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Star Born (direct quotes compilation)
TrueMonk:
Harry would not have become immortal by picking up the coin. At least the other Denarians do not seem to be immortal because they are dying all the time. Maybe Blood on his Soul (or what the name of the evil Bigfoot was) is immortal, but it is not from the coin, since his first host died just fine.
The list of immortal "people" is pretty short.
Mira:
--- Quote from: TrueMonk on February 21, 2022, 08:02:11 PM ---Harry would not have become immortal by picking up the coin. At least the other Denarians do not seem to be immortal because they are dying all the time. Maybe Blood on his Soul (or what the name of the evil Bigfoot was) is immortal, but it is not from the coin, since his first host died just fine.
The list of immortal "people" is pretty short.
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Let me expand that, immortal as long as they hold a coin.. Nic has been alive for about 2,000 years give or take, yet he started out as a mortal man, as long as he holds Andriel's coin and wears that noose around his neck, he remains immortal.. I go by Tolkien's rules for elves, they live forever unless killed. Denarians can be killed, when struck down, they lose their coin, and then they die. They stay quite healthy and don't age, unless they give up their coin, then they begin to age to their true age, as Cassius found out.
TrueMonk:
But that is not immortal. There is lots of creatures in the series that do not age. All of the vampires as far as I can tell. And all the fairies. Immortal is when you can get cut into a thousand pieces and get better. Or be beaten in a duel with a titan and still deliver presents for Christmas (unless you get blasted with the eye that is special because it can kill immortals)
morriswalters:
Immortal means you might never die, not that you can't be killed, and Mab tells Harry as much when she say she is immortal but not eternal.
BrainFireBob:
--- 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 did a back of envelope sonewhere else on here.
It's a window of time. When Harry was born- circa 1970- that number represents something like a half hour or hour (I misremember) of births.
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