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cander891:
Im new here but I've been through this series at least 4 times. My last reread of Changes was via audio and I noted and had missed it before that someone on the "Grey Council" also used Fuego for fire. Harry mentions it.

If I recall, early in the series the words wizards use are personal to them.

Am I remembering this right? If so what does that mean? Of the 13 people who came to the battle, one of them also used fuego? That seems semi-significant. I know its a spanish word, but still...

If this was covered previously, sorry I did a couple searches but didn't find it.

Regenbogen:
If you mean the "fuego" shout at Chichen Itza, I never interpreted it as coming from the grey council. Were they even there yet? But from some of the Rampires/half-Rampires being Mexican and just shouting "fire" in Spanish. Which confused Harry at first.

EBRIEN:
I thought it was from another magic user as well.

Conspiracy Theorist:
There were non magical weapons at Chicken Pizza being used by half -Ramps etc.

Yuillegan:
It's one of the Red Court nobles who uses the word, which makes sense given some of them would have been conquered by (or perhaps themselves were) Spanish invaders. It irritates Harry a bit irrationally as he has a foolish sense of ownership of the word, even though it's quite likely there would be other magic users that use Spanish as their magic words.

I won't get into how using a live-language would have so many problems (not to say the least if he actually learned Spanish, it should in theory diminish the protection provided by those words). Which seems to be why a lot of wizards use older languages (many of which are no longer in use) e.g. Latin, Ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, etc.

The Grey Council had indeed arrived by this point.

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