History Awesome / Turncoat

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar "ColonyDrop" [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''''', and ''is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would '''eagerly''' do it''. [[BreakTheHaughty She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response]].

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqz5dbs5zmo Cool guys don't look at explosions...]]
*** They blow things up and then walk away.

** Shagnasty tore through the White King's personal domain with no effort, and almost made Harry [[GoMadFromTheRevelation go bonkers just looking at it through his Sight]]. Listens-To-Winds kicked his ass. And, if it hadn't fled, might well have actually killed it.

* While we are on it, credit should be given to Molly for taking on [[ActionGirl Warden Luccio]], TheCaptain of White Council Wardens in a fist fight and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] her when she thought Luccio had come to arrest Morgan. Granted, Molly began the fight by literally sucker punching Luccio, but considering how deadly her opponent is, its stil ridiculously impressive. And then Morgan, [[HandicappedBadass with his wounded leg]], climbs out of the bed, grabs Harry's SwordCane, and effortlessly trounces Molly without hurting her.

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar ""ColonyDrop"" [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''''', and ''is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would '''eagerly''' do it''. [[BreakTheHaughty She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response]].

** Adding on that, Mai spend the entire book looking down on Harry and his friends, plus she modelled her AttackAnimal stone dog squad after temple dogs. And Harry dumbfounds her by showing he has the loyalty of the real deal.

* Time to edit the top of that page for Billy and Georgia deciding that at this point they aren't Harry's sidekicks any more and if he wants them as backup they are partners. Getting clued in on everything that is going on, and taking out a White Court vamp.

* Harry calling up [[spoiler:the GeniusLoci of the nasty island from ''Small Favor'']], beating it in a contest of wills, and making it his friend. Of sorts.

** This becomes ten times more awesome after the revelations in ''Cold Days.'' Demonreach's GeniusLoci is able to take on [[spoiler: ''twenty Fae,'' two of whom are the Summer and Winter Lady]], and resist. But Harry Badass Copperfield Dresden is able to make it respect him by punching it.

* Harry [[spoiler:[[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet setting up a showdown]] on the aforementioned island between himself, the White Court, the White Council, the skinwalker hunting the wounded Morgan and the traitor in the Council. And it was all just his Plan A!]]

* Listens-To-Wind [[spoiler:getting into a ShapeShifterShowdown with the skinwalker.]] And sending it scurrying for its life. And that was after [[spoiler:shorting out its magic with fricking RAIN DANCE!]]
-->[[spoiler: Injun Joe was smiling a fierce, wolfish smile.]]

* And Harry's [[spoiler: {{plan}} to expose the traitor.]] Hurrah for subcontracting!
* Time to edit the top of that page for Billy and Georgia [[spoiler: deciding that at this point they aren't Harry's sidekicks any more and if he wants them as backup they are partners. Getting clued in on everything that is going on, and taking out a White Court vamp.]]
* Mouse's amazing ability to keep incredibly awkward situations under control. Specifically, Harry comes home on ''three different occasions'' to find Mouse [[spoiler:keeping Morgan, Molly, and Luccio from killing one another]], entirely on his own. In the third instance Mouse goes so far as to [[spoiler:take a bullet for Molly - and then [[LargeHam shamelessly]] [[PlayingSick hams up the severity of the injury]] in order to [[AnAesop properly impress on Molly]] the mistake that she had made.]]

** Credit goes to Molly for figuring out that someone had framed Morgan by [[spoiler: manipulating the mind of someone he trusts]].

* Give Mouse another nod for impressing the Senior Council [[spoiler: so much that they're willing to accept that one of their closest associates is a traitor simply because a "dog" indicates that it is so]]. And add in Ancient Mai's astonishment that Harry has the services of such a creature. Mouse is clearly one hella puppy.

* The interrogation of Binder. [[spoiler: Murphy tortures him with a hoagie, Harry repeatedly punches him in the face, and Rawlins provides some of the best color commentary ever while watching from the camera in the next room.]]
* A TearJerker-inducing SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Morgan: [[spoiler: The actual mind-controlled killer was Luccio, who he found standing over [=LaFortier=]. His response was to ''take the blame and cover for her'' because even after all that time, he still loved her.]] For someone like Morgan, that is incredibly powerful.

* For Morgan, right near the end. He's on the cusp of being executed just to appease the White Council's political image. Then Harry unmasks the traitor, who promptly flees. Morgan, despite the injury that makes it life-threatening to even stand, ''sprints'' to catch up, and puts two bullets in the traitor's head [[BigDamnHeroes just in time to save Harry's life]]. Naturally, he'd tore open his injury, and was bleeding out. With his dying breath, he tells Harry to ''let'' the White Council paint him (Morgan) as a traitor - both to keep the White Council looking strong for outsiders, and to [[spoiler: keep Luccio from being discovered]]. In one fell swoop, Morgan turned the DownerEnding of an undeserved, politically-motivated execution... into going out fighting, taking out a traitor, and ensuring his death continues to serve the White Council even ''politically''[[spoiler:, while saving the woman he loves]]. In short, the absolute best death a KnightTemplar could ever, ''ever'' dream of.
* A subtle one, more of a callback than anything, but when Harry [[spoiler:gets half the Senior Council to come to his island for the big showdown]], Ancient Mai orders the Wardens to arrest him, and all ''five'' of them proceed with caution. Harry then goes over some of his previous victories, and realizes that while ''he'' knows he's just a plucky smartass with a lot of luck, who the five Wardens, each of whom would have no trouble taking down (along with three Senior Council members, who outrank even the Wardens), the others don't see it that way. They see ''him'' as a badass wizard who rides zombie dinosaurs into battle and kicks the crap out of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s on a semi-annual basis. In other words, they regard him the same way we do. Harry Dresden is his own 'verse's MemeticBadass.

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar ""ColonyDrop"" [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''''', and ''is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would '''eagerly''' do it''. She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response.

* While we are on it, credit should be given to Molly for taking [[ActionGirl Warden Luccio]], TheCaptain of Watdens in a fist fight and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] her when she thought Luccio had come to arrest Morgan. Granted, Molly began the fight by literally sucker punching Luccio, but considering how deadly her opponent is, its stil ridiculously impressive. And then Morgan, [[HandicappedBadass with his wounded leg]], climbs out of the bed, grabs Harry's SwordCane, and effortlessly trounces Molly without hurting her.

** Adding on that, Mai spend the entire book looking down on Harry and his friends, plus she modelled AttackAnimal stone dog squad after temple. And Harry dumbfounds her by showing he has the loyalty of the real deal.

** Another one for Shagnasty. You know how at the top of the page, his kind are called, for good reason, a "highly intelligent shape-shifting demigod of sadism?" Well, unlike a lot of monstrous villains, he actually proves his intelligence. When Harry has him on the ropes with his soulfire... rope, you'd expect an enemy that strong to pull a DiabolusExMachina by simply overpowering the spell or revealing it doesn't affect him. Shagnasty? Shagnasty does what pretty much no-other villain in the series does: remember the basics and draw a circle. Basic magic, basic logic, and it saves his own life and nearly wins him the day.

* Molly using her gift for veils to invisibly draw a huge magic circle around Binder and his mooks and wipe them all out in an instant when she activates it.

** Adding on that, Mai spend the entire book looking down on Harry and his friends, llus she modeled stone AttackAnimal group after temple. And Harry dumbfounds her by showing he has the loyalty of the real deal.

* Mouse's amazing ability to keep incredibly awkward situations under control. Specifically, Harry comes home on ''three different occasions'' to find Mouse [[spoiler:keeping Morgan, Molly, and Luccio from killing one another]], entirely on his own. In the third instance Mouse goes so far as to [[spoiler:take a bullet for Molly - and then [[LargeHam shamelessly hams up the severity of the injury]] in order to [[AnAesop properly impress on Molly]] the mistake that she had made.]]

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar ""ColonyDrop"" [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''''', and is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would eagerly do it. She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response.

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar ColonyDrop [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''''', and is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would eagerly do it. She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response.

*** And as Harry notes, makes it very clear to Lara that Ebenezar ColonyDrop [=McCoy=] is not nice or chivalrous like Harry, superior to him in every way possible, and '''is someone she couldn't hope to do anything to''', and is more than capable of carrying out his early threat and would eagerly do it. She can only mumble "I won't forget" in response.