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Does anyone think Harry isn’t the original Merlin?
Talby16:
--- Quote from: LordDresden2 on April 26, 2025, 04:16:04 AM ---(Another possibility that I've toyed with, though I don't think it likely, is that the culmination of the series will end with The Magic Goes Away, i.e. the world becomes non-magical and the supernatural powers fade away. But I don't expect that.)
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--- Quote from: Mira on April 26, 2025, 11:59:44 AM ---I hope not, too much like a variation of the Terry Goodkind series, "The Sword of Truth."
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I agree with your sentiments @Mira. I enjoyed the first half to 2/3 of "The Sword of Truth" series. I was not a fan of the whole magic going away aspect. The Dresden series has been about the supernatural coexisting next to the vanilla mortals. I think that magic/supernatural fading away would be a huge departure from the series up to this point.
clickeral:
What if the Merlin is a prisoner in Daemonreach?
Talby16:
Count me in the group of people that do not think Harry and Merlin are or should be the same person. I agree that it seems to simplistic of an explanation. I believe that Merlin is a distinct person. We know that he created the White Council. I believe that if Harry is the younger Merlin and thus when he is older goes back in time and sets up the White Council he would have set it up differently due to his younger experience with it. In other words, I have a hard time believing that Harry, with his experience with the council's actions towards him and his beliefs about how the council should act would set the council up in a way that would allow that to happen.
My own pet theory is that Merlin, with all his time travel shenanigans, sets up the Well to harbor the worst of the worst because he knows it will be needed. Because he knows it will be needed he leaves a message for the future Warden of the Well with instructions and advice. I'm thinking something along the lines of Harry's mother's amulet. This would allow Harry to interact with Merlin and give us a window into who he was without having to do a whole separate book about it.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Talby16 on May 01, 2025, 09:20:23 PM --- ... My own pet theory is that Merlin, with all his time travel shenanigans, sets up the Well to harbor the worst of the worst because he knows it will be needed. Because he knows it will be needed he leaves a message for the future Warden of the Well with instructions and advice. I'm thinking something along the lines of Harry's mother's amulet. This would allow Harry to interact with Merlin and give us a window into who he was without having to do a whole separate book about it.
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I think there are Well-secrets behind the firewall that is "Alfred."
We already know it knows stuff Harry doesn't, and doles out information on a very-limited basis.
I suspect there are one or more "levels" of information-disclosure that will be unlocked like a videogame achievement. Possibly even a videogame-easter-egg that Merlin (who saw it in his time-travels) leaves as a joke.
Talby16:
--- Quote from: g33k on May 03, 2025, 12:21:10 AM ---I think there are Well-secrets behind the firewall that is "Alfred."
We already know it knows stuff Harry doesn't, and doles out information on a very-limited basis.
I suspect there are one or more "levels" of information-disclosure that will be unlocked like a videogame achievement. Possibly even a videogame-easter-egg that Merlin (who saw it in his time-travels) leaves as a joke.
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I hadn't considered Alfred being the source of a message. The whole video through Bob in Cold Days proves that he can convey complex messages and it is certainly possible that there are messages left to be unlocked. One of the running themes in the Dresden Files seems to be that your knowledge is limited until you are worthy of it (example: Harry getting his mothers amulet and Harry discovering the name Nemesis). Typically, being worthy is demonstrated by asking the right questions of the right people. Who knows what secrets Alfred has that are just waiting for the right question.
Side note: It is obvious that Alfred was aware of the creation of Demonreach which begs the question if he was a genus loci that was present before the prison was formed and he adapted/changed with the formation of the prison or if he was specifically created/formed by Merlin during the creation of the prison to be its Guard.
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