, and everything to do with Eb losing control of his power, as others pointed out.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on August 23, 2021, 09:37:40 PM ---Here's a thought.
Eb summoned them on accident, simply by drawing their attention by inadvertently messing with the localized flow of time.
Bending light?
Universe yawing toward him?
That's the kind of behavior one sees around a black hole.
And as we all know, dense gravity can affect the flow of time. Dense gravity that's strong enough to bend light would be way more than enough to cause gravitational time dilation.
So maybe it was less that someone sent them, and more that they were already in reality, and Eb accidentally did enough, between his power and his fear, to draw their attention.
We're so busy trying to fit the attack into the plot, when it might later be revealed that it had nothing to do with the bad guys, and everything to do with Eb losing control of his power, as others pointed out.
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Eb is drawing in power. I don't think his gravity is drawing in light (anything in the vicinity would probably be pretty smashed for gravity that strong to suddenly appear in a place). The energy sink from Eb taking a big magical breath draws in light a bit too.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 23, 2021, 09:54:59 PM ---Eb is drawing in power. I don't think his gravity is drawing in light (anything in the vicinity would probably be pretty smashed for gravity that strong to suddenly appear in a place). The energy sink from Eb taking a big magical breath draws in light a bit too.
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Magic in the Dresdenverse still obeys the laws of physics. So any energy sink powerful enough to manipulate gravity and light and the universe itself would, in all likelihood, manipulate time as well, however minutely.
He might not be trying to create a micro black hole, and he might not be trying to manipulate time, but the former fits the description of what he did, and the latter is a likely side effect of such an energy draw.
I'm not saying it's likely that he summoned them with that and his fear, but I think it could be possible.
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