New Madrid 1811-1812

[David one Mutts Friend]

Was reading the earthquake history of the New Madrid earthquake fault zone.

Check this out
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/missouri/history.php

Eb was really flinging some power at someone or something.
They estimate the quakes at a 12 earthquake, and it was 3 separate ones days and weeks apart! 

David

[neurovore]

What we don't know is whether Eb was flinging all that power around or whether his part in it was just poking stressed fault lines and letting an exisiting build-up of energy cut loose at a time that suited him.

[Landing]

Do we even know that Eb was the one who created the earthquake? doesn't it just say he was responsible for it? that could mean he went and stole something from a dragons hoard and the dragon got upset and made a earthquake. or any of a hundred other ways he could be responsible for it without actually putting out the magic and doing it himself. ...or Eb could have just reached down and shaken the earth with sheer power. who knows? 

[Curly]

I tend to think that Eb asked someone class of powerful being to do it. Though the fact that Eb had enough foresight and skill to knock a satellite down suggests that he's the kind of guy that looks at the world in general and sees the potential for disaster.

[neurovore]

I tend to think that Eb asked someone class of powerful being to do it.

I'd find that more credible of a single instance, but New Madrid + Tunguska + Krakatoa + Casaverde + the suggestion that there have been many others ?  That's a heck of a debt for him to be reacking up, no ?

[Curly]

I'd find that more credible of a single instance, but New Madrid + Tunguska + Krakatoa + Casaverde + the suggestion that there have been many others ?  That's a heck of a debt for him to be reacking up, no ?

It certainly is, while I'm not saying I firmly believe in this idea, I think it could certainly create some interesting plot twists of the sort that would cause Kincaid and Eb to have a deep distaste for each other rather than the more frequent professional detachment.

Of course he could use any number of methods. It might even be that he uses whichever fits, for example some sort of entropy curse for the satellite, or on the castle itself the satellite being a random bad thing. A bit of vulcanomancy where it's needed. OH no, those people aren't sitting on a fault line, hey you, mind destroying that bit of land?

Is there any way of knowing how old Eb was when he caused the first catastrophe directly attributed to him?

Those Porn-star sorceresses, were they racking up a debt Sigh I need to read these books again.

[neurovore]

Is there any way of knowing how old Eb was when he caused the first catastrophe directly attributed to him?

I think Eb's age has been quoted somewhere, and it puts him on the young side for New Madrid IIRC; check the Timeline thread in Spoilers.

Those Porn-star sorceresses, were they racking up a debt

No, they weren't, but they were summoning and commanding, I thought you meant summoning and bargaining with.  And summoning and commanding beings strong enough to carry out those disasters seems likely to not do Eb that much good long-term either; think of the Erlking's reaction to Harry summoning and binding him. (HWWB may well not have been overly pleased with being summoned and bound by the sorceresses, but they all got killed and he got to eat one of them, so any resentment he was feeling there would seem to have been adequately taken out.)

[Tipi]

If Eb is claiming connection to this I hope Jim is aware that it is connected to a prophecy
and by connecting Eb and the failed prophecy...welll I wonder what he is doing.

[Landing]

What prophecy are you talking about?

[neurovore]

What prophecy are you talking about?

...and why do we have any reason to believe any real-world prophecy applies to the Dresdenverse ?