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Olympian Affair (Spoilers All)
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: medaron on November 09, 2023, 01:26:17 AM ---I like that Chicago was a headquarters for good in the Dresden files and is now the main source of antagonists here. Nice symmetry.
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I haven't finished the new book yet, but does anything in it actually rule out the possibility that the Cinder Spires is the far future of the Dresdenverse? Bob has always said the rules of magic drift over time, and the price practitioners pay that's currently the tech bane used to be different in the past. Maybe it's their sanity in the far future under the rules of the CS era.
Maybe Aurora are the baddies as a result of Marcone's long-term legacy.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Con on November 08, 2023, 01:31:38 PM ---Makes you wonder what happened to whittle down the Spire's to those half dozen powers.
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I mean, with neighbours like that, it might be a smart move to forego trade, paint your spire grey, and play like you're just part of the fog. Hope the rest forget about you, and shoot down anything that randomly wanders too close.
Lady Inez:
Olympia, Kentucky, probably? It fits the map, but unlike the other locations, it's tiny and unremarkable today.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Lady Inez on November 11, 2023, 09:57:01 PM ---Olympia, Kentucky, probably? It fits the map, but unlike the other locations, it's tiny and unremarkable today.
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I haven't looked up the real-world geology of the areas spires seem to map to, but it's possible they're placed not so much for existing population centers as for what's suitable ground for effectively a two mile artificial mountain. Even with a lot of interior hollow spaces, that's an enormous weight to put on the underlying ground - it probably needs particular bedrock geology to not lean, or simply flip.
It also seems some of the life support infrastructure runs off of existing etheric currents. They're probably sited partly based on where there are suitable nexuses to power the spires. If this is indeed the far future of the dresdenverse earth, maybe those started off as leyline nexuses.
Actually, the pale green airship crystals in CS seem to get a very similar description to the Demonreach prison crystals. Maybe the "Merciful builders" were wizards who eventually understood exactly how Demonreach was made.
TrueMonk:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on November 08, 2023, 01:26:44 AM ---
Also weird that Dependence would have been a colony spire of Albion, on the other side of Auroran airspace. Real questionable move to put a lightly defended outpost on the far side of the enemy capital.
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Unless an important reason is to spy on aurora and give Albion trading vessels a safe port from pirates in an otherwise hostile area?
Perhaps the spire arch also wanted to have a tempting Albion target for aurora to attack that they could afford loosing, but which would press the Parliament to agree to war?
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