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Who summoned the Cornerhounds?
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on August 24, 2021, 01:23:12 AM ---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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Fair enough, but if Eb drawing in power like that had some chance of what you say, surely Harry's giant gravity hammer in Changes would do it on a much higher scale? Physics is physics, but sometimes the magical rule of cool wins the day.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 24, 2021, 01:32:08 AM ---Fair enough, but if Eb drawing in power like that had some chance of what you say, surely Harry's giant gravity hammer in Changes would do it on a much higher scale? Physics is physics, but sometimes the magical rule of cool wins the day.
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I would imagine it depends on the magnitude and method.
Harry's spell weakened gravity in a large area to increase gravity in a small area. It was an area of effect spell that had no noted affect on any other aspect of reality.
Eb's spell was so acute that it did a lot in a dense space with no regional compensation, so reality itself bent and twisted to compensate.
It's more likely that someone sent them, but I could also see Harry having an epiphany later with Eb where he realizes it was just because Eb we reckless in his method. That, combined with his reckless spell later that would have killed him, could be the case against Eb being stable enough for his job.
groinkick:
Here is another possibility. The Hounds were sent to attack Harry (Or Eb or both) from someone in the past or more likely, they future. Here is something interesting about the Hounds of Tindalos:
"The Hounds of Tindalos are extra-dimensional predatory creatures, capable of materializing at any point in space and time to feed upon victims."
If this is true then it could mean that someone sent them from a different point in time to where Harry, and Eb were. Heck maybe Eb killed Harry, and sent the Hounds back in time with the hope that they would do exactly what they did do, stop Harry and Eb from throwing down.
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 23, 2021, 08:21:26 PM ---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.
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lol did you skip over the duel between Eb, and Harry? Eb was an absolute boss, and showed no signs of being frail. He showed the opposite. If he'd have taken on Harry Dresden without the Winter Knight Mantle, he may very well have kicked his ass up around his ears. (I know it wasn't really Harry but you know what I mean)
morriswalters:
@groinkick
Eb will die in a fight. Men like him don't die quietly. So as you age at some point you realize that you will never be as strong as you were the last time and that sooner or later you won't be strong enough to win. That's how Jim is writing him. He's signaling that the fight is in the near future.
I don't think he's bending time. Somebody is time traveling. Or crossing between time lines.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: groinkick on August 24, 2021, 02:38:12 AM ---lol did you skip over the duel between Eb, and Harry? Eb was an absolute boss, and showed no signs of being frail. He showed the opposite. If he'd have taken on Harry Dresden without the Winter Knight Mantle, he may very well have kicked his ass up around his ears. (I know it wasn't really Harry but you know what I mean)
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Oh, Eb is still a badass that can stomp on most anyone; that's not what I'm saying. But Eb, Listens to Wind, and Martha Liberty are given descriptions that make them seem past their prime, moreso than in previous books. Maybe I'm reading more into what River Shoulders was saying in PT.
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