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Another shop owner paying protection money to Marcone.
Another shop owner paying protection money to Marcone.
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''WildCard'']]
Another shop owner paying protection money toMarcone.
Marcone. Appears in the story ''ComicBook/WildCard''.
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%%%Characters who need bios:
%%%Velvet Room employees
%%%%Jessica Blanche (She's the one who is killed by Vitto Malvora in 'White Night' after Malvora sees her hanging out with Beckitt and mistakenly assumes that Blanche, like Beckitt, is part of the Ordo Lebes.)
%%%%Bonnie, the girl who greets Harry and escorts him around in White Night.
%%%%Billie, the girl who greets Harry and escorts him around in Small Favor
%%%Marcone's clients for his supernatural protection program:
%%%%Samuel Fogle and the laundromat owner (killed by the golem in Down Town)
%%%%Halligan (the hostage in Down Town)
%%%%The storeowner in Wild Card who pays protection money to Modena and witnesses Modena's death.
%%%Velvet Room employees
%%%%Jessica Blanche (She's the one who is killed by Vitto Malvora in 'White Night' after Malvora sees her hanging out with Beckitt and mistakenly assumes that Blanche, like Beckitt, is part of the Ordo Lebes.)
%%%%Bonnie, the girl who greets Harry and escorts him around in White Night.
%%%%Billie, the girl who greets Harry and escorts him around in Small Favor
%%%Marcone's clients for his supernatural protection program:
%%%%Samuel Fogle and the laundromat owner (killed by the golem in Down Town)
%%%%Halligan (the hostage in Down Town)
%%%%The storeowner in Wild Card who pays protection money to Modena and witnesses Modena's death.
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!Clients
[[folder: In General]]
Marcone offers a service for Chicago-area residents: in exchange for monthly payments, he will place them under his protection and battle anyone--including supernatural powers, though not all his clients know that--who seek to do his clients harm.
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* MonsterProtectionRacket: Averted. The monsters are real and not summoned by Marcone. He just knows there are enough naturally-occuring monsters to make it worth most people's while to pay.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Samuel Fogle]]
A pawnbroker who pays for Marcone's protection, though it doesn't do him any good when the sewer sorcerer sends a golem at him.
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* KilledOffForReal: By the golem.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Laundromat owner]]
Another small businessman who is one of Marcone's clients, and is killed by a sorcerer seeking to demonstrate his own power.
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* KilledOffForReal: By the golem.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Halligan]]
The third man attacked by the sewer sorcerer, and the first to be taken alive. He is held hostage by the sorcerer, who plans to infect him with a substance that will spawn more golems and then turn him free.
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* BadLiar: He tries to convince the sorcerer he's on his side and won't run away. He's not very good at it, but fortunately the sorcerer is so deluded that he believes Halligan anyways.
* TheCorruption: Infected by a potion that starts creating more of the golem's slime out of his body.
* DistressedDude: His function in the plot is to be captured and need rescue.
* StaringDownCthulhu: When the golem is starting to overwhelm the rescue party, he stands in front of it even though he's ill and has no weapons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shop owner in ''ComicBook/WildCard'']]
Another shop owner paying protection money to Marcone.
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* EvilPaysBetter: After Modena is gunned down, instead of calling the police, the shopkeeper calls Marcone. Marcone has the man rewarded for telling him instead of the proper authorities.
!Clients
[[folder: In General]]
Marcone offers a service for Chicago-area residents: in exchange for monthly payments, he will place them under his protection and battle anyone--including supernatural powers, though not all his clients know that--who seek to do his clients harm.
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* MonsterProtectionRacket: Averted. The monsters are real and not summoned by Marcone. He just knows there are enough naturally-occuring monsters to make it worth most people's while to pay.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Samuel Fogle]]
A pawnbroker who pays for Marcone's protection, though it doesn't do him any good when the sewer sorcerer sends a golem at him.
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* KilledOffForReal: By the golem.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Laundromat owner]]
Another small businessman who is one of Marcone's clients, and is killed by a sorcerer seeking to demonstrate his own power.
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* KilledOffForReal: By the golem.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Halligan]]
The third man attacked by the sewer sorcerer, and the first to be taken alive. He is held hostage by the sorcerer, who plans to infect him with a substance that will spawn more golems and then turn him free.
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* BadLiar: He tries to convince the sorcerer he's on his side and won't run away. He's not very good at it, but fortunately the sorcerer is so deluded that he believes Halligan anyways.
* TheCorruption: Infected by a potion that starts creating more of the golem's slime out of his body.
* DistressedDude: His function in the plot is to be captured and need rescue.
* StaringDownCthulhu: When the golem is starting to overwhelm the rescue party, he stands in front of it even though he's ill and has no weapons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shop owner in ''ComicBook/WildCard'']]
Another shop owner paying protection money to Marcone.
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* EvilPaysBetter: After Modena is gunned down, instead of calling the police, the shopkeeper calls Marcone. Marcone has the man rewarded for telling him instead of the proper authorities.
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!Street-level operatives
[[folder: Modena]]
A thug who collects protection money for Marcone. Appears in the comic miniseries ''Wild Card''.
[[folder: Modena]]
A thug who collects protection money for Marcone. Appears in the comic miniseries ''Wild Card''.
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[[folder:
A thug who collects protection money for Marcone. Appears in
The original Velvet Room was a brothel owned by Bianca St. Claire, but Marcone acquired it after Dresden burned it down. The mob boss later reopened it as a high-end brothel under the
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* KilledOffForReal: By [[spoiler: Puck]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Makes anti-stripper comments as he collects his protection money.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Makes anti-stripper comments as he collects his protection money.
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* KilledOffForReal: By [[spoiler: Puck]].
HighClassCallGirl: Staffed by these.
*PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Makes anti-stripper comments as he collects his protection money.
TheOldestProfession: The workers at the Velvet Room are prostitutes in addition to fitness trainers.
* UnproblematicProstitution: Invoked in-text. When Dresden asks Murphy why nobody's shut the Velvet Room down, Murphy says that the prostitutes at the Velvet Room are all there by choice (no sex slaves), are not subjected to violence, are paid reasonable wages and benefits, and in general are treated well and can leave whenever they choose. As a result, the police won't use their limited resources to shut down the Velvet Room when there are prostitutes in genuinely abusive or dangerous situations those resources could be used to help instead.
*
* UnproblematicProstitution: Invoked in-text. When Dresden asks Murphy why nobody's shut the Velvet Room down, Murphy says that the prostitutes at the Velvet Room are all there by choice (no sex slaves), are not subjected to violence, are paid reasonable wages and benefits, and in general are treated well and can leave whenever they choose. As a result, the police won't use their limited resources to shut down the Velvet Room when there are prostitutes in genuinely abusive or dangerous situations those resources could be used to help instead.
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[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
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[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
Jessica Blanche]]
One ofMarcone's soldiers who retired the prostitutes at the reborn Velvet Room, and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, personal friend of the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
boss, Ms. Demeter.
One of
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* DisposableSexWorker: Killed by Madrigal, although he didn't actually know she was a prostitute.
* MurderByMistake: Madrigal thought she was part of the Ordo Lebes because she saw Jessica walking with her boss, Demeter, and already knew Demeter was part of the group. As it turned out, though, Blanche had nothing to do with the Ordo Lebes.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: One of two people that Vitto Malvora and Madrigal Raith kill in an effort to draw Dresden into the ''Literature/WhiteNight'' case.
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A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
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A former carnyBonnie]]
An employee wholearned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects welcomes Dresden and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into Murphy to the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
Velvet Room when they visit it during the ''Literature/WhiteNight'' case.
A former carny
An employee who
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* GenreSavvy: Aware that the necromancer he was trying to make a deal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Marcone told him that wizards interact poorly with technology, Mendoza hid the book he wanted to sell and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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* GenreSavvy: Aware that InterrogationByVandalism: She gives in to this after Dresden threatens to start knocking down walls unless she lets him and Murphy into the necromancer he was trying to make club.
* RightHandHottie: She fills this role in ''Literature/WhiteNight'', adeal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Marcone told him that wizards interact poorly with technology, Mendoza hid the book he wanted to sell beautiful woman who acts as Marcone's and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expectedDemeter's deputy by fetching paperwork and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.escorting guests around, at least while Harry and Murphy are there.
* RightHandHottie: She fills this role in ''Literature/WhiteNight'', a
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
One of Marcone's hired guns.
One of Marcone's hired guns.
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
One of Marcone's hired guns.
Billie]]
An employee who welcomes Dresden and Thomas to the Velvet Room when they visit it during the ''Literature/SmallFavor'' case.
One of Marcone's hired guns.
An employee who welcomes Dresden and Thomas to the Velvet Room when they visit it during the ''Literature/SmallFavor'' case.
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[[folder: "Spike"]]
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
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!Street-level operatives
[[folder:"Spike"]]
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
Modena]]
A thug who collects protection money for Marcone. Appears in the comic miniseries ''Wild Card''.
[[folder:
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
A thug who collects protection money for Marcone. Appears in the comic miniseries ''Wild Card''.
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* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
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[[folder: Tommy Tomm]]
Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
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[[folder: Tommy Tomm]]
Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone'sbodyguard, soldiers who retired and another hired gun.
went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
One of Marcone's
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* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him too.
* KilledOffForReal: By Victor Sells.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him too.
* KilledOffForReal: By Victor Sells.
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*
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love
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Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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[[folder: "Gimpy" Lawrence]]
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
Eduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls him out on his dealings with Sells, he crumbles very quickly.
* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down by Hendricks.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down by Hendricks.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
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* BadLiar: GenreSavvy: Aware that the necromancer he was trying to make a deal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Dresden calls Marcone told him out on his dealings that wizards interact poorly with Sells, technology, Mendoza hid the book he crumbles very quickly.
wanted to sell and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal:Gunned down Murdered by Hendricks.
Grevane.
*TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
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!Legitimate businesspeople
[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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[[folder: Tommy Tomm]]
Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
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* BodyguardingABadass: He's tough, but Marcone's in a whole different league.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him too.
* KilledOffForReal: By Victor Sells.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: "Gimpy" Lawrence]]
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls him out on his dealings with Sells, he crumbles very quickly.
* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down by Hendricks.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
[[/folder]]
!Legitimate businesspeople
[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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* TheGhost: Never seen directly.
* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
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%%%Jessica Blanche, one of the Velvet Room prostitutes. (She's the one who is killed by Vitto Malvora in 'White Night' after Malvora sees her hanging out with Beckitt and mistakenly assumes that Blanche, like Beckitt, is part of the Ordo Lebes.)
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%%%%Any other named or important Velvet Room employees.
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%%%%Billie, the girl who greets Harry and escorts him around in Small Favor
%%%Marcone's clients for his supernatural protection
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%%%%Any other named or important Velvet Room employees.
%%%%This might need a new section.
%%%Marcone's clients for his supernatural protection program, both in Down Town (the two that are killed and the one that is taken hostage by the sewer sorcerer for most of the story) and Wild Card (the one we see paying protection money to Modena).
%%%Jessica Blanche, one of the Velvet Room prostitutes. (She's the one who is killed by Vitto Malvora in 'White Night' after Malvora sees her hanging out with Beckitt and mistakenly assumes that Blanche, like Beckitt, is part of the Ordo Lebes.)
%%%%Any other named or important Velvet Room employees.
%%%%This might need a new section.
%%%Marcone's clients for his supernatural protection program, both in Down Town (the two that are killed and the one that is taken hostage by the sewer sorcerer for most of the story) and Wild Card (the one we see paying protection money to Modena).
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First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. job. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and girlfriend as well as the madame of one the reborn Velvet Room, a high-end brothel in the guise of his "health clubs."an expensive health club called Executive Priority Health.
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'''WARNING!''' Due to the books relying heavily on mystery and surprise, the pages would be virtually unreadable with excessive spoiler tags. Therefore, all spoilers except for the most recent novel (''Literature/SkinGame'') are '''UNMARKED'''. Tread carefully.
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'''WARNING!''' Due to the books relying heavily on mystery and surprise, the pages would be virtually unreadable with excessive spoiler tags. Therefore, all spoilers except for the most recent novel (''Literature/SkinGame'') and the most recent comic (''ComicBook/WildCard'') are '''UNMARKED'''. Tread carefully.
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[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
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[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiersModena]]
A thug whoretired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death collects protection money for trying to assault a little girl, Marcone. Appears in the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
comic miniseries ''Wild Card''.
One of Marcone's soldiers
A thug who
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[[folder: Eduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
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[[folder: Eduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carnyHamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiers wholearned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects retired and who later used that talent as went straight. After he beat a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
A former carny
One of Marcone's soldiers who
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* GenreSavvy: Aware that the necromancer he was trying to make a deal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Marcone told him that wizards interact poorly with technology, Mendoza hid the book he wanted to sell and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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*
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
One of Marcone's hired guns.
One of Marcone's hired guns.
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
OneEduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety ofMarcone's hired guns.
objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
One
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** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Grevane.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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[[folder: "Spike"]]
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
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Mr. Franklin]]
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* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
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* BodyguardingABadass: Another bodyguard of ProfessionalKiller: We see him trying to kill the powerful mob boss John Marcone.
* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
fake Father Vincent.
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Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
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"Spike"]]
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* BodyguardingABadass: He's tough, but Marcone's in a whole different league.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him too.
* KilledOffForReal: By Victor Sells.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him too.
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Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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Tommy Tomm]]
Marcone'sbodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls him out on his dealings with Sells, he crumbles very quickly.
* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down by Hendricks.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
* KilledOffForReal: Gunned down by Hendricks.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls BodyguardingABadass: He's tough, but Marcone's in a whole different league.
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too.
* KilledOffForReal:Gunned down by Hendricks.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
By Victor Sells.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton. This is because while the heart-ripping curse was only targeting Jennifer, the closeness and love they felt for each other in the throws of passion allowed the curse to affect him
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[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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[[folder: James Douglas Harding III]]
Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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!Legitimate businesspeople
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Marcone's partner on the Northwest Passage Project.
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** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
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* GentleGiant: Subverted. While Hendricks is not, by nature, a violent man, and while he does prefer peaceful solutions to problems when possible, he still shows no hesitation about loyally fighting and killing on Marcone's behalf.
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* TheBet: With Sigrun in "Aftermath." He guesses Murphy will realize Maria is one of Marcone's agents without being told. He got a twenty from her.
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[[folder: Helen Beckitt, aka "Ms. Demeter"]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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[[folder: Helen Beckitt, aka "Ms. Demeter"]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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* AcePilot: Serves as Marcone's pilot, and is highly skilled at flying helicopters -- enough so that she can fly one through nighttime sleet and snow as if it were a clear day, while the helicopter is damaged from gunfire.
* AnAxeToGrind: One of her usual weapons is a heavy battleaxe.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The relationship between her and Hendricks, especially in ''Small Favor'', is a ''bit'' more than professional....
** ''Even Hand'' has her, in Marcone's words, "fussing" over Hendricks' wounds. [[ShippingGoggles Make of that what you will.]]
** The author supports it.
* {{Badass}}: Comes with the territory of being a Valkyrie, but Gard stands head and shoulders above your average badass. In ''Small Favor'', Gard gets disemboweled, and beats up a couple [[EliteMook Denarians]]. InThatOrder.
-->'''Thomas:''' Jesus! One of the things that she beat up did ''that'' to her?\\
'''Harry:''' She beat it up ''after'' it did that to her.
* BarrierWarrior: Although she's a force to be reckoned with in hand-to-hand combat, Gard's rune magic seems to be best suited to wards and barriers.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: She was at the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars battle of Trafalgar]] and removed the musket ball that killed Nelson.
* TheBerserker[=/=]ScreamingWarrior: She works herself into a rage when getting set to fight a grendelkin.
* CombatMedic: When the needs arises. In her words, she has seen more of combat wounds than any mortal hack with a bone saw.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Like her boss, Gard toes the line between sympathetic and evil. Unlike her boss, who works on a mixture of PragmaticVillainy and [[EvenEvilHasStandards personal standards]], Gard's more-dubious actions are the result of being from a very different culture and time. For instance, she notes that she suggested Marcone ShootTheBuilder after constructing a safe house, just to make sure the secret was kept, and honestly believes that it's ''worse'' to save a hero about to bite it in a blaze of glory than to let them pass on in majesty. Five hundred or so years ago, she'd probably be genuine grade-A heroic. In modern times? [[AntiHero Eh.]]
* HealingFactor: Listed as one of her supernatural powers in the RPG, though that's partly speculation on the part of the characters. In ''Small Favor'', she goes from being disemboweled to fit enough to fly a helicopter through a storm in a matter of days.
* HeroicLineage: In "Heorot," the Grendalkin repeatedly calls her a Geat. At the end of the story, she all-but confirms that, yes, she is family to ''[[{{Literature/Beowulf}} that]]'' Geat.
* GeometricMagic: Is often seen using runes for various effects.
* LadyOfWar: With a giant axe and Viking shield!
* OlderThanTheyLook: ''Much'' older.
* MadeOfIron: She treats having her guts ripped out as a painful minor inconvenience.
* PhysicalGod: She's a Valkyrie -- her real name is [[PublicDomainCharacter Sigrun]].
* PunchClockVillain: She works as security for a criminal syndicate for money, but when she punches out she can be quite genuinely heroic, as in "Heorot," which takes place on her day off.
* ShockAndAwe: Uses a bolt of living lightning as a booby trap, that [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill utterly wrecks]] its target. Harry jokes it's enough to kill a dinosaur.
* SituationalSword: The axe she uses in ''Even Hand'' is capable of deflecting magical attacks from a Fomor Lord a finite number of times. Though that's simply because she'd put a number of defensive runes on it, and they were one-shot spells. Presumably she re-inscribed them once she had some downtime.
* TheStoic: Rarely does she break and show her true emotions.
* UndyingLoyalty: When she took Harry to see Odin, Harry saw she had this when without hesitation or command, knelt before Odin and stayed there until told to rise.
* {{Valkyries}}: Her older profession and it shows when she sees a valiant warrior nearing a point he or she could die. Namely by her staring at them with a ''look''.
* VirginPower: In the story ''Heorot'', Harry brings up the legend. Gard laughs it off, and she ''does'' clearly have a pretty close relationship with Hendricks. That said, earlier in the story, it was established that Grendalkin can only breed with virgins, and the creature boasted of having "two hungry mouths to feed" after it was through.
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[[folder: Helen Beckitt, aka "Ms. Demeter"]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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* AnAxeToGrind: One of her usual weapons is a heavy battleaxe.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The relationship between her and Hendricks, especially in ''Small Favor'', is a ''bit'' more than professional....
** ''Even Hand'' has her, in Marcone's words, "fussing" over Hendricks' wounds. [[ShippingGoggles Make of that what you will.]]
** The author supports it.
* {{Badass}}: Comes with the territory of being a Valkyrie, but Gard stands head and shoulders above your average badass. In ''Small Favor'', Gard gets disemboweled, and beats up a couple [[EliteMook Denarians]]. InThatOrder.
-->'''Thomas:''' Jesus! One of the things that she beat up did ''that'' to her?\\
'''Harry:''' She beat it up ''after'' it did that to her.
* BarrierWarrior: Although she's a force to be reckoned with in hand-to-hand combat, Gard's rune magic seems to be best suited to wards and barriers.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: She was at the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars battle of Trafalgar]] and removed the musket ball that killed Nelson.
* TheBerserker[=/=]ScreamingWarrior: She works herself into a rage when getting set to fight a grendelkin.
* CombatMedic: When the needs arises. In her words, she has seen more of combat wounds than any mortal hack with a bone saw.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Like her boss, Gard toes the line between sympathetic and evil. Unlike her boss, who works on a mixture of PragmaticVillainy and [[EvenEvilHasStandards personal standards]], Gard's more-dubious actions are the result of being from a very different culture and time. For instance, she notes that she suggested Marcone ShootTheBuilder after constructing a safe house, just to make sure the secret was kept, and honestly believes that it's ''worse'' to save a hero about to bite it in a blaze of glory than to let them pass on in majesty. Five hundred or so years ago, she'd probably be genuine grade-A heroic. In modern times? [[AntiHero Eh.]]
* HealingFactor: Listed as one of her supernatural powers in the RPG, though that's partly speculation on the part of the characters. In ''Small Favor'', she goes from being disemboweled to fit enough to fly a helicopter through a storm in a matter of days.
* HeroicLineage: In "Heorot," the Grendalkin repeatedly calls her a Geat. At the end of the story, she all-but confirms that, yes, she is family to ''[[{{Literature/Beowulf}} that]]'' Geat.
* GeometricMagic: Is often seen using runes for various effects.
* LadyOfWar: With a giant axe and Viking shield!
* OlderThanTheyLook: ''Much'' older.
* MadeOfIron: She treats having her guts ripped out as a painful minor inconvenience.
* PhysicalGod: She's a Valkyrie -- her real name is [[PublicDomainCharacter Sigrun]].
* PunchClockVillain: She works as security for a criminal syndicate for money, but when she punches out she can be quite genuinely heroic, as in "Heorot," which takes place on her day off.
* ShockAndAwe: Uses a bolt of living lightning as a booby trap, that [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill utterly wrecks]] its target. Harry jokes it's enough to kill a dinosaur.
* SituationalSword: The axe she uses in ''Even Hand'' is capable of deflecting magical attacks from a Fomor Lord a finite number of times. Though that's simply because she'd put a number of defensive runes on it, and they were one-shot spells. Presumably she re-inscribed them once she had some downtime.
* TheStoic: Rarely does she break and show her true emotions.
* UndyingLoyalty: When she took Harry to see Odin, Harry saw she had this when without hesitation or command, knelt before Odin and stayed there until told to rise.
* {{Valkyries}}: Her older profession and it shows when she sees a valiant warrior nearing a point he or she could die. Namely by her staring at them with a ''look''.
* VirginPower: In the story ''Heorot'', Harry brings up the legend. Gard laughs it off, and she ''does'' clearly have a pretty close relationship with Hendricks. That said, earlier in the story, it was established that Grendalkin can only breed with virgins, and the creature boasted of having "two hungry mouths to feed" after it was through.
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[[folder: Helen Beckitt, aka "Ms. Demeter"]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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powerful mob boss John Marcone.
* KilledOffForReal: By the FBI hexenwolves.
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* MeaningfulName: His moniker, "Lord of the Underworld" has several relations to the genuine Hades. Both are powerful, pragmatic men who don't take incursions onto their territories lightly. They both defend their troves of valued possessions. They also took from "Demeter" her precious daughter and are unable to return her, though in Hades case it is by virtue of Persephone choosing not to return and Marcone's is presumed dead by her mother.
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* DespairEventHorizon: After the loss of her daughter,
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* BeneathSuspicion: Marcone doesn't think she is part of the leak which led the Denarians to his secret house partially because Torelli is a much more overt option and tries a coup when Marcone is not around.
* BrokenBird: The loss of her daughterwas is something she never hasn't recovered from.
* TheBusCameBack: She unexpectedly appears in ''White Night'', out of prison and working for Marcone.
* DespairEventHorizon: After the loss of herdaughter,daughter, she and her husband push themselves into seeking revenge against Marcone.
* BrokenBird: The loss of her daughter
* TheBusCameBack: She unexpectedly appears in ''White Night'', out of prison and working for Marcone.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: In ''Storm Front'' she didn't care who she had to destroy if it means Marcone is destroyed.
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Front.''
* RevengeBeforeReason: In ''Storm Front'' shedidn't doesn't care who she had to destroy if it means Marcone is destroyed.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In ''Storm Front'' she
* TrueCompanions: Her friends with the Order. They accept her even after learning she is a criminal for leading a drug dealing business and helped kill people with magic. And when one of them is murdered in ''White Night'' Helen is visibly shaken despite claiming she isn't close to them.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: When he tries to intimidate Beckitt, he calls her a whore.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Or would have one of his minions do it, anyways. Fortunately, Dresden is there to intervene.
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A little woman who appeared to be terrified of Ray, an abusive man who owned the property she lived in. She gave Murphy some information on an investigation after Murphy dealt with Ray. However, she ultimately turned out to be one of Marcone's troubleshooters who was in the process of dealing with unsanctioned drug-dealing operations in Chicago whom were being supported by Ray.
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A little woman who appeared to be terrified of Ray, an abusive man who owned was the superintendent of the property she lived in. She gave Murphy some information on an investigation after Murphy dealt with Ray. However, she ultimately turned out to be one of Marcone's troubleshooters who was in the process of dealing with unsanctioned drug-dealing operations in Chicago whom were being supported by Ray.
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Described by Murphy as Marcone's number-one killer, Childs is a dangerous man. He represents Marcone to the loose alliance of powers opposing the fomor in Chicago, and is empowered to make deals and even exchange territory for favors on Marcone's behalf.
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Described by Murphy as Marcone's number-one killer, Childs is a dangerous man. He represents Marcone to the loose alliance of powers opposing the fomor in Chicago, and is empowered to make deals and even exchange trade Marcone's territory for favors on Marcone's behalf.
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Characters from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the Chicago Mafia.
'''WARNING!''' Due to the books relying heavily on mystery and surprise, the pages would be virtually unreadable with excessive spoiler tags. Therefore, all spoilers except for the most recent novel (''Literature/SkinGame'') are '''UNMARKED'''. Tread carefully.
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* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesHarrysHousehold Harry and Harry's Household]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheWhiteCouncil The White Council]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheChurch The Church]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheDenarians The Denarians]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFae The Fae]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFomor The Fomor]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheKemmlerites The Kemmlerites]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesChicagoPDAndFBI Chicago Police and FBI]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesUnfazedEverymansAndBadassNormals Ordinary People and Badass Normals]]
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[[folder: John "Gentleman Johnny" Marcone]]
->''"One day, probably soon, you'll get yourself killed thanks to that [[VirtueIsWeakness irrational set of compulsions you call a conscience]], long before my name tops your list. I needn't lift a finger. [[TheUriahGambit Giving you information seems an excellent way to accelerate that process]]. [[EnemyMine It will also tax the resources of my enemies.]] And... I believe I have no objection to [[EvenEvilHasStandards contributing against any organization that would victimize children so]]."''
The boss of the Chicago criminal underground, he's not quite as unpopular with the cops as one might expect since he runs his operation with the minimum of bloodshed and the maximum of profit. He's smart enough that he generally tries to keep Harry on his side, but isn't averse to working against him when necessary. Harry hates his guts, but he has still probably done him more good than harm overall, even as the two men recognize that they will eventually come into a situation where only one will be left standing.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Uses an anti-ward musket ball in Even Hand. According to Gard, who made it, a bullet of that power takes a ridiculous amount of power to enchant, and it'll only work if the original bullet has killed a great man.
-->'''Gard:''' "I was unconscious for three weeks after scribing the rune for that one. To say nothing of the fact that the bullets themselves are rare. That one [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars killed a man named Nelson at Trafalgar]]."\\
'''Marcone:''' "How do you know?"\\
'''Gard:''' "[[BeenThereShapedHistory I took it out of him]]. Men of his caliber are few and far between."
* AffablyEvil: Can be very charming when he wants to be, is almost uniformly polite in the face of Harry's deliberate provocation, and has assisted the heroes even in situations where it doesn't materially benefit himself. Harry continuously reminds himself that, no matter how often Marcone assists him or even saves his life, he is still a ''bad person''.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Sometimes it's hard to tell if he's a Type I AntiVillain or a particularly [[SociopathicHero hard-core]] AntiHero.
* AntiVillain: He's more often help than hindrance to Harry; while his empire of crime is vast and increasing, he maintains order and reduces violence. We ultimately learn from his StartOfDarkness in ''White Night'' that the motivation that drives him is to prevent {{Innocent Bystander}}s from harm, and he is desperate to heal a young girl in a coma from a bullet meant for him. In ''Small Favor'', he refuses to be freed first until the Archive is rescued, and during the subsequent escape, shelters her and makes sure she is the first person on the rescue helicopter.
* ArchEnemy: He believes himself to be this for Harry Dresden. He had stated in his monologue of "Even Hand" that someday he and Harry ''will'' face each other for one final time and has been preparing armament to ensure his victory. It's difficult to decide which is more impressive: that Harry can destroy the strongest mob boss in the nation or that Marcone can kill one of the deadliest wizards on the planet.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Even when he's not surrounded by God-knows-how-many bodyguards, this is seriously one guy you ''do not'' want to mess with. He has led an army of mercenaries into battle. He is an expert marksman, able to hit Nicodemus while not striking the Shroud of Turin Nicodemus wore as they were atop a high speed train.
* {{Badass}}: He once managed to keep a knife hidden from FBI agents, then pull it out and throw it through a rope while hanging upside down in the dark.
* BadassNormal: One time, he ripped Nicodemus into shreds with a machine gun. It slowed him down for, like, two seconds, but it's the thought that counts.
-->''Marcone was criminal scum, but I’ll give the rat his due—he’s got balls that drag the ground when he walks.''
* BadassInANiceSuit: Always dressed impeccably.
* BerserkButton: It's hard to find something that will set Marcone off, but if he even ''thinks'' you're threatening children, and especially Amanda Beckit, a.k.a. "Persephone", he will ''murder'' you until you ''die''. He outright says in ''Changes'' that part of the reason why he is helping Harry against the Red Court is because they are hurting children.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/SkinGame'' he, Mab and Hades execute one jointly, years in the making, to get revenge on Nicodemus for his plot in ''Literature/SmallFavor''.]] It works to a breathtaking degree.
* BigDamnHeroes: He's needed to be rescued a couple of times now. On the flip side, he's also been one to show up at the last second with a rescue squad (usually Hendricks and Gard) a couple of times as well.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Nicodemus has commented on the irony. A few centuries ago, a man like John Marcone could carve out a kingdom and rule it with the kind of stable, effective-if-ruthless government that people really would appreciate. But it's been a long time since that age of warrior kings. He seems to be aware of it himself, if his choice of magical employees are any indication. Harry appears to take it to heart in ''Skin Game'', where he [[spoiler: honors an ancient Norse-Germanic tradition of ''weregild'' and pays the crime boss for the henchman who died during the robbery to smooth things over. Marcone, after some deliberation, decides he likes the idea and accepts]].
* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: He does the finger-steepling thing quite a bit, as his character design is based on [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} David Xanatos]].
* CrazyPrepared: This is a man who puts extra light and thin doors at dramatic entry points to reduce shrapnel. Not to mention having both technological and magical defenses installed in multiple safe houses, though they do sometimes interfere with one another.
* CynicismCatalyst: He will do ''anything'' to try to make up for the fact that a little girl took a bullet meant for him and has been in a coma ever since. When Harry soulgazed him in ''Storm Front'', even before he discovered what had happened, Harry could tell how much that single event had changed him.
-->''It was a dry and cool place, inside Gentleman Johnny Marcone. Except for one dim corner. There, hidden away from his everyday thoughts, there lurked a secret shame. I couldn't quite see what it was. But I knew that, somewhere in the past there was something that he would give anything to undo, would spill blood to erase. It was from that dark place that he drew his resolve, his strength.''
* DiabolicalMastermind: One does not become boss of Chicago's underworld without becoming both of these.
* DeadpanSnarker: His narration of ''Even Hand''.
-->Mag entered in the manner so many of these self-absorbed supernatural cretins seem to adore. He blasted the door into a cloud of flying splinters with what I presumed was magic.\\
For God's sake.\\
At least the vampires would call for an appointment.
* TheDon: Runs basically all organized crime in Chicago. The cops are actually fairly willing to put up with this, as organized crime's gotten a lot less violent since he took over, and his control of things prevents turf wars.
* EnemyMine: Has probably teamed up with Harry more times than he's been an antagonist.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Marcone is willing to take a profit from any single vice you can name... except those which involve the exploitation of children. The defining moment of this trope may have been the opening scene of ''Even Hand'', where he personally sees to the execution of a pimp who sold children and a drug dealer who sold to minors.
* EvilGloating: Marcone actually does this, but only in a non-violent situation and when he is fully protected from Harry's response. This happens when Harry sees Helen Beckitt come in to the main office at Marcone's "health club" and reveal herself to be Marcone's lover.
* TheFettered: Marcone is a pure pragmatist, capable of making ruthless and utterly cold-hearted decisions if it means good business. Unless children are concerned. On at least one occasion, Marcone has knowingly made a bad decision because a child's safety was on the line.
* FriendlyEnemy: Generally courteous, and often helpful, towards Harry. Harry responds by being as rude as possible to drive home his view that Marcone's a villain, however friendly he acts. Both men respect one another, after a fashion, even as they realize that they will never be able to reconcile their fundamental differences.
* FriendToAllChildren: His first rule. To Harry's annoyance, since it means he can't just dismiss the guy as a mustache-twirling villain.
* GenreSavvy:
** After the first time failed, Marcone never threatened Harry again and had accepted with saintly tolerance Harry's insults and property destruction. This seems bizarre for TheDon at first sight, until one realizes that he ''must'' have recognized that Harry always came out not only alive, but victorious over and over again against enemies several magnitudes stronger than him (and Marcone). As per "Even Hand," Marcone has been implementing precautions into all his buildings specifically to destroy Harry.
** Word of Jim is Marcone is the type who would read the EvilOverlordList and roll his eyes at some of the really stupid things on there.
* GreenEyes: Harry's usual description is "the color of worn dollar bills." Murphy compares them to "dead grass." Noticeably, in a flashback, his eyes are a more healthy-looking "bright, grass-green."
* IGaveMyWord: Johnny takes the obligations he assumes very seriously. If you buy protection from him, his people ''will'' protect you, not just from shakedowns, but from outside threats as well. If [[spoiler:signing the Accords]] means that a supernatural problem occurring in his territory is his responsibility, then he ''will'' make certain that the problem is dealt with. And he is fully willing to put his own life on the line to ensure that his obligations are met.
* IKnowYourTrueName: Actually we ''don't''. In his narration of ''Even Hand'', he mentions the fact "John Marcone" is ''not'' his real name.
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* KnifeNut: He always seems to have several lying around.
* LesserOfTwoEvils: It's frequently pointed out that, yes, he's the leader of all organized crime in Chicago, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards his standards]] and [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]] keep the levels of collateral damage much lower than they would be without him, and his absolute control over the criminal underworld has stopped turf-wars. On a plot level, he's been a major figure in roughly half the books so far, and has been the actual villain in exactly zero of them.
* TheMafia: Runs the Chicago branch, though with less wise-guy tradition and more ruthless pragmatism.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: "Even Hand" ended with his arm broken, several ribs bruised or cracked, and lacerations all over his body. He barely reacted, killed the dark wizard, and went out to a nice restaurant after a quick check-in with his private doctor.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: As a SharpDressedMan who owns a whole fleet of expensive cars, and only buys the best of anything, this is a given.
* MoralityPet: "Persephone," the girl who was put into a coma by a drive-by hit on Marcone when he was younger. Harry outright says that this is the entire reason why Marcone tightly controls the streets and doesn't hesitate to kill criminals who hurt innocents. To a certain extent this applies to all children (for instance, his protectiveness towards The Archive), as does his BerserkButton.
* MysteriousBacker: Mostly since, as the name itself implies, he's a pragmatic, but ruthless gangster.
* NobleDemon: The man is corrupting scum. He will work his way through PragmaticVillainy with a cold ruthlessness. However, he always honor his promises and debts, and he never harms children in his venture, at least not directly. He won't permit any drug dealing to them and will personally deal with the violators.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: This is how he and Harry view each other. Neither treat the other lightly or with anything but cautious respect. Take how some of the rooms Marcone designed just to stop Harry (see ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill) and the man hires a Valkyrie who works for Odin as his security manager for the magical side.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: He is the only human so far who not only is completely unmoved by White Court glamour, but he managed to pierce through the veils of [[HornyDevils Lara]] at their first encounter, finding her shadow government "amusing." In ''Cold Days,'' Thomas tells Harry that Marcone has become the second man to turn Lara down in a century (Harry being the first).
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: His modus operandi reduces the amount of collateral damage and civilian casualties in Chicago's criminal underworld. However, it's made explicitly clear that this is done out of ruthless pragmatism, not any real sense of decency.
-->''I am not a humanitarian. When I offer charity it is for tax purposes.''
* PapaWolf: Summed up when Harry makes a probing threat against Persephone:
-->''I'll kill you. If you so much as breathe in her direction, I'll kill you, Dresden. Myself.''
* PragmaticVillainy: His way of dealing with Harry Dresden in ''Storm Front'' is to try and pay Harry not work the case. He escalats the amount offered to a considerable amount: a week's pay for doing nothing. It is said this is his usual method of getting people out of his way.
* RedBaron: ''Gentleman'' Johnny Marcone. It says something about the man that he makes the nickname "Gentleman" {{Badass}}.
* RagsToRiches: Mentions in ''Fool Moon'', when a loup-garou is on the loose, that his parents were in no position to leave him much of anything, let alone the silver necessary to kill it.
* SecretTestOfCharacter:
** A subtle one in his first encounter with Harry. When he asks for Harry's normal hourly rate, to calculate how much taking it would cost to pay Harry to take the week off and do nothing involving the case, Marcone initial calculation increases the total by several hundred dollars. Harry quickly corrects him to the proper lower estimate and Marcone acknowledges the error. He wonders just how much of an honest person Harry is and gets an answer.
** He also got one by looking Harry in the eyes to engage in a soulgaze. Harry, not Marcone, was the one to look away first. They stared into each other's souls and Harry blinked.
* SharpDressedMan: He tends to wear silk suits "worth more than Harry's car". [[TheAllegedCar Then again...]]
* TheStoic: In ''Death Masks'', the fact that he ''blinks once'' is implied by Harry to be a massive tell for him. Invoked in ''Even Hand.''
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) I am not made of stone, but I have found it is generally best to behave as if I am.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: For Dresden. He is sure that one day he and Dresden would face each other one last time. And he is not certain that he would be the one left standing.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: He is preparing for Harry finally coming after him, so he plans in spades to deal with him and any potential Death Curse Harry could strike him with. One room in his establishments is guarded by sigils painted in invisible ink, set to activate if a person of serious magical talent walks on them (like Harry), and will activate a cache of claymore mines. These mines are buried about one every square foot in a small room, but the walls are covered, and likely the ceiling as well. If each mine holds only 300 pieces of metal shrapnel, then even powerful monsters would be severely injured. A human wizard like Harry would likely be dead before he knew what hit him and thus unable to cast a death curse.
* VetinariJobSecurity: He's a crime lord who makes a profit off any vice trade you care to name, but he's infinitely better than any of the alternatives. Harry at one point tells him someday he won't be the lesser evil, but until then, it seems everyone is relieved Marcone's running the Outfit and keeping the collateral damage down.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: He has GreenEyes, which suggest extreme materialism (being the color of worn dollar bills).
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[[folder: Hendricks]]
Marcone's chief bodyguard/enforcer.
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* BadassNormal: Joins Thomas in charging a line of undead uberghouls at the end of ''White Night.'' And survives.
* TheBrute: He is strong, tough, and fearless, serving as Marcone's personal bodyguard. Unlike most brutes, he ''does'' have a very sharp mind underneath, but he only shows this in private moments or when things are dire. Otherwise, he is content to appear to be DumbMuscle.
* CulturedBadass: In addition to being a juggernaut of a man, Hendricks is quite well read.
* EvilRedhead: Morally ambiguous redhead, at least. With a crew cut.
* GeniusBruiser: He actually has a degree in philosophy and is working on his thesis. In ''Small Favor'', he helps decipher Nick's plans and is the first, after Harry, to point out that the Denarians are out of coins and will need to trade for more or sacrifice one of their number. The other people in the room are Knights who have faced Nicodemus and the Denarians before and a centuries old Valkyrie.
* GentleGiant: Subverted. While Hendricks is not, by nature, a violent man, and while he does prefer peaceful solutions to problems when possible, he still shows no hesitation about loyally fighting and killing on Marcone's behalf.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) He might disapprove of killing, but he did it thoroughly.
* HiddenDepths: A former professional football player and well-read student of philosophy, who treats his [[ImpliedLoveInterest probable girlfriend]] with great tenderness and has a sharp and analytical mind.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Dresden assumes he's just DumbMuscle because he speaks rarely and usually in monosyllables but...
* PunchClockVillain: Played with. Hendricks is not the brutal, uncaring thug Harry likes to type him as, and he prefers his boss to use peaceful solutions to problems, but his private morals don't stop him from loyally killing for a powerful crime lord.
* InSeriesNickname: Harry likes to call him "Cujo," after the famous fictional dog. It's not quite accurate to the novel, but the idea of Hendricks as a kind of vicious guard dog is pretty fitting.
* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks in complete sentences when "on the clock." "Even Hand" shows him to be more talkative in private.
* TechnicallyASmile[=/=]TheUnSmile: When he ''does'' "smile," it's described as the kind of smile that would make dogs burst into nervous howling.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Hendricks never does this himself, rather, everyone else does this to him. To the casual viewer, he looks like a big, dumb thug in a cheep suit. While he ''is'' a big thug, he is anything but stupid, and extremely competent. Marcone is well aware of this, which is the whole reason Hendricks is his right-hand man in the first place.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) Looking at him, one would not think him capable of such a thing. But that is Hendricks, generally.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Marcone, and Marcone ''knows'' it. In ''Small Favor'', it's heavily implied that Sigrun Gard is under a geas and unable to give up information to Harry about Marcone's whereabouts, but Hendricks is able to authorize her to speak. That means John Marcone trusts him enough to believe that he'll never abuse that power to work against him, and John Marcone doesn't trust almost ''anyone'' that much.
* WarriorPoet: In ''Even Hand'', it's revealed Hendricks has a habit of quoting classic literature at Marcone whenever he disagrees with Marcone's decisions.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) Hendricks looked at me sharply. He didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to. I already knew the tone of whatever he would say. ''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Are there no prisons]]'', perhaps. Or, ''[[Creator/JohnDonne No man is an island, entire of itself. It tolls for thee]]''. On and on.
* WeaponOfChoice: Hendricks rarely goes into battle without toting some kind of heavy machinegun or shotgun. Harry comments that riot guns look like toys in his hands.
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[[folder: Sigrun Gard]]
Marcone's magical security consultant. For more information, see: [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]
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!Management
[[folder: Helen Beckitt]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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* BrokenBird: The loss of her daughter was something she never recovered from.
* DespairEventHorizon: After the loss of her daughter,
* EnemyMine: In ''Small Favor'' she sells Marcone out to the Denarians hoping to have the man killed once and for all.
* MeaningfulName: Ms. Demeter. Like the Goddess, her daughter is trapped in a coma, unable to be woken up by any means Marcone (Hades) has tried.
* MissKitty: Runs the Executive Priority gymnasium/brothel for Marcone.
* PutOnABus / TheBusCameBack: Arrested and sent to prison in ''Storm Front,'' she came back eight books later.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In ''Storm Front'' she didn't care who she had to destroy if it means Marcone is destroyed.
* StockholmSyndrome: Her feelings for Marcone, and vice versa are...complicated.
* YouKilledMyFather: Her daughter was killed during a hit aimed at Marcone. Though averted later when Harry learns her daughter is alive, but in a coma and cared for by Marcone. He won't reveal her to her mother, fearing the despair Helen would go through with finding her daughter alive but in such a state would be unbearable to the woman.
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[[folder: Torelli]]
One of Marcone's sub-lieutenants who was involved in the drug-dealing side of his operation. Tried to take over after Marcone vanished during the ''Small Favor'' case.
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* KilledOffForReal: Died off-screen after his uprising against Marcone failed.
* TooDumbToLive: He really did not think through his strategy for usurping Marcone's mob.
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!Troubleshooters
[[folder: In general]]
Marcone's heavy hitters. Their job description is, literally, to find trouble and shoot it.
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* MoreDakka: Many of the enemies they fight can only be effectively fought with very powerful weaponry.
* ProfessionalKiller: Comes with the job.
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[[folder: Mr. Childs]]
Described by Murphy as Marcone's number-one killer, Childs is a dangerous man. He represents Marcone to the loose alliance of powers opposing the fomor in Chicago, and is empowered to make deals and even exchange territory for favors on Marcone's behalf.
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* MismatchedEyes: His eyes are gold and ivy.
* ProfessionalKiller: Marcone's best, according to Murphy.
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[[folder: Maria]]
A little woman who appeared to be terrified of Ray, an abusive drugdealer who owned the property she lived in. She gave Murphy some information on an investigation after Murphy dealt with Ray. However, she ultimately turned out to be one of Marcone's troubleshooters who was in the process of dealing with an unsanctioned drug-dealing operation in Chicago.
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* ManipulativeBitch: She thoroughly manipulates Murphy, just as Marcone wanted.
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!Street-level operatives
[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
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* TheBrute: Beat a White Court vampire to death with his bare hands.
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[[folder: Eduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
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* GenreSavvy: Aware that the necromancer he was trying to make a deal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Marcone told him that wizards interact poorly with technology, Mendoza hid the book he wanted to sell and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
One of Marcone's hired guns.
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* ProfessionalKiller: We see him trying to kill the fake Father Vincent.
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[[folder: "Spike"]]
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Helps gun down Lawrence at the Varsity.
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[[folder: Tommy Tomm]]
Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
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* BodyguardingABadass: He's tough, but Marcone's in a whole different league.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton.
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[[folder: "Gimpy" Lawrence]]
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls him out on his dealings with Sells, he crumbles very quickly.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
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Characters from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the Chicago Mafia.
'''WARNING!''' Due to the books relying heavily on mystery and surprise, the pages would be virtually unreadable with excessive spoiler tags. Therefore, all spoilers except for the most recent novel (''Literature/SkinGame'') are '''UNMARKED'''. Tread carefully.
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* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesHarrysHousehold Harry and Harry's Household]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheWhiteCouncil The White Council]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheChurch The Church]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheDenarians The Denarians]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFae The Fae]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFomor The Fomor]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheKemmlerites The Kemmlerites]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesChicagoPDAndFBI Chicago Police and FBI]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]
* [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesUnfazedEverymansAndBadassNormals Ordinary People and Badass Normals]]
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!Leadership
[[folder: John "Gentleman Johnny" Marcone]]
->''"One day, probably soon, you'll get yourself killed thanks to that [[VirtueIsWeakness irrational set of compulsions you call a conscience]], long before my name tops your list. I needn't lift a finger. [[TheUriahGambit Giving you information seems an excellent way to accelerate that process]]. [[EnemyMine It will also tax the resources of my enemies.]] And... I believe I have no objection to [[EvenEvilHasStandards contributing against any organization that would victimize children so]]."''
The boss of the Chicago criminal underground, he's not quite as unpopular with the cops as one might expect since he runs his operation with the minimum of bloodshed and the maximum of profit. He's smart enough that he generally tries to keep Harry on his side, but isn't averse to working against him when necessary. Harry hates his guts, but he has still probably done him more good than harm overall, even as the two men recognize that they will eventually come into a situation where only one will be left standing.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Uses an anti-ward musket ball in Even Hand. According to Gard, who made it, a bullet of that power takes a ridiculous amount of power to enchant, and it'll only work if the original bullet has killed a great man.
-->'''Gard:''' "I was unconscious for three weeks after scribing the rune for that one. To say nothing of the fact that the bullets themselves are rare. That one [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars killed a man named Nelson at Trafalgar]]."\\
'''Marcone:''' "How do you know?"\\
'''Gard:''' "[[BeenThereShapedHistory I took it out of him]]. Men of his caliber are few and far between."
* AffablyEvil: Can be very charming when he wants to be, is almost uniformly polite in the face of Harry's deliberate provocation, and has assisted the heroes even in situations where it doesn't materially benefit himself. Harry continuously reminds himself that, no matter how often Marcone assists him or even saves his life, he is still a ''bad person''.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Sometimes it's hard to tell if he's a Type I AntiVillain or a particularly [[SociopathicHero hard-core]] AntiHero.
* AntiVillain: He's more often help than hindrance to Harry; while his empire of crime is vast and increasing, he maintains order and reduces violence. We ultimately learn from his StartOfDarkness in ''White Night'' that the motivation that drives him is to prevent {{Innocent Bystander}}s from harm, and he is desperate to heal a young girl in a coma from a bullet meant for him. In ''Small Favor'', he refuses to be freed first until the Archive is rescued, and during the subsequent escape, shelters her and makes sure she is the first person on the rescue helicopter.
* ArchEnemy: He believes himself to be this for Harry Dresden. He had stated in his monologue of "Even Hand" that someday he and Harry ''will'' face each other for one final time and has been preparing armament to ensure his victory. It's difficult to decide which is more impressive: that Harry can destroy the strongest mob boss in the nation or that Marcone can kill one of the deadliest wizards on the planet.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Even when he's not surrounded by God-knows-how-many bodyguards, this is seriously one guy you ''do not'' want to mess with. He has led an army of mercenaries into battle. He is an expert marksman, able to hit Nicodemus while not striking the Shroud of Turin Nicodemus wore as they were atop a high speed train.
* {{Badass}}: He once managed to keep a knife hidden from FBI agents, then pull it out and throw it through a rope while hanging upside down in the dark.
* BadassNormal: One time, he ripped Nicodemus into shreds with a machine gun. It slowed him down for, like, two seconds, but it's the thought that counts.
-->''Marcone was criminal scum, but I’ll give the rat his due—he’s got balls that drag the ground when he walks.''
* BadassInANiceSuit: Always dressed impeccably.
* BerserkButton: It's hard to find something that will set Marcone off, but if he even ''thinks'' you're threatening children, and especially Amanda Beckit, a.k.a. "Persephone", he will ''murder'' you until you ''die''. He outright says in ''Changes'' that part of the reason why he is helping Harry against the Red Court is because they are hurting children.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/SkinGame'' he, Mab and Hades execute one jointly, years in the making, to get revenge on Nicodemus for his plot in ''Literature/SmallFavor''.]] It works to a breathtaking degree.
* BigDamnHeroes: He's needed to be rescued a couple of times now. On the flip side, he's also been one to show up at the last second with a rescue squad (usually Hendricks and Gard) a couple of times as well.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Nicodemus has commented on the irony. A few centuries ago, a man like John Marcone could carve out a kingdom and rule it with the kind of stable, effective-if-ruthless government that people really would appreciate. But it's been a long time since that age of warrior kings. He seems to be aware of it himself, if his choice of magical employees are any indication. Harry appears to take it to heart in ''Skin Game'', where he [[spoiler: honors an ancient Norse-Germanic tradition of ''weregild'' and pays the crime boss for the henchman who died during the robbery to smooth things over. Marcone, after some deliberation, decides he likes the idea and accepts]].
* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: He does the finger-steepling thing quite a bit, as his character design is based on [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} David Xanatos]].
* CrazyPrepared: This is a man who puts extra light and thin doors at dramatic entry points to reduce shrapnel. Not to mention having both technological and magical defenses installed in multiple safe houses, though they do sometimes interfere with one another.
* CynicismCatalyst: He will do ''anything'' to try to make up for the fact that a little girl took a bullet meant for him and has been in a coma ever since. When Harry soulgazed him in ''Storm Front'', even before he discovered what had happened, Harry could tell how much that single event had changed him.
-->''It was a dry and cool place, inside Gentleman Johnny Marcone. Except for one dim corner. There, hidden away from his everyday thoughts, there lurked a secret shame. I couldn't quite see what it was. But I knew that, somewhere in the past there was something that he would give anything to undo, would spill blood to erase. It was from that dark place that he drew his resolve, his strength.''
* DiabolicalMastermind: One does not become boss of Chicago's underworld without becoming both of these.
* DeadpanSnarker: His narration of ''Even Hand''.
-->Mag entered in the manner so many of these self-absorbed supernatural cretins seem to adore. He blasted the door into a cloud of flying splinters with what I presumed was magic.\\
For God's sake.\\
At least the vampires would call for an appointment.
* TheDon: Runs basically all organized crime in Chicago. The cops are actually fairly willing to put up with this, as organized crime's gotten a lot less violent since he took over, and his control of things prevents turf wars.
* EnemyMine: Has probably teamed up with Harry more times than he's been an antagonist.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Marcone is willing to take a profit from any single vice you can name... except those which involve the exploitation of children. The defining moment of this trope may have been the opening scene of ''Even Hand'', where he personally sees to the execution of a pimp who sold children and a drug dealer who sold to minors.
* EvilGloating: Marcone actually does this, but only in a non-violent situation and when he is fully protected from Harry's response. This happens when Harry sees Helen Beckitt come in to the main office at Marcone's "health club" and reveal herself to be Marcone's lover.
* TheFettered: Marcone is a pure pragmatist, capable of making ruthless and utterly cold-hearted decisions if it means good business. Unless children are concerned. On at least one occasion, Marcone has knowingly made a bad decision because a child's safety was on the line.
* FriendlyEnemy: Generally courteous, and often helpful, towards Harry. Harry responds by being as rude as possible to drive home his view that Marcone's a villain, however friendly he acts. Both men respect one another, after a fashion, even as they realize that they will never be able to reconcile their fundamental differences.
* FriendToAllChildren: His first rule. To Harry's annoyance, since it means he can't just dismiss the guy as a mustache-twirling villain.
* GenreSavvy:
** After the first time failed, Marcone never threatened Harry again and had accepted with saintly tolerance Harry's insults and property destruction. This seems bizarre for TheDon at first sight, until one realizes that he ''must'' have recognized that Harry always came out not only alive, but victorious over and over again against enemies several magnitudes stronger than him (and Marcone). As per "Even Hand," Marcone has been implementing precautions into all his buildings specifically to destroy Harry.
** Word of Jim is Marcone is the type who would read the EvilOverlordList and roll his eyes at some of the really stupid things on there.
* GreenEyes: Harry's usual description is "the color of worn dollar bills." Murphy compares them to "dead grass." Noticeably, in a flashback, his eyes are a more healthy-looking "bright, grass-green."
* IGaveMyWord: Johnny takes the obligations he assumes very seriously. If you buy protection from him, his people ''will'' protect you, not just from shakedowns, but from outside threats as well. If [[spoiler:signing the Accords]] means that a supernatural problem occurring in his territory is his responsibility, then he ''will'' make certain that the problem is dealt with. And he is fully willing to put his own life on the line to ensure that his obligations are met.
* IKnowYourTrueName: Actually we ''don't''. In his narration of ''Even Hand'', he mentions the fact "John Marcone" is ''not'' his real name.
%%* JohnnyMcCoolname:
* KnifeNut: He always seems to have several lying around.
* LesserOfTwoEvils: It's frequently pointed out that, yes, he's the leader of all organized crime in Chicago, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards his standards]] and [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatism]] keep the levels of collateral damage much lower than they would be without him, and his absolute control over the criminal underworld has stopped turf-wars. On a plot level, he's been a major figure in roughly half the books so far, and has been the actual villain in exactly zero of them.
* TheMafia: Runs the Chicago branch, though with less wise-guy tradition and more ruthless pragmatism.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: "Even Hand" ended with his arm broken, several ribs bruised or cracked, and lacerations all over his body. He barely reacted, killed the dark wizard, and went out to a nice restaurant after a quick check-in with his private doctor.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: As a SharpDressedMan who owns a whole fleet of expensive cars, and only buys the best of anything, this is a given.
* MoralityPet: "Persephone," the girl who was put into a coma by a drive-by hit on Marcone when he was younger. Harry outright says that this is the entire reason why Marcone tightly controls the streets and doesn't hesitate to kill criminals who hurt innocents. To a certain extent this applies to all children (for instance, his protectiveness towards The Archive), as does his BerserkButton.
* MysteriousBacker: Mostly since, as the name itself implies, he's a pragmatic, but ruthless gangster.
* NobleDemon: The man is corrupting scum. He will work his way through PragmaticVillainy with a cold ruthlessness. However, he always honor his promises and debts, and he never harms children in his venture, at least not directly. He won't permit any drug dealing to them and will personally deal with the violators.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: This is how he and Harry view each other. Neither treat the other lightly or with anything but cautious respect. Take how some of the rooms Marcone designed just to stop Harry (see ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill) and the man hires a Valkyrie who works for Odin as his security manager for the magical side.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: He is the only human so far who not only is completely unmoved by White Court glamour, but he managed to pierce through the veils of [[HornyDevils Lara]] at their first encounter, finding her shadow government "amusing." In ''Cold Days,'' Thomas tells Harry that Marcone has become the second man to turn Lara down in a century (Harry being the first).
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: His modus operandi reduces the amount of collateral damage and civilian casualties in Chicago's criminal underworld. However, it's made explicitly clear that this is done out of ruthless pragmatism, not any real sense of decency.
-->''I am not a humanitarian. When I offer charity it is for tax purposes.''
* PapaWolf: Summed up when Harry makes a probing threat against Persephone:
-->''I'll kill you. If you so much as breathe in her direction, I'll kill you, Dresden. Myself.''
* PragmaticVillainy: His way of dealing with Harry Dresden in ''Storm Front'' is to try and pay Harry not work the case. He escalats the amount offered to a considerable amount: a week's pay for doing nothing. It is said this is his usual method of getting people out of his way.
* RedBaron: ''Gentleman'' Johnny Marcone. It says something about the man that he makes the nickname "Gentleman" {{Badass}}.
* RagsToRiches: Mentions in ''Fool Moon'', when a loup-garou is on the loose, that his parents were in no position to leave him much of anything, let alone the silver necessary to kill it.
* SecretTestOfCharacter:
** A subtle one in his first encounter with Harry. When he asks for Harry's normal hourly rate, to calculate how much taking it would cost to pay Harry to take the week off and do nothing involving the case, Marcone initial calculation increases the total by several hundred dollars. Harry quickly corrects him to the proper lower estimate and Marcone acknowledges the error. He wonders just how much of an honest person Harry is and gets an answer.
** He also got one by looking Harry in the eyes to engage in a soulgaze. Harry, not Marcone, was the one to look away first. They stared into each other's souls and Harry blinked.
* SharpDressedMan: He tends to wear silk suits "worth more than Harry's car". [[TheAllegedCar Then again...]]
* TheStoic: In ''Death Masks'', the fact that he ''blinks once'' is implied by Harry to be a massive tell for him. Invoked in ''Even Hand.''
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) I am not made of stone, but I have found it is generally best to behave as if I am.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: For Dresden. He is sure that one day he and Dresden would face each other one last time. And he is not certain that he would be the one left standing.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: He is preparing for Harry finally coming after him, so he plans in spades to deal with him and any potential Death Curse Harry could strike him with. One room in his establishments is guarded by sigils painted in invisible ink, set to activate if a person of serious magical talent walks on them (like Harry), and will activate a cache of claymore mines. These mines are buried about one every square foot in a small room, but the walls are covered, and likely the ceiling as well. If each mine holds only 300 pieces of metal shrapnel, then even powerful monsters would be severely injured. A human wizard like Harry would likely be dead before he knew what hit him and thus unable to cast a death curse.
* VetinariJobSecurity: He's a crime lord who makes a profit off any vice trade you care to name, but he's infinitely better than any of the alternatives. Harry at one point tells him someday he won't be the lesser evil, but until then, it seems everyone is relieved Marcone's running the Outfit and keeping the collateral damage down.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: He has GreenEyes, which suggest extreme materialism (being the color of worn dollar bills).
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[[folder: Hendricks]]
Marcone's chief bodyguard/enforcer.
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* BadassNormal: Joins Thomas in charging a line of undead uberghouls at the end of ''White Night.'' And survives.
* TheBrute: He is strong, tough, and fearless, serving as Marcone's personal bodyguard. Unlike most brutes, he ''does'' have a very sharp mind underneath, but he only shows this in private moments or when things are dire. Otherwise, he is content to appear to be DumbMuscle.
* CulturedBadass: In addition to being a juggernaut of a man, Hendricks is quite well read.
* EvilRedhead: Morally ambiguous redhead, at least. With a crew cut.
* GeniusBruiser: He actually has a degree in philosophy and is working on his thesis. In ''Small Favor'', he helps decipher Nick's plans and is the first, after Harry, to point out that the Denarians are out of coins and will need to trade for more or sacrifice one of their number. The other people in the room are Knights who have faced Nicodemus and the Denarians before and a centuries old Valkyrie.
* GentleGiant: Subverted. While Hendricks is not, by nature, a violent man, and while he does prefer peaceful solutions to problems when possible, he still shows no hesitation about loyally fighting and killing on Marcone's behalf.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) He might disapprove of killing, but he did it thoroughly.
* HiddenDepths: A former professional football player and well-read student of philosophy, who treats his [[ImpliedLoveInterest probable girlfriend]] with great tenderness and has a sharp and analytical mind.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Dresden assumes he's just DumbMuscle because he speaks rarely and usually in monosyllables but...
* PunchClockVillain: Played with. Hendricks is not the brutal, uncaring thug Harry likes to type him as, and he prefers his boss to use peaceful solutions to problems, but his private morals don't stop him from loyally killing for a powerful crime lord.
* InSeriesNickname: Harry likes to call him "Cujo," after the famous fictional dog. It's not quite accurate to the novel, but the idea of Hendricks as a kind of vicious guard dog is pretty fitting.
* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks in complete sentences when "on the clock." "Even Hand" shows him to be more talkative in private.
* TechnicallyASmile[=/=]TheUnSmile: When he ''does'' "smile," it's described as the kind of smile that would make dogs burst into nervous howling.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Hendricks never does this himself, rather, everyone else does this to him. To the casual viewer, he looks like a big, dumb thug in a cheep suit. While he ''is'' a big thug, he is anything but stupid, and extremely competent. Marcone is well aware of this, which is the whole reason Hendricks is his right-hand man in the first place.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) Looking at him, one would not think him capable of such a thing. But that is Hendricks, generally.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Marcone, and Marcone ''knows'' it. In ''Small Favor'', it's heavily implied that Sigrun Gard is under a geas and unable to give up information to Harry about Marcone's whereabouts, but Hendricks is able to authorize her to speak. That means John Marcone trusts him enough to believe that he'll never abuse that power to work against him, and John Marcone doesn't trust almost ''anyone'' that much.
* WarriorPoet: In ''Even Hand'', it's revealed Hendricks has a habit of quoting classic literature at Marcone whenever he disagrees with Marcone's decisions.
-->'''Marcone:''' (Narration) Hendricks looked at me sharply. He didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to. I already knew the tone of whatever he would say. ''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Are there no prisons]]'', perhaps. Or, ''[[Creator/JohnDonne No man is an island, entire of itself. It tolls for thee]]''. On and on.
* WeaponOfChoice: Hendricks rarely goes into battle without toting some kind of heavy machinegun or shotgun. Harry comments that riot guns look like toys in his hands.
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[[folder: Sigrun Gard]]
Marcone's magical security consultant. For more information, see: [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]
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!Management
[[folder: Helen Beckitt]]
First appearing in ''Storm Front'' as a distraught woman who lost her only daughter to mob violence. Broken from that act of violence, she wanted revenge and ran against Harry Dresden when she and her husband used magic to kill. After getting out of prison for drug dealing, Marcone offered her a job as an accountant. She is now Marcone's girlfriend, and the madame of one of his "health clubs."
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* BrokenBird: The loss of her daughter was something she never recovered from.
* DespairEventHorizon: After the loss of her daughter,
* EnemyMine: In ''Small Favor'' she sells Marcone out to the Denarians hoping to have the man killed once and for all.
* MeaningfulName: Ms. Demeter. Like the Goddess, her daughter is trapped in a coma, unable to be woken up by any means Marcone (Hades) has tried.
* MissKitty: Runs the Executive Priority gymnasium/brothel for Marcone.
* PutOnABus / TheBusCameBack: Arrested and sent to prison in ''Storm Front,'' she came back eight books later.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In ''Storm Front'' she didn't care who she had to destroy if it means Marcone is destroyed.
* StockholmSyndrome: Her feelings for Marcone, and vice versa are...complicated.
* YouKilledMyFather: Her daughter was killed during a hit aimed at Marcone. Though averted later when Harry learns her daughter is alive, but in a coma and cared for by Marcone. He won't reveal her to her mother, fearing the despair Helen would go through with finding her daughter alive but in such a state would be unbearable to the woman.
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[[folder: Torelli]]
One of Marcone's sub-lieutenants who was involved in the drug-dealing side of his operation. Tried to take over after Marcone vanished during the ''Small Favor'' case.
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* KilledOffForReal: Died off-screen after his uprising against Marcone failed.
* TooDumbToLive: He really did not think through his strategy for usurping Marcone's mob.
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!Troubleshooters
[[folder: In general]]
Marcone's heavy hitters. Their job description is, literally, to find trouble and shoot it.
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* MoreDakka: Many of the enemies they fight can only be effectively fought with very powerful weaponry.
* ProfessionalKiller: Comes with the job.
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[[folder: Mr. Childs]]
Described by Murphy as Marcone's number-one killer, Childs is a dangerous man. He represents Marcone to the loose alliance of powers opposing the fomor in Chicago, and is empowered to make deals and even exchange territory for favors on Marcone's behalf.
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* MismatchedEyes: His eyes are gold and ivy.
* ProfessionalKiller: Marcone's best, according to Murphy.
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[[folder: Maria]]
A little woman who appeared to be terrified of Ray, an abusive drugdealer who owned the property she lived in. She gave Murphy some information on an investigation after Murphy dealt with Ray. However, she ultimately turned out to be one of Marcone's troubleshooters who was in the process of dealing with an unsanctioned drug-dealing operation in Chicago.
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* ManipulativeBitch: She thoroughly manipulates Murphy, just as Marcone wanted.
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!Street-level operatives
[[folder: Hamilton Luther]]
One of Marcone's soldiers who retired and went straight. After he beat a White Court vampire to death for trying to assault a little girl, the White Court tried to have him jailed. Marcone arranged for Harry Dresden to learn about the case and save Luther.
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* TheBrute: Beat a White Court vampire to death with his bare hands.
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[[folder: Eduardo Anthony "Bony Tony" Mendoza]]
A former carny who learned how to swallow an impressive variety of objects and who later used that talent as a smuggler of small but pricy items. His murder kicked off Dresden's investigations into the Kemmlerites around Chicago.
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* GenreSavvy: Aware that the necromancer he was trying to make a deal with couldn't be trusted, Mendoza asked Marcone about precautions he could take. When Marcone told him that wizards interact poorly with technology, Mendoza hid the book he wanted to sell and came to the meeting with a flash drive that contained the books coordinates. Unfortunately...
** WrongGenreSavvy: Grevane didn't act as rationally as Mendoza had expected and just killed him once they met up.
* SwallowTheKey: How he transported his goods.
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[[folder: Mr. Franklin]]
One of Marcone's hired guns.
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* ProfessionalKiller: We see him trying to kill the fake Father Vincent.
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[[folder: "Spike"]]
One of Marcone's high-ranking hired guns.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Helps gun down Lawrence at the Varsity.
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[[folder: Tommy Tomm]]
Marcone's bodyguard, and another hired gun.
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* BodyguardingABadass: He's tough, but Marcone's in a whole different league.
* DeathBySex: He dies while making love to Jennifer Stanton.
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[[folder: "Gimpy" Lawrence]]
Marcone's bodyguard. He ultimately betrays his employer for Victor Sells.
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* BadLiar: When Dresden calls him out on his dealings with Sells, he crumbles very quickly.
* TheMole: Sells' man in Marcone's organization.
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