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Rebuilding (Little) Chicago.

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Conspiracy Theorist:
Recent WOJ has it that Little Chicago perished in the fire, neither Lea nor Mab saved it.

It was clearly Harry’s masterpiece as a magical artificer, and would have been of great use in BG, but it was not to be.

With Chicago rebuilding Harry has the opportunity to build Little Chicago II, Bigger Little Chicago.

As the Wizard of Chicago it is the obvious move to protect the City, and he could make Little Chicago quicker and easier than before, he has the practice, his hand is much better, and he has the time and money, and the help of the little folk in gathering samples. He has soulpower.

But Harry being Harry he is always thinking about making his stuff better, whether it is giving his staff an extra kick, or making the enchantments of duster last longer. You just have to look at the evolution of his shield bracelet.

There are a couple of obvious things Bigger Little Chicago will need, it will have to include Demonreach so Harry can monitor the locale and route to the Island. He may be able to use BLC to extend Demonreaches demonic reach across Chicago, allowing real-time communication and a massive security upgrade for the City if he can send someone down from within the City. Luring the Titan to the lakeshore shows the need for this, and Demonreach was shown to operate in a limited fashion with Mab’s aid in GS. It would allow for much better protection of St Mark’s and Maggie.

If Harry can use BLC to integrate multiple upgrades, what about one more? If Harry can plug his Amulet with his mothers crystal into BLC then he can use it to identify all way points in Chicago and to monitor them through Bob. Use it as a removable starter key to BLC.

With the NEXT BOOK (I hate the current title) we could see Harry do just this as a big New Years project

Ed0517:
he better put in fusible links and sacrificial circuits so a Cowl cannot attack him thru it. Ablative armor?

He probably cannot extend the range of Alfred. He's likely limited to the island by the runes in the cottage, etc. He probably only reaches Chicago because he has one foot on the base, so to speak, and does a stretch.

The_Sibelis:

--- Quote from: Ed0517 on October 11, 2021, 07:49:50 AM ---he better put in fusible links and sacrificial circuits so a Cowl cannot attack him thru it. Ablative armor?

He probably cannot extend the range of Alfred. He's likely limited to the island by the runes in the cottage, etc. He probably only reaches Chicago because he has one foot on the base, so to speak, and does a stretch.

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unless he uses the dracula and an earthly coffin idea? Ship a container full of DR elsewhere and use it as the circle or something. We've already encountered the beginning of the idea with eternal silence in GP, though that wasn't his original intent there, it's still a viable idea.

morriswalters:
Maybe he just copies Odin's map.

Conspiracy Theorist:

--- Quote from: Ed0517 on October 11, 2021, 07:49:50 AM ---he better put in fusible links and sacrificial circuits so a Cowl cannot attack him thru it. Ablative armor?

He probably cannot extend the range of Alfred. He's likely limited to the island by the runes in the cottage, etc. He probably only reaches Chicago because he has one foot on the base, so to speak, and does a stretch.

--- End quote ---

Harry has got to do something, either use BLC to transport the bad guys to Demonreach, or have Demonreach come out to play, he just can’t keep sending them notes “Meet me on the Island” they will twig eventually. Even if it is drawing a circle on BLC around the bad guy and transporting him to the summoning circle on Demonreach to be contained by Alfred until Harry can send him down.Harry isn’t using the big circle on Demonreach yet. Previous Wardens must have transported the vanquished to the island.

Little Chicago is more flexible than Odin’s map, remember everyone was trying to get intelligence through spirits, animal etc.

The other thing would be, could Harry use the Placard in conjunction with BLC, protecting the City, or a particular building in the City such as St Marks remotely? Again as with Demonreach I suspect it will depend on the narrative.

I either case though it requires Harry being ambushed away from the Castle.

Whatever he does I wonder if the Geowskwa is going to be the test subject?

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