Questions for Jim 2012 style 2

[AcornArmy]

The only time I remember the Queens acting directly to kill, was in Summer Knight.  And the only death I recall off hand is Maeve killing that musician, who obviously had a bargain.  The other times I've seen killing, it's been by agents & proxies of the Courts, not the Queens themselves.

Aurora wielded the Chlorofiend in Summer Knight in several blatant attempts to kill Harry. And the thing could harm Harry perfectly well, but it didn't seem to be able to hurt Murphy much at all.

It doesn't matter if we've only seen a Queen acting to kill a mortal once. Once is enough to prove that the rule isn't really a rule at all. If a theory is disproved even once, that theory is wrong, incomplete, and it needs to go back to the drawing board.

Like I said, we've seen and been given some conflicting information, which is why I'd like to know what the rules really are, from the only truly reliable source: Jim.

[KevinSig]

Aurora wielded the Chlorofiend in Summer Knight in several blatant attempts to kill Harry. And the thing could harm Harry perfectly well, but it didn't seem to be able to hurt Murphy much at all.

While chapter 10 does imply that the Queens can only harm those in their Court, I got the impression that they could kill those in the other Court as well.  I mean, Harry proved to be able to take out Aurora through treachery & deceit.  A Summer & Winter Knight tends to be a smidgen more powerful that that.

If a Queen couldn't protect herself from a Knight of the opposing Court, you'd think the the lesser Queens would be switched a bit more often.

Then again, Aurora was slightly mad, so her madness might have allowed her to make an attempt on Harry (who was temporarily alligned with Winter).  But not an unaffiliated mortal.


Also, in chapter 10 of Summer Knight, Bob states the open ended bargain makes him a target.  Hence my earlier supposition, that bargains also let a Queen do things to you.

[AcornArmy]

While chapter 10 does imply that the Queens can only harm those in their Court, I got the impression that they could kill those in the other Court as well.  I mean, Harry proved to be able to take out Aurora through treachery & deceit.  A Summer & Winter Knight tends to be a smidgen more powerful that that.

If a Queen couldn't protect herself from a Knight of the opposing Court, you'd think the the lesser Queens would be switched a bit more often.

Then again, Aurora was slightly mad, so her madness might have allowed her to make an attempt on Harry (who was temporarily alligned with Winter).  But not an unaffiliated mortal.

Okay, but-- still need Jim on it, imho.

[KevinSig]

Okay, but-- still need Jim on it, imho.

Oh, I'd never say no to a WOJ, even if the man was answering the question: How much wood, could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?, but I think there's enough of a baseline on the question, that I wouldn't suggest crying a river if he doesn't answer the question.

Also, figured that stating my views might not hurt any, since it might give you ideas on something you might want to refine in how you phrase the question.  Or not.

Just sharing views & opinions, no harm in that, is there?

[Quantus]

Is Bob innately Male, or is that just what we've seen since his last 4 owners have been men?  If, for example, Molly inherited him without having ever interacted with him as harry's Bob (like Butters had), would his personality shift to a female perspective?

Uhm, I think that's kinda been touched on.  It's a place of power, like Chicken Pizza (Marcone implied that there were more than one).  The design is different, but the structures focus the energies of the Ley line, to whatever purpose you intend.  (I expect Jim is sticking with the Druids built it theory.)

The Pyramids, Greek/Roman structures are likely the same sort of thing in the Dresden verse.  Maybe even some old churches as well. 

I mean, yes The White God uses faith magic, but is at least aware of the other kind.  And before it's falling out with Wizards, the various faiths might have consulted with wizards for locations. 

The Vatican, is likely, since didn't Harry say that the White Council once operated out of it?


And maybe even the statue of Liberty & some various other modern monuments might be repurposed by Jim for similar means.

I had always thought the Pentagon seemed a little coincidental.  And the Egyptian monolith dedicated to George Washington...

[TheCuriousFan]

Does Harry have an incorrect understanding of the Darkhallow and other parts of the Word?

Why did the half-turned Red Court and Cassius experience sped-up aging the moment they lost the thing stopping their aging? Shouldn't they have just gone back to aging at a normal rate?

[TheCuriousFan]

2012 Questions, Part 3

• What are Rashid's specialties in magic? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What are Nicodemus' abilities when there isn't a sword limiting him to vanilla mortal like levels? Can he use magic like Harry does? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Are we ever going to see the Arkangel wizard base from a first person perspective? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Have we ever seen Mavra in person or has it always been through a corpse puppet? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Has Titania been doing as much scheming behind the scenes as Mab? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Who are Marcone's strongest allies in the supernatural world, i.e. has he branched out to more than just Odin's company and the Justice League of Chicago? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Does Ramirez have a deeper backstory than we have seen so far? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Can Lash only perceive what Harry can perceive, or could she for instance look on the opposite side of a closed door? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• How many people that we have met so far were involved in the French and Indian War? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
  
• What is the general layout of Demonreach? How big is it? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What was that trick with the ice cube that Harry saw at Club Zero in Turn Coat? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Did He Who Walks Behind slow down time around the clerk who tried to run? If no, how was he slowed down? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• How long did it take the Wardens to find Harry and how did they do so? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Could you elaborate about the various things that were keeping possible senior council members from the meeting? What was getting real married or pyramid sitting for example?
  
  

Editor's note: Combined a few of my questions.

• Does Elaine have any children? (not with Harry). ^mdodd
  
  
• When Harry calls Fix at the start of PG, is it Lily he's in bed with, and if not, who is it ? ^{- the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• What is Justine's last name, and how old is she? ^-Quantus
  
  
• What happened to the lightning taser and the shield crystal? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• I've got the beginings of a question, but it requires a bit of research to shore it up.
  
  In White Night, Harry says something to the effect that no 2 wizards will enter the Never Never at the exact same point, because no two Wizards share the same set of emotions & thoughts (or something along those lines).
  
  But from what we've seen in the series, this doesn't seem to work.
  
  Everyone on the White Council uses the same entry/exit point for Chicago, or else what was the point in having Vince watch a single location?
  
  Also, Maggie's gem.  Seems to me, that Harry is using all the same entry & exits points she used to use.
  
  And in Ghost Story, Harry told Molly that an opening close to Corpsetaker's HQ, would get him in the same NN general area.  Which again, makes me not fully understand what Harry was on about in White Night.
  
  Then I'd ask if Jim could explain this all.
  
  The problem here, is that my views are a bit long winded & don't come to the point.  Plus, my memory might be faulty & I'm missing some points. 
  
  I intend to do the research into this, but if anyone wants to take this question & do the footwork, I'm fine with this. 
  
  Kevin ^-KevinSig
  
  
• Another Archive question... How does she perceive animations and GIFs? ^-locnil
  
  
• How did Ebenezar's instant death spell in Changes work? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Given Bob's confirmation of the existence of alternate dimensions, is there any chance we might run into the alternate versions of confirmed killed people?
  
  Justin, Margaret LeFay, or Kemmler, perhaps? ^-KevinSig
  
  
• Here's another one I've been meaning to ask; when all the series is released, would Jim consider talking publicly about the original plan for it and what changed along the way ? ^{-the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• According to Ebenezer, Maggie LaFey was guilty of Violating the First Law, which indicates both that she Killed someone with magic, and that she got caught.  Who did she kill and why? ^-Quantus
  
  
• In Blood Rites, harry was able to use Listening to detect and classify nine renfields and darkhounds by the sound of their heartbeats alone, while in an echo-filled underground bunker.  Was this a capability of Listening alone, or was Lash augmenting his senses beyond his normal limits?  Because if it was purely the affect of normal Listening, it seems like that would put Listening firmly in the Supernatural senses category. ^-Quantus
  
  
• What are the names of the 20 or so Freeholding Lords mentioned mentioned in White Night (leaving out the ones whose names are walking spoilers)? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What are all the factions (e.g. White Council) under the Accords? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• From what i remember in Dracula it sounded like a turned persons soul was trapped until they were killed for good. Is this what happens in the Dresdenverse with the Black and Red courts? ^-Drulinda
  
  
• What kinds of countermeasures does Mavra have to insure enemies like Lord Raith cant get to her through magic? ^-Drulinda
  
  
• And another question, where did the power for the Hellfire come from? And if it came from Lasciel, how did it get through all the barriers Harry put between himself and the Coin? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• I just read "Day Off" again, and it made me think of this one: Will we ever see a D&D game with Butters as the GM, and Billy, Georgia, Andi, Marci, and Harry all playing again?
  
  Now that Butters has Bob, could Bob get a character going? Since Bob is basically kind of a living idea himself, he might have a lot of fun in a game like that.
  
  Molly might like it, too. Judging by her association with SplatterCon!!! and her love of Star Wars/Star Trek, she's kind of a geek herself. I could see her getting into a tabletop game like that. Even her brother Daniel might like it. God knows, he needs to loosen up.
  
  I'm tempted to suggest everyone in the JLC, but Murphy's never really seemed like the type to have gaming as a hobby. She's seems more like her hobbies would include practicing the various ways of shooting, stabbing, or otherwise beating people into submission. As for Abby and Father Forthill-- no clue what they might be willing to try.
  
  If we do get to see that, could we get a whole chapter or two on it? I'd love to see all of them doing something like that together, so we'd get a chance to see them interacting more when they're not in the middle of a serious, life-or-death discussion. ^-AcornArmy
  
  
• Was Harry's Listening supposed to get more screen time than it ended up getting, or is that a Chekov's Gun waiting to fire? ^-locnil
  
  
• who signs the Accords for a group or coalition like the Red Court or the White Council?  If an individual signs on behalf of the whole, what happens when that individual dies or is otherwise no longer associated with that group?
  ^-cass
  
  
• Is such a signature binding in the same way as swearing on one's power is binding*, or is it merely the certainty that Mab (or whoever is enforcing that particular version of the Accords) will ensure that Accords breakers die that keeps the peace?
  
  *Related to this, is this part of what Peabody was doing with requiring all those forms and signatures prior to TC?  (I mean, on top of the whole mind-control ink.) ^-cass
  
  
• Are the specific duties of each Sidhe Queen within her Court clearly defined or separated?  If so, how are they divided? ^-cass
  
  
• Will Harry learn to communicate with Mouse as clearly as he was able to while transformed into a hound?  Can Mouse and Mister communicate that clearly? ^-cass
  
  
• Does the name of each Denariian have significance w/r/t the form or powers it has when it manifests?  (e.g. Lasciel shares a root with lascivious, Ursiel was bear-like....but I have yet to find a good root for e.g. Urumviel or Anduriel) ^-cass 
  
  
• If the "-iel" is as important as implied in GS (I believe it's the "of God" part....) why have the Denariians not sought to get mortals to rename them?  (And, oh dear, what did Harry do by truncating/naming Lasciel's shadow "Lash"?) ^-cass
  
  
• Do the Venators know about the Archive?  If they do, is she a target? ^-cass
  
  
• Is the information that Ivy has about the Denariians largely the kind that she 'literally cannot let out of her head' or is it the kind that she chooses not to release as a sort of non-aggression pact? ^-cass
  
  
• When and how did Lord Raith acquire his protection? ^-cass
  
  
• Have we been Kenobie'd ("From a certain point of view.....") about the identity of any characters?  (I very deliberately would refrain from asking "Who?"-- that would certainly not be answered.) ^-cass
  
  
• Will we see more of Harry's parents? ^-cass
  
  
• What happened in Istanbul that Eb and Kincaid are still feuding about? ^-cass
  
  
• How much of the battle at CI (and its immediate aftermath) does Maggie remember? ^-cass
  
  
• When Eb caused the eruption of Krakatoa (or the New Madrid quake), did he supply all the power released in those events, or did he simply cause stored power to be released? ^-cass
  
  
• What do other wizards do for hot water?  For employment/monetary support? ^-cass
  
  
• Who mentored/trained Carlos?  Is he/she still alive? ^-cass
  
  
• If Odin is still kicking around and active, where are the Jotuns? ^-cass
  
  
• How far above (or below) a magic circle does the barrier extend?  Is it a column?  A dome? ^-cass 
  
  
• In TC, was the Eye-twitching trance the Gatekeeper used a precognition effect, and if so why could it not see that harry had made the Sanctum bond until Harry was actually touching the island? ^-Quantus
  
  
• What ever happened to Siriothrax's hoard? ^-knnn
  
  
• You have stated that "the hardest part of writing a book is the first sentence".  Have you written the first line of the BAT, and are you willing to share it? ^-knnn
  
  
• - Given Toot-Toot's growth over the series, will there ever be a book called "Pizza Court"? 
  
  - How about "Back Lash"? ^-knnn
  
  
• The uber-ghouls in the Deeps.  Were they reconstituting because they had Wolverine-level healing, or was it because Cowl cast a "ward off death" spell on them to keep them alive while their (lesser) natural healing abilities kicked in? ^-knnn
  
  
• Can an entity with intellectus deliberately refrain from obtaining an answer on a subject of interest (eg, in order to be able to truthfully say it does not know as part of misleading someone) or does just thinking about the subject cause the information to appear ? ^{-the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• Huh.  Some of the discussion on the thread pertaining to the sample chapters from Cold Days just pinged my brain: what the heck counts as a day in the NN?  They clearly have ways of keeping track of time in the mortal world-- the transfer of the table is sufficient proof of that--but time is fluid in the NN, so what sets its passage?
  
  The NN overlays/is tangent to the mortal world in some pretty convoluted, non-constant ways: a meter's difference in either world could connect to a point many, many kilometers distance away. In this context, what sets the position of the sun and stars (and, I suppose, Moon) in the sky of the NN? 
  
  If the stars are somehow inconstant, is navigation in an absolute sense even possible, or is it landmark-to-landmark? ^-cass
  
  
• Will we see Justin outside of flashbacks in this series? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Is there significance to the fact that both Sanya and Ebeneezer seem to detect evil by scenet?  In DM, Michael tells Sanya that what he's perceiving as a rancid smell is Nicodemus, and in BR, McCoy says that the bad blampire mojo that is driving off the street people "stinks". ^-xakko
  
  
• Does the name of the boat in DM - the Etranger - also have significance?  Being deficient in both French and Camus, I totally missed that this is the original title of The Stranger, so when I wiki'd it, that came up, along with the sentence "most English translations of the French title L’Étranger are rendered as The Outsider".  Did the Churchmice buy the boat, or did they rent it, or what?  Does it matter? ^-xakko
  
  

Part 4 is right below this post.

[TheCuriousFan]

2012 Questions, Part 4

• The books state that Soulfire excels at creating things. How would an Ectoplasmic construct (like Kalshazzak's in Storm Front, or Harry's in Ghost Story) imbued with Soulfire differ from a normal one? ^{-THE_ANGRY_GAMER}
  
  
• If a changeling has a child before they choose, what does it make the kid? ^-Icecream
  
  
• and is harry really crazy, and the crazy linked to those headaches he was having in TC? ^-Icecream
  
  
• The RPG states that Ivy, in addition to everything printed out and written down, also recieves some spoken words. What does she get? ^{-THE_ANGRY_GAMER}
  
  
• Would it be possible to create a magical device that functioned in the same manner as a computer (bearing in mind that we've seen Magic replicate cellphones with the speaking stones in Changes and two-way radios/baby monitors in Ghost Story). Could Anastasia make such a device, given her skill at crafting stuff and the fact that Computer Theory is her hobby? ^{-THE_ANGRY_GAMER}
  
  
• Why a Winchester? Was that chosen for Harry's gun because it was cool, or is there a deeper symbolism (assuming it's actually in the book)? ^{-THE_ANGRY_GAMER}
  
  
• Is Harry ever going to get a hat? ^{-THE_ANGRY_GAMER}
  
  
• Is there an Iceman Tribe of the Marat? ^-Quantus
  
  
• When did Susan leave everyone else?  Did she break off during the fight with Arianna, or was it afterwards?  I can't find any clear citation that indicates she's with everyone else, after the point where Harry agrees to fight Arianna. ^-KevinSig
  
  
• Did the rise of the Internet play a role in Ivy's mother's craziness? ^-cass
  
  
• How much of a threshold did Anna Ash have in her apartment?  She lived alone, and yet her threshold did quite the number on Harry's power.  Back in SK, Elaine entered Harry's apartment and easily lit the fire and then, later, put up a veil she knew would hide her from Morgan and another warden, while still inside.  I don't recall her ever getting the invite from Harry, so she had to have left some power at the door, hadn't she? ^-xakko
  
  
• Did Harry ever actually lift his wards in Small Favor, when he was half-frozen after returning from the train station? ^-AcornArmy
  
  
• Is there something left of Sanyas I-was-a-Denarian package? ^-dpara
  
  
• Can Harry build a working little Chicago on Demonreach? ^-dpara
  
  
• Didn't Harry get the improved strength package with the WK mantle, so shouldn't his degenerated muscles still be able to lift his body weight? ^-dpara
  
  
• Will Anna Valmont reappear? ^-dpara
  
  
• Is Jim putting Harry and Molly on opposite sides of minor (but often heated) issues? ^-xakko
  
  
• If Harry had had the presence of mind to throw a Death Curse, would that have caused problems for him re: meeting Jack, and setting the plot of Ghost Story in motion?  Or would it have progressed the same, + changes from the affects of his curse? ^-peregrine
  
  

Part 5 of the Questions List.

[Jebm]

* What is Ramirez's preferred language for his spells?
* In SK Elaine's gearing up in the Airport to go with  Harry to meet the Mother.
We know the ring fires off short term memories, what do the other items do especially since we don't see them again in White Night?
* Does the ritual for becoming Summer/Winter Knight grant expert use of Unseelie/Seelie Magic?.
* How powerful is Gard compared to Harry?
* Has there ever been a Knight of the Cross who  could use magic?
 

[TheCuriousFan]

Does the ritual for becoming Summer/Winter Knight grant expert use of Unseelie/Seelie Magic?

Already asked IIRC.

And please stop it with the dot points, they're annoying to copy-paste around.

And full stops after question marks are not necessary.

[Enchantedwater]

Why copy and paste around them. Take them with you. They are cute.

[Jebm]

Already asked IIRC.

And please stop it with the dot points, they're annoying to copy-paste around.

And full stops after question marks are not necessary.

Sorry,didn't know it was a problem.

[TheCuriousFan]

Sorry,didn't know it was a problem.

Okay then.

Also, I'm kind of impressed with the amount of questions you're asking, I'm probably the only one who's asked more. Which is kind of disappointing with the amount of veterans who should have years of questions stocked up on this board.

[peregrine]

Barring entirely rewriting reality, is it possible for Sidhe to become human, or vice versa (Changelings don't count) or Naagalogshi to become human, or even demons and spirit creatures?

[TheCuriousFan]

Did the Wardens find Justin's corpse? (Here's hoping this puts the Justin is still alive theories to rest).

What are Rashid's specialties in magic?

What are Nicodemus' abilities when there isn't a sword limiting him to vanilla mortal like levels? Can he use magic like Harry does?