Unsolved Mysteries Version II

[parthagenon]

Unsolved Mysteries Version 2.0

The new, shiny list of mysteries!  The format is shamelessly ripped from Serack’s WOJ sticky, so I won’t go into detail on how to browse.  And if you haven’t already acquainted yourself with said WOJ thread, drop everything, go there immediately, and don’t come back until you’ve read through the entire thing.

Note I: The replies are much more in-depth than the original post, and may be a bit redundant.

Note II: One asterisk next to a question means that either there is enough information for a pretty solid guess towards the answer, or that the question is likely to be addressed in a short story (and is thus probably nonvital to the main plot)

Note III: I'm too tired to go through and catch mistakes at this point, so if a question looks like it should be added/moved/deleted/shifted in or of the major mysteries, let me know!

Navigation

• Original post: Navigation and Major Mysteries by Book
• Specific Characters, Places, and Objects
• Organizations
• Whodunit and Miscellaneous

Major Mysteries by Book

Storm Front:
-Who taught Victor Sells the heart-ripping curse?

Fool Moon:
-Who gave the FBI agents the hexenwulfen belts* and why?
-How did Malcolm Dresden die?

Grave Peril:
-What were Cowl and Kumori doing at Bianca's party?
-What is the Athame, and why did Bianca give it to Lea?
-Why is Winter so interested in Molly?

Summer Knight:
-Who compromised the defenses at Archangel?
-What caused Aurora to go mad?

Death Masks:
-Who is going to wield Fidelacchius?*

Blood Rites:
-How is Lord Raith protected from magic, and does it have to do with his red earring?*
-Why was Maggie Sr. with Lord Raith?

Dead Beat:
-Who are Cowl and Kumori?
-Who is summoning Outsiders, and why are they in league with the Red Court?

Proven Guilty:
-Why did Mab bring Molly into Arctis Tor?
-What happened at Arctis Tor?
-What exactly did the Athame do to Lea, and how did Mab cure her?
-Who fixed Little Chicago?
-Who set Molly up at Splattercon!!!?

White Knight:
-Why is Cowl working with the White Court dissenters?
-Is Lash gone for good?
-What are the special circumstances of Harry's birth and their ramifications?
-Who sent the ghouls to Camp Kaboom?
-Who/What is the Circle?

Small Favor:
-Why did Uriel give Harry Soulfire?
-Who has Thorned Namshiel's coin?
-What is the significance of Demonreach?
-Where does Demonreach correspond to in the nevernever?
-Who is going to wield Amoracchius?
-How was Mab wounded?

Turn Coat:
-Who is Peabody's accomplice?
-Who was Madeline's contact?
-Who is on the Black Council?
-Who is on the Grey Council?
-Who hired Shagnasty?
-What is the mantle Ebenezer is considering for Harry?*
-What is causing Harry's headaches?

Changes:
-Who killed Harry/had Harry killed?
-What will be Harry's new relationship with Mab?
-Who hired Stevie D.?
-Why is Odin helping Harry?
-What is the connection between the Red Court bloodline curse and Victor Sells?
-Whose female voice does Harry hear at the end?
-What will happen to the Red Court power vacuum?

Ghost Story: (Beware of Spoilers!)

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-Who is "the other side", and how/why did they cheat?
-Who are the loved ones in danger?
-Why are Jack and Carmichael in Chicagotory?

Short Stories:
-What are the Fomor up to?
-What is Marcone's real name?

[parthagenon]

Specific Characters, Places, and Objects

Harry and Lash (I'm treating Lash as a separate entity from Lasciel)
-What to people see when they soulgaze Harry?
-Who calmed Harry down outside Victor’s house?
-Who hit Harry’s car?*
-Who cast the spell that stopped Harry from entering the screening room?
-What are the special circumstances of Harry’s birth and their ramifications?
-Is Lash really dead?
-Why did Uriel give Harry soulfire?
-Why did Harry find Demonreach familiar, and what role will it play in his future?
-What is the mantle Ebenezer is considering for Harry?*
-Who killed Harry/had Harry killed?
-What will be Harry’s new relationship with Mab?
-Why is Odin helping Harry?
-Whose female voice does Harry hear at the end?
-What is causing Harry’s headaches?
-Why did Mouse choose Harry?

Molly
-Why is Winter (Lea) so interested in Molly?
-Why did Mab bring Molly into Arctis Tor?
-Who set Molly up at Splattercon!!!?
-Is Molly going to go warlock?
-What will happen to Molly now that Harry is presumed dead?

Maggie Sr. and Malcolm Dresden
-What relationship did Lea have with Maggie Sr?
-How did Malcolm Dresden die?
-Who/What was Malcolm Dresden?*
-What does Martha Liberty know about Maggie Sr.?
-Why was Maggie Sr. with Lord Raith?
-With what did Ebenezer trust Maggie Sr.?
-Why was Maggie Sr. going to Hell, and how did she escape?*
-How was Maggie Sr. connected to the Outsiders?
-How was Maggie Sr. connected to Nicodemus?

Mab and Winter
-Why is Winter so interested in Molly?
-Why does Mab want Harry as her Knight?
-Why did Mab bring Molly into Arctis Tor?
-What happened in the attack on Arctis Tor?
-How did Mab cure Lea of the Athame’s influence?
-Has the Athame affected Mab?
-How was Mab wounded?
-What was Mab’s goal in interfering?
-What will be Harry’s new relationship with Mab?
-How did Bob get on Mab’s bad side?*

Lea and the Athame
-What relationship did Lea have with Maggie Sr.?
-What is the Athame, and why did Bianca give it to Lea?
-Why did Lea burn Thomas when she kissed him?
-What exactly did the Athame do to Lea?
-What deal with Lea make with Odin?
-How did Odin and Lea manipulate the events of Changes?
-Who held the athame before Bianca?

Demonreach
-Where does Demonreach correspond to in the Nevernever?
-Why did Harry find Demonreach familiar, and what role will it play in his future?
-What was the shack on Demonreach, who built it, and how/why did it repel Shagnasty?
-How was/is the (singular) Warden associated with Demonreach?
-How is the Gatekeeper associated with Demonreach?

Titania and Aurora
-What caused Aurora to go mad?
-What is the relationship between Titania, Lily, and Fix?
-Why did Titania send the Gruffs after Harry?

The Gatekeeper
-Why is the Gatekeeper helping Harry?
-What exactly is the Gatekeeper’s job?
-How does the Gatekeeper’s prescience work, and how powerful is it?
-How is the Gatekeeper associated with Demonreach?

Marcone and Persephone
-What is Marcone’s real name?
-Why is Vadderung helping Marcone?
-What is going to happen to Persephone?
-How much influence does Marcone now have in the supernatural world?

Odin
-Why is Odin helping Marcone?
-Why is Odin helping Hary?
-How did Odin and Lea manipulate the events of Changes?

Ebenezer and the Blackstaff
-What was Kincaid’s previous experience with Ebenezer?
-What is the mantle Ebenezer is considering for Harry?*
-How/from whom did the White Council get the Blackstaff?

Cowl and Kumori
-Who are Cowl and Kumori?
-What were Cowl and Kumori doing at Bianca’s party?
-How did Cowl know about Bob?
-How is Cowl associated with the Red Court?
-Was Cowl the one to summon the Outsiders in Dead Beat?
-How did Cowl survive the failed Darkhallow?
-Why is Cowl working with the White Court dissenters?
-Why does Cowl have command of the super-ghouls?

Others
-Who/What is Mac?
-Why was Ferrovax at Bianca’s party, and what did he receive?
-Who are the Jade Court Vampires, and what are they doing?
-Who is Drakul, and is he involved?
-How is Lord Raith protected from magic, and does it have to do with his red earring?
-Who/What is Kincaid, and what does Harry's Sight vision of him signify?
-How did Mavra get the pictures of Murphy?
-What were the Merlin’s three plans to wipe out the Red court?
-How powerful/what exactly is Mouse, and why did he choose Harry?
-Why did Mavra want The Word of Kemmler?
-Is Corpsetaker still alive?*
-Who was/were Lasciel's previous host(s), and were they significant?
-What is the relationship between the Swords and royal blood?*
-Why did Nicodemus have Lasciel's coin, when Lasciel does not traditionally work with Anduriel?
-Who did Morgan lose in the attack on Archangel?

[parthagenon]

Organizations

The White Council
-How fractured is the White Council?

The Black Council
-What is the Black Council?
-Is there a Black Council?
-How powerful is the Black Council, and how much were they involved in recent events?
-Who is on the Black Council?
-What is the goal of the Black Council?

The Circle
-What is the Circle?
-Is the Circle the ‘proper’ name for the Black Council?
-How is Cowl affiliated with the Circle?
-What is the goal of the Circle?
-How is the Circle associated with Outsiders?

The Grey Council
-Who is on the Grey Council?
-Why did the Grey Council help Harry in Changes?
-Is Ebenezer the leader of the Grey Council?
-Is Harry part of the Grey Council?

The Red Court
-How was the Red Court’s bloodline curse related to Victor Sells’ curse?
-Was the Red Court involved in Bianca’s party, and the gifts given?
-Is the Red Court entirely extinct?
-What happened during the blackout after the fall of the Red Court?
-Are the Red Court vampires in the Erlking’s hall dead as well?
-How was the Red Court associated with Outsiders?
-How was the Red Court associated with Cowl, Kumori, and the Circle?
-What will happen with the power vacuum the Red Court left behind?
-What happened to the original Mayan gods, assuming they exist(ed)?

Other
-What are the Fomor up to?
-What are the Jade Court vampires doing?
-With all the chaos in the Winter Court, is Summer suffering from corresponding excitement?
-How powerful were the Black Court, and what are they doing now?
-Who is in charge in Hell?

[parthagenon]

Whodunit?
-Who taught Victor Sells the heart-ripping curse?
-Who calmed Harry down outside Victor’s house?
-Who gave the FBI agents the Hexenwulfen belts* and why?
-Who compromised the defenses at Archangel?
-Who is summoning Outsiders, and why are they in league with the Circle/Red Court?
-Who hit Harry’s car?*
-Who sent the Scarecrow after Glau, and why?
-Who set Molly up at Splattercon!!!?
-Who fixed Little Chicago?
-Who cast the spell that stopped Harry from entering the screening room?
-Who sent the ghouls to Camp Kaboom?
-Who has Thorned Namshiel’s coin?
-Who was Peabody’s accomplice?
-Who was Madeline’s contact?
-Who hired Shagnasty?
-Who killed Harry/had Harry killed?
-Who hired Stevie D.?
-Whose female voice does Harry hear at the end?

Miscellaneous
-Who is going to wield Fidelacchius?*
-What happened in Hawaii?*
-What were the Merlin’s three plans to wipe out the Red Court?
-Who is going to wield Amoracchius?
-How do the Laws of Magic work?
-Why didn't Mouse bark and alert the residents during the fire in Changes?

[parthagenon]

***Recent Updates***
I'm going to turn this into a permanent log of updates, for bookkeeping purposes.

3/21/11- Added:
-Who is in charge in Hell?

3/11/11- Added:
-Why didn't Mouse bark and alert the residents during the fire in Changes?

3/7/11- Added:
-Who/What is Kincaid, and what does Harry's Sight vision of him signify?
-How did Mavra get the pictures of Murphy?

3/4/11- Added Ghost Story questions, under a spoiler tag.

2/16/11- Added:
-How powerful were the Black Court, and what are they doing now?

2/14/11- Added:
-How was Maggie Sr. connected to Nicodemus?

2/13/11- Added:
-How was Maggie Sr. connected to the Outsiders?
-How do the Laws of Magic work?

1/20/11- Added:
-What happened to the original Mayan gods, assuming they exist(ed)?
-What do people see when they soulgaze Harry?
-Why was Maggie Sr. going to Hell, and how did she escape?*

1/17/11- Added:
-Who did Morgan lose in the attack on Archangel?
-Was Cowl the one who summoned the Outsiders in Dead Beat?
-Why does Cowl have command of the super-ghouls?

1/14/11- Added:
-Who held the athame before Bianca?  (The RPG mentions that it isn't the athame itself that was dangerous, but it's former wielder.
-Who was/were Lasciel's previous host(s), and are they significant?
-Why did Nicodemus have Lasciel's coin, when Lasciel does not traditionally work with Anduriel?
-What is the relationship between the Swords and royal blood?*

[Ms Duck]

so how many of those can I throw my famous theory at, before it's duck season?

[parthagenon]

so how many of those can I throw my famous theory at, before it's duck season?

All of them?   *runs and hides behind couch*

[Landing]

Just you watch Ms Duck is going to come up with a all encompassing theory that will cover every single one of the mysteries listed.   

[Skip6235]

How about mentioning more about how we know almost nothing of the Summer court, but a lot has happened in Winter. Stuff like:

Was there a similar attack on Summer as the one on Arctis Tor?
Is (was) there someone who owed favors to Titania like Harry owed favors to Mab?
Why didn't Summer attack Winter after an obviously costly battle for Winter at Arctis Tor?

Also, about Mab:

Is Mab really going crazy?
Is Mab being leaned on by the Black Council/Circle?
Is Mab ON the BC/Circle?

[Serack]

Parth,
Your comments about the WoJ sticky made me Lol.  I'm so familiar with it that I was surprised that someone might describe it as so... riveting. 

Gratz on your 100th post, and it was done compiling this cool thread!

[Ms Duck]

wow, 100 posts ? awesomesauce !

Oo


ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh 

[Cyberchihuahua]

so how many of those can I throw my famous theory at, before it's duck season?

Wabbit season!


http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23577.0.html

[Serack]

Oh my... Now I think I see why you (Parth) made that recommendation at the beginning of the OP...

Also, about Mab:

Is Mab really going crazy?

But the thought that really hit home, especially considering the intensity of her wrath in the final scene at the church...
Mab's not going crazy... Mab's been wounded.

Woot.   I love it when you guys work things out!

Oh, and Mab's not using a mouthpiece because she's incapable of speech.  She could talk all she wanted--as long as she didn't mind killing the people she was trying to communicate with.  Suffice to say that the whole "words can never hurt me" thing just doesn't apply to angry Faerie Queens.

Jim

I actually had that WoJ linked under the title:
Mab not Crazy but injured

BTW, Parth, if you do maintain this, I recommend that you make regular update replies outlining what new "mysteries" have been added so that those of us that are revisiting can get a synopsis of what's new.  Maybe even start the update with something like

***New Update***

Edit:  sneaks off to add that heading to his WoJ sticky updates

[parthagenon]

Edit: Oops, accidentally erased the wrong post...

[Mcpoppin]

This looks like a job for Histories mysteries!!! dun dun duun dun dun