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DF Spoilers / Is Nemesis already in Demonreach?
« on: May 12, 2023, 07:24:19 PM »
So far every Walker we've encountered has had a corporeal form. He Who Walks Behind, He Who Walks Before, and so on: they're all corporeal.  Except for Nemesis, aka the Adversary, aka He Who Walks Beside. Nemesis corrupts people and ultimately possesses them, unbeknownst to others.  We've never seen Nemesis directly, and so far in the books we're led to believe Nemesis doesn't even have a physical body.

I think I've figured out a strong possibility for (a) Nemesis having a physical form, (b) an explanation for why Nemesis is limited to possessing people, (c) where Nemesis is located, and (d) why nobody knows where Nemesis is and so many people think Nemesis must be immaterial.

Nemesis has made two, count 'em, two attempts at mounting a jailbreak at Demonreach. In Cold Days Nemesis was willing to see an asteroid-collision-level event happen if it meant jacking open the gates. In Battle Ground Nemesis provokes an actual for-real shooting war between the Fomor and the Accords and mortals just to provide a suitable diversion for the second attempt at opening Demonreach.

Nemesis has a special hatred for Harry, which so far everyone is attributing to him being starborn and thus the natural foe of Outsiders.  But Harry is also the Warden of Demonreach Prison, who repeatedly tells us he's been too busy to review all of his prisoners (the vast majority of which he inherited) and what they're in for.

Guys.

Nemesis is imprisoned in Demonreach, and is trying to break out.

Think about it. It fits. Why does Nemesis have such a personal hate for Harry? Because Harry's his jailer. Why is Nemesis, such a powerful Walker, so bizarrely limited in what he can do/arrange? Because he's possessing people from inside a magical supermax cell.  Why have we never seen Nemesis corporeally?  Because he's in a magical supermax cell and can't get out.

Harry's searching for the Ultimate Bad Guy of the series and he's literally sitting in Harry's prison, and the reason Harry can't find Nemesis is ... because Harry's prison foils all tracker and locator spells.

Man, Harry, you really need to read your briefing packet.  You may have turned your brother into Nemesis's cellmate.

Am I certain of this?  No, of course not.  But I do think it explains an awful lot.

Thoughts?

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's happening in Peace Talks?
« on: September 30, 2020, 03:33:11 PM »
I am amused by how many people think I'm saying mortals can't be Nemfected.

I'm only saying I think mortals get a choice in it.  And that's the thing about choice: sometimes people choose badly.

Remember that the Deniarians can't subvert a mortal's free will.  But they can persuade, tempt, seduce, bribe.  Even when Harry touched the coin and had Lash in his brain working 24/7 to corrupt him, even then he had a choice.  Not even a fallen angel can touch mortal free will: mortals always get to choose.

Even when Lasciel drove Harry to suicide, Uriel is careful to point out that suicide was still Harry's choice.  Lasciel influenced mortal free will but did not subvert it — and even just that subversion was, itself, enough cause to get Uriel to come up off the bench and start directly taking a hand in matters.

If Outsiders can infect mortals and subvert their free will willy-nilly, where's Uriel?  Where's Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael?  The fact we haven't so far seen the Archangels get involved in any way against the Outsiders suggests strongly to me that the Outsiders are respecting free will.

They're just really, really good at tempting mortals into saying "yes"... Deniarian-level good at it.

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's happening in Peace Talks?
« on: September 29, 2020, 04:37:39 PM »
Every WoJ I've seen says the secret sauce mortals bring to the party is free will, is the ability to make choices.  That leads me to believe Nemesis can't infect a mortal: it has to be invited in.  The monsters might be able to make you do things, but they can't make you choose to do them.

Or to put another way: if Nemesis can overrule free will, then why hasn't it overruled Harry's already?

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DF Spoilers / Re: What's happening in Peace Talks?
« on: September 29, 2020, 03:49:11 PM »
Having now read Battle Ground, I have to say I'm kind of pleased with my predictions above.  :)

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DF Spoilers / What's happening in Peace Talks?
« on: July 16, 2020, 12:27:02 AM »
The first rule of a con is: don't let the mark think too long about things.  I'm pretty sure Harry is being conned, but I don't know by whom.  That said, I have some thoughts on the matter.

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Discuss!  :)

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