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Complete The Denarian Knight by Shezza88 - M - Dresden Files

Discussion in 'The Alternates' started by Rehio, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. Bukay

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    As usual, the chapter is great, battle scenes even better however I find there one, little problem... why Harry is barking all of his spells??
     
  2. Oz

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    Could just be me, but I think that should be 'the sound of battle'

    Dirty thoughts, dirty thoughts :wall:

    Should be grabbed.

    I think that needs a few commas

    Should be 'bits of roots and dirt

    Too many 'ands'. Consider changing it into something like 'He was distantly aware of Cess clutching his hair, hollering something in her light and squeaky voice, whilst a large grin spread across his face' (But definitely not a lopsided grin :D)

    I think it should be 'more surprised', but I could be wrong.

    Babble sound too mild for a battle. Maybe try changing it into something like 'clamor, crash, din, growl or my favourite one, thunderous roar'

    I had to reread that, thinking that Harry had been sliced in two, maybe try something like 'It lifted its hefty axe which, like all of the weapons and armour Harry had seen, was made of gleaming black ice, and began to bring it down upon Harry.' And according to Firefox spellcheck, armour should be capitalised (I have no idea if that's true or not). Even if you keep the sentence the way it is, it should be 'down upon'.

    Should be 'and splattered' or 'splattering'.

    Should be 'it's skin' and less explosions per sentence please (although I know you're so fond of them;)). Maybe 'An instant later, the centaur roared and collapsed, its skin violently tearing itself apart as the liquid within it exploded.'

    There should be an 'a' there (not to be mistaken with 'an')

    Sometimes you say the oddest things... But it works, so if you want to keep it you can.

    Should just be ' to surround him'

    You sure are into some kinky shit sezza.

    Did the sparks shudder? This sentence needs some clarification.

    This sounds a bit clumsy. Maybe you could try something like 'Harry paid them no heed, although he heard a grunt of pain from a Goblin that had been flung into the crumbling remains of a wall, instead he had turned to counter yet another attack.'

    You don't need to repeat the 'him', try something like 'It hissed, and jumped for him.' Also, 'jumped' is such a boring word. Try 'leapt, pounced, vaulted, and my personal favourites, frisked or gamboled'.

    And such was Harry's sexual prowess, that he was used as a source of not so clean, renewable energy.

    I'm not sure, but I think the plural of Sidhe is Sidhe.

    Again, I'm not too sure, but I think it should be 'light danced through the air.'

    For some reason that doesn't sound right to me. Maybe 'the honed instincts of battle'

    Should be 'struck'

    He's been doing a lot of barking lately... must be the excitement of battle.

    I take back my earlier statement, these Harpies are the kinkiest shits of all. Maybe you should try 'yowled' if you want to keep the cat theme going.

    Did she stop because the Unicorn crushed her to death, or was she just awed by it's presence? If it's the former, you could try 'galloped forward and trampled over her'

    I gotta get me one of them, if only to see the Postman's reaction:D

    That makes it seem like the fighting was drowned out as well. Try 'drowned out amongst all of the fighting around him'

    That 'in' is redundant. You don't need it so get rid of it.

    I'm not absolutely certain about this, but I think it'll work as ' embedded in its hide.'

    I didn't know the dead could wield weapons, but maybe I'm wrong?

    That's one long-ass sentence. Maybe you could try dividing into two?
    For example 'Harry thrust his wand towards the other Unicorn, turning only to deflect a spear of jagged ice. The weapons that had lain dormant, rose to his command, decapitating one unfortunate Goblin on their way to their ultimate goal.'

    I was confused there for a second, thinking the swords had grown horns. Changing it to 'just as it impaled a shrieking, green-skinned female onto its horn.' might be less confusing.

    *Nice to see Goblins are so timely and business-like in the never-never as well:D
    Also, you don't need the 'over' so drop it.


    Nice to see someone actually worried about the battle.

    Too many explosions man, 'rushed, burst, blasted, detonated, erupted, discharged, thundered, or va-voomed'
    And you put cut a swath in the wrong place. Try this 'Harry felt, rather than heard, the rush of power that va-voomed* from her sword, cutting a swath through the front rank of Goblins'

    *I absolutely insist on this word :)


    I'm not entirely sure what this means. Is she blocking it with the body of a Satyr? Is she pulling him to safety?
    I think this makes more sense 'The Sidhe Lady countered one, a rush of green light and sparks flittered through the air as a Satyr was thrown aside by its hind-legs.'


    Who exactly is doing the darting? If it's the green-haired chick from Summer Knight (and I'm pretty sure it is) than I think you should say so.


    I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I don't think there should be an 's' there.

    Should be 'sizzled through his very veins' and if you do that, then you'll have to change the end to say 'adrenaline flooded his system' to avoid repetition of 'through'.

    Should be 'Four of the 'vines' suddenly straightened and sliced through the Centaur's neck, instantly decapitating him.'

    What made their bones liquefy? Was it the 'Talus Tabidus' spell? This really needs to be clarified. You also need to put a comma between 'tentacles' and 'but'.

    Those hellish hues again, hey? Why not throw in some rythmy blues as well? :D

    I think Harry's gone barking mad.

    Drop the 's' on flames, or better yet, change it to fire or something. That way you avoid repeating the same word in one sentence.
    The 'and the flames' bit seems wrong and it should say flesh instead of armour. Maybe change it to 'clouds of oily smoke rising into the air, the flames licking at the trolls exposed flesh.'

    There should be a comma between 'snapped' and 'and'.

    That sounds wrong to me. Try 'through the icicles, causing the troll to roar in agony as the spell cracked his armour.'

    This should be something like 'An eerie screeching noise, almost three times as bad as somebody dragging their nails down a blackboard, and the streak of potent dark magic had slammed into the troll.'

    Should be 'continued'.

    You can probably drop this 'all'.

    Great chapter Shezza.

    This post was inspired by Warlocke
     
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  3. Datakim

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    Just to be annoying I should point out that according to the Dresden Books there is a third side that does not normally play with either court called wyldfae. :)

    Anyway onwards to the story.

    I am curious how Vesper and Voldemort managed to recruit all the remaining Denarians to this attack. I can understand Vesper working with Voldemort because she has an especially good reason to hate Harry/Meciel but why would all the others join in. I am looking forward to finding out.

    Is it enough for Cess to say that she swears something thrice. I though it was actually necessary for a faery to say the promise aloud three times to be bound by it. Though I suppose this is a minor thing to take liberties with. Just something that jumped at me as being different from the Dresden books.

    I loved the action scenes here. Fillers and character development chapters are fun and good but it has been quite a while since Harry has seen some real action. Not counting the Auror scene where he totally dominated, the last fight was against Voldemort ages ago. Nice to see Harry kick some ass. I did think it a bit strange that he did not pull out the sword however. I mean I thought the only reason he does the things bidding is so that it will help him in situations just like this. A fact that was actually emphasized in the last chapter. Not having him take advantage of "his side of the bargain" was a bit strange to me.

    Ofcourse pulling out the sword would not actually have changed much since he was only attacked magically by the unicorn and by that sidhe lord. However Harry did not know that when the battle started.

    I wonder why Harry uses the "avada kedavra" so rarely. I mean it's probably one of the more powerfull spells he can cast, the only spell that even the sword cannot fully dispel. I realise that having Harry use it constantly would be boring but maybe you could add some "storyworld" justification for its rarity by adding a throwaway line where Harry feels drained after casting it or some other explanation like that?

    I liked the scene where Harry is enraged when he thinks Cess has been hit and killed by the spell. I really like the way you write her. She is really cute and fun but in a bloodthirsty kind of way. :) It was nice of you to show again that Harry is somewhat attached to her.

    In your universe, are the faery goblins the same kind of goblins as the goblins in the wizarding world. That is to say is Gringotts run by faeries? Just a question that occurred to me.

    Really great chapter so far. Though there are a lot of unanswered questions about whats going on. Hope to see the next part/chapter soon to learn some of whats really going on! Thanks for your great work! :) Now give us the next scene! ;)
     
  4. Kai Shek

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    Just a quick correction that my sister noticed when reading...

    Isn't Hogwarts in Scotland?
     
  5. Cheyne

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    England incorporated Scotland didn't it?

    I think its commonly just called "England" or is that just American Laziness seeping in?
     
  6. Oz

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    American laziness.
    Whilst Scotland may be part of the United Kingdom, it is it's own individual nation. I don't think it was ever stated in the books, but it's a fair assumption that Hogwarts is in Scotland.
     
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    Just to add to that, the wyldefae have to choose sides when Summer and Winter go to war against each other, according to the book Summer Knight.
     
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    Damn good work and a wonderful return to the action scenes. I was just curious about a couple of things, When Harry put hellfire into the Lumos spell and made it deadly does that work for all spells? It just got to me thinking about things like stunner+hellfire=coma. Also when the sidhe spoke to him and asked if he was the denarian Meciel, I could be wrong but that just seemed to me like the kind of thing that Harry would angrily and sarcastically clarify. Anyways great work as always and I am excited to see what happens when Harry and Maeve finally meet again.
     
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    Normally, yes, that's the kind of thing he would do. But right now he's rather busy killing things...
     
  10. Chime

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    Although it is only twice in the second part, Shezza:

    The "melodious and" "and melodious" pisses me off. Too many syllables or something. Either keep it silken or melodious; not both. (Same goes for soft.)

    It just weakens what you're trying to describe – I can picture the voice with either "soft" "melodious" or "silken" – but not when another adjective comes in to take some of the limelight.
     
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    Fair enough.
     
  12. AnvariX

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    Might we see a little bone-wyrm action?
     
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    Let's look at the likelihood-o-meter.

    Unlikely - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Likely​

    ^
     
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    That does bring up an interesting point, though. In the beginning we saw a lot of Harry's "beastiagus" form, but I think the last reference was when he was imagining a bone wyrm squashing Sirius the dog.

    It has been neglected as of late.
     
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    You'd think a battle in the Nevernever would be the perfect place for the bone-wyrm to come out and flay.
     
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    I miss the bone wyrm too. D:
     
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    I think it is in the books somewhere that it's in Scotland.

    And yeah, England and Scotland are mostly separate, but everyone knows that England owns Scotland.
     
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    Vicious lies! Do not listen to Taure, for he is obviously a heretic!
    I have absolutely no idea why I'm defending the Scottish, especially when you consider that they hate us Irish (that said, they do hate everyone:)).
     
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    On a totally unrelated note, I once quit reading a fic the moment the scene change started with...

    Godric's Hollow, Wales, England
     
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    lmao
    I feel your pain vlad. Can you remember what story it was? It's ringing a few bells...
     
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