The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
True Teleportation
groinkick:
Harry called it translocation. I'm thinking that it may seem synonymous with teleportation, but I don't think it is. Harry said he wouldn't touch it for like 40 or 50 years. This gives you an idea of where Marcone is vs Dresden. I think what Drakul was doing was an even higher level of magic as he didn't seem to need to set points to translocate to the way Marcone did.
Could the Archive do it? Hmm I'm not sure. Eb who is one of the best wizards in the world has yet to display it when he could have. It could be something that's not worth doing unless there is no other choice.
The_Sibelis:
Ooooh, Marcone couldn't have been using the NN, Ferro was locking all the entrances in Chicago..
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: The_Sibelis on September 24, 2021, 09:04:18 PM ---Ooooh, Marcone couldn't have been using the NN, Ferro was locking all the entrances in Chicago..
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Ah, nice catch. It's good evidence that Marcone was truly teleporting.
As far as other alternatives, we don't get any updates on Ferro's condition during BG. I would imagine he was struggling as much as any of the other big players. If so, towards the end he might have been tired enough to let Marcone-sized critters slip through.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: The_Sibelis on September 24, 2021, 09:04:18 PM ---Ooooh, Marcone couldn't have been using the NN, Ferro was locking all the entrances in Chicago..
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If I recall, Ferro was shutting down the earth, and Vadderung was shutting down everything above it. And at the time of Marcone's magic, Vadderung was laying on the ground half dead. So who knows if he was still shutting things down.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Different types of teleportation? Different risks? This is a banned knowledge in the White Council and may be for a number of reasons.
1. It is lethal
2. It is difficult
3. It breaks one or more the laws of magic.
Classically teleportation actually invokes the destruction of the test subject and their reification in another place, essentially death and rebirth, a classic breach of the Fifth Law, meaning it’s both points 1 and 2. This may only have been realised some time AFTER it became known, leading to it’s proscription, after the formulation of the Laws. Point 2 was relevant at that point it probably required a powerful practioner, could end badly, be blocked easily by counterspells etc. The knowledge would have been lost at the practitioner level over time relegated to the library. Drakul must really have been annoyed that River Shoulders was an opponent old enough to know countermeasures. Same with Namshiel, he was old enough to know countermeasures to the countermeasures and it must have required considerable focus by him and Marcone to avoid it going badly against the Titan.
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