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A ninth-level afrit, invulnerable to the magic of mere djinn


see and so the power of a marid could only hurt lower forms of the next stage like barti's can only hurt lover afrits

Lover aftrits? Sorry, couldn't resist funny mistype.

But most of the time, the spirits aren't using their full power. Plus, if you put two together that makes a difference. And it doesn't say how high the spirits are.

there is either one higher entity or more afrits and marids, anyway ramuthra could have taken it, the amulet can absorb the staff's power

Only because he has the element disruptor thing.

Nouda might have a power like that.

And the amulet was made to protect, the entity might not have lasted under the staff and iron.

Nouda did not have any powers.

Ramuthra? He'd have absorbed the Staff. Dunno about the Iron.

We don't know whether Nouda had any powers. We've never seen him in his natural state.

Sure, a high afrit can ignore a middling djinn, but absorb the power? Physically becoming stronger by absorbing the magic? No.

What about when they eat lesser demons? That's absorbing power and it helps their esecense.

Sentynel wrote: We don't know whether Nouda had any powers. We've never seen him in his natural state.

*Sigh* What the hell was he doing at the glass palace?

wrote: We don't know whether Nouda had any powers. We've never seen him in his natural state.

*Sigh* What the hell was he doing at the glass palace?

He was looking for food. He wasn't excatly in his normal state because his essence was swelled with humans.

If he hadn't eaten all those people, would the body still mutate?

So if Barti had eaten that cook in Book I he would have become 'Mutated super Barti'?

Wasn't the cook Farquarl?

Probably a lot less slowly.

But it probably still would. As Nouda said it was a pathetic coat of flesh.

Nothing can compare to their original forms in the other place. It must be disgusting to be in a human body.

Just read Bart's descriptions....

The others seemed to enjoy the new power tho.

i have a theory that if an entity devoures a superior entity's essence he becomes stronger because where does the extra essence go u know, but i am afraid this is unfounded

wrote: i have a theory that if an entity devoures a superior entity's essence he becomes stronger because where does the extra essence go u know, but i am afraid this is unfounded

This is obviously rare though. Because a superior entity will just blast the devourer apart with a detentation or whatever.

Plus, since servitude on earth wears down the essence it might only help the djinni regain lost power.

wrote: The others seemed to enjoy the new power tho.

They didn't like the body though.

But even Bartimaeus felt blood lust.

They loved the freedom; Bart was tempted.

Barti's a djiin, he always feels bloodlust

Not necessarily. There's no 'always'.