The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
If you were a Minor Talent?
morriswalters:
Yeah, the angels have a specific role. The angels keep Butters from killing someone, like the other Knight's or random passerby's with the most overpowered handheld weapon ever conceived ;). I still haven't gotten over the setup at the end of Skin Game where Butcher does this big buildup about sending human gunners into Michael's home to bypass the angelic protection and Butters cuts up Nic's sword and all the machine gunners just stand there and suddenly go stupid and Nic bails like Butters in Dead Beat. But if you like him, you like him. It's your book when you read it.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 04, 2022, 10:01:10 AM ---You could say it is in the Holy Swords since there supposedly an angel in the hilt of each of them.
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I think any angel likely resides in the Nail - supposedly there is a Nail from the Cross in each hilt. that's the real relic part
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 04, 2022, 10:57:27 PM ---
The thing that I think many don't realize is what the Swords actually do.
People talk about the "superweapons" (from Hades' vault) and say they're "stronger" than the Swords. That's not (at all) the case.
If one of the Angels inside one of the Swords had stepped forth to do battle with Ethniu & the Eye, they could have put Ethniu over their knee, spanked her like a child, and given her another 3-4 millenia timeout. Or, y'know, just killed her out of hand.
But that's not their job.
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I don't think we know enough about the Swords to say that, There are ranks even among angels, I don't think the one guarding the elevator in Colin Murphy's office building is Uriel-class. Yes, Uriel could have walked across Lake Shore Drive and said "Invasion is off. Go back home, or I will make you. " Michael? Sure, he could too, or Gabriel. If they all had that kind of power - why would there be a dozen at the Carpenters' ? One would be plenty.
vincentric:
It's the difference between having "protection" like the White Council supposedly gives it's members against the rest of the Supernatural and having a 24/7 security team with an absolute mandate.
Now as to why they have so many, I think that no single angel is giving the Carpenter house their full attention but rather each is rotating in and out a part of their consciousness while multi-tasking other jobs. They'd probably arrange it this way on the off chance one of them besides Uriel would actually get to do something beyond just watching humanity stumble around in the dark.
forumghost:
I bet they have so many because angels are bored af because they aren't allowed to do anything and watching over a dude they're never allowed to help is still better than that.
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