Hi Jonas,
Ive enjoyed reading your posts as Sibelis & Wizard Nelson, so no surprise I found your “ What I know about the DResdenverse” post to be full of ideas that have made me think critically about the series again! A pity we can’t discuss this on the forum itself (for shame firn!!)
Would love to read some more of your WAGs!
Here are some of my thoughts/ questions on your points:
1: Really like this one - that the Walkers will mirror people in Harry’s life. I thought of Behind, Before & Beside as Justin, Elaine & Bonnie as Harry’s metaphorical parent, spouse & child. Really cool way of looking at this!
3: never thought of that! That Harry, like Merlin rescues & later uses the help of 4 alternate Harrys to create a pentagram across multiple realities/ time just like Merlin did to create Demonreach
6: I agree - Nic’s speech about controlling his Fallen instead of the other way around in Skin Game was highly suspicious & arrogant. Not to mention sacrificing his only daughter for such an ephemeral prize are almost surprising. What do you mean by he’s not pure evil anymore? I always thought he was misunderstood a little. Clearly a megalomaniac, but probably has a point as to why he thinks the way he does
7: Interesting thought! I do believe that Mab will die before book 21 but never considered how. I really like the ‘symmetry’ of Harry killing her at her own request
8: This was confusing about Mac - are you saying that Mac was one of the Outsider walkers? Or one of the horsemen of the Apocalypse? What do you mean by the walkers, fae & KotC becoming one again?
9: What imbalance is being created by the Laws of Magic currently that is allowing the Outsiders to gain a foothold in our reality? There is the 7th Law against opening the Outer Gates but it seems like a good Law to have, no? I like the thought of how after Jesus, Satan was replaced by Nemesis as the main foe -how is Lillith connected?
10: Completely agree - the British dude is Gawain. Good reference points!
12: So you believe Mavra is definitely Nfected? And that Mavra wants to become alive again through the DH? Interesting on the 2nd part. I’ve definitely considered this but your 2nd point here about her wanting to be alive could explain why she was at cross purposes with Cowl in DB.
13: So you’re saying that Cowl is Justin who orchestrated the events at Archangel to get a newer body, take out the Brute Squad & the WC Ramp expert/ his former teacher? Very interesting, had not considered this. But why then would Cowl wonder about Harry in their first meeting in DB?
As I said, I really enjoy reading WAGs & your latest ones have started making me think about the series in a critical way again, so thanks for that & please keep up the good work!
8 Has to do with how the world metaphysics are set up, during TWC incident/ generation, the 4 horsemen and Nemesis/Lachesis/chooser of fate (whom is the same archetype/starborn as Gard, the chooser of the slain and Murphy, whom if you look actually has a lot to do with how the story plays out, very choosy) are all broken down into various parts of their power(grace into mantles?). Nemesis/Nortia is Titania/Mab combined, who also start to look like Kali and other destruction goddess's. They got the balance, the active power Lachesis used to make fate has no master now, but has many wielders, mortal wizards. Who wield the
active powers of creation.(key point, Fae wield what's already there, like channelers. Mortal wizards have the same oomph of choice/free will souls have, hence why without soulfire Elaine could create magic that stayed while she left the NN and Aurora could not, her power had no will endowed in it. Also why Wizards effect tech, it's via laws of literal probability from the strength of their aura. Like ghosts as 'spirit callers'(Shagnasty) the magic they call isn't supposed to effect fate/free will, but as a piece of them goes out with it. Molly now sends that bit to the mantle and the mantle produces non free willed magic...
anyway... the 4 horsemen and N got fed to the stone table except for certain parts, the loom that spins fate, the teeth/mantles of memory stayed with MW, the consciousness went outside as walkers, the weapons of her chosen went to the KotC, see Nortia's Nails of fate. They made them the 3 weapons of the first 3 horsemen, they were fear, lust, terror now repurposed under the new regime of fate, free will(Uriel's basically death of this generation) The power they held went to the courts as well, the kings and queens combined make 4 mortal knights/ability to effect fate, the horses the queens ride in SK are the same colors as the horseman of apocalypse, ect. MW btw, IS the apocalypse.
9 The original jewish seraphim has Gaia as an angel with 'the satan' as our dark mirror, in imbalance he can act in this world. this is of course Sin in that regard, in the DF, along comes TWC redeems Sin and brings the satan inside as 'lucifer' the devil and gives him purpose here.(in myth he cedes his role as the accuser to Lilith his wife, aka Nemesis) Thus keeping the souls of the damned from empowering the outside/going to nonexistent existence. Mab came in as the WQ from the ice giant outsiders power fyi, so it's a running them the old generation is subsidized inside to new purpose and a new imbalance made.
So now the 7 sins are reformatted as the 7 laws of magic, and the wardens have the same job as the Warden always did, stop those that have found a way in.
13 Hadn't seen him since that fateful duel?
