Especially since only, like, three women have shown interest in Harry (at least, interest of the non-horrible kind).

Ones on her way to being a greasy, bat-like bloodsucker. Ones an annoying twat. And ones a 200 year old hag in a young body, who happens to have an interest in younger guys.

 

You do have a taste for the weird pairings.

But I'd be more than happy to see Tavi going for Aria Placida.

 

Actually more women than that have shown interest in Harry.
I assume you meant Susan, Murphy and Luccio. There's still Elaine, Molly, Gard and then there are the dangerous one's Mab, Maeve, Lasciel, Lara, maybe Inari.

 

Have you seen what's happened to the people who've touched the Valkyries? Harry's already tried Elaine, it didn't work out. Molly's his best friends daughter, his apprentice, a former warlock with a speciality of drilling holes in minds, and way below his batting zone. Which are important is up to you. Mab...well, Harry would be lucky to die in that situation. Maeve; an insane and cruel bitch. Lasciel; doesn't even exist in this plain or reality. Lara; would eat his soul for lunch, leaving him an empty husk at her beck and call. Inari; either taken or the same as Lara, depending on when.

Need I go on?

 

I ship Harry/Molly. She's the one for him

Though to be fair I always imagine her without all the piercings lol.

 

She also has the tattoo's. Add Gothy McGoth to the Molly list.

 

Dudes? Alera forum. Dresden stuff is two sub forums up.

 

I suspect that the reason we haven't seen a map of Alera is because of all the hints and teases Butcher has been throwing out over the course of the books that Alera is some sort of alternate Earth. All the references to a "Romanic" state that preceeded Alera and didn't have Furies seem like hints at that, and Princep's Fury gives the theory a further boost as:

Spoiler

The page directly before the Prologue pretty much directly states that the Romanic Empire = Rome, and it was destroyed by Germans more or less as per history.

Maybe we will get to see a map at some point; assuming that the Alera = Earth theory is right I'm rather curious to see what ends up where.

 

Spoiler

Alera isn't Earth. It's an alternate world into which one (or maybe more) of the lost Roman legions found themselves accidentally transported, and there the legion started a society that mirrored Rome.

Its been hinted that the other species on Carna got there in the same way, though maybe not the Cain. The Vord got there by space, and look to be a terraforming biotechnology created by an alien race.

This is all from Butcher.

Hopefully he won't integrate it into the books. It taking place on Earth is a much better idea, IMO.

 

there is a map from alera somewhere in jimbutcher forums for the book if im not mistaken....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3206669383/sizes/o
i think this is the one they have there

there are more but i dont remember the link Oo

 

A link to the relevant thread on jimbutcher forum and all the maps was posted on the previous page of this thread.

In any case, the map is the product of conjecture by fans, so it has no cannon status and thus doesn't kill the Alera/Carna is Earth theory.

@ Taure

Spoiler

Where did Butcher say that?

In any case, the reference to Germania in the introductory quotes throws a wrench into the lost legion theory. I suppose it could be reconciled easily enough if some Germans came through along with the Romans or at some later point, but then that naturally raises the question of what happened to the Germans.

Just had a random thought; perhaps Alera/Carna is Earth, but the Alerans are not actually humans; the Alerans arrived from their homeworld and encountered the remnants of Roman civilization, which they ended up largely adopting. With all the frightening and far more powerful alien races running around the planet, it wouldn't be a surprise that humanity died out.

The lack of a map, which is usually a staple of fantasy novels and created worlds, and the fact that Butcher has not provided one despite requests that he do so seem to indicate that the lack of a map is a deliberate omission. It could certainly be argued that the reason no map is included is because showing a map would spoil the big reveal.

 

Butcher has said it multiple times; first at a convention interview session and then on his forums.

 

Origin of the Vord: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,9865.msg368507.html#msg368507

Spoiler

I can't remember where I read Jim say about Carna as the universe's Bermuda-triangle drop off point, so I've asked for a link on his forums. Keep an eye on this thread:

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,10504.0.html

 

All I know about the lack of maps is that I get confused as hell trying to figure out where the hell they are.

But I can understand the lost Legion idea Taure. It has merit and the Vord coming from space would not be a large leap.

 

Lol it's not my idea. I think it's crap. But it's what Butcher has said, so *shrug*.

 

Pretty much as soon as they were introduced I assumed that the Vord were Space Bugs; the first thing they reminded me of when they showed up in Academ's Fury was the Zerg from Starcraft.

 

Okay, I have links to Butcher talking about the origins of Aleran society at Comic-Con.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKRYe0ZWHo&feature=related

And then:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KJwrYrvcF1M&feature=related

7 and a half minutes in he talks about the origin of all races in Carna: "Everything that's there came from somewhere else".