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Merlin, Building the Island, and the Family Dresden
Conspiracy Theorist:
The reversing of Renfields is not something that can be undertaken without a better understanding of the mind. It is a similar issue to a Warlock whose misuse of magic has driven him insane. Like medicine magic hasn’t bettered science in this area. Harry is ill equipped to deal with this magically, this is simply not his forte and his own mental health is shakey. In that respect he is probably kindred to Merlin.
However magically this is Molly’s forte and in the area of science this is Georgia’s. If neither magic nor science have succeeded what if both are used together?
Harry’s contribution is as Warden in that he can provide at least a temporary holding facility where the process itself makes the subject ultimately aware of the consequences of their actions, the first step towards a potential cure.
Harry is loathe to see Either Warlocks or Renfield’s executed. The best way to treat the Renfield’s however is the vampiricide of the Black Court, which Harry would cheerfully embrace.
Here’s a horrible thought, what if Eb’s wife was made a Renfield? Many have speculated she was made a vampire, but this would possibly be worse for Eb. To him Vamps are “Things”.
Mira:
--- Quote ---and none of those "Easter eggs" prove or disprove a family connection between Harry and Merlin? The only one I see you pointed out is the pentacle, which has been gone over before.. but to rehash, that's a connection through his magical learning, not something he got from his bloodline being connected to Merlin.
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No? In Changes when Lea presents Harry with the little gps jewel to the Ways meant to be fitted in his pentacle. It was left to him by his mother to be presented to him when he was ready. It is suggested that Margaret didn't make this jewel, but had also acquired it or inherited it from someone else.
Read pages 110 through 112 of Changes; Harry has just asked Lea if his mother left anything for him? Oh one more little factoid on page 110, Harry says his mother wasn't called LeFay for nothing. and where did Morgana LeFay learn her magic, from Merlin..
--- Quote ---"Yes, indeed. But I was told to give you fair warning. It is a deadly legacy. If you accept it, you accept what comes with it."
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Harry asks her what that might be?
Lea answers;
--- Quote ---She shrugged a shoulder. "It varies from one individual to the next. Your mother lost the ability to sleep soundly. It might be worse for you. Or it might be nothing.
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Harry says he wants it.. Lea gives it to him, explaining that it is in effect a gps to all the Ways in the Nevernever, that they change from decade to decade, few of the Fae know them as well as she did. Then she says;
--- Quote ---She narrowed her eyes. "That knowledge is a burden I hold in my hand child. Mine own belief is that it will destroy thee. The choice needs be thine."
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Now comes the important bit on page 111;
--- Quote ---Whoever possessed that knowledge could regard laws with utter impunity, avoid retribution from
mortal authorities or supernatural nations alike. Go anywhere. Escape from damn near anything. Gather more information than anyone else possibly could. Hells'bells. That gleaming little gem was a subtle strength that had the potential to be as potent as any I had seen, Such power.
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Then Harry wonders if he can handle it? Admits that he is no saint..
Then on page 112 he notes that that jewel had been cut to fit into the pentacle he wore..
Connection to Merlin? The jewel explains how he was able to travel through time and place, pop up from out of the Nevernever and create the island prison in five dimensions.. Oh, and using enchantments in the shape of a pentacle.
Back to family connections, in Blood Rites, it is his pentacle that Thomas shows Harry when he tells him they are brothers. If a pentacle necklace was merely a piece of common wizard bling, I doubt that showing him it would have made much of an impression.. page 163 paperback edition;
--- Quote ---Thomas shook his head. He slipped a few fingers under the turtleneck and drew out a silver chain. He passed it to me, and I saw that the chain held a silver pentacle much like my own. In fact preciselylike my own. Not yours, Harry," Thomas said, his voice quiet and serious. I stared at him. "Ourmother," he said.u
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morriswalters:
There is no indication in the text that I'm aware of that would say that the Blacks were involved in whatever happened to Harry's grandmother. On the other hand Eb has a major grudge on the Whites. I suspect the New Madrid earthquake was the side effect of Eb attempting to put the smack on Papa Raith. Maybe the volcano and the blast in Russia. Eb likes to go big.
All it takes for a Renfield to be cured is for Jim to say "Voila! You're cured!" Much better I think to turn someone Harry can grief out on into a Renfield. Then he can get obsessive like he did with Susan. But Jim is the successful writer I am but a hyper active fan with no writing skills. We'll see.
Mira:
Oh here is another thing the pentacle necklace with the jewel is going to set up... Mirror Mirror..
--- Quote ---Whoever possessed that knowledge could regard laws with utter impunity, avoid retribution from mortal authorities or supernatural nations alike. Go anywhere. Escape from damn near anything. Gather more information than anyone else possibly could. Hells'bells. That gleaming little gem was a subtle strength that had the potential to be as potent as any I had seen, Such power.
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Conspiracy Theorist:
I don’t think it is a guide to other worlds, I doubt Mirror Harry has it, as Harry Prime received it in Changes, well after Grave Peril, when Harry was ingesting poisonous mushrooms to escape from Leas clutches.
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