Thread:AVoraciousReader/@comment-28083312-20161104072254/@comment-28083312-20161104074905

I thought it was stated in Dead Beat (where Luccio talks about the Vamps summoning Outsiders) & that short story with Thomas Raith that the Outsiders were the foot soldiers of those gods in the old days, before they were banished ofc, so it’s not like the Outsiders are necessarily native to the Outside; they’re just outcasts (unless they originally came from the Outside to conquer the world & then were pushed back out during the Oblivion War).

I had a different theory about the Sidhe. Because you know how Mab & Uriel are good buddies right? I get the feeling that their origins & powers are more intertwined than is let on. What if the Dresden version of god, as in The God that Michael worships, actually built the Courts as a defense against the Outsiders? I’m not necessarily certain if that would mean that Hell & the Outside are linked, especially since Nemesis attacked/infected Nicodemus’ Denarians, but since god is the god of everything, then it would make sense that he would also defend against the Outsiders as well as the denizens of Hell. It would explain the lack of Free Will that some of the Faeries seemed to have as well as their adherence to rules; only god’s Mortal creations have real free will, so it would explain that.