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Demonreach, Ley lines, and Harry's connection
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 31, 2021, 09:56:40 AM ---Could be, so if that is true then the island existed before Merlin decided to turn it into a prison for evil monsters and gods.
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Yep. Hard to build a prison when there’s nowhere to stand. ;D
Mira:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on August 31, 2021, 03:08:35 PM ---Yep. Hard to build a prison when there’s nowhere to stand. ;D
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What is interesting though is Alfred. He says in Skin Game page 5 after Harry had just called him Alfred for the first time.
--- Quote ---The enormous spirit considered that."I AM THE ISLAND."
"Well, yes,"I said, gathering myself to my feet. "It's spirit. Its genius loci"
" AND I AM ALSO SEPARATE FROM THE ISLAND. A VESSEL."
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So what is Alfred trying to say? Either he doesn't understand what a genius loci is, or he is
something else. When he says he is a vessel, does he mean as I suspect that perhaps he is the well from which all that dark power emanates as a ley line?
EBRIEN:
Ooooh. I like that one, Mira. If not a vessel for the leyline energy, then what?
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 31, 2021, 07:30:42 PM ---What is interesting though is Alfred. He says in Skin Game page 5 after Harry had just called him Alfred for the first time.
So what is Alfred trying to say? Either he doesn't understand what a genius loci is, or he is
something else. When he says he is a vessel, does he mean as I suspect that perhaps he is the well from which all that dark power emanates as a ley line?
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Probably most genus loci are not all that self aware. They don't think in language as we know it. Before Harry mentions it, it doesn't occur to the genus loci that there is a distinction between itself and the prison.
Harry is doing for Alfred what he did for Bob and personifying him (likely giving out a sliver of free will in the process; Uriel was right about mortals throwing Names around).
Mira:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on September 01, 2021, 02:38:09 AM ---Probably most genus loci are not all that self aware. They don't think in language as we know it. Before Harry mentions it, it doesn't occur to the genus loci that there is a distinction between itself and the prison.
Harry is doing for Alfred what he did for Bob and personifying him (likely giving out a sliver of free will in the process; Uriel was right about mortals throwing Names around).
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Alfred is more than a mere Genius Loci, he is an Intellectus..
Turn Coat page 278 Harry tells Morgan about his contact with Alfred and here is Morgan's response.
--- Quote ---"Merciful God,"he said. "Intellectus."
I felt my eyebrows go up. "You're kidding."
Molly muttered a couple of candles to light so that we could see each other clearlyl
"Intell-whatsis?" she asked me.
"Intellectus," I said. "Um. It's a mode of existence for a very few rare and powerful
supernatural beings--angels have it. I'm willing to bet old Mother Winter and Mother Summer have it. For beings with intellectus, all reality exists in one piece, one place, one moment, and they can look at the whole thing. They don't seek or aquire knowledge. They just know things. They see the entire picture."
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There is a hell of a lot more to it as Morgan goes on to explain to Molly, but it's getting late and I don't feel like copying another page and a half.
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