The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Who is Thomas talking to?
Mira:
--- Quote ---Harry is a necromancer, it’s part of his power set, he may not like it but he definitely has natural talent in that direction.
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No, he read Kemmler's how to book, he has the talent to pull it off, as apparently most wizards do. That's why one of the Seven Laws is against it. However raising Sue once doesn't make him a necromancer. Since he didn't raise Mort from the dead, it wasn't necromancy.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Really? every Necromancer Harry has met has commented on his ability in this area to some degree or other and in Battle Ground just before he takes on Drakul and seven Necromancers Harry comments that four Necromancers nearly wrecked Chicago before, five if you include him, a neophyte who still managed to walk off with best in show.
As it stands it was Harry and not any of the other four Necromancers who actually summoned the Erl King, he has an intuitive ability in this area as to what would work best and where, and has a considerable reach. He has summoned the Erl King, Titania, Molly, Mab and Mother Winter, all strong enough to avoid a summons (but admittedly in at least half of those cases Harry being Harry and thus intensely annoying may have resulted in the summoning being successful, e.g. Titania hitting Harry with a lightening bolt.)
Necromancer is not necessarily a bad thing, Odin is a Necromancer and he is beloved of children everywhere (he must be VERY conflicted when a child asks for relative or pet to be brought back as their Christmas wish, one slip and a little girl has an Einenjharen hamster terrorising the local cats over Christmas. Now that’s a children’s book I would like to see.)
Harry as a Necromancer has resurrected a beloved dinosaur, and children love dinosaurs.
Harry’s natural ability in this area, plus Soulfire suggests that he is going to resurrect someone, I suspect when Odin dies it is Murphy (all Einenjharen die when Odin does)
Mira:
--- Quote ---Really? every Necromancer Harry has met has commented on his ability in this area to some degree or other and in Battle Ground just before he takes on Drakul and seven Necromancers Harry comments that four Necromancers nearly wrecked Chicago before, five if you include him, a neophyte who still managed to walk off with best in show.
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One robin doesn't make the spring nor does one T Rex make a necromancer.
Since Odin is a god, I don't think he fits into the necromancer category either.
--- Quote ---As it stands it was Harry and not any of the other four Necromancers who actually summoned the Erl King, he has an intuitive ability in this area as to what would work best and where, and has a considerable reach. He has summoned the Erl King, Titania, Molly, Mab and Mother Winter, all strong enough to avoid a summons (but admittedly in at least half of those cases Harry being Harry and thus intensely annoying may have resulted in the summoning being successful, e.g. Titania hitting Harry with a lightening bolt.)
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All of the above listed were alive when summoned, successfully or not, necromancy had nothing to do with it.
CrusherJen:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 26, 2022, 01:45:10 PM ---Odin is a Necromancer and he is beloved of children everywhere (he must be VERY conflicted when a child asks for relative or pet to be brought back as their Christmas wish, one slip and a little girl has an Einenjharen hamster terrorising the local cats over Christmas. Now that’s a children’s book I would like to see.)
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:o I didn't know I needed this book before today. Now I know, and I want it. ;) ;D
Ed0517:
Luccio also talked about possibly training up her new body to her previous ability. Possibly magic use is part physical and part mental - nerves, perhaps, conduct magical force, without training they can only do so much. Luccio swapped into a non-mage and had SOME ability. Maybe Corpsetaker is limited in the bodies of non-mages, but she can pull her one specialty. Aren't the Black Court eager to get wizards to turn? Maybe it is not just mental. Unfortunately for Luccio, looks like the little cutie she inhabits just isn't going to be able to get where she had been. Sounds a little Heaven Can Wait (Beatty version) ? His new body had to be trained up to get NEAR his old one.
And summoning is not necromancy. No death involved.
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