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Demonreach's spells and Turn Coat

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Conspiracy Theorist:
Full Naagloshii are on par with angels, if so they may have existed before linear time like many of the big players. He may also be able to timetravel.

In either scenario Shagnasty is not remembering something from his past, he is remembering something from the future (relative to Harry) and his next showdown on the island with Harry, his first and Harry’s second, or alternatively a future attack on Castle Dresden which actually seems more likely. He wasn’t expecting the Spells on the island  and at that point in linear time the Castle didn’t exist in Chicago, which he would have avoided if he had had a previous run-in as the Castle.

Castle attack with Harry and Gargoyles versus Shagnasty would be nice, since their last to do Harry gained Soulfire and  the Winter Knight Mantle, making it less of a mismatch especially in the Castle.

vincentric:
Harry already had Soulfire in Turn Coat. He charged up his lasso/noose with it and Shagnasty even asked him about it.

Mira:

--- Quote from: vincentric on February 18, 2022, 01:56:21 AM ---Harry already had Soulfire in Turn Coat. He charged up his lasso/noose with it and Shagnasty even asked him about it.

--- End quote ---

Yes, though I'd argue that beyond what Bob had told him and the boost it gave some of his spells, Harry didn't begin to understand the nature of Soul Fire till his tussle with Mother Winter in Cold Days, but I digress.

Anyway, as pointed out  Shagnasty and it's kin have been around since the beginning of time, so
it just stands to reason that it would have run into runes of that kind in the past and their effects.

Snark Knight:
Merlin might have travelled more widely in the Americas than just the Great Lakes area to set up the prison on the island, and European legends about him just didn't record it. He was clearly a lot more influential and around a lot longer in the DV than just the "advisor to King Arthur" that the real world legends have him as.

Or, it might have familiarity with the runes through a third party. Vadderung was supposedly a mentor to Merlin, and I'd be 0% surprised if he'd tangled with them at some point. And wasn't there supposed to be some sort of connection between the island's runic alphabet and the Hecatean Hags from the comic? Maybe it had dealings and was frustrated to be countered by something similar to their alphabet.

seanham:
I like the Odin thought. I also wouldn't be surprised if Odin fought the Naagloshii before, even if it wasn't Odin, maybe another one of Merlin's students. At the end of Battle Ground(?), it talks about how the Castle's defenses were very similar to those on Demonreach, so maybe one of Merlin's apprentices went to the Americas, and Shagnasty encountered some of their work sometime.

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