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Marids
Topic Started: Dec 10 2005, 09:15 PM (14,579 Views)
nathanielandbartimaeus
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What are the minimum no. of people required to summon a marid successfully?
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nathanielandbartimaeus
May 24 2008, 04:02 PM
What are the minimum no. of people required to summon a marid successfully?

One actually, although it has to be a pretty strong magician and a fairly weak(if you can call them weak)marid.
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"A strong magician can summon an Afrit on his own, most Marids require two. I estimated this at a minimum of four."

As quoted from memory, from AoS.
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nathanielandbartimaeus
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If 'this' means a Ramuthra, then that proves they are way stronger then marids.
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it, not they. Ramuthra is a singular being.

And no duh.
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Nero
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I asked in the Jonathan Stroud questions that when a marid is summoned by two people, and one magician dies, what would happen? Would the marid still be there or will the willpower of the last remaining tie the marid to earth?
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nathanielandbartimaeus
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Good question. I think the marid might possibly escape but again you can't say. He's already summoned so he might have to remain bound in the pentacle. Mightbe only the summoning of the marid requires 2 magicians not the controlling. As I said, good question.
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Now to wait for Dansariki's answer...
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And no duh.

I'm scared now... :P
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marid are summoned tons of times. 2 notable ones are.. remember whitwell destroyed one with a vortex. and also there was atlas, who was a marid who had to build the parthenon. messed up, and had to hold it up..
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Atlas was in Ancient Greece.
You're Whitewell comment simply wrong.
Her 'bear' is a Djinni, as seen in GE.
I believe you meant to say that she destroyed one.
If not, then I did you're thinking for you.
Congratulations.
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No, he meant in PG when Whitewell summoned an afrit while a captive of Nouda. It was still the same bear, but I think it was a typo that it was an afrit.
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It was an afrit.
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what i mean was, that i believe it was in the AOS. That, it didnt take place in the book. But it mentioned something about whitwell destroying a marid which the chechs but on her.
I retracted my wing briefly, held the boy so he had a quick view of the square.
"Take a look," I said. "Which house do you think has the thinnest walls?"

For a moment, he was uncomprehending. Then his eyes widened. "You're
not---"

"That one? With the pink shutters? Yes, maybe you're right. Well, let's see..."
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IT was Djinni.
It's referenced many times in GE that it is.
The afrit mentioning in PG is the typo.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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Bartimaeus of Uruk
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exactly! cant remember which topic it is. But one of them has a quote from jonathan stroud mentioning that shubit is a djinni and not an afrit.
I retracted my wing briefly, held the boy so he had a quick view of the square.
"Take a look," I said. "Which house do you think has the thinnest walls?"

For a moment, he was uncomprehending. Then his eyes widened. "You're
not---"

"That one? With the pink shutters? Yes, maybe you're right. Well, let's see..."
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