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* CasanovaWannabe: He's a young, somewhat cocky, warden who is constantly bragging about his sexual exploits. [[spoiler: None of which have ever happened, seeing that he's a virgin. Revealed hilariously by Lara Wraith]]
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* IGotYouCovered: Carlos saying he's with Harry 100%
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* TedBaxter: NiceGuy: Under all that bragging about his sexual prowess and battle prowess, he really is an extremely decent guy
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In ''Changes''. [[spoiler:Made a well-intentioned but ''really'' poorly timed rebellion against authority, sending the White Council into chaos and ensuring that Harry was facing a TheOnlyOne situation.]]
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* WizardClassic: Like the original recipe Merlin before him. SOMEONE'S gotta cleave to tradition.
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* WindmillCrusader: Believes wholeheartedly that Harry is a black magic time-bomb waiting to go off. Harry's opinion of him softens ever-so-slightly once he realises Morgan honestly believes this and isn't hounding him because he's a jerk.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Even he was sickened by the idea that he'd have to [[spoiler:kill Molly Carpenter.]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Even he was sickened by the idea that he'd have to [[spoiler:kill Molly Carpenter.]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Evenjerk. This is a man who has seen countless times the failures of BlackMagic rehabilitation. He didn't hound Harry because Harry's special. He hounded Harry because he thought Harry was sickened by ''not''.
* WouldHurtAChild: Not out of sadism. He's a Warden of theidea that he'd have White Council, and will do any execution he's ordered to [[spoiler:kill Molly Carpenter.]]
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* LikesOlderWomen: Mentions asking Elaine out on dates in ''White Night''. As she's roughly Harry's age, this makes her at least a decade older.
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!'''Donald Morgan'''
->''"No. I would rather be dead - do you hear me? Be'' dead ''than have you use black magic on my behalf."''
A high-ranking member of the Wardens, skilled swordsman and battle wizard, Morgan is introduced as the magical equivalent of a parole officer - his job is to keep an eye on Harry and execute him if he shows signs of having gone back to his warlock ways, a duty Morgan pursues with gusto. Later on that role takes a backseat to [[spoiler: his mastery of battlefield combat as the Wardens go to war.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited:[[spoiler: Towards Luccio.]]
* {{Badass}}: Despite his jerkish personality, the man is admittedly awesome. He charged without blinking at a zombie dinosaur, got within mere yards of killing the King of the Red Vampires singlehandedly (and carved his way through several Red Court lords in the process), [[spoiler:and killed an EldritchAbomination by luring it into a nuclear testing site.]]
* BerserkButton: If you value your life, don't hurt Anastasia.
* TheCavalry: In ''Storm Front''.
** And subverted in ''Dead Beat.''
* {{Determinator}}: More than anything else, this is where Morgan's character stems from. At the end of ''Turn Coat'', Harry comes to realize that this is what made Morgan into the man he is. Despite everything that has happened to him over his life, and despite all the losses and pain he endured, Morgan ''never'' gave in.
* DishingOutDirt: Is demonstrated in ''Dead Beat''.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In ''Turn Coat'', he immediately runs to Harry because he figures nobody will look for him under the care of someone with whom he shares a certain amount of mutual loathing.]]
** More importantly [[spoiler:He understands that, of all people, Harry understands what it means to be wrongfully accused.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Morgan would never even consider using dark magic or breaking the Council's laws. Doesn't mean he isn't a huge {{Jerkass}} to Harry.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: With a little [[EveryoneHasStandards Even]] {{Inspector Javert}}s [[EveryoneHasStandards Have Standards]]. After [[spoiler: Molly's trial in Proven Guilty, where ''Morgan'' would have been Molly's executioner,]] he went back to the White Coucil headquarters and got himself massively drunk.
* InspectorJavert: To the core. [[spoiler:Inverted in ''Turn Coat'' where '''he''' is the one on the run.]]
** And even then [[spoiler:he continues to play the role with Molly, though it turns out [[MindProbe she deserved it.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Shortly before his death in Turn Coat, he does finally admit that his pursuit of Harry was unjustified. Or at least, as close as someone as stiff-necked as him can come to admitting it.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to enjoy stalking Harry just a little too much.
* KnightInSourArmor: Still very much a believer in fighting the the good fight, but spending more than a century doing so has left him a very tired and bitter man.
* MagicKnight: As are most Wardens, up until ''Dead Beat''.
* [[spoiler:NukeEm]]: Morgan had problems with a [[EldritchAbomination skinwalker]] about fifty years before. They're basically minor dark gods that eat magic. So Morgan [[spoiler:lured it into a nuclear testing ground and stepped into the Nevernever as the bomb went off.]] Bad. Ass.
* ObstructiveZealot: He regularly ignores Harry's attempts to explain the situation; at one point he even yelled, "No! [[ThatLiarLies You lie]]!"
* PetTheDog: A few times here and there. These moment are always very, very subtle.
** Though there was a very clear one in the first book. Morgan could have easily stood by and let Harry die in the burning house, but he came in, rescued Harry, and then admitted to the White Council that he was wrong in that specific case. He may not like Harry, but he's not without honor.
* PrinciplesZealot: His faith in the Laws of Magic and the senior council. He's mentioned to basically be The Merlin's protege because of this.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: He dies shortly after finally making peace with Harry. Or as close to it as he's capable of]]
* ShockwaveStomp: Is seen to do this in ''Dead Beat''.
* SleepCute: Well... not ''cute''. But the impression of him sleeping is less JerkAss and more "[[JerkassWoobie Holy hell, this man has had a rough life.]]"
* TheStoic: Is this when he's not trying to kill someone.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: His immediate knee-jerk denial of [[spoiler:Harry mentioning the Black Council or a White Council traitor]] immediately clues Harry in to the fact [[spoiler:that Morgan and possibly the Merlin have considered the possibility of a traitor but won't publicly admit it due to the backlash.]]
* ZenSurvivor
* WeaponOfChoice: Morgan carries a ''massive'' broadsword forged by Luccio to [[AntiMagic break enchantments]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WindmillCrusader: Believes wholeheartedly that Harry is a black magic time-bomb waiting to go off. Harry's opinion of him softens ever-so-slightly once he realises Morgan honestly believes this and isn't hounding him because he's a jerk.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Even he was sickened by the idea that he'd have to [[spoiler:kill Molly Carpenter.]]
!'''Ebenezar [=McCoy=]'''
->''"I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice. It means knowing things no one else does. I told you that it meant you might have to act upon what you knew, and knew to be right, even though the whole world set its hand against you. Or that you might have to do horrible, necessary things."''
An elderly wizard, homesteader from somewhere in Missouri, and the [[spoiler: newest and youngest member of the White Council's Senior Council.]] Harry's mentor and teacher after Justin [=DuMorne=]'s death. [[spoiler:Also the Council's Blackstaff - the one White Council Wizard in the world authorized to use Black Magic without consequence.]]
* [[spoiler:ArtifactOfDoom / ArtifactOfDeath: The Blackstaff]]
* BadassGrandpa: Ebenezar looks like what he is - a farmer from Middle-of-Nowhere, USA. Elderly, mostly bald, drives a beat-up old pickup. He's also one of the most dangerous combat wizards alive.
** [[spoiler:And he actually is Harry's grandfather.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten Harry. Or he'll [[spoiler: drop a satellite]] on you.
* BigDamnHeroes: He turns up to even the odds as Harry and team face off against [[spoiler:pretty much the entire Red Court at the climax of ''Changes''. He brings the Grey Council with him.]]
* [[spoiler:BlackMagic: As the Council's Blackstaff, he's allowed to use it. At one point he casually kills about a hundred people at once with a single act of will. Then, he did it ''again.'']]
* [[spoiler: ColonyDrop: In ''Death Masks'', he rips a decommissioned Soviet satellite out of orbit and drops it on top of a castle owned by a Red Court Duke who threatened Harry.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: "Turn on the TV."
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: In ''Changes'', we learn that he's actually Harry's maternal grandfather.]]
* TheMentor
* NecessaryEvil: His role as Blackstaff.
* PapaWolf: The reason for the aforementioned [[spoiler:ColonyDrop. Also almost literal, but he's ''Grand''papa Wolf.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:The New Madrid Earthquake, the Tunguska incident and the eruption of Krakatoa were all Ebenezer putting the smackdown on deserving parties.]]
* PoisonousFriend: To the White Council and especially Harry, since if you threaten either one, he'll blow you up. Literally.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Fought in the French and Indian War.
* SawedOffShotgun: Like Harry, he tends to lug one of these around with him. Not that he usually needs it.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Again, [[spoiler: see aforementioned ColonyDrop.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Ebenezar normally uses a staff carved from an oak tree struck by lightning on his farm. But when shit really hits the fan, he pulls out [[spoiler: the Blackstaff, which allows him to work BlackMagic without going insane.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy
* WhatTheHellHero: Harry takes the fact that Ebenezar [[spoiler:uses BlackMagic without repercussion, was under orders to kill him if he even got out of line during his apprenticeship, and killed dozens of Duke Ortega's human slaves with the ColonyDrop]] poorly. They eventually reconcile, but it was very uncomfortable for a while.
!'''Joseph "Injun Joe" Listens-To-Wind'''
One of the wizards on the Senior Council, genuine Illinois medicine man and an old friend of [=McCoy=]'s. In addition to talking to animals and being able to transform, he's also the White Council's medical expert and goes back to medical school every ten years or so to stay up-to-date.
* BadassGrandpa
* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Listens-To-Wind has been guilty of all charges at some point or another, and uses a lot of Native American trappings to work magic, but manages to subvert the trope entirely. If anything, he seems to have about the same dress sense as most modern-day Native Americans.
* CoolOldGuy
* DanceMagic: Used for some of his spells.
* [[spoiler:EverythingsWorseWithBears: Turns out the best way to take on an EldritchAbomination CompleteMonster shapeshifter is by turning into a bear. '''The size of a minibus'''.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: In ''Turn Coat'', sort of.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Little Brother, his raccoon familiar.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The most [[BadAss hardcore]] version ever.
* TheMedic: He's generally considered to be the most skilled healer on the Council, and even ''goes back to med school every few years'' to make sure he stays on top of things.
* NWordPrivileges: Harry's narration notwithstanding, Ebenezar [=McCoy=] is the only one who actually calls him "Injun Joe" to his face, and he gets a pass thanks to being a good friend who goes back far enough with Listens-To-Wind to excuse the political incorrectness.
* ShapeShifterShowdown: His ultimate CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* ZenSurvivor: Subverted. While he's gone through enough to qualify, he's generally a nice, gentle guy. He's always been friendly and patient with Harry, even in ''Turn Coat''.
!'''Rashid the Gatekeeper'''
A member of the White Council who covertly aids Harry and is generally mysterious. Usually [[InTheHood wears a cowl]], and has powers of precognition. His precise job on the Senior Council is not explained, but he appears to have a great deal of knowledge regarding [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]].
* BadassGrandpa: Being on the Senior Council alone makes him pretty powerful, but Rashid is still extremely powerful even by their standards.
** WordOfGod [[http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18944.msg845383.html#msg845383 says]] that while Rashid isn't the most powerful, he ''is'' the most dangerous. And that he was the one who took ''down'' Abdul Alhazred (the author of the Necronomicon).
* CoolOldGuy: Of all of the Senior Council, save Ebenezar and Listens-To-Wind, Rashid is most often a friend and ally to Harry, if distantly.
* CrypticConversation: By nature. Rashid can see across time and into the future, but he has to pick his words very carefully when warning people of what is coming. If his words or actions alter the future too much, it may result in a paradox that backlashes against him, possibly driving him insane or ripping apart reality. As a result, his warnings and actions tend to cryptic or limited in immediate utility.
** In [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles the comments in the RPG rulebook]], Harry muses that he expects Rashid would answer like this even if you asked him something as mundane as "What would you like on your pizza?"
* DarkIsNotEvil: He goes around in a BlackCloak with a [[InTheHood deep hood]], but seems to be a pretty decent guy.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's referred to as "the Gatekeeper" much more than "Rashid."
* EyepatchOfPower: One of his eyes is replaced by a silver orb.
* InTheHood
* TheQuietOne
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notably, even the Merlin defers to him where he'd back down to nobody else, and Rashid is perfectly willing to listen to Harry's explanations.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: To Harry in ''Summer Knight''. Rashid also accepts personal responsibility and would have killed Harry on the spot if he failed the test, as it would have the same result in the long run.
!'''Anastasia Luccio'''
The Commander of the Wardens, Morgan's teacher. Was [[spoiler: forcibly transferred to a much younger woman's body by Corpsetaker in ''Dead Beat''.]] Became briefly romantically involved with Harry over the events of ''Small Favor'' and ''Turn Coat''. [[spoiler: In ''Turn Coat'', it was revealed that she was an unwilling mole in the White Council, as being transferred to a younger body made her less resistant to mind-altering magics.]]
* AntiMagic: She made the spell-cutting silver Warden swords, at least before her little accident.
* [[spoiler:BiTheWay: Outright said to be this when she was younger by Lara,who wastes no time asking whether she'd like to revisit old times]]
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy]]: [[spoiler: Mind-controlled by Peabody into killing [=LaFortier=],]] and also [[spoiler: was mind-controlled into being attracted to Harry in order for the traitor to keep tabs on him.]]
* TheCaptain: The current commander of the Wardens, and her official title is "Captain."
* FrickinLaserBeams: Her choice of offensive spell is usually a needle-thin beam of pure intense heat that Harry eventually learns how to use in Changes. Luccio's is the superior version as Harry mentions right after using it that if it were used in the real world,he wasn't sure whether he could actually pull it off. Also when ever she uses it he always ends up gushing about much it conserves energy and how intense it is.
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe: How she ended up in her current body.]]
* KillItWithFire: See above
* LadyOfWar
* MagicKnight
* QuicklyDemotedWoman: Subverted. Although she now is ''much'' less effective in combat, she retains her rank and uses her knowledge to good effect in a less-physical position. Plus "much less effective in combat" still leaves her capable of kicking a lot of ass.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Was born in the 1700s. [[spoiler: Currently has the body of a twenty-five year old.]]
* WeakButSkilled: By necessity. Ever since [[spoiler: being transferred to her younger body,]] Luccio's talents have suffered as [[spoiler: her new body doesn't have the potential for magic that her older one possessed.]] That being said, she is still ''incredibly'' powerful and a masterfully-skilled fighter, and makes use of her reduced talents to impressive effect. Even with a modest magical talent now, Luccio can produce deadly beams of precise energy or wide area-effect illusions. Harry states in Changes even with the obvious decrease in power he still wouldn't want to fight her.
!'''Carlos Ramirez'''
The regional commander of the Wardens on the West Coast, barely out of his apprenticeship. He loves to make jokes about his own awesomeness and popularity with the ladies.
* {{Badass}}: He has ''guts'', and not only in combat situations; [[spoiler:he called the Merlin senile to his face.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: What Dresden is essentially to him, a wise, more powerful ally that isn't afraid of making fun of him.
* TheCasanova: Well, he says so, anyway.
* FireForgedFriends
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: He won't shut about his [[TheCasanova talents with the ladies]]. [[spoiler:He's a virgin. Harry, naturally, finds this hilarious.]]
* ImprobableAge: There's no way he would hold the rank he does at his age if a) he wasn't really good, and b) [[spoiler:most of the other Wardens hadn't gotten killed off in ''Dead Beat''.]]
* KillItWithWater: He uses water-based magic, as opposed to Harry's fire and force. Fun fact - in this universe, water-magic associated with entropy and "cleansing" and is capable of ''offensive disintegration''
** [[FridgeBrilliance Which makes sense,]] as water is actually quite reactive and very good at dissolving things, he just uses magic to turn this property UpToEleven.
* FirstNameBasis: "Everyone else who lets me [[spoiler: ride on their dinosaur]] calls me Carlos."
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Being the senior Warden and commander in Los Angeles, he sees almost as much action as Harry, on top of being an active participant in the war. In ''White Night'', Harry notes that Ramirez's gear is as battered and battle-scarred as his own, despite the difference in age.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''Changes''. [[spoiler:Made a well-intentioned but ''really'' poorly timed rebellion against authority, sending the White Council into chaos and ensuring that Harry was facing a TheOnlyOne situation.]]
* MagicKnight
* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[spoiler:Despite what he says, he's a virgin. He's still badass]].
* TedBaxter: He really is pretty damn badass, but he's prone to making jokes about his prowess in everything that exaggerate it to the point of ridiculousness.
* TrickedOutGloves: Wears a gauntlet with Olmec or Aztecan pictoglyphs to focus his water magic
* WeakButSkilled: You don't need a lot of force with particle beams.
** That, and almost everyone looks WeakButSkilled next to Harry "Powerhouse Slob" Dresden.
* WeaponOfChoice: Ramirez carries a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] and a willow sword, with the latter being an AntiMagic Warden blade.
!'''Ancient Mai'''
Another member of the Senior Council. Dedicated to maintaining the appearance of stability in the White Council. Little else is known.
* CoolOldLady
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Harry describes her as 'tiny'.
* NeverMessWithGranny: At one point in ''Turn Coat'', Ancient Mai is observed with the toughest and most experienced Wardens available. One of them is holding her umbrella.
** In that same scene, Harry lets a tiny detail slip, and Ancient Mai uses this information to effortlessly deduce several things about the situation, none of which are good for Harry. To quote Harry, "The only thing worse than scary is ''smart'' and scary."
* SupportPartyMember: While she can probably kick a large amount of ass if required to,[[WordOfGod WordOfJim]] implies she is this to the Senior Council being less of a physical fighter.
!'''Arthur Langtry, The Merlin'''
The leader of the White Council, and by extension the most powerful and skilled wizard alive. Unfortunately for Harry, he has taken a dislike to him as a rebellious upstart and possible warlock, and Harry in turn considers him a crotchety old man unable to come to terms with the changing world. Along with Morgan, he's one of the primary reasons for Harry's troubled relationship with the Council.
* BadassGrandpa: Once held off an entire army of Red Court vampires and outsiders with one on-the-fly ward, preventing the complete destruction of the White Council and Wardens in a devastating ambush.
** Also gave us the line:
--->''Rashid, [[CasualDangerDialogue please move forward and prevent]] [[EldritchAbomination it]] from disintegrating me, if you please.''
* BigGood: While he rather dislikes Harry, and is generally a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]], he seems almost singlemindedly devoted to protecting the world from the dangers of BlackMagic and whatever monsters may threaten it.
** MysteriousBacker: He's ''relatively'' more benevolent than other examples, though.
* DeadpanSnarker: "Egad Dresden, what gave you ''that'' idea?"
* EnemyMine: He doesn't like Harry at ''all''. This didn't stop him from recognizing in ''Turn Coat'' that the guy who makes a living as a private investigator might have the best chance of [[spoiler: rooting out TheMole.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Usually he's just "The Merlin."
* HeelFaceTurn: of a sort. In the earlier books Harry depicts him as HeadInTheSandmanagement, trying to avoid war with the Red Court vampires. By ''Changes'', however, when Cristos' faction is pushing for peace, the Merlin is among those who recognizes that this really is going to be a war of annihilation, and he's determined to fight it through.
** FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that [[spoiler:with Peabody's mind-altering spells gone, Merlin's thinking a bit more clearly.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He was going to [[spoiler:have Molly executed]] just to spite Harry and keep his mantle of authority unchallenged.
* KnightTemplar: In a quiet, [[BuffySpeak politician-y]] way.
* LetsGetDangerous: The Merlin is initially seen by Harry only as a political schemer and power-grubber, but shows off some serious badassery in ''Dead Beat'' where he blocks the Red Court's (and that's "Court" as in "all of them") advance with a single, threshold-less on-the-fly ward. At the end of ''Turn Coat'', the Merlin creates [[spoiler:a ward to contain a malicious non-corporeal entity, formulates a battle-plan, adds 3D visual aids and telepathically communicates it to the 200 or so other wizards in the room.]] In 3 seconds. In pitch dark. Without losing his cool for an instant.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* VillainsOutShopping: More {{Jerkass}} than villain, but at one point Harry is a bit nonplussed by seeing The Merlin doing something as mundane as making a sandwich.
!'''Martha Liberty'''
One of the members of the Senior Council, Liberty is an ally of Harry's, though rarely seen. Relatively little is known about her compared with other members of the Senior Council.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's willing to listen to Harry and Ebenezar, and if her brief scene in ''Summer Knight'' is anything to go by, anyone who comes before her while she's acting as a judge.
!'''Samuel Peabody'''
A clerical wizard with borderline obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes him ideal for his job as the Council's senior paper-pusher. Records Council meetings and handles a wide range of extremely sensitive documents. Also, [[spoiler: a member of the Black Council]].
* AlmightyJanitor: His entire job involves pushing paper around and taking notes, making him a minor but important functionary. He's not a slouch in actual combat either; he's an effective combat wizard, a good hand with a knife, and [[spoiler: a dangerous expert in mind-control magic.]]
* AntiMagic: Surprisingly adept at countering spells. [[spoiler: He deflects most of Harry's spells while he's attempting to run him down.]]
* [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: [[AlmightyJanitor Important]] he might be, but he's still a very minor functionary.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Peabody has made numerous minor appearances in earlier books, always as a minor background character. For example, he's the one who took notes on the Council meeting in ''Summer Knight'', wrote ''Die Lied der Erlking'', was present at [[spoiler: Molly]]'s trial in ''Proven Guilty'', and so on.
* [[spoiler: MindControl]]
* [[spoiler: MindRape]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* SmugSnake
* YourHeadAsplode: In ''Turn Coat'', [[spoiler: Morgan double-taps him at point blank range.]] Not much is left.
!'''Grigori Cristos'''
The newest member of the Senior Council, who forced the Merlin to appoint him lest he take roughly a third of the Council and secede from the whole. Ambitious, aggressive, and dangerous, Cristos has both Harry and Ebenezar convinced that [[spoiler: he is an agent of the Black Council.]] Or just stupid.
!'''Justin Du Morne'''
Harry's and Elaine's adoptive father, [[EvilMentor first mentor]] and Warden turned Warlock. He was raising Harry to become one of his enforcers but was killed in self-defense by Harry. He also took Bob after Kemmler's final death.
* EvilMentor: To Harry and Elaine
* MindControl: What he did to Elaine and planned to do to Harry.
* ObviouslyEvil: In the RPG, Harry states that the fact that Du Morne only dressed in black silk and leather and carved the end of his staff into a cobra should have rung an alarm bell or two.
* ParentalSubstitute: For Harry and Elaine
* PetTheDog: Giving Harry a baseball glove and playing catch with him.
** Subverted for readers who remember how Harry got his shield training. Then it's just a depressing CallForward.
->''"No. I would rather be dead - do you hear me? Be'' dead ''than have you use black magic on my behalf."''
A high-ranking member of the Wardens, skilled swordsman and battle wizard, Morgan is introduced as the magical equivalent of a parole officer - his job is to keep an eye on Harry and execute him if he shows signs of having gone back to his warlock ways, a duty Morgan pursues with gusto. Later on that role takes a backseat to [[spoiler: his mastery of battlefield combat as the Wardens go to war.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited:[[spoiler: Towards Luccio.]]
* {{Badass}}: Despite his jerkish personality, the man is admittedly awesome. He charged without blinking at a zombie dinosaur, got within mere yards of killing the King of the Red Vampires singlehandedly (and carved his way through several Red Court lords in the process), [[spoiler:and killed an EldritchAbomination by luring it into a nuclear testing site.]]
* BerserkButton: If you value your life, don't hurt Anastasia.
* TheCavalry: In ''Storm Front''.
** And subverted in ''Dead Beat.''
* {{Determinator}}: More than anything else, this is where Morgan's character stems from. At the end of ''Turn Coat'', Harry comes to realize that this is what made Morgan into the man he is. Despite everything that has happened to him over his life, and despite all the losses and pain he endured, Morgan ''never'' gave in.
* DishingOutDirt: Is demonstrated in ''Dead Beat''.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In ''Turn Coat'', he immediately runs to Harry because he figures nobody will look for him under the care of someone with whom he shares a certain amount of mutual loathing.]]
** More importantly [[spoiler:He understands that, of all people, Harry understands what it means to be wrongfully accused.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Morgan would never even consider using dark magic or breaking the Council's laws. Doesn't mean he isn't a huge {{Jerkass}} to Harry.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: With a little [[EveryoneHasStandards Even]] {{Inspector Javert}}s [[EveryoneHasStandards Have Standards]]. After [[spoiler: Molly's trial in Proven Guilty, where ''Morgan'' would have been Molly's executioner,]] he went back to the White Coucil headquarters and got himself massively drunk.
* InspectorJavert: To the core. [[spoiler:Inverted in ''Turn Coat'' where '''he''' is the one on the run.]]
** And even then [[spoiler:he continues to play the role with Molly, though it turns out [[MindProbe she deserved it.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Shortly before his death in Turn Coat, he does finally admit that his pursuit of Harry was unjustified. Or at least, as close as someone as stiff-necked as him can come to admitting it.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He seems to enjoy stalking Harry just a little too much.
* KnightInSourArmor: Still very much a believer in fighting the the good fight, but spending more than a century doing so has left him a very tired and bitter man.
* MagicKnight: As are most Wardens, up until ''Dead Beat''.
* [[spoiler:NukeEm]]: Morgan had problems with a [[EldritchAbomination skinwalker]] about fifty years before. They're basically minor dark gods that eat magic. So Morgan [[spoiler:lured it into a nuclear testing ground and stepped into the Nevernever as the bomb went off.]] Bad. Ass.
* ObstructiveZealot: He regularly ignores Harry's attempts to explain the situation; at one point he even yelled, "No! [[ThatLiarLies You lie]]!"
* PetTheDog: A few times here and there. These moment are always very, very subtle.
** Though there was a very clear one in the first book. Morgan could have easily stood by and let Harry die in the burning house, but he came in, rescued Harry, and then admitted to the White Council that he was wrong in that specific case. He may not like Harry, but he's not without honor.
* PrinciplesZealot: His faith in the Laws of Magic and the senior council. He's mentioned to basically be The Merlin's protege because of this.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: He dies shortly after finally making peace with Harry. Or as close to it as he's capable of]]
* ShockwaveStomp: Is seen to do this in ''Dead Beat''.
* SleepCute: Well... not ''cute''. But the impression of him sleeping is less JerkAss and more "[[JerkassWoobie Holy hell, this man has had a rough life.]]"
* TheStoic: Is this when he's not trying to kill someone.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: His immediate knee-jerk denial of [[spoiler:Harry mentioning the Black Council or a White Council traitor]] immediately clues Harry in to the fact [[spoiler:that Morgan and possibly the Merlin have considered the possibility of a traitor but won't publicly admit it due to the backlash.]]
* ZenSurvivor
* WeaponOfChoice: Morgan carries a ''massive'' broadsword forged by Luccio to [[AntiMagic break enchantments]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WindmillCrusader: Believes wholeheartedly that Harry is a black magic time-bomb waiting to go off. Harry's opinion of him softens ever-so-slightly once he realises Morgan honestly believes this and isn't hounding him because he's a jerk.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Even he was sickened by the idea that he'd have to [[spoiler:kill Molly Carpenter.]]
!'''Ebenezar [=McCoy=]'''
->''"I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice. It means knowing things no one else does. I told you that it meant you might have to act upon what you knew, and knew to be right, even though the whole world set its hand against you. Or that you might have to do horrible, necessary things."''
An elderly wizard, homesteader from somewhere in Missouri, and the [[spoiler: newest and youngest member of the White Council's Senior Council.]] Harry's mentor and teacher after Justin [=DuMorne=]'s death. [[spoiler:Also the Council's Blackstaff - the one White Council Wizard in the world authorized to use Black Magic without consequence.]]
* [[spoiler:ArtifactOfDoom / ArtifactOfDeath: The Blackstaff]]
* BadassGrandpa: Ebenezar looks like what he is - a farmer from Middle-of-Nowhere, USA. Elderly, mostly bald, drives a beat-up old pickup. He's also one of the most dangerous combat wizards alive.
** [[spoiler:And he actually is Harry's grandfather.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten Harry. Or he'll [[spoiler: drop a satellite]] on you.
* BigDamnHeroes: He turns up to even the odds as Harry and team face off against [[spoiler:pretty much the entire Red Court at the climax of ''Changes''. He brings the Grey Council with him.]]
* [[spoiler:BlackMagic: As the Council's Blackstaff, he's allowed to use it. At one point he casually kills about a hundred people at once with a single act of will. Then, he did it ''again.'']]
* [[spoiler: ColonyDrop: In ''Death Masks'', he rips a decommissioned Soviet satellite out of orbit and drops it on top of a castle owned by a Red Court Duke who threatened Harry.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: "Turn on the TV."
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: In ''Changes'', we learn that he's actually Harry's maternal grandfather.]]
* TheMentor
* NecessaryEvil: His role as Blackstaff.
* PapaWolf: The reason for the aforementioned [[spoiler:ColonyDrop. Also almost literal, but he's ''Grand''papa Wolf.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:The New Madrid Earthquake, the Tunguska incident and the eruption of Krakatoa were all Ebenezer putting the smackdown on deserving parties.]]
* PoisonousFriend: To the White Council and especially Harry, since if you threaten either one, he'll blow you up. Literally.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Fought in the French and Indian War.
* SawedOffShotgun: Like Harry, he tends to lug one of these around with him. Not that he usually needs it.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Again, [[spoiler: see aforementioned ColonyDrop.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Ebenezar normally uses a staff carved from an oak tree struck by lightning on his farm. But when shit really hits the fan, he pulls out [[spoiler: the Blackstaff, which allows him to work BlackMagic without going insane.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy
* WhatTheHellHero: Harry takes the fact that Ebenezar [[spoiler:uses BlackMagic without repercussion, was under orders to kill him if he even got out of line during his apprenticeship, and killed dozens of Duke Ortega's human slaves with the ColonyDrop]] poorly. They eventually reconcile, but it was very uncomfortable for a while.
!'''Joseph "Injun Joe" Listens-To-Wind'''
One of the wizards on the Senior Council, genuine Illinois medicine man and an old friend of [=McCoy=]'s. In addition to talking to animals and being able to transform, he's also the White Council's medical expert and goes back to medical school every ten years or so to stay up-to-date.
* BadassGrandpa
* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Listens-To-Wind has been guilty of all charges at some point or another, and uses a lot of Native American trappings to work magic, but manages to subvert the trope entirely. If anything, he seems to have about the same dress sense as most modern-day Native Americans.
* CoolOldGuy
* DanceMagic: Used for some of his spells.
* [[spoiler:EverythingsWorseWithBears: Turns out the best way to take on an EldritchAbomination CompleteMonster shapeshifter is by turning into a bear. '''The size of a minibus'''.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: In ''Turn Coat'', sort of.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Little Brother, his raccoon familiar.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The most [[BadAss hardcore]] version ever.
* TheMedic: He's generally considered to be the most skilled healer on the Council, and even ''goes back to med school every few years'' to make sure he stays on top of things.
* NWordPrivileges: Harry's narration notwithstanding, Ebenezar [=McCoy=] is the only one who actually calls him "Injun Joe" to his face, and he gets a pass thanks to being a good friend who goes back far enough with Listens-To-Wind to excuse the political incorrectness.
* ShapeShifterShowdown: His ultimate CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* ZenSurvivor: Subverted. While he's gone through enough to qualify, he's generally a nice, gentle guy. He's always been friendly and patient with Harry, even in ''Turn Coat''.
!'''Rashid the Gatekeeper'''
A member of the White Council who covertly aids Harry and is generally mysterious. Usually [[InTheHood wears a cowl]], and has powers of precognition. His precise job on the Senior Council is not explained, but he appears to have a great deal of knowledge regarding [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]].
* BadassGrandpa: Being on the Senior Council alone makes him pretty powerful, but Rashid is still extremely powerful even by their standards.
** WordOfGod [[http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18944.msg845383.html#msg845383 says]] that while Rashid isn't the most powerful, he ''is'' the most dangerous. And that he was the one who took ''down'' Abdul Alhazred (the author of the Necronomicon).
* CoolOldGuy: Of all of the Senior Council, save Ebenezar and Listens-To-Wind, Rashid is most often a friend and ally to Harry, if distantly.
* CrypticConversation: By nature. Rashid can see across time and into the future, but he has to pick his words very carefully when warning people of what is coming. If his words or actions alter the future too much, it may result in a paradox that backlashes against him, possibly driving him insane or ripping apart reality. As a result, his warnings and actions tend to cryptic or limited in immediate utility.
** In [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles the comments in the RPG rulebook]], Harry muses that he expects Rashid would answer like this even if you asked him something as mundane as "What would you like on your pizza?"
* DarkIsNotEvil: He goes around in a BlackCloak with a [[InTheHood deep hood]], but seems to be a pretty decent guy.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's referred to as "the Gatekeeper" much more than "Rashid."
* EyepatchOfPower: One of his eyes is replaced by a silver orb.
* InTheHood
* TheQuietOne
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notably, even the Merlin defers to him where he'd back down to nobody else, and Rashid is perfectly willing to listen to Harry's explanations.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: To Harry in ''Summer Knight''. Rashid also accepts personal responsibility and would have killed Harry on the spot if he failed the test, as it would have the same result in the long run.
!'''Anastasia Luccio'''
The Commander of the Wardens, Morgan's teacher. Was [[spoiler: forcibly transferred to a much younger woman's body by Corpsetaker in ''Dead Beat''.]] Became briefly romantically involved with Harry over the events of ''Small Favor'' and ''Turn Coat''. [[spoiler: In ''Turn Coat'', it was revealed that she was an unwilling mole in the White Council, as being transferred to a younger body made her less resistant to mind-altering magics.]]
* AntiMagic: She made the spell-cutting silver Warden swords, at least before her little accident.
* [[spoiler:BiTheWay: Outright said to be this when she was younger by Lara,who wastes no time asking whether she'd like to revisit old times]]
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy]]: [[spoiler: Mind-controlled by Peabody into killing [=LaFortier=],]] and also [[spoiler: was mind-controlled into being attracted to Harry in order for the traitor to keep tabs on him.]]
* TheCaptain: The current commander of the Wardens, and her official title is "Captain."
* FrickinLaserBeams: Her choice of offensive spell is usually a needle-thin beam of pure intense heat that Harry eventually learns how to use in Changes. Luccio's is the superior version as Harry mentions right after using it that if it were used in the real world,he wasn't sure whether he could actually pull it off. Also when ever she uses it he always ends up gushing about much it conserves energy and how intense it is.
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe: How she ended up in her current body.]]
* KillItWithFire: See above
* LadyOfWar
* MagicKnight
* QuicklyDemotedWoman: Subverted. Although she now is ''much'' less effective in combat, she retains her rank and uses her knowledge to good effect in a less-physical position. Plus "much less effective in combat" still leaves her capable of kicking a lot of ass.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Was born in the 1700s. [[spoiler: Currently has the body of a twenty-five year old.]]
* WeakButSkilled: By necessity. Ever since [[spoiler: being transferred to her younger body,]] Luccio's talents have suffered as [[spoiler: her new body doesn't have the potential for magic that her older one possessed.]] That being said, she is still ''incredibly'' powerful and a masterfully-skilled fighter, and makes use of her reduced talents to impressive effect. Even with a modest magical talent now, Luccio can produce deadly beams of precise energy or wide area-effect illusions. Harry states in Changes even with the obvious decrease in power he still wouldn't want to fight her.
!'''Carlos Ramirez'''
The regional commander of the Wardens on the West Coast, barely out of his apprenticeship. He loves to make jokes about his own awesomeness and popularity with the ladies.
* {{Badass}}: He has ''guts'', and not only in combat situations; [[spoiler:he called the Merlin senile to his face.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: What Dresden is essentially to him, a wise, more powerful ally that isn't afraid of making fun of him.
* TheCasanova: Well, he says so, anyway.
* FireForgedFriends
* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: He won't shut about his [[TheCasanova talents with the ladies]]. [[spoiler:He's a virgin. Harry, naturally, finds this hilarious.]]
* ImprobableAge: There's no way he would hold the rank he does at his age if a) he wasn't really good, and b) [[spoiler:most of the other Wardens hadn't gotten killed off in ''Dead Beat''.]]
* KillItWithWater: He uses water-based magic, as opposed to Harry's fire and force. Fun fact - in this universe, water-magic associated with entropy and "cleansing" and is capable of ''offensive disintegration''
** [[FridgeBrilliance Which makes sense,]] as water is actually quite reactive and very good at dissolving things, he just uses magic to turn this property UpToEleven.
* FirstNameBasis: "Everyone else who lets me [[spoiler: ride on their dinosaur]] calls me Carlos."
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Being the senior Warden and commander in Los Angeles, he sees almost as much action as Harry, on top of being an active participant in the war. In ''White Night'', Harry notes that Ramirez's gear is as battered and battle-scarred as his own, despite the difference in age.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''Changes''. [[spoiler:Made a well-intentioned but ''really'' poorly timed rebellion against authority, sending the White Council into chaos and ensuring that Harry was facing a TheOnlyOne situation.]]
* MagicKnight
* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[spoiler:Despite what he says, he's a virgin. He's still badass]].
* TedBaxter: He really is pretty damn badass, but he's prone to making jokes about his prowess in everything that exaggerate it to the point of ridiculousness.
* TrickedOutGloves: Wears a gauntlet with Olmec or Aztecan pictoglyphs to focus his water magic
* WeakButSkilled: You don't need a lot of force with particle beams.
** That, and almost everyone looks WeakButSkilled next to Harry "Powerhouse Slob" Dresden.
* WeaponOfChoice: Ramirez carries a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] and a willow sword, with the latter being an AntiMagic Warden blade.
!'''Ancient Mai'''
Another member of the Senior Council. Dedicated to maintaining the appearance of stability in the White Council. Little else is known.
* CoolOldLady
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Harry describes her as 'tiny'.
* NeverMessWithGranny: At one point in ''Turn Coat'', Ancient Mai is observed with the toughest and most experienced Wardens available. One of them is holding her umbrella.
** In that same scene, Harry lets a tiny detail slip, and Ancient Mai uses this information to effortlessly deduce several things about the situation, none of which are good for Harry. To quote Harry, "The only thing worse than scary is ''smart'' and scary."
* SupportPartyMember: While she can probably kick a large amount of ass if required to,[[WordOfGod WordOfJim]] implies she is this to the Senior Council being less of a physical fighter.
!'''Arthur Langtry, The Merlin'''
The leader of the White Council, and by extension the most powerful and skilled wizard alive. Unfortunately for Harry, he has taken a dislike to him as a rebellious upstart and possible warlock, and Harry in turn considers him a crotchety old man unable to come to terms with the changing world. Along with Morgan, he's one of the primary reasons for Harry's troubled relationship with the Council.
* BadassGrandpa: Once held off an entire army of Red Court vampires and outsiders with one on-the-fly ward, preventing the complete destruction of the White Council and Wardens in a devastating ambush.
** Also gave us the line:
--->''Rashid, [[CasualDangerDialogue please move forward and prevent]] [[EldritchAbomination it]] from disintegrating me, if you please.''
* BigGood: While he rather dislikes Harry, and is generally a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]], he seems almost singlemindedly devoted to protecting the world from the dangers of BlackMagic and whatever monsters may threaten it.
** MysteriousBacker: He's ''relatively'' more benevolent than other examples, though.
* DeadpanSnarker: "Egad Dresden, what gave you ''that'' idea?"
* EnemyMine: He doesn't like Harry at ''all''. This didn't stop him from recognizing in ''Turn Coat'' that the guy who makes a living as a private investigator might have the best chance of [[spoiler: rooting out TheMole.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Usually he's just "The Merlin."
* HeelFaceTurn: of a sort. In the earlier books Harry depicts him as HeadInTheSandmanagement, trying to avoid war with the Red Court vampires. By ''Changes'', however, when Cristos' faction is pushing for peace, the Merlin is among those who recognizes that this really is going to be a war of annihilation, and he's determined to fight it through.
** FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that [[spoiler:with Peabody's mind-altering spells gone, Merlin's thinking a bit more clearly.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He was going to [[spoiler:have Molly executed]] just to spite Harry and keep his mantle of authority unchallenged.
* KnightTemplar: In a quiet, [[BuffySpeak politician-y]] way.
* LetsGetDangerous: The Merlin is initially seen by Harry only as a political schemer and power-grubber, but shows off some serious badassery in ''Dead Beat'' where he blocks the Red Court's (and that's "Court" as in "all of them") advance with a single, threshold-less on-the-fly ward. At the end of ''Turn Coat'', the Merlin creates [[spoiler:a ward to contain a malicious non-corporeal entity, formulates a battle-plan, adds 3D visual aids and telepathically communicates it to the 200 or so other wizards in the room.]] In 3 seconds. In pitch dark. Without losing his cool for an instant.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* VillainsOutShopping: More {{Jerkass}} than villain, but at one point Harry is a bit nonplussed by seeing The Merlin doing something as mundane as making a sandwich.
!'''Martha Liberty'''
One of the members of the Senior Council, Liberty is an ally of Harry's, though rarely seen. Relatively little is known about her compared with other members of the Senior Council.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's willing to listen to Harry and Ebenezar, and if her brief scene in ''Summer Knight'' is anything to go by, anyone who comes before her while she's acting as a judge.
!'''Samuel Peabody'''
A clerical wizard with borderline obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes him ideal for his job as the Council's senior paper-pusher. Records Council meetings and handles a wide range of extremely sensitive documents. Also, [[spoiler: a member of the Black Council]].
* AlmightyJanitor: His entire job involves pushing paper around and taking notes, making him a minor but important functionary. He's not a slouch in actual combat either; he's an effective combat wizard, a good hand with a knife, and [[spoiler: a dangerous expert in mind-control magic.]]
* AntiMagic: Surprisingly adept at countering spells. [[spoiler: He deflects most of Harry's spells while he's attempting to run him down.]]
* [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: [[AlmightyJanitor Important]] he might be, but he's still a very minor functionary.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Peabody has made numerous minor appearances in earlier books, always as a minor background character. For example, he's the one who took notes on the Council meeting in ''Summer Knight'', wrote ''Die Lied der Erlking'', was present at [[spoiler: Molly]]'s trial in ''Proven Guilty'', and so on.
* [[spoiler: MindControl]]
* [[spoiler: MindRape]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* SmugSnake
* YourHeadAsplode: In ''Turn Coat'', [[spoiler: Morgan double-taps him at point blank range.]] Not much is left.
!'''Grigori Cristos'''
The newest member of the Senior Council, who forced the Merlin to appoint him lest he take roughly a third of the Council and secede from the whole. Ambitious, aggressive, and dangerous, Cristos has both Harry and Ebenezar convinced that [[spoiler: he is an agent of the Black Council.]] Or just stupid.
!'''Justin Du Morne'''
Harry's and Elaine's adoptive father, [[EvilMentor first mentor]] and Warden turned Warlock. He was raising Harry to become one of his enforcers but was killed in self-defense by Harry. He also took Bob after Kemmler's final death.
* EvilMentor: To Harry and Elaine
* MindControl: What he did to Elaine and planned to do to Harry.
* ObviouslyEvil: In the RPG, Harry states that the fact that Du Morne only dressed in black silk and leather and carved the end of his staff into a cobra should have rung an alarm bell or two.
* ParentalSubstitute: For Harry and Elaine
* PetTheDog: Giving Harry a baseball glove and playing catch with him.
** Subverted for readers who remember how Harry got his shield training. Then it's just a depressing CallForward.
