The Ways are pathways through the Nevernever accessible to mortals.

DescriptionEdit

A wizard can open a gateway to the Nevernever from one location in the mortal world, follow one of these paths a short distance, and open another gateway to a point in the mortal world that would have taken much longer to reach through traditional methods.

The Ways may change from decade to decade. ^[1]

Margaret LeFay had vast knowledge of these Ways,^[2] which she passed along to her son Harry via a red gem that was in the keeping of Lea until the events of Changes.^[1]

In the SeriesEdit

In Summer Knight, The Senior Council, at Rashid's suggestion, to give Harry a fast in which he must secure The Ways for the White Council through Winter's territories by fulfilling the Winter Queen, Mab's request.^[3]

In , Dead Beat, Captain Anastasia Luccio tells Harry about how Red Court pursued the Wardens in retreat bearing numerous wounded on The Ways through Faerie and had called up Outsiders and demons. Ebenezar McCoy & Martha Liberty arrived to buy time for the Merlin and the Gatekeeper created a large solid shield to block an army of Reds. They are all certain that the Faerie Courts will retaiate against the Reds.^[4]

In Turn Coat, when Harry took a way to White Council headquarters in Edinburgh, he was accosted by a group of giant spiders aligned with the Winter Court.^[5] Ebenezar McCoy says that their people (the Council) have been harassed several times over the past few months.^[6]

In Changes, Lea gives Harry the gem his mother, Margaret LeFay left him. It hold the sum of her knowledge of the Ways: every path, shortcut, or connection. Margaret developed the skill to predict them, she knew where the Ways would be in the future. Very few of the Fae can say as much.^[1]

In Changes, Gard opens a way by simply using a rune carved knife to cut the fabric of reality.^[7]

In Changes, Ebenezar McCoy tells Harry that Arianna Ortega laced Headquarters in Edinburgh with some kind of disease. They're not only restarting The War, they're trying to decapitate the Council. With Headquarters out, they lose The Way nexus around Edinburgh making a counterstroke extremely difficult.^[8]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Changes, ch. 15
2. ↑ Turn Coat, ch. 28
3. ↑ Summer Knight, ch. 6
4. ↑ Dead Beat, ch. 31
5. ↑ Turn Coat, ch. 13
6. ↑ Turn Coat, ch. 14
7. ↑ Changes, ch. 21
8. ↑ Changes, ch. 40

See AlsoEdit

• Margaret’s jewel
• The War
• List of Battles in The War
• White Council headquarters in Edinburgh
• Nevernever
• Faerie Courts