Murphy scrunched up her nose. “Like the wolf belts the FBI had?”
“Yeah, just like that.” I blinked and snapped my fingers. “Just like that!” [emphasis in original
“…it’s most likely a focus artifact of some kind. An item that has a routine built into it. You pour energy in one end, and you get results on the other.”
Murphy scrunched up her nose. “Like the wolf belts the FBI had?”
“Yeah, just like that.” I blinked and snapped my fingers. “Just like that!” [emphasis in original
“You get a wolf-hide belt, put it on, say the magic words, and whammy, you”re a wolf. A Hexenwolf.”
“I tried coke once in college, and it was nothing compared to this.”
…“You just can’t stop, man. It gets to where you’re pacing the room at night.”
Murphy scrunched up her nose. “Like the wolf belts the FBI had?”
“Yeah, just like that.” I blinked and snapped my fingers. “Just like that!” [emphasis in original
“…it’s most likely a focus artifact of some kind. An item that has a routine built into it. You pour energy in one end, and you get results on the other.”
LeBlanc was no practitioner. She can’t be the one who was working the whammy….This is a delicate, difficult magic. There might not be three people on the entire White Council who could pull it off.”
“…seemingly random love spells are running amok through the city….”
“Junkies are happy when they are high….but they don’t need to be happy. They need to be free.”
I might be giving Victor Shadowman too much credit. He was as powerful as a full-blown wizard, but he didn’t have the education.
I never had found out who exactly was behind the warlock who showed up the previous spring. Black wizards don’t just grow up like toadstools, you know. Someone has to teach them complicated things like summoning demons, ritual magic, and clichéd villain dialogue. Who had been his teacher?
“It’s all connected, Dresden. The whole game. And you’re only now beginning to learn who the players are….The sorcerer who used the spell in Chicago before didn’t have strength enough to make it spread past the initial target. The Red Court does. No one has used power on this scale in more than a millennium.”
I snorted. “You haven’t got any powers.”
“Yes, I do. I’ve killed with them.”
“You’ve killed with a ritual,” I said.
….
“…a ritual spell like that doesn’t have anything to do with you. It’s like a cosmic vending machine. You put two quarters in, push the right button, and the curse comes flying out, courtesy of some psychotic otherworldly force that enjoys that kind of thing. It doesn’t take skill. It doesn’t take talent….
“Wizard, I believe you have met my assistants.” Two women rose from the shadows within the circle and faced me. The first was Madge, Arturo’s first wife, the disciplined businesswoman.
…magic this powerful would be a dangerous business for someone new to the use of magic….Someone with a disturbing amount of ability was methodically committing murder.
I shot a hard glance at Madge. She had power. Not necessarily a lot of it, but she had it.
Though I made a WAG in the other half of this thread that the culprit is Elaine or more likely Luccio, the most concrete parts of the theory is that it is a very powerful WC wizard, so Injun Joe could fit. I found some clues that I think point to Luccio more than anyone, but I dont think your guess is crazy at all.
in DB when Cowl first meets Harry outside of Bock Ordered Books he says something like, “I want to see what has the Wardens so nervous.” This suggests Cowl wasn't around in SF or FM. He does not have the knowledge of Harry which would be shared by whoever was involved with the Hexenwolves or Victor Sells.
Summary of Connections
- Absolute connection acknowledged in book
- Between Love Hurt belts and hexenwulf belts
- Between heart ripping curse/spell/ritual of Sells in SF and the Red Court in Changes
- Item given out which allows non magical person to cause magic to occur
- Belt (FM)
- Belt ( LH)
- ThreeEye potion (SF)
- Vending machine ritual magic – energy in, magic result out
- Belt (FM)
- Belt ( LH)
- Entropy curse ritual (BR)
- Addictive nature of item beyond the simple addictiveness of use of dark magic
- Belt (FM)
- Belt (LH)
- ThreeEye potion (SF)
- Teaching magic to lesser practitioner/nonmagic person
- Baroness LeBlanc (LH) (taught by ?)
- Victor Sells (SF) (taught by ?)
- Madge and other porn star sorceresses (BR) (taught by Lord Raith?)
Therefore, the connection between LH and FM appears conclusive, LH = FM, as does their connection to SF, such that LH=FM=SF. While the number of connections to between BR and the others is not as many, the specific language to describe the magic is so precise and distinctive, that for purposes of theorizing, I am willing to connect BR as well.
So we have LH=FM=SF=BR.
I will use these connections to consider and rule out possible suspects in the next thread.
Thx for the compliments, guys! It got to the point where I woke up in the morning and my first thoughts were of this thread. I know the BR connection is weaker than the rest. It certainly shouldnt be considered one of absolutely proven parts, but the language about how the magic works is so unique and distinctive and (like 12345678blaaa pointed out) the likelihood that LR was helped/given magic by someone who could summon outsiders (mortal wizard) that im willing to accept BR as part of the pattern. But I get why other people are not.
its that big collection of books thomas mentioned. yea LR is probably the teacher of the lesser talents like victor. but both sets of belts took a subtle and talented hand to make.
How could LR teach people like Victor if he wasn't a practitioner?not in the literal way, just enterduce them to it... why would raith keep a collection of books he can't use? :o obviously vicky didn't have alot of direct teaching cause he had such huge gaps in his basic knowledge.
not in the literal way, just enterduce them to it... why would raith keep a collection of books he can't use? :o obviously vicky didn't have alot of direct teaching cause he had such huge gaps in his basic knowledge.
bet ya a donut they were maggie sr'smmm ??? how about a whopper and a donut for desert? :o ;)
bet ya a donut they were maggie sr'sSome of them maybe .. but I think she'd've tried to get rid of as many of his books as she could have, or keep them from him in some way. Some of them may also be books of information that he compelled out of her. But some (perhaps many) of them likely predate her taking up with Raith. Dude's old. Some centuries at minimum. Odds are pretty good he's picked up various texts along the way.
Some of them maybe .. but I think she'd've tried to get rid of as many of his books as she could have, or keep them from him in some way. Some of them may also be books of information that he compelled out of her. But some (perhaps many) of them likely predate her taking up with Raith. Dude's old. Some centuries at minimum. Odds are pretty good he's picked up various texts along the way.yea, hence i add the whopper to sweeten my victory ;D shhh! don't ruin it or i'll make kytheros burgers instead >:(
It seems odd to me that Lord Raith is allowed to keep these books. Its not a secret that he has them. I wonder why no one from the oblivion wars or the WC has destroyed them.
because prior to maggies last spell, he scared the heck out of all those people?Yeah, agreed. Plus I'm sure it would have created a diplomatic headache for anyone to be caught acting against the head of the WCV. I wonder if, now that Lara is in charge, if the politician in her would keep the books for the potential power or whether the venator in her would destroy the ones that relate to targets of the Oblivion War...
Yeah, agreed. Plus I'm sure it would have created a diplomatic headache for anyone to be caught acting against the head of the WCV. I wonder if, now that Lara is in charge, if the politician in her would keep the books for the potential power or whether the venator in her would destroy the ones that relate to targets of the Oblivion War...
All these secret books everywhere makes my fingers itch. I can't believe Harry hasn't ask Ebenezar if he could read Merlin's journals. I can't believe Thomas hasn't snuck a peak at LR's books.
After all, "no harm ever came from reading a book". ;D