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* Villainous example for the Red King and The Lords of Outer Night. Especially when they show the power to paralyze a enemy with sheer force of will. Granted, they were defeated, but those guys still were the epitome of AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

** Not to mention the reveal that all these years, she's been defending Harry's apartment from the [=NeverNever=] side with a ''flower garden'' so lethal, it's surrounded by mounds of bones from enemies who've tried to sneak-attack him. And Harry ''never even suspected'' it.

* One that might cross into Heartwarming territory is when Harry needs to escape the FBI building under siege, so he opens a Way into the [=NeverNever=]...and finds out it connects to the hall of the Erlking, Lord of Goblins and the Wild Hunt. The FBI are some of the best manhunters in Law Enforcement and always take the lead when there is a child kidnapping, and the Erlking's domain agrees by connecting to them through the [=NeverNever=]. Badass.

** The best part is that the rest of the goblins present are angry at what they think is a misuse of the rules of hospitality, but the Erlking thinks it is ''clever'', equating Harry to a wily fox.

** Its also a '''combat [=CMOA=]''' for ''Good Bob''. After being a snarky assistant forced act within his limitations, only having a small glimpse via Evil Bob, DemonicPossession or lip service from Luccio that he is almost on par with the Archive, we '''''finally'' see him cut loose and continuously shield Murphy from everything 5 {{Physical God}}s could throw at her.''' BewareTheSillyOnes indeed.

** He effortlessly takes command of Harry and co. ''despite the fact that they have been transformed into Lea's hounds and thus she should be the one in control. Mouse is the true alpha.

** Erlking gets his own CMOA as a RulesLawyer by reminding his guests that its been years since he had guests, so according to Fae tradition he could keep them entertained in his home, possibly forever, ala GildedCage. Harry and the vampires have ''no way around that'' and are forced to just beg to be allowed to leave in time for their responsibilities. You don't rule for millenia without being smart and Erlking proved it.

--> '''[[spoiler: Mouse]]:''' "I live with a wizard. I cheat." Cue IntimidationDemonstration via ShockwaveStomp.
** He effortlessly takes command of Harry and co. ''despite the fact that they have been transformed into Lea's hounds and thus she should be the one in control. [[spoiler: Mouse]] is the true alpha.

** This also shows how much Mab trusts Lea, considering that in previous books, [[spoiler:Lea had been 'infected' by Nemesis]].

** Its also a '''combat [=CMOA=]''' for ''Good Bob''. After being a snarky assistant forced act within his limitations, only having a small glimpse via Evil Bob, DemonicPossession or lip service from Luccio that he is almost on par with the Archive, we '''''finally'' see him cut loose and continuously shield Murphy from everything 5 {{PhysicalGod}}s could throw at her.''' BewareTheSillyOnes indeed.

* [[TheQuietOne Mac]] '''''uses multiple full sentences''''' to give Harry genuine heartfelt advice. Like Lea, he makes it extra powerful. This gets Harry out of his funk caused by learning about Maggie's existence and ready to eviscerate vampires.

** It still becomes a double CMOA as Harry turned their own magical weapons against them to annihilate them. Delicious LaserGuidedKarma at its finest.

* Harry's duel with Arianna, culminating when he beats her using a combo of his own raw powers and the fact that Arianna has never been forced to fight with just magic (resulting in her trying the same trick twice, giving Harry the chance to nail her). After Harry overpowers her, Arianna just stares up and dumbly refers to him as cattle. Harry responds first by saying "Moo" then by saying "No one messes with my little girl" before blowing Arianna's head off. Arianna is ''older than written language''.
* The final confrontation is a hundred and more pages of "Holy ''shit!''" moments piled on top of one another. Harry [[GravityMaster gravity-pounding]] a Red Court horde. Harry calling out the Red King. Harry killing Arianna with a combination of Winter Knight [[AnIcePerson freeze-power]] and ''forzare''. Murphy and Sanya becoming BackToBackBadasses, with Harry, Mouse, Molly, and Thomas on support. Lea summoning the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Grey Council]], which includes ''fucking Odin'' himself, who then summons an army of kenku. Ebenezar proving again why he's the Blackstaff by killing two hundred men with a gesture of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Blackstaff]] itself. Murphy cutting through a Lord of the Outer Night like he's not even there. Susan holding off the entire remaining Lords of Outer Night and the Red King with the Sword of Love, aka ''Excalibur''. Martin's insane XanatosSpeedChess to take out the Red Court at any cost. ''Everything.'' No exceptions.

* Harry pulls some ''insane'' new tricks in this one. Notable examples: Freezing a would-be hitman's gun. Tapping into an earth ley-line to crush ''hundreds'' of {{mooks}} against the floor with gravity. Using tiny fireballs to "bomb" cars as a distraction. Tripping up an onrushing monster by chucking another monster under its feet, so it slips on the resulting puddle of trampled guts. Draining the heat from a target and using that heat to power a fireball, then [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattering]] the vamp-sicle. Lots and lots of WhiteMagic-laced silver fire. Borrowing Luccio's tactics and '''slicing a monster in half''' with a magical laser cutter. Intentionally causing a cave-in over both him and his opponent, then opening a dimensional portal directly above himself. And then there's Molly and her "One Woman Rave," complete with ''Thomas [[DanceBattler break-dancing]]'' while decapitating bad guys with a sword and shooting them with a machine gun.

** Vadderung is rather insistent that Harry have some coffee and a doughnut. Since he likely realizes that Harry is on a suicide mission, Father Odin does the modern equivalent of having Harry drink Odin's Mead, giving our hero one more way back from death, as an Einherjar.

** Erlking gets his own CMOA as a RulesLawyer by reminding his guests that its been years since he had guests, so according to Fae tradition he could keep them entertained in his home, possibly forever, ala GildedCage. Harry and the vampires have ''no way around that'' and are forced to just beg to be allowed to leave in time for their reslonsibilities. You don't rule for millenia without being smart and Erlking proved it

** And not-so-subtly threatensbto destroy Mab in the process, which takes a pretty large set in itself. And if he takes up the othetmr options, ''he absolutely can''.

## takes on ''seven'' Lords of Outer Night at the same time, killing two with the first blow, and has massive fun doing it too (as usual)

* [[TheQuietOne Mac]] '''uses full sentences''' to give Harry genuine heartfelt advice. Like Lea, he makes it extra powerful. This gets Harry out of his funk caused by learning about Maggie's existence and ready to eviscerate vampires.

** Its also a '''combat [=CMOA=]''' for ''Good Bob''. After being a snarky assistant forced act within his limitations, only having a small glimpse via Evil Bob, DemonicPossession or lip service from Luccio that he is almost on par with the Archive, we '''finally see him cut loose and continuously shield Murphy from everything 5 {{PhysicalGod}}s could throw at her.''' BewareTheSillyOnes indeed.

* [[TheQuietOne Mac]] uses full sentences to give Harry genuine heartfelt advice. Like Lea, he makes it extra powerful. This gets Harry out of his funk caused by learning of Maggie and ready to eviscerate vampires.

* [[TheQuietzone Mac]] uses full sentences to give Harry genuine heartfelt advice. Like Lea, he makes it extra powerful. This gets Harry out of his funk caused by learning of Maggie and ready to eviscerate vampires.