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Star Born (direct quotes compilation)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Con on February 18, 2022, 06:44:40 AM ---No he bounced around with his father till he was 6 then the system then Justin the ebenezaes farm. Hitching for a year or 2 before settling in Chicago.
As for vadderung. Kringle is what he does so as not to age power of belief of children each year sustains his immortality.
As for his use of Soulfire yeah woj from the Dresden FIles podcast. But it should be noted the naagloshii called it 'the fires of creation' so maybe not just exclusively the white God.
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None of that means he wasn't born in Chicago.
Conspiracy Theorist:
As everything revolves around Grave Peril, Harry was probably born in the maternity ward of Cook County Hospital Chicago, same as his namesake Little Harry.
Chicago had the Chicago Magic Round Table for most of the 20th Century and 21st it has the Magic Lounge, now so if anywhere is the mid-west has a enclave of professional magicians it was Chicago, likely Malcolm had an agent based there booking for him on the road while he travelled. Harry Blackstone Sr was a Member of the Chicago Magic Round Table. Hence if Malcolm settled anywhere for a time it would be Chicago, and Harry would be born in Cook County Hospital.
If Malcolm had an agent, then Malcolm’s professional kit, and his and Harry’s personal belongings would most likely have ended up with them. Is there a treasure trove of Dresden childhood memorabilia sitting in Malcolm’s former agent’s storage somewhere in Chicago? If so this explains where Kringle got the mug on Christmas Eve.
Imagine Harry finding his father’s professional kit, his old toys and books, and letters, photos and keepsakes of his mother his father kept. Christmas Eve x 1000. Elements of his own history.
All that incurious Harry has to do is figure out where Kringle got the Mug. He actually has something to use a locator spell on.
Mira:
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All that incurious Harry has to do is figure out where Kringle got the Mug. He actually has something to use a locator spell on.
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I doubt it, Kringle got the mug and the coffee with the memories from Harry's head, or possibly directly from Malcolm via Uriel would be my guess.
Conspiracy Theorist:
The simplest explanation is the correct one.
Kringle probably does have the power to know the perfect gift, so he would know what Harry needed. Otherwise everybody would just get socks for Christmas.
The question how to get it is another matter (1) recreate ir perfectly so even Harry cannot tell the difference (2) retrieve it from the last point it existed.
(1) The mug appears to be actual matter and not composed of ectoplasm, so it isn’t a common conjuration like with conjouritis. That means putting in enough energy to create the matter from scratch and that is prohibitive see e=MC 2.
(2) Is a better fit for Kringle a master of time and space. He merely has to locate it to when it last existed. If it was destroyed when Harry was taken into care, then Kringle has to travel back in time to retrieve it, but that too requires an enormous amount of energy (according to Kringle) and runs the risk of upsetting spacetime which would not please Uriel. If however all of their belongings were saved and taken away by someone like Malcolms agent, it was still existing in storage and could be removed, a doddle for spacetimes B&E expert.
Malcolm is a spirit, and does not possess even the ghost of the Coffee mug, but does know it’s importance to Harry without invading his mind. He may have known what happened to his stuff as a spirit. He then tells Kringle about the Mug and where it is and Kringle gets it.
You have got to remember that Christmas Carol Eve is all about changing Harry for the better, and not about upsetting the Spacetime Continuum, Chicago had quite enough of that with the Titan.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on February 18, 2022, 11:55:28 AM ---It's never been stated where he was born...but considering Chicago is the centre of everything I would say it's more likely than not.
If you think about it in a Doylist sense working backwards, where else makes sense? Where else would you put 40,000 beings that is also significant to the series?
That rules out locations important only to Harry (e.g. Hog's Hollow or whatever). Harry's early years are very vague - we don't know where Margaret was when Harry was born (although likely this is kept secret for a reason). However, given that Lord Raith the White King was in Chicago with Margaret Le Fay (at one of the White Court's main locations at the Raith Chateau) - he even has a picture of her there, and her other son spent most (if not all his life in Chicago) - it seems more likely than not.
But I am open to other suggestions.
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I keep looking for three wise men and the Star of Bethlehem. Just in case you haven't noticed the imagery.
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