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* A meta one: Creator/JimButcher has been quoted as saying that [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] would admire the protagonist and be rather nervous about him.
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*** And finally, Alex wins the fight by using [[ChekhovsGun the enchantment Arachne wove into Anne's dress]] to heal her and get her to wake up and help him
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*** And finally, Alex wins the fight by using [[ChekhovsGun the enchantment Arachne wove into Anne's dress]] to heal her and get her to wake up and help himhim, distracting Richard with a gunshot long enough for Anne to kill him even as his heart is giving out
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** We begin with Alex realizing that Nimbus is screwing up the whole operation and arranging the fates so that one of Vihaela's guerilla attacks hits and kills Nimbus so he can take command without having to personally attack a Keeper
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** We begin with Alex realizing that Nimbus is screwing up the whole operation and arranging the fates so that one of Vihaela's guerilla guerrilla attacks hits and kills Nimbus so he can take command without having to personally attack a Keeper
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* Just a small thing, but there is a lot of discussion on whether Luna even qualifies to be a mage or whether she's just a really unusual adept. But in ''Bound'' we learn that Luna can use gate stones, which an adept shouldn't have the magical horsepower to activate. In fact, even full-fledged Universal mages like Alex have trouble activating gate stones, so Luna being able to use them puts a full stop at the end of that discussion.
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* Near the end of ''Forged'', Morden tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.
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* Near the end of ''Forged'', Morden tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.happen.
* ''Risen'' has the final battle against [[spoiler:Marid!Anne's]] forces and it gives us a lot of great moments.
** We begin with Alex realizing that Nimbus is screwing up the whole operation and arranging the fates so that one of Vihaela's guerilla attacks hits and kills Nimbus so he can take command without having to personally attack a Keeper
** Alex then takes control of the entire Keeper force and uses his divination and the Fateweaver to direct them against Richard's forces, fighting off his adepts and mages, ultimately outsmarting and killing Vihaela, the strongest battle mage in the British Isles
** Next he tries talking the adepts into a ceasefire and manages to do so despite Richard carefully goading them beforehand
** When Alex and Luna are face-to-face with the Monkey's Paw wearing Variam as a flesh puppet, not Alex but Luna manages to talk the Monkey's Paw into giving up Variam's body and standing aside
** When Alex is face to face with Anne, he tricks her into Elsewhere where he finds both halves of her bickering and fighting and gives them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech so they work together to banish the Jinn once and for all
** Once that's done Alex finally forces both sides of Anne to merge by breaking the prison tower Anne had built up in Elsewhere
** And finally, Alex' fight with Richard. So far we've seen Richard fight precisely once, during the climax of ''Bound''. Alex knew what to expect. He'd had years to prepare for it. Everyone knew it was going to happen. And finally, it does, in a collapsing shadow realm, at the very end.
*** We kick things off with Alex using his newfound power of ''obtasia'' to flood the futures with white noise to shut off divination for the both of them.
*** The two of them go toe to toe for a while until Richard thinks he's caught Alex out and fires a full magazine of his handgun into Alex. Except Alex reveals that he'd been wearing a bullet ward just in case Richard tried exactly that.
*** Richard makes full use of his jinn magic shield and his jinn attack spells, but Alex' sovnya is more than capable of carving through Richard's shield and the Fateweaver lets him ground out the attack spells
*** Partway through the Fateweaver spreads through Alex' lungs and he has to keep feeding the Fateweaver enough power to keep his lung working while simultaneously using it to keep Richard in check, keeping up his ''obtasia'' and actually fighting his opponent
*** And finally, Alex wins the fight by using [[ChekhovsGun the enchantment Arachne wove into Anne's dress]] to heal her and get her to wake up and help him
** And then, in the Epilogue, we learn that [[spoiler:Anne managed to save Alex' life by pushing the Fateweaver to fully merge with his body and both of them are living HappilyEverAfter in the Hollow.]]
* ''Risen'' has the final battle against [[spoiler:Marid!Anne's]] forces and it gives us a lot of great moments.
** We begin with Alex realizing that Nimbus is screwing up the whole operation and arranging the fates so that one of Vihaela's guerilla attacks hits and kills Nimbus so he can take command without having to personally attack a Keeper
** Alex then takes control of the entire Keeper force and uses his divination and the Fateweaver to direct them against Richard's forces, fighting off his adepts and mages, ultimately outsmarting and killing Vihaela, the strongest battle mage in the British Isles
** Next he tries talking the adepts into a ceasefire and manages to do so despite Richard carefully goading them beforehand
** When Alex and Luna are face-to-face with the Monkey's Paw wearing Variam as a flesh puppet, not Alex but Luna manages to talk the Monkey's Paw into giving up Variam's body and standing aside
** When Alex is face to face with Anne, he tricks her into Elsewhere where he finds both halves of her bickering and fighting and gives them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech so they work together to banish the Jinn once and for all
** Once that's done Alex finally forces both sides of Anne to merge by breaking the prison tower Anne had built up in Elsewhere
** And finally, Alex' fight with Richard. So far we've seen Richard fight precisely once, during the climax of ''Bound''. Alex knew what to expect. He'd had years to prepare for it. Everyone knew it was going to happen. And finally, it does, in a collapsing shadow realm, at the very end.
*** We kick things off with Alex using his newfound power of ''obtasia'' to flood the futures with white noise to shut off divination for the both of them.
*** The two of them go toe to toe for a while until Richard thinks he's caught Alex out and fires a full magazine of his handgun into Alex. Except Alex reveals that he'd been wearing a bullet ward just in case Richard tried exactly that.
*** Richard makes full use of his jinn magic shield and his jinn attack spells, but Alex' sovnya is more than capable of carving through Richard's shield and the Fateweaver lets him ground out the attack spells
*** Partway through the Fateweaver spreads through Alex' lungs and he has to keep feeding the Fateweaver enough power to keep his lung working while simultaneously using it to keep Richard in check, keeping up his ''obtasia'' and actually fighting his opponent
*** And finally, Alex wins the fight by using [[ChekhovsGun the enchantment Arachne wove into Anne's dress]] to heal her and get her to wake up and help him
** And then, in the Epilogue, we learn that [[spoiler:Anne managed to save Alex' life by pushing the Fateweaver to fully merge with his body and both of them are living HappilyEverAfter in the Hollow.]]
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* Luna gets one at the end of the first book [[spoiler: when she manages to temporary alter her curse to help Alex overcome the Fateweaver.]]
* And then she gets another when in ''Chosen'', [[spoiler: when she saves Alex's life (after his own extensive but ultimately failed effort at defending himself)]], and she knows it, too:
* And then she gets another when in ''Chosen'', [[spoiler: when she saves Alex's life (after his own extensive but ultimately failed effort at defending himself)]], and she knows it, too:
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* Luna gets one at the end of the first book [[spoiler: when she manages to temporary alter her curse to help Alex overcome the Fateweaver.]]
Fateweaver.
* And then she gets another when in ''Chosen'',[[spoiler: when she saves Alex's life (after his own extensive but ultimately failed effort at defending himself)]], himself), and she knows it, too:
* And then she gets another when in ''Chosen'',
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-->'''Richard:''' Let me make myself quite clear. I will be departing this facility with Mage Verus and [[spoiler:Miss Walker]]. Your choice is whether you will be alive or dead at the time.
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-->'''Richard:''' Let me make myself quite clear. I will be departing this facility with Mage Verus and [[spoiler:Miss Walker]].Miss Walker. Your choice is whether you will be alive or dead at the time.
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* Midway through ''Marked'', Alex and a group of Keepers try to arrest Richard, who brought with him a tall woman wreathed in darkness whose magic combines black and green energy. Everyone assumes it's Vihaela powered up with some imbued item from the Vault. As it turns out, that person was [[spoiler:Not-Anne drawing on the Jinn's power]]. The awesome part about this is that [[spoiler:Anne and the Jinn together]] are therefore a lot more powerful than one of the most lethal characters in the series.
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* Midway through ''Marked'', Alex and a group of Keepers try to arrest Richard, who brought with him a tall woman wreathed in darkness whose magic combines black and green energy. Everyone assumes it's Vihaela powered up with some imbued item from the Vault. As it turns out, that person was [[spoiler:Not-Anne Not-Anne drawing on the Jinn's power]]. power. The awesome part about this is that [[spoiler:Anne Anne and the Jinn together]] together are therefore a lot more powerful than one of the most lethal characters in the series.
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** [[spoiler: He finally takes the fateweaver for himself, granting him a huge boost in power, which allows him to seriously threaten battle mages]]
** [[spoiler: He decisively defeats Abithriax in a BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind. Even with the Dreamstone moving the confrontation to the elseworld, it is made clear that it is no small feat, as Abithriax is leagues beyond even skilled mind mages like Crystal.]]
** [[spoiler: He defeats and kills ''Onyx'', one of the most powerful battle mage in the series.]]
** [[spoiler: He comes up with a plan that not only lets him reach his objectives, but also severly limits the potential danger for his friends.]]
** [[spoiler: Using his newfound powers, he casually manages to evade the Light Council hunting him, even though he has become a top priority target shortly below Drakh and Morden.]]
** [[spoiler: And the crowner: Alex ''finally'' gets an unambiguous and complete victory against Richard. Luna takes the time to point out that he managed to do what the entire Light Council (for all their resources and power) has been unable to do in several years. It is such a serious blow to Drakh that he loses his self-control in public for the very first time.]]
** [[spoiler: He decisively defeats Abithriax in a BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind. Even with the Dreamstone moving the confrontation to the elseworld, it is made clear that it is no small feat, as Abithriax is leagues beyond even skilled mind mages like Crystal.]]
** [[spoiler: He defeats and kills ''Onyx'', one of the most powerful battle mage in the series.]]
** [[spoiler: He comes up with a plan that not only lets him reach his objectives, but also severly limits the potential danger for his friends.]]
** [[spoiler: Using his newfound powers, he casually manages to evade the Light Council hunting him, even though he has become a top priority target shortly below Drakh and Morden.]]
** [[spoiler: And the crowner: Alex ''finally'' gets an unambiguous and complete victory against Richard. Luna takes the time to point out that he managed to do what the entire Light Council (for all their resources and power) has been unable to do in several years. It is such a serious blow to Drakh that he loses his self-control in public for the very first time.]]
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** [[spoiler: He finally takes the fateweaver for himself, granting him a huge boost in power, which allows him to seriously threaten battle mages]]
mages.
**[[spoiler: He decisively defeats Abithriax in a BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind. Even with the Dreamstone moving the confrontation to the elseworld, it is made clear that it is no small feat, as Abithriax is leagues beyond even skilled mind mages like Crystal.]]
Crystal.
**[[spoiler: He defeats and kills ''Onyx'', one of the most powerful battle mage in the series.]]
series.
**[[spoiler: He comes up with a plan that not only lets him reach his objectives, but also severly severely limits the potential danger for his friends.]]
friends.
**[[spoiler: Using his newfound powers, he casually manages to evade the Light Council hunting him, even though he has become a top priority target shortly below Drakh and Morden.]]
Morden.
**[[spoiler: And the crowner: Alex ''finally'' gets an unambiguous and complete victory against Richard. Luna takes the time to point out that he managed to do what the entire Light Council (for all their resources and power) has been unable to do in several years. It is such a serious blow to Drakh that he loses his self-control in public for the very first time.]]
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* ''Forged'' finally gives us the assault on [[spoiler:Levistus' stronghold]].
** [[spoiler:Things kick off with Alex trapping an entire Keeper task force in a Deep Shadow Realm so they can't come to help for at least five hours.]]
** [[spoiler:Then Alex, with Anne (and her jann) as his only backup, takes on a whole squad of Council security, a group of Adept mercenaries, three mages, among them Caldera and Barrayar, and a pair of Mantis Golems]].
** [[spoiler:Alex himself kills the entire security force, destroys a Mantis Golem on his own, makes the mercenaries run away and beats Caldera so badly that Anne needs to give her first aid to keep her from dying.]]
** [[spoiler:Then Alex follows Levistus into an allegedly impenetrable Shadow Realm and confronts him one on one. Well, after beating his new enslaved Air elemental. Levistus then reveals that in addition to his ice magic he can also use mind magic, which Alex casually shrugs off before slowly advancing through Levistus' onslaught and ramming his dagger first into Levistus' stomach and then his heart, finally killing the man who has been his greatest enemy since book one.]]
* Near the end of ''Forged'', Morden [[spoiler: tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.]]
** [[spoiler:Things kick off with Alex trapping an entire Keeper task force in a Deep Shadow Realm so they can't come to help for at least five hours.]]
** [[spoiler:Then Alex, with Anne (and her jann) as his only backup, takes on a whole squad of Council security, a group of Adept mercenaries, three mages, among them Caldera and Barrayar, and a pair of Mantis Golems]].
** [[spoiler:Alex himself kills the entire security force, destroys a Mantis Golem on his own, makes the mercenaries run away and beats Caldera so badly that Anne needs to give her first aid to keep her from dying.]]
** [[spoiler:Then Alex follows Levistus into an allegedly impenetrable Shadow Realm and confronts him one on one. Well, after beating his new enslaved Air elemental. Levistus then reveals that in addition to his ice magic he can also use mind magic, which Alex casually shrugs off before slowly advancing through Levistus' onslaught and ramming his dagger first into Levistus' stomach and then his heart, finally killing the man who has been his greatest enemy since book one.]]
* Near the end of ''Forged'', Morden [[spoiler: tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.]]
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* ''Forged'' finally gives us the assault on [[spoiler:Levistus' stronghold]].
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**[[spoiler:Things Things kick off with Alex trapping an entire Keeper task force in a Deep Shadow Realm so they can't come to help for at least five hours.]]
hours.
**[[spoiler:Then Then Alex, with Anne (and her jann) as his only backup, takes on a whole squad of Council security, a group of Adept mercenaries, three mages, among them Caldera and Barrayar, and a pair of Mantis Golems]].
Golems.
**[[spoiler:Alex Alex himself kills the entire security force, destroys a Mantis Golem on his own, makes the mercenaries run away and beats Caldera so badly that Anne needs to give her first aid to keep her from dying.]]
dying.
**[[spoiler:Then Then Alex follows Levistus into an allegedly impenetrable Shadow Realm and confronts him one on one. Well, after beating his new enslaved Air elemental. Levistus then reveals that in addition to his ice magic he can also use mind magic, which Alex casually shrugs off before slowly advancing through Levistus' onslaught and ramming his dagger first into Levistus' stomach and then his heart, finally killing the man who has been his greatest enemy since book one.]]
one.
* Near the end of ''Forged'', Morden[[spoiler: tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.]]
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* It's a small moment in ''Forged'', but it's no less amazing for that: Symmaris, the space mage who was instrumental in burning down Alex' shop in ''Burned'', tries once again to gate a bunch of Keepers in to arrest Alex. Alex calmly and casually positions himself in such a way that he can fire a bullet right between Symmaris' eyes the moment she opens her gate. Even better, he does all this while casually keeping up a conversation.
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* Near the end of ''Forge'', Morden [[spoiler: tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.]]
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* Near the end of ''Forge'', ''Forged'', Morden [[spoiler: tracks down Alex after his 'negotiations' with the LC (keep in mind that Alex was sparing no effort to hide as he was at this point one of, if not ''the'' highest priority target of the Council). He then informs Alex of his decision to get out of this whole mess and enjoy a safe retirement abroad. When Alex points out that the Light Council is unlikely to go along with it, Morden casually answers that his actions throughout the books, along with some interactions he had himself with the light side, have been enough to trick them into believing they were working together. Since Alex just strong-armed the Council into letting him and [[ExactWords ''his immediate associates'']] alone, he unwittingly handed Morden a get-out-of-jail-free card. Of course, Morden also gave them the impression that he had access to Levistius' blackmail material for good measure. Alex, being Alex, is able to piece it all together. But to his dismay, he realises that he cannot do anything about it without taking significant risks, and that even in the best case scenario, the actual benefits to him would be practically non-existent. Even though Verus weakly tries to provoke him by accusing him of running, Morden takes it in stride and unashamedly explains that knowing when to run is the difference between living a long life and ending up like Levistius or Jagadev. In other words, one of the big bad of the series is [[KarmaHoudini making an elegant exit without getting any kind of comeuppance]], and our hero, far from being able to prevent it, was instead used as a key pawn to make it happen.]]
