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| 3 | %%% Doctor Charles Bartlesby, and maybe Alicia Nelson (two of the Corpsetaker's victims in Dead Beat). |
| 4 | %%% Yardly family, from 'AAAA Wizardry' (Megan Yardly, her brother Ben, her daughters Kat and Tamara, and her son Joey). |
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| 15 | '''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/BattleGround2020 Battle Ground]]'') are '''UNMARKED'''. Tread carefully. |
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| 19 | [[WMG:[[center:''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' '''[[Characters/TheDresdenfiles Character Index]]'''\ |
| 20 | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesHarryDresden Harry Dresden]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesHarrysHousehold Harry's Household]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheWhiteCouncil The White Council]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheChurch The Church]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheVampires The Vampire Courts]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheDenarians The Denarians]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFae The Fae]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFomor The Fomor]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheKemmlerites The Kemmlerites]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesChicagoMafia Chicago Mafia]] | [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]] | '''Ordinary People and Badass Normals''']]]] |
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| 24 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | !Families |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[header: Beckitt Family]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | For Helen Beckitt, see her entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesChicagoMafia Chicago Mafia]]. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder: Amanda Beckitt, aka "Persephone"]] |
| 33 | !!Amanda Beckitt, aka "Persephone" |
| 34 | |
| 35 | A young girl who was rendered comatose in a gang shootout. Having been declared legally dead, she is currently on life support in a private hospital with all her care paid for by Marcone. |
| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | * MeaningfulName: Her nickname refers to the figure from Greek mythology who was taken away to the Underworld by Hades. |
| 38 | * MyGreatestFailure: Serves as this to Marcone, who was horrified that an innocent child was so badly hurt in a shootout that he was involved in. |
| 39 | * OnlyMostlyDead: In a coma, but still alive. |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder: Gregory Beckitt]] |
| 43 | !!Gregory Beckitt |
| 44 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gregory_stormfront.png]] |
| 45 | [[caption-width-right:150:A man on a mission.]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Amanda's father and Helen's husband. Sought revenge on Marcone after Amanda was rendered comatose; when Marcone's lawyers prevented them from suing Marcone, he and his wife took a darker path. |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | * BrokenBird: A rare male example. The loss of his daughter is something he hasn't recovered from. |
| 50 | * BusCrash: Killed offscreen in a prison riot while serving his sentence. |
| 51 | * DespairEventHorizon: After the loss of his daughter, he and his wife push themselves into seeking revenge against Marcone. |
| 52 | * PutOnABus: Arrested for his involvement in the Three-Eye cult. |
| 53 | * {{Revenge}}: His only motivation for going after Marcone. |
| 54 | * RevengeBeforeReason: He joins a dark magic cult to sell a drug with horrible side effects in a mob-controlled city, virtually ensuring that both the police and the mob would come after him. Why did he do it? Because he wanted Marcone to pay for what he did to Amanda. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder: Linda Randall]] |
| 58 | !!Linda Randall |
| 59 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/linda_stormfront.png]] |
| 60 | [[caption-width-right:150:Chauffeur, call girl... and blackmailer.]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | The chauffeur and live-in lover of Gregory and Helen Beckitt. Formerly a prostitute for Bianca and a friend of Jennifer Stanton. |
| 63 | ---- |
| 64 | * {{Blackmail}}: Tries to do this by taking pictures of the participants of the orgies at Sells' lake house. Unfortunately for her, Sells just kills her rather than pay the blackmail. |
| 65 | * BrokenBird: She shows shades of this when she says that she has a sex addiction that she implies that she's using to try to cope with a poor life and that she has little else in the way of skills. She explicitly mentions that Stanton had a talent for connecting with and uplifting clients, something that Linda never had. |
| 66 | * DepravedBisexual: Downplayed and invoked, in the sense that she was ''imaginative'' as a prostitute, while also being bisexual. She was a lover and coworker of Jennifer Stanton, and to both of the Beckitts. Later, she would betray the Beckitts to try to extort money out of the One Eye Franchise, but then they did kill a former lover of hers. |
| 67 | * TheDriver: One of her duties for the Beckitts. |
| 68 | * FemmeFatale: Largely a front, but when she first meets Harry, she really turns on the smoulder. It was largely a front though, and she dropped it when Harry refused to be distracted by it. |
| 69 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The one time she was speaking to Harry, she was nervous and paranoid about being a cop. As it turns out, she was accessory to pushing what was essentially illegal drugs and several murders that her employers committed. |
| 70 | * HighClassCallGirl: First for Bianca, and then privately for the Beckitts as part of her duties as a domestic. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[header: Carpenter Family]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | For Michael Carpenter, see his entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheChurch the Church]]. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | For Molly Carpenter, see her entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheFae the Fae]]. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder: Charity Carpenter]] |
| 80 | !!Charity Carpenter |
| 81 | |
| 82 | ->''"My children are vulnerable. I'm taking them to safety. Help me or stand aside."'' |
| 83 | |
| 84 | Michael's loving and caring wife, mother of their seven children, devoted housekeeper, first-aid medic, armor- and weaponsmith, and sparring partner. |
| 85 | ---- |
| 86 | * AbusiveParents: While loving her children dearly she has had her own flawed moments that prior to Proven Guilty drove Molly from the home, before working on them - but from what she says in ''Proven Guilty'' when she's talking to Harry about when she gained her magic, her ''own'' parents were pretty dickish to her even before she gained her magic. |
| 87 | -->'''Charity:''' I had some talent. It showed just before [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday my sixteenth birthday]]. You know how awkward that kind of thing can be.\ |
| 88 | '''Harry:''' Yeah. How'd your family take it?\ |
| 89 | '''Charity:''' ''(gives a rueful smile)'' My parents were wealthy. "Respectable." When they had time to ''notice'' me, they expected ''me'' to be normal. "Respectable." They found it easier to believe that I was a drug addict, emotionally unbalanced. ''(Harry winces in sympathy as she continues)'' They sent me away to schools, and to hospitals disguised as schools. I eventually left them. Just... left them. [[TheRunaway I struck out on my own]]. |
| 90 | * ActionMom: Not only was she her husband's training partner for much of their marriage, she charges head on into the capital of Winter Fae to save her eldest daughter. |
| 91 | * AlmightyMom: Mess with her kids and doom will befall you, even if you're a powerful fear-eating faerie. |
| 92 | * AmazonianBeauty: She keeps them covered, but when she's wearing workout clothes its obvious she has a HeroicBuild to match her husband. |
| 93 | * BadassNormal: Unlike her husband, Charity has no supernatural powers anymore or ancient artifacts. That doesn't stop her from being Michael's primary sparring partner and hitching up alongside Harry, Murphy, and Thomas to charge headlong into Queen Mab's stronghold to rescue her kidnapped daughter. And she pulls her own weight the whole way. |
| 94 | * CharacterFocus: Charity gets her [[ADayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] in ''Proven Guilty'', where her DarkAndTroubledPast is revealed and she struggles to reconcile her views on magic with Molly's burgeoning talent. |
| 95 | * ComesGreatResponsibility: Averted. Rather than continue using her magical abilities after she was rescued by Michael, she let them atrophy until they vanished completely. Molly, not knowing her mother was a former practitioner, cites the parable of talents as her reason for continuing to use magic and makes Charity realize her own mistake years ago. |
| 96 | * ControlFreak: Her relationship with Molly during ''Proven Guilty'' was basically them arguing over Molly's life choices until they rescued her from Arctis Tor. She [[JerkassRealization realizes this afterwards]], and that it was only driving Molly away, and stops it. |
| 97 | * DeadpanSnarker: Can be rather dry-witted around Harry and his associates. |
| 98 | * DeathGlare: In "Cold Cases," Molly notes that her mother can give absolutely withering glares to anyone who has earned her ire. |
| 99 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She's never going to be a big fan of Harry, but is still genuinely horrified when Harry offhandedly mentions to her in ''Small Favor'' that his own mentor [[EvilMentor Justin DuMorne]] taught him how to make shields by [[AbusiveParents throwing baseballs at him]]. |
| 100 | * ForcedToWatch: She gets pinned down with one hand by her daughter's kidnapper, while he chokes out Molly with the other hand via SuperStrength. A helpless Charity is near tears being forced to look, but fortunately, Harry had a plan. |
| 101 | * FormerTeenRebel: Got close to violating the Laws of Magic when she was young and then nearly sacrificed to a dragon, before Michael showed up and saved her. |
| 102 | * FreudianExcuse: Her own bad history with BlackMagic is one of the primary reasons why she's so dismissive towards Harry and so reluctant to have Molly do anything with her talent once she starts to come into her magic. Part of her animosity towards Harry is also rooted in both how he helped inspire Molly to continue furthering her own magic and that he was a walking symbol for how she ignored using the benefits of her talent to help innocent people the world over. |
| 103 | * GoodIsNotNice: Her earlier actions towards Harry were always curt and colored by her intense dislike of him. Even when she helps him with his injuries, she can be just a ''bit'' sadistic. |
| 104 | -->'''Harry:''' ''[narration]'' I hear they make antiseptics that don't sting anymore. But Charity used iodine. |
| 105 | * GoodIsNotSoft: She might be a civil housewife, but she can snipe right back at Harry and singlehandedly broke down the door to Mab's prison-garden at Arctis Tor. |
| 106 | * HappilyMarried: To Michael. |
| 107 | * HiddenDepths: A recovering warlock and BadassNormal ''par excellance''. |
| 108 | * IHatePastMe: Does not look fondly back on her days as a warlock. Also, this trope is implied to be part of the reason for why she butted heads with Harry so much prior to her JerkassRealization in ''Proven Guilty'' - He's a walking and talking example of someone who ''didn't'' give up their talent like she did, and so his mere existence is constantly (albeit unintentionally) rubbing Charity's face in how she wasted her magic when he's helping make the world a better place through his own magic. |
| 109 | * IronicName: Not that charitable, at least to Harry. |
| 110 | * ItemCrafting: Her strong suit. While she can't fight in the league of her husband, she does make his armor. It's unique in its ability to stop both gunshots and swords. |
| 111 | * JerkassHasAPoint: As Harry himself later admits, she might not be that charitable towards Harry... but whenever Harry's around Michael, he's usually dragging Michael off into problems that he caused ''himself'' and is putting her husband in the line of fire. She's also right to be scared of Molly wanting to pursue her magical talents, as she herself is a former warlock and knows just how dangerous that life can be. |
| 112 | * JerkassRealization: Has one regarding both herself and Harry in ''Proven Guilty'', realizing that not only was she driving Molly away due to her own ControlFreak nature, but that she had thought far lesser of Harry than he deserved and he was a more genuinely noble person than she thought. |
| 113 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nasty as hell to Harry for getting her husband involved in ''anything'' regardless of how noble the cause, Harry's efforts to help Michael, Michael's own willingness or anything really but cares for her family. She drops the Jerk part after ''Proven Guilty'', now seeing Harry as family and calls him as such in ''Small Favor'' when they are waiting to see if Michael is going to survive the wounds he received fighting next to Harry. |
| 114 | * LadyOfWar: Harry notes that she looks very feminine and maternal even when charging into the heart of Winter to save her eldest daughter. |
| 115 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After years of serving the Lord with no monetary reward for their work, they get one-fifth of the diamonds stolen from Hades' vault, between one to two million dollars. Charity insists to Michael (who is still hesitant to take the money) that it's a divine gift. After all, they have children to put through college, and grandchildren will be coming soon. |
| 116 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Inverted - she has the secret and doesn't share with anyone, not even Michael. Harry, being a detective, figures it out on his own. |
| 117 | * MamaBear: She doesn't care what sort of supernatural nasty you are, she'll punch you out if you threaten her children. |
| 118 | * MeaningfulName: The Swords of the Cross are named after the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Love (1 Corinthians 13:13), of which Michael wields ''Amoracchius'', the Sword of Love. Some translations of the Bible (particularly the King James Version) name Love as Charity. |
| 119 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Participates in the snowball fight training Molly in making magical shields at the beginning of ''Small Favor'' by dumping a huge load of snow down the back of Harry's jacket. |
| 120 | * ParentalHypocrisy: With the dash of SecretLegacy, her dislike for all things magical and knowing Molly was using it made her try to keep Molly from turning to a bad path. Michael notices however, that her controlling nature just made Molly want to stay away more and more. |
| 121 | * ParentalSubstitute: While Michael and Charity love Maggie as if she was their own, they are well aware that they aren't her parents. They both encourage Harry to take over the role, both for Maggie's sake and his own. |
| 122 | * ParentsAsPeople: She deeply loves her children and tries to be the best mother for them that she possibly can, but her own pride and traumas can sometimes blind her to the truth. |
| 123 | * RescueRomance: She met Michael when he saved her from a fire-breathing dragon. |
| 124 | * RichesToRags: Charity apparently came from a wealthy and affluent family, but she ran away from home and became a homeless vagrant and burgeoning warlock until Michael saved her. |
| 125 | * SecretLegacy: Atrophied magical talent, which is passed on to her daughter Molly. By the time her other children are born, the magic is completely gone. |
| 126 | * StatuesqueStunner: She normally dresses in loose conservative clothing, but Harry sees her in her underwear once in "The Warrior" and comments that she "won the genetic lottery." |
| 127 | * SupremeChef: Harry describes her at one point as "the [=MacGuyver=] of the kitchen." |
| 128 | * TookALevelInKindness: Due to her dislike for all things magical and how Harry could often come back with Michael injured, Charity was almost always a {{Jerkass}} towards Harry until ''Proven Guilty'' in stark contrast to [[AllLovingHero Michael]]. After he helped her save Molly and she came to the realization about her projecting said dislike towards him, she becomes far nicer towards him. |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder: Daniel Carpenter]] |
| 132 | !!Daniel Carpenter |
| 133 | |
| 134 | The second oldest of Michael and Charity's children, and a member of the Chicago Alliance at the time of ''Ghost Story''. Daniel served in the U.S. infantry in Afghanistan, and is married and expecting the first Carpenter grandchild as of ''Peace Talks''/''Battle Ground''. |
| 135 | ---- |
| 136 | * BadassNormal: Has no powers, but he has been very well trained. "Bombshells" reveals he's just come from a tour in the army. |
| 137 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He shows this, despite being Molly's younger brother. He's of course also protective on his numerous younger siblings. |
| 138 | * TheBigGuy: He is a trained fighter on the large size. |
| 139 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Has this dynamic with Molly. Especially when she left the family home following an argument with Charity in ''Literature/ProvenGuilty''. Molly being the more foolish one, while Daniel is the responsible one. |
| 140 | * HotBlooded: Is a bit eager to deal with the Fomor and other issues, with a tendency to not think first. He also tends to be a bit of a jerk to his allies, with Father Forthill having to try and restrain him. |
| 141 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Daniel cares about the well being of people, and hates seeing innocents get hurt. But he's abrasive. Much like his mother, he cares for his older sister, but also struggles to understand her and tends to be confrontational. Similarly, Daniel's attitude rubs Will Borden the wrong way and the two often are at each other's throat. |
| 142 | * IdiotBall: He mentioned Murphy was now the custodian of two of the Swords in front of a White Court Vampire. Not his brightest move. |
| 143 | %%* LightningBruiser |
| 144 | %%* YoungGun |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder: Matthew Carpenter]] |
| 148 | !!Matthew Carpenter |
| 149 | |
| 150 | Michael and Charity's third child. |
| 151 | ---- |
| 152 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Even though he's technically Molly's little brother, he's very concerned about her when she enters her delinquent phase. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder: Alicia Carpenter]] |
| 156 | !!Alicia Carpenter |
| 157 | |
| 158 | Michael and Charity's fourth child. Her father coaches her softball team. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * DamselInDistress: Abducted by the crazed Father Roarke during the short story "The Warrior". Harry has to save her from the threat of explosives turning her into mulch, and does so with his usual difficulty. |
| 161 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Called "Leech" by Molly, due to her black hair. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder: Hope Carpenter]] |
| 165 | !!Hope Carpenter |
| 166 | |
| 167 | Michael and Charity's fifth child. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * AffectionateNickname: Called "Hobbit" by her family. |
| 170 | * TheSquire: Styles herself this in ''Literature/SmallFavor'' for Harry, calmly providing him with snowball ammunition so he can test Molly's shielding abilities. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder: Amanda Carpenter]] |
| 174 | !!Amanda Carpenter |
| 175 | |
| 176 | Michael and Charity's sixth child. |
| 177 | ---- |
| 178 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: [[invoked]] [[OneSteveLimit Decrees that Harry Dresden is now to be known as "Bill" because they already have a Harry (her younger brother) at the Carpenter house.]] |
| 179 | * AffectionateNickname: Called "Princess" by her family. |
| 180 | * CoolBigSis: To Maggie, who she intermittently babysits. |
| 181 | * HugeSchoolgirl: By the time ''Skin Game'' rolls around, Amanda is 16 and taller than her big sister Molly, who, in turn, nudges six feet in bare feet. Oh, and Amanda goes to a Catholic school, with all that entails in terms of uniforms. |
| 182 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: Harry first meets her when she's a child. By ''Literature/SkinGame'', he notes that she's probably causing "neck injuries" from boys craning their heads to look at her. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder: Harry Carpenter]] |
| 186 | !!Harry Carpenter |
| 187 | |
| 188 | Michael and Charity's youngest child. Goes by "Hank" on occasion. |
| 189 | ---- |
| 190 | * BigBrotherMentor: Maggie Dresden sees him as one, with him being the one who taught her about Creeps. |
| 191 | * DistressedDude: In ''Literature/GravePeril'', Harry had his energy drained by Kravos. And in ''Literature/DeathMasks'', Nicodemus threw a Blackened Denarius at him, though Harry Dresden managed to intercept it. |
| 192 | * MeaningfulName: Named after Harry Dresden, who saved his life. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[header: Dresden Family]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | For Harry Dresden himself and his daughter Maggie Dresden, see their entries under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesHarrysHousehold Harry and Harry's Household]]. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | For Harry's mother Margaret [=LeFay=] Dresden, see her entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheWhiteCouncil The White Council]]. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder: Malcolm Dresden]] |
| 202 | !!Malcolm Dresden |
| 203 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolm_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 204 | [[caption-width-right:200:Rest in peace.]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | Harry's deceased father. Formerly a stage magician, he died when Harry was around six years old. Officially, he died because of a brain aneurysm; some have hinted otherwise. His ghost made a brief, cryptic appearance in ''Dead Beat''. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | * DeadPersonConversation: In ''Dead Beat''. |
| 209 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: All of Harry's remaining memories of them show him to be a loving and compassionate man who sincerely cared for his son. |
| 210 | * GoOutWithASmile: Harry mentions at one point that when he woke up to find out that his father had died in his sleep, Malcolm was lying in his bed with a contented smile on his face. |
| 211 | * MayDecemberRomance: WordOfGod reveals Margaret was around a century old when she met him. |
| 212 | * MoralityChain: It's hinted he became this for Margaret. |
| 213 | * NiceGuy: He's always described as a genuinely kind and compassionate man. |
| 214 | * PosthumousCharacter: He died long before the series started. |
| 215 | * PungeonMaster: Where Harry gets it from. |
| 216 | * ThePowerOfLove: His genuine love for Margaret helped her become a better woman. |
| 217 | * SoProudOfYou: To Harry. |
| 218 | * StageMagician: His profession. |
| 219 | %%* TellMeAboutMyFather |
| 220 | * VaguenessIsComing: |
| 221 | ** "Beware the Jabberwock, my son." However, this ''may'' just be part of the lead-up to a pun. "No, I don't have a vorpal sword to lend you. You'll have to make do with a Snickers snack." |
| 222 | ** His remarks about how "Death" and "Terrible waters" lie in Harry's future play this straight, when events in ''Changes'' (Harry shot dead by Kincaid) and "Aftermath" (rise of the aquatic Fomor) are taken into account. |
| 223 | *** Those two can even be taken together, given that the Fomor made themselves known after the destruction of the Red Court, which Harry was responsible, for, and which he took on the mantle of Winter Knight to be able to destroy, which is why he had himself assassinated to begin with. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[header: Murphy Family]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | For Karrin Murphy, Collin Murphy, and Rick Boughton, see their entries under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesChicagoPDAndFBI Chicago Police and FBI]]. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder: Lisa Boughton]] |
| 231 | !!Lisa Murphy Boughton |
| 232 | |
| 233 | Murphy's free-spirited younger sister. She married Murphy's second ex-husband, FBI Agent Rick Boughton, after he arrested her for underage drinking and public drunkenness during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: An attitude she maintained into adulthood. |
| 236 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: With murphy. Lisa is the foolish one. |
| 237 | * GirlyGirl: In contrast to her {{Tomboy}} sister Murphy. |
| 238 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Got so drunk in New Orleans that she was arrested. Of course, she wound up marrying her arresting officer, so it wasn't all bad. |
| 239 | * ParentalFavoritism: She benefits from it. |
| 240 | * SiblingYinYang: Harry astutely notes that by marrying her, Rick was essentially getting a less-successful, less-strong-willed version of Karrin. |
| 241 | * YoungestChildWins: Lisa gets little grief from her mother about her lifestyle choices and is happily married, whereas Murphy had to sneak out to go to prom and is twice-divorced. |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder: Marion Murphy]] |
| 245 | !!Marion Murphy |
| 246 | |
| 247 | Matriarch of the Murphy clan. |
| 248 | ---- |
| 249 | * ParentalFavoritism: She goes easier on Lisa, her youngest, then she did with her older children. |
| 250 | * SecretKeeper: She never told her daughter Karrin that her husband Collin was part of the Black Cats, the department that handled supernatural crimes before Special Investigations was created. |
| 251 | * SecretSecretKeeper: Marion knows that Karrin wants to have at least one secret from her, and so doesn't let on that she knows Karrin's department, Special Investigations, handles supernatural cases. |
| 252 | * SupremeChef: Dresden marvels at how good her burgers are. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder: Gregory Taggart]] |
| 256 | !!Gregory Taggart |
| 257 | |
| 258 | Murphy's first husband. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * DysfunctionalFamily: By the end, Gregory and Murphy couldn't even talk without the conversation degenerating into a fight. |
| 261 | * TheGhost: Never seen onscreen. |
| 262 | * HighSchoolSweethearts: With Murphy. It didn't last. |
| 263 | * PosthumousCharacter: We first learn of him when Murphy shows Dresden his obituary in ''Summer Knight''. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[WMG: Sells Family]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | For Victor Sells, see his entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]. |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder: Monica Sells]] |
| 271 | !!Monica Stanton Sells |
| 272 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monica_7.png]] |
| 273 | [[caption-width-right:150:She ''will'' protect her children.]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | The wife of Victor Sells, and one of his first victims when he began dabbling in black magic. She hired Dresden to 'find' her husband in the beginning of the ''Storm Front'' case; she actually wanted Dresden to protect her and her children, if possible, from Victor's increasingly monstrous acts. |
| 276 | ---- |
| 277 | * AbusiveParents: Was abused by her parents in St. Louis. |
| 278 | * DomesticAbuse: Victor abused her, forcing her to take Three Eye and to participate in his orgies. |
| 279 | * GirlyGirl: In some respects. For example, she collects cartoon colored cows. |
| 280 | * MamaBear: Didn't resist Victor when he was only hurting her, but when he started to consider going after their children, she began working to stop him. |
| 281 | * PutOnABus: She and her kids entered a witness protection program after the ''Storm Front'' case concluded. |
| 282 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Completely derailed Victor's plans just by getting Dresden involved. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder: Jennifer Stanton]] |
| 286 | !!Jennifer Stanton |
| 287 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennifer_8.png]] |
| 288 | [[caption-width-right:150:She tried to save her sister. It cost her everything.]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | Monica's younger, wilder sister. |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * AbusiveParents: To the point where she fled them as a child. |
| 293 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted, by threatening Victor to leave Monica and the kids alone. Unfortunately, Sells just killed Jennifer before she could do anything. |
| 294 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lived a wilder life than her sister Monica. From context, it wasn't "too" wild, since she was a prostitute and refused to get involved with anything even more illegal or that would earn her enemies, which turned out to be a plot point. |
| 295 | * HighClassCallGirl: A former employee of Bianca's Velvet Room. |
| 296 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her contrast with her sister, her old associate and lover Linda Randall admired Jennifer's talent for emotionally connecting with and uplifting her clients. |
| 297 | * OutWithABang: Killed while having sex with Tommy Tomm. |
| 298 | * PosthumousCharacter: Already dead at the start of ''Storm Front''. |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder: Jenny Sells]] |
| 302 | !!Jenny Sells |
| 303 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenny.png]] |
| 304 | [[caption-width-right:150:"Are you going to kill my daddy?"]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | The daughter of Monica and Victor Sells. |
| 307 | ---- |
| 308 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: She asks Dresden if he'll kill her monstrous father. |
| 309 | * PromotionToParent: As her father continues his downward descent, Jenny tries to defend the family, including threatening to call the police on Dresden and confronting Dresden over what he plans to do to Victor. |
| 310 | * PutOnABus: Goes with her mother and brother into a witness protection program at the end of ''Storm Front''. |
| 311 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: She's witnessed a lot of abuse, and Dresden remarks that her eyes are 'too knowing' for her age. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder: Billy Sells]] |
| 315 | !!Billy Sells |
| 316 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billy_5.png]] |
| 317 | [[caption-width-right:100:A child in need of protection.]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | The son of Monica and Victor Sells. |
| 320 | ---- |
| 321 | * PutOnABus: Goes with his mother and sister into a witness protection program at the end of ''Storm Front''. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[header: Martineaux Family]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder:Mary Martineaux]] |
| 327 | !!Mary Martineaux |
| 328 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_06_14_at_40411_pm.png]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | |
| 331 | Mother of Max, and one of the survivors of the Dog Man's massacre in Taylor. |
| 332 | |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder: Max Martineaux]] |
| 337 | !!Max Martineaux |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_06_14_at_40403_pm.png]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | |
| 342 | Mary's daughter. |
| 343 | |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * BrokenBird: Very much so. She basically what Maggie would have been without the mental fortitude. |
| 346 | * GenderBlenderName: A girl called Max. |
| 347 | * HarmfulToMinors: ForcedToWatch her ''father being killed and eaten''. |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[header: Talbot Family]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder: Major Archibald Talbot]] |
| 354 | !!Major Archibald Talbot |
| 355 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archibald_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 356 | [[caption-width-right:150:Archibald, about to make the worst mistake of his life.]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | A major in the British Army who was stationed in Cairo during World War I. He harassed some cloaked men at a crowded cafe in an effort to drive them away and take their table, only to vanish shortly thereafter -- until he reappeared, mummified, several years later. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AssholeVictim: He was somehow killed by the cloaked man, but given his racism and bigotry, it's hard to feel too sorry for him. |
| 361 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Ended up mummied up and left in a tomb to die, but that's not the disproportionate part--the cloaked men also cursed his descendants. |
| 362 | * HereditaryCurse: Hit with one which killed him and went on to kill his descendants as well for close to a century. |
| 363 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Used a racial slur to describe the cloaked men. |
| 364 | * SinsOfTheFather: His jerkassery led to a bloodline curse on his descendants. |
| 365 | * SociopathicSoldier: A mild example; he doesn't kill or assault anyone, but he does harass the Egyptian locals and even overturn their drinks in an effort to drive them away. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder: Mildred Talbot Denning]] |
| 369 | !!Mildred Talbot Denning |
| 370 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mildred_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 371 | [[caption-width-right:150:She thought her child was replaced by an imposter. The authorities disagreed.]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | A daughter of Archibald Talbot, Mildred was eventually committed to a sanitarium after the curse struck her. |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | * BedlamHouse: Where she wound up. |
| 376 | * ChangelingTale: What she thinks happened to her son. |
| 377 | * OffingTheOffspring: She tried, after she came to believe her son had been replaced by a monster. Given the curse, she may even have been right about said replacement. |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[folder: Carl Talbot]] |
| 381 | !!Carl Talbot |
| 382 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carl_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 383 | [[caption-width-right:150:When the curse hit Carl, it hit him hard.]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | The eldest of the seven Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 386 | ---- |
| 387 | * AgentScully: A flashback where his brother Joseph tries to persuade the family about the existence of the curse shows Carl turning his back on Joseph with his arms folded stubbornly. |
| 388 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: His body was badly gouged and essentially ripped apart by hand. |
| 389 | * GuttedLikeAFish: As shown above |
| 390 | * PosthumousCharacter: His death occurred before the ''ComicBook/GhoulGoblin'' case began. |
| 391 | * PromotionToParent: He helped to raise his five youngest siblings. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder: Sarah Patterson-Talbot]] |
| 395 | !!Sarah Patterson-Talbot |
| 396 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 397 | [[caption-width-right:150:Another victim of the Talbot curse.]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | The second-eldest of the seven Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died before the ''ComicBook/GhoulGoblin'' case actually began. |
| 402 | * PromotionToParent: Along with Carl, she helped to raise her five younger siblings. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder: Joseph Talbot]] |
| 406 | !!Joseph Talbot |
| 407 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joseph_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 408 | [[caption-width-right:150:He'll defend his family to the death.]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | The third-eldest of the seven Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | * BigBrotherInstinct: While Joseph certainly wants to survive himself but he cares deeply about the safety of his brothers and sisters as well, putting his efforts into trying to save them too. |
| 413 | * CassandraTruth: He figured out there was a supernatural element to his parent's deaths and that there was a curse. But they refused to believe him, not helped by his standoffish personality, resulting in them pulling away from him. |
| 414 | * CrazyPrepared: Built a house full of weapons and protective amulets as well as a panic room, just to try to ensure his family could survive the curse. |
| 415 | * FantasyKitchenSink: His house is like this, in that he has protective amulets and symbols from countless faiths and magic traditions. |
| 416 | * ImperfectRitual: His mansion is full of supernatural defenses based on anything he could find out about. However, he didn't know what was real and what was junk, and either way he didn't know how to give them real power. Fortunately, Harry is able to fill the gaps to protect his remaining siblings. |
| 417 | * IOwnThisTown: His import-export business kept most of the town employed despite high unemployment elsewhere. This resulted in him being favored by some locals, such as Sheriff Dagget, and opposed by Mayor Cedar, who was leery that his status as a prominent businessman could help him oust her from power. |
| 418 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves his siblings and wants to keep them safe, but is also sharp tempered and cautious. Pres describes him as "Not quite Howard Huges-weird, but not all that far off". |
| 419 | * NewAge: His business primarily focuses on this kind of material, including things like 'magic' crystals and magnetic bands. |
| 420 | * SacrificialLion: Unlike the rest of his family, he's made substantial effort to prepare for the curse, including warding his house with every conceivable protective spell and also toting a double-barreled rifle. He's also got substantial influence and support in Boone Mill. However, he's taken out in very short order once Griswald and Ambre actually show up, showing how powerful they (as well as the curse) are. |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder: Alex Talbot]] |
| 424 | !!Alex Talbot |
| 425 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alex_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 426 | [[caption-width-right:150:Not the brightest bulb in the bunch.]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | The fourth-eldest of the seven Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | * CarFu: This is what kills him. |
| 431 | * CoattailRidingRelative: Tremaine says that Alex likes to pretend to be a tough guy but isn't bright enough to pull off anything successful or important on his own. |
| 432 | * TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: A dim-witted, lazy, wannabe-thug who finds himself being flirted with by the beautiful Ambre? Yeah, it turns out to be a trap, and Ambre reveals her ghoulish nature shortly after Dresden and Tremaine show up. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | [[folder: Maddie Talbot]] |
| 436 | !!Maddie Talbot |
| 437 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maddie_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 438 | [[caption-width-right:150:Eager for anyone that could help her keep her little siblings alive.]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | The third-youngest of the seven Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 441 | ---- |
| 442 | * BrokenBird: Joseph's death hits her hard, as she was always very close to him and even let herself hope he could find some way to beat the curse. |
| 443 | * CoolBigSis: She fits several aspects of this, including looking out for her younger siblings and being feisty enough to fight for her and her siblings' lives. |
| 444 | * HeroicSacrifice: Rushes out to help Dresden and Tremaine battle Griswald and Ambre, despite the danger. Indeed, she ends up dying, though not before helping Dresden to fend the monsters off and ending the curse. |
| 445 | * PromotionToParent: She winds up largely raising her two younger siblings. |
| 446 | * SuicideMission: She attacks two powerful magical beings, a ghoul and a goblin, despite being completely and utterly outmatched. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder: J.J. Talbot]] |
| 450 | !!J.J. Talbot |
| 451 | [[quoteright:139:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kids_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 452 | [[caption-width-right:139:A scared and helpless little kid.]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | The second-youngest child of the Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 455 | ---- |
| 456 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Applies to him; he's one of the two Talbots to survive the story. |
| 457 | [[/folder]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | [[folder: Ella Talbot]] |
| 460 | !!Ella Talbot |
| 461 | [[quoteright:102:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kids_ghoulgoblin_3.png]] |
| 462 | [[caption-width-right:102:Her life is in Dresden's hands.]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | The youngest child of the Talbot siblings living in Boone Mill. |
| 465 | ---- |
| 466 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Applies to her; she's one of the two Talbots to survive the story. |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | |
| 469 | !Yardly Family |
| 470 | [[folder: Megan Yardly]] |
| 471 | * CassandraTruth: Her ability to see the future is not beleived by most. |
| 472 | * MamaBear: Takes on a supercharged spirit haunting her children in a battle of wills, and wins. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !Chicago Forensic Institute |
| 476 | |
| 477 | For Butters, see his entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheChurch The Church]]. For Phil, see his entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]. |
| 478 | |
| 479 | [[folder: Dr. Brioche]] |
| 480 | !!Dr. Brioche |
| 481 | |
| 482 | Butters' boss at the Forensic Institute. |
| 483 | ---- |
| 484 | * BadBoss: He deliberately sabotages Butters to make it look like he's doing a bad job so he can fire him. This extends to putting tasks on Butters' docket without sending him notifications that his docket has changed, hoping Butters won't notice and thus won't get them done on time. |
| 485 | * CoolCar: Is very proud of his Jaguar, which he boasts about at work. |
| 486 | * TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: He rules the deaths of the Ordo Lebes members (and Jessica Blanche) as suicides despite the fact that various details of their cases are not indicative of suicide. For example, one victim slashed both her wrists, but the cuts were very neat and clean--indicating that another person was present, since if one person tried to do that they wouldn't be able to slash their second wrist precisely (as they would be holding the blade in a hand which had already had its wrist slashed and thus would be virtually incapable of precise motion.) |
| 487 | * GloryHound: Butters mentions that he tries to do autopsies that will result in him getting press, such as especially brutal murders. |
| 488 | * TheGhost: Has not yet been seen in person. |
| 489 | [[/folder]] |
| 490 | |
| 491 | [[folder: Casey O'Roarke]] |
| 492 | !!Casey O'Roarke |
| 493 | |
| 494 | A security guard at the Chicago Forensic Institute. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Accepts Butters' request not to tell Brioche that he and Dresden are around; he knows Butters can be trusted. He also lets Dresden back into the staff area without hassling him, just on his and Butters' say-so. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | !Court System |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder: Judge Mavis Jefferson]] |
| 502 | !!Judge Mavis Jefferson |
| 503 | |
| 504 | The judge presiding over the murder trial of Hamilton Luther. |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She judges the trial fairly, and when she reveals she knows that Dresden found Maria and thus doomed the prosecution's case, she doesn't go after Dresden for interfering with the trial. |
| 507 | * TheReveal: A muttered line Harry happened to Listen in on reveals that she knows "Supernaturals" were involved with the trial. It comes with the implication that some of them involved themselves with the local legal and political system.[[note]]This is already confirmed with the White Court, who are confirmed to be influential power brokers for their own ends.[[/note]] |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder: Counselor Tremont]] |
| 511 | !!Counselor Tremont |
| 512 | |
| 513 | The lead lawyer prosecuting Hamilton Luther. |
| 514 | ---- |
| 515 | * NaiveNewcomer: Dresden picks him out as a new lawyer and wonders why he would have been given a flashy, high-profile murder case like this, eventually concluding that the case is weak and he was chosen because his superiors didn't want to get involved themselves. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | [[folder:Maximillian Valerious]] |
| 519 | !!Maximillian "Max" Valerious |
| 520 | |
| 521 | A retired law professor who takes the occasional case. His name was dropped as the only person to have beaten Talvi Inverno. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | ---- |
| 524 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's a quirky man who raises chickens and has a license plate reading 'LAWYUR.' He's also possibly the only person to beat 'Talvi Inverno' in court. |
| 525 | * {{Expy}}: Being a humble, but ferociously competent and remarkably scrupulous country lawyer, he bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Atticus Finch]]. |
| 526 | * NaiveNewcomer: {{Averted}}. He recognizes Harry as a Wizard, which could have been chalked up to Harry's local celebrity status as that gimmick P.I. But Max goes on, revealing the unusual circumstance that he doesn't know a lot of the supernatural side, but he's certainly aware of it. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | !Criminals |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[header: The Churchmice]] |
| 532 | |
| 533 | [[folder: In General]] |
| 534 | A group of highly-skilled thieves who specialize in robbing churches. Dresden is drawn into contact with them after they steal the Shroud of Turin. |
| 535 | ---- |
| 536 | * ImpossibleThief: They're incredibly talented, and managed to steal the Shroud of Turin itself from the Church. Granted, it turned out to be a copy, but it was still very well protected. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | [[folder: Anna Valmont]] |
| 540 | !!Anna Valmont |
| 541 | |
| 542 | A professional thief who was a member of a crew that called themselves the Churchmice, Valmont first met Harry when she was hired to steal the Shroud of Turin in ''Literature/DeathMasks''. She reappears in ''Literature/SkinGame'' as part of Nicodemus's caper. |
| 543 | ---- |
| 544 | * BoringButPractical: In Hades' Vault, she goes right for the fountain of diamonds, filling her sack from the spout. She chose them over the gold and other treasures because they had the highest value for their weight and would be easy to move once they got back home. Anna's practicality ends up ensuring that the heroes involved in the caper come away with a monetary profit. |
| 545 | * TheBusCameBack: Returns after a 10 year absence. |
| 546 | * ImpossibleThief: She has a reasonable claim to the title of the best thief in the "Dresdenverse" at the moment. |
| 547 | * {{Revenge}}: Her main reason for joining Nicodemus' group in ''Literature/SkinGame'' is for a chance to avenge her friends that died in ''Literature/DeathMasks''. |
| 548 | * {{Safecracking}}: We see her do this on one of Marcone's models in ''Literature/SkinGame''. Compounding the challenge is that the plans she was given were wrong and she had to figure out how to break into the vault on the fly. The explosives in the wall don't help. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder: Gaston [=LaRouche=] ]] |
| 552 | !!Gaston [=LaRouche=] |
| 553 | |
| 554 | The leader of the Churchmice. Tortured by the Denarians for the location of the Shroud, and ultimately killed by them. |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | * FacialHorror: After Deirdre is done with him. |
| 557 | * PosthumousCharacter: Dead before ''Literature/DeathMasks'' begins. |
| 558 | [[/folder]] |
| 559 | |
| 560 | [[folder: Francisca Garcia]] |
| 561 | !!Francisca Garcia |
| 562 | |
| 563 | Another member of the Churchmice. |
| 564 | ---- |
| 565 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Courtesy of Deirdre again. |
| 566 | * HeroicSacrifice: Dies distracting Deirdre from attacking Anna. |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[header: Vargassi Crime Family]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[folder: Tony Vargassi]] |
| 572 | !!Tony Vargassi |
| 573 | |
| 574 | Former boss of the Vargassi crime family. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: His method of covering up his son's action was to blame the Jamaicans. Then the Jamaicans came after him in revenge in a bloody mob war. [[spoiler: Ultimately, Marcone overpowered both gangs and took over.]] |
| 577 | * TheDon: Of the Chicago mafia, before Marcone took over. |
| 578 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Mysteriously vanished during the turf war with the Jamaican gangs that he initiated. |
| 579 | * OnlyMostlyDead: He ensured that this happened to Amanda Beckitt, keeping her alive on life support after she was shot and rendered comatose during Marco's hit on Marcone. This way, if Marco ever was accused of her murder, he could produce her still-living form and have the charges reduced. |
| 580 | * TreacheryCoverUp: After his son Marco puts a hit on Marcone (who was a Vargassi capo at the time), Tony tried to bury all evidence of the incident. He paid off everyone who might know about it, publicly blamed the Jamaican gangs, and stashed Amanda Beckitt in a private medical facility after having her declared legally dead so nobody would look for her. |
| 581 | [[/folder]] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder: Marco Vargassi]] |
| 584 | !!Marco Vargassi |
| 585 | |
| 586 | Tony's son, and another prominent member of the Vargassi crime family. |
| 587 | ---- |
| 588 | * ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He tried to gun down Marcone in a public park during broad daylight when other civilians were out and about. |
| 589 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: His failed hit on Marcone directly led to Marcone having the opportunity to rise up and overthrow the Vargassis. |
| 590 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Marco's solution to Marcone being a talented capo? Gun him down in the park. |
| 591 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Like his father, he vanished mysteriously during Marcone's takeover of the Chicago crime scene. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[header: Independent Criminals]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder: Steven "Stevie D" Douglas]] |
| 597 | !!Steven "Stevie D" Douglas |
| 598 | |
| 599 | A hired thug operating in the Chicago area. Baron Marcone and Duchess Ortega have both hired him for jobs. |
| 600 | ---- |
| 601 | * GenreSavvy: He knows that Dresden's a tough opponent, so he tries to kill him as soon as he has a chance, before Dresden has time to cast any countermeasures. He even tried to kill Butters -- whom he hadn't been paid to shoot -- just because Butters was between him and Dresden and he didn't want to give Dresden the few seconds it would take to move Butters out of the way. |
| 602 | * ProfessionalKiller: His job. |
| 603 | [[/folder]] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder: Bart]] |
| 606 | !!Bart |
| 607 | |
| 608 | A thug hired by Torelli as part of his attempt to supplant Marcone. Bart tried to run Dresden off the road after Dresden began investigating Marcone's disappearance. |
| 609 | ---- |
| 610 | * AmusingInjuries: His butt wound. |
| 611 | * ButtMonkey: Shot in the butt by another of Torelli's goons. |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder: Morelli]] |
| 615 | !!Morelli |
| 616 | |
| 617 | A rival of Marcone's based out of Boston. |
| 618 | ---- |
| 619 | * TheGhost: He's mentioned in "Even Hand", but does not actually make an appearance. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder: Ray]] |
| 623 | !!Ray |
| 624 | |
| 625 | An abusive superintendent who was supporting drug dealers that were unaffiliated with Marcone's outfit. Appears in the short story "Aftermath". |
| 626 | ---- |
| 627 | * DeadManWalking: He survives the story, but it's heavily implied Maria will kill him as soon as she's done investigating the drug dealers he's supporting. |
| 628 | * DomesticAbuse: Implied that he's doing this to Maria, his live-in girlfriend [[spoiler:and elite troubleshooter for Marcone]]. |
| 629 | [[/folder]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | [[folder: Herbert Orson Caine]] |
| 632 | !!Herbert Orson Caine |
| 633 | |
| 634 | A rapist, brute, extortionist, and dabbler in dark magic. Appears in the short stories "Heorot" and "Last Call". |
| 635 | ---- |
| 636 | * {{Blackmail}}: Another of Caine's many crimes. |
| 637 | * ButtMonkey: He suffers for all the bad things he's done. He suffers a lot. |
| 638 | * CombatPragmatist: He doesn't believe in fighting fair. He attacks Dresden from behind with a weapon, and has backup. [[spoiler:He still loses. Badly.]] |
| 639 | * TheDragon: In his second appearance, he serves as this for Meditrina Bassarid. |
| 640 | * EvilIsPetty: After Elizabeth Braddock embarrasses him, he harasses the Braddocks for years. |
| 641 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Makes anti-gay slurs as he beats on Dresden, and repeatedly calls Murphy a bitch. |
| 642 | * RapeAsDrama: Caine is a rapist, and it's played seriously. The other characters think he's scum and treat him accordingly. |
| 643 | * {{Revenge}}: One reason Dresden speculates Caine may have been eager to help Bassarid hurt Mac -- Caine was still jealous Mac's homebrew beat out his to win the beer competition in "Heorot". |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[folder:"Darth Wannabe"]] |
| 647 | !!"Darth Wannabe" |
| 648 | |
| 649 | The leader of a group of teenage delinquents who fancy themselves dark wizards. They have virtually no magical power, but they still make a nuisance of themselves and even vandalize Harry's house. He and his group appear in the story "Day Off". |
| 650 | ---- |
| 651 | * BullyingADragon: They try to attack Harry with their near-zero magical talent. We don't need to say any more. |
| 652 | * EvilIsPetty: Wannabe and his group harass Harry basically for standing up to him. Presumably, they "cursed" the old lady they mentioned attacking for similar reasons. |
| 653 | * InSeriesNickname: We never learn his real name. Dresden just calls him "Darth Wannabe" and "the Dim Lord". |
| 654 | * MagicDuel: He tries to get one with Harry. Harry just draws a gun on him and forces him to flee. |
| 655 | * ObviouslyEvil: Their van has inverted crosses, flaming skulls, and goat's-head pentacles. Additionally, they wear black robes, [[Literature/HarryPotter Dark Marks, and Slytherin scarves]]. |
| 656 | * TrickBomb: Rigs a smoke bomb to look like a pipe bomb, then throws it through Harry's window. |
| 657 | * WhoDares: Is stunned that Harry "dares" to stand up to him. |
| 658 | [[/folder]] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | !Dresden's Boardinghouse |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [[folder: Mrs. Spunkelcrief]] |
| 663 | !!Mrs. Spunkelcrief |
| 664 | |
| 665 | The elderly landlady of Harry's boardinghouse apartment. |
| 666 | ---- |
| 667 | * ContrivedCoincidence: After her failure to save her tenants on the second floor, she prays to God for help. And Sanya arrives. He assures her it was just a coincidence. |
| 668 | * CoolOldLady: |
| 669 | ** While misguided, her pulling a gun on Dresden when he broke into her apartment was still awesome. |
| 670 | ** Despite her bad hip, she tries climbing a ladder to save her tenants on the second floor. |
| 671 | * ICantHearYou: Has trouble hearing, which causes some issues when Dresden tries to get her to leave the boardinghouse after vampires set it on fire and she initially doesn't understand him. |
| 672 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Noted to be short and old. |
| 673 | * NeverMessWithGranny: When Dresden breaks into her apartment (because the building is on fire and he wants to help her escape), she pulls a gun on him and holds him at gunpoint while she calls the police to report him as a burglar. Once she figures out what's going on, she tries to rescue the upstairs tenants herself despite her limp and hearing difficulties. |
| 674 | * SingleIssueLandlord: While she gets on well with Dresden, she does get on his case about repairing damage to the apartment, such as when the FBI breaks his door down. |
| 675 | [[/folder]] |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[folder: Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby]] |
| 678 | !!Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby |
| 679 | |
| 680 | An elderly couple living in the upper level of Dresden's boardinghouse. |
| 681 | ---- |
| 682 | * DamselInDistress & DistressedDude: Trapped in a burning building in ''Literature/{{Changes}}''. |
| 683 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Barely shown at all, but their being stuck in a burning building results in Dresden trying to rescue them, breaking his back in the process, and ultimately becoming the Winter Knight. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !Genosa's Studio |
| 687 | %%Note: They don't actually work for Silverlight anymore; Genosa hired them all away. |
| 688 | |
| 689 | For Lara Romany, see the entry for Lara Raith under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheVampires The Vampire Courts]]. |
| 690 | |
| 691 | For Inari Raith, see her entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheVampires The Vampire Courts]]. |
| 692 | |
| 693 | For Madge Shelly and Trixie Vixen, see their entries under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]. |
| 694 | |
| 695 | [[folder: Arturo Genosa]] |
| 696 | !!Arturo Genosa |
| 697 | |
| 698 | Executive producer and director of his own studio. He split from the White Court-controlled Silverlight Studios and took several actors and staff with him to form his company, and is desperately trying to finish some profitable movies in order to get enough leverage to stop Silverlight from blacklisting and crushing him and his employees in revenge. |
| 699 | ---- |
| 700 | * AgentMulder: He has no problem believing that his production is cursed after the first couple of bizarre deaths. |
| 701 | * BittersweetEnding: His studio goes bankrupt, but he survives as does most of his cast and crew, and he's so happy to be with Joan that he doesn't care about his studio's failure. |
| 702 | * DoingItForTheArt: Even Dresden is able to pick up on the fact that he cares about his work and is willing to take financial risks that hurt the bottom line rather than compromise his vision. |
| 703 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After a lot of struggle, he survives his ex-wives and winds up happily married to his true love, Joan Dallas. |
| 704 | * FakeBoobs: He doesn't use these in his films, even though they're common in other studios. |
| 705 | * HappilyMarried: He ends up married to Joan Dallas. |
| 706 | * JustTheWayYouAre: How he prefers his performers. Since the White Court uses psychological conditioning via HollywoodBeautyStandards, Lord Raith was displeased. |
| 707 | * KavorkaMan: Downplayed, but he is an ordinary looking man who was thrice married to literal supermodels. Deconstructed, as they turned to be nasty despite him truly loving them and he ended up divorcing them and marrying an ordinary looking but loving womann |
| 708 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Harry and Joan don't tell him Trixie and the other exes were the ones involved in ruining him, as it would break his heart. |
| 709 | * SerialRomeo: His big problem. He falls in love with women, divorces them, and falls in love with the next. By the time we meet him he has a literal coven of ex-wives out to ruin him. |
| 710 | * SexIsGood: He believes everyone should be able to enjoy themselves romantically, and he rejects the idea that love should be restricted to beautiful thin white twenty-somethings. This is part of why the White Court are backing the women targeting him: his new standards and style of porn are directly opposing both their [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny strategy for the present]] and their [[FreeLoveFuture ambitions for the future]]. |
| 711 | * TrueLove: He is able to resist Lara Raith's lust magic because he is truly in love with Joan Dallas. At the end, Genosa and Dallas wed. |
| 712 | [[/folder]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder: Sheila Barks]] |
| 715 | !!Sheila Barks |
| 716 | |
| 717 | Genosa's personal assistant. |
| 718 | ---- |
| 719 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Run over by a car... while waterskiing. (The car went off a bridge over the reservoir.) |
| 720 | * PosthumousCharacter: Killed shortly before the ''Blood Rites'' case begins. |
| 721 | [[/folder]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[folder:Bobby]] |
| 724 | !!Bobby |
| 725 | |
| 726 | An actor working for Genosa. |
| 727 | ---- |
| 728 | * ButterFace: Though he's handsome overall, it's noted that his face is slightly unattractive - though Harry admits that his hostile expression doesn't help. |
| 729 | * HeroicBuild: Which comes in handy for his career as a porn actor. |
| 730 | * {{Jerkass}}: He acts this way to Dresden at first, because he thinks Dresden has been brought in to replace him during sex scenes in case he, Bobby, suffers from [[TheLoinsSleepTonight Erectile Dysfunction]] while on set. |
| 731 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In addition, Dresden puts two-and-two together and realizes he was ''also'' supremely nervous at the thought of "performing" in front of Inari, something he can sympathize with even more. |
| 732 | * PutOnABus: Leaves with Jake and Inari at the end of ''Blood Rites'' to open a feng shui business in California. |
| 733 | * StageName: "Gowan Commando", at Jake's suggestion. |
| 734 | * TakingTheBullet: For Inari Raith, though unlike many examples of this trope, he survives. |
| 735 | * TrueLove: Falls in love with Inari Raith. |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[folder:Joan Dallas]] |
| 739 | !!Joan Dallas |
| 740 | |
| 741 | A plain-looking producer working for Genosa. |
| 742 | ---- |
| 743 | * BeneathSuspicion: The Evil Eye Franchise doesn't even consider her as a suspect for the position of Genosa's bride-to-be, since she's a PlainJane surrounded by literal porn actresses. |
| 744 | * BettyAndVeronica: She's Betty, and the three ex-wives are all Veronicas. She wins in the end. |
| 745 | * HappilyMarried: To Genosa, once the Evil Eye Franchise is dealt with. |
| 746 | * JackOfAllTrades: Her job title is producer, but she can do almost everything that needs to be done around set. |
| 747 | * PlainJane: Described as 'plain-faced'. This is significant, as it means the coven of exes (and Lord Raith) overlook her entirely. |
| 748 | * TheReliableOne: Has worked with Genosa for twenty years, and has learned to do pretty much anything he needs her to do on set. |
| 749 | [[/folder]] |
| 750 | |
| 751 | [[folder:Emma]] |
| 752 | !!Emma |
| 753 | |
| 754 | An actress working for Genosa. |
| 755 | ---- |
| 756 | * AmicableExes: She seems well enough disposed to Jake, just very firm on not being involved with him. |
| 757 | * FatalFamilyPhoto: Emma has two kids, and mentions it pretty early on, only to be cut down by the curse. Jake is the father, and he takes custody of them when she dies. |
| 758 | * FieryRedhead: She's a redhead, and she has a quick temper when she feels people are looking down on her or her profession. |
| 759 | * InstantDeathBullet: Played brutally straight. |
| 760 | * StrawFeminist: Downplayed. Once Giselle is scarred and Emma comments that she won't be able to work in the porn industry anymore, Dresden makes a comment along the lines of 'could be worse.' He meant that Giselle could have died instead of just being scarred, but Emma interprets that to mean that she could still be in the porn industry instead of being forced out of it, and she lectures Dresden on not looking down on porn actresses. Immediately after, she simmers down and apologises, admitting that she's a bit keyed up and on a hair-trigger because she gets the 'repent' reaction a lot. Dresden empathises, remarking that it happens a lot to him, too, though she is understandably sceptical. |
| 761 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Jake is her former boyfriend and father of her kids. |
| 762 | [[/folder]] |
| 763 | |
| 764 | [[folder:Giselle]] |
| 765 | !!Giselle |
| 766 | |
| 767 | An actress working for Genosa. |
| 768 | ---- |
| 769 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Very narrowly averted. The Evil Eye Franchise caused the water in her shower to superheat, which scalded her, and when she fell over in pain she crashed through her shower's glass door, slashing herself. Then an overhead light fell and electrified the water. This almost killed her, though Dresden was able to save her just in time. |
| 770 | * HighVoltageDeath: Very narrowly averted when Dresden intervenes. |
| 771 | * PutOnABus: Taken to the hospital to recover from her wounds and not seen again for the rest of the series (so far). |
| 772 | * ScarsAreForever: Emma says that Giselle's scars will remain visible and thus she won't be hired for more adult films. |
| 773 | [[/folder]] |
| 774 | |
| 775 | [[folder: Jake Guffie]] |
| 776 | !!Jake Guffie |
| 777 | |
| 778 | An actor working for Genosa. |
| 779 | ---- |
| 780 | * BigBrotherMentor: To Bobby, whom he is older than, gets on well with, and mentored as an actor. |
| 781 | * GoodSamaritan: Tries to help Giselle when she's trapped in a pool of electrified water. He doesn't succeed, but he does try, and is injured in the process. |
| 782 | * PutOnABus: At the end of ''Blood Rites'', he leaves with Bobby and Inari to open a feng shui business in California. |
| 783 | * StageName: "Jack Rockhardt". |
| 784 | [[/folder]] |
| 785 | |
| 786 | [[folder: Stacy Willis]] |
| 787 | !!Stacy Willis |
| 788 | |
| 789 | Genosa's driver. |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Killed by tens of thousands of bees which somehow got into her car's trunk and swarmed her when she opened it. |
| 792 | %%* TheDriver: Her job. |
| 793 | * PosthumousCharacter: Killed shortly before the ''Blood Rites'' case begins. |
| 794 | [[/folder]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | !Hospital Staff and [=EMTs=] |
| 797 | |
| 798 | [[folder: Jason Lamar]] |
| 799 | !!Jason Lamar |
| 800 | |
| 801 | One of the two [=EMTs=] who saw Kumori resurrecting a recently-killed mobster. |
| 802 | ---- |
| 803 | * ApatheticCitizens: While he presumably works hard at his actual job, his reaction to seeing magical activity is to get away from it as quickly as possible and not get involved in any way. |
| 804 | * TheCameo: Shows up again in ''Cold Days'' to take Andi to a hospital. |
| 805 | * CombatMedic: Lamar was a Navy medic before he left the service and began working at Cook County Hospital. |
| 806 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: His reaction to seeing Kumori resurrect a dead mobster, seemingly torturing him (the mobster) in the process. |
| 807 | * RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: |
| 808 | ** When he meets Harry, after a minute, he realizes this is ''the'' Harry Dresden who was found inside the hospital nursery under weird circumstances, but after that visit the high number of [=SIDS=] the hospital suffered dropped way down low. He doesn't know about the ghost haunting the nursery (nor wants to know) but because Harry helped those kids, he tells Harry what he saw involving Kumori. |
| 809 | ** When he shows up again in ''Cold Days'', he recognizes Harry, and asks wasn't he dead. Harry answers that it didn't take, and Jason simply leaves, shaking his head. |
| 810 | [[/folder]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | [[folder: Gary Simmons]] |
| 813 | !!Gary Simmons |
| 814 | |
| 815 | One of the two [=EMTs=] who saw Kumori resurrecting a recently-killed mobster. |
| 816 | ---- |
| 817 | * TheCameo: Shows up for the first time onscreen in ''Cold Days'' to take Andi to a hospital. |
| 818 | * TheGhost: At first. He never appeared in the book in which he was first mentioned (''Literature/DeadBeat''). However, he showed up briefly in ''Literature/ColdDays'' when Andi needed transportation to a hospital. |
| 819 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: His reaction to seeing Kumori resurrect a dead mobster, seemingly torturing him (the mobster) in the process. |
| 820 | [[/folder]] |
| 821 | |
| 822 | [[folder: Patterson]] |
| 823 | !!Patterson |
| 824 | |
| 825 | An ER nurse at Saint Anthony's hospital. |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * {{Geek}}: So much of a gamer that he gives Butters confidential patient information in exchange for a rare {{RPG}} item, namely ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s [[https://wow.gamepedia.com/Blue_Murloc_Egg Blue Murloc Egg]] [[note]]Extremely rare due to only being given out at ''[=BlizzCon=]'' 2005, and has been priced up to ~$4000 on [=eBay=]. Not that Patterson cares about the monetary value, as Butters noted.[[/note]]. |
| 828 | [[/folder]] |
| 829 | |
| 830 | |
| 831 | !Lincoln Park Zoo |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder: Willamena "Will" Rogers]] |
| 834 | !!Willamena "Will" Rogers |
| 835 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/willhelmina.png]] |
| 836 | [[caption-width-right:150:A humble zoologist in way over her head.]] |
| 837 | |
| 838 | Dr. Reese's assistant. She acts as Dresden's helper during the ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'' case. |
| 839 | ---- |
| 840 | * BespectacledCutie: She has glasses and is drawn in a cute manner. She's also quite brainy. |
| 841 | * CooldownHug: She takes Moe's hand during her efforts to calm him down after Reese's death. |
| 842 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Gets along very well with Moe, a territorial gorilla, and Mister, Dresden's notoriously ornery cat. |
| 843 | * HypercompetentSidekick: It's mentioned that she does most of the actual work with the gorillas while Doctor Reese remains in the lab. |
| 844 | * TheWatson: Serves as this during the case, since she knows nothing about magic. |
| 845 | * WeirdnessCensor: Dresden tells her that he is certain she will block out all the magic and horrors she experienced during her time assisting him. |
| 846 | [[/folder]] |
| 847 | |
| 848 | [[folder: Dr. Reese]] |
| 849 | !!Dr. Reese |
| 850 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reese.png]] |
| 851 | [[caption-width-right:150:He will not let his animals come to harm. No matter what.]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | Head of the gorilla program at the Lincoln Park Zoo. He was murdered by Dana Watson during the ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'' case. |
| 854 | ---- |
| 855 | * BadassBystander: A man with no prior experience of the supernatural, his love for Moe was such that he grabbed his chair and attacked a powerful monster who intended to do the gorilla harm. It didn't work, but since he went down fighting with his bare hands, Dresden was able to get some of the hag's hair. |
| 856 | * FluffyTamer: Moe can be quite dangerous, as his actions against Watson show, but Reese was still able to befriend him. |
| 857 | * HeroicSacrifice: Died trying to save Moe from Watson, and--by virtue of getting her hair under his nails--played a key role in derailing Watson's plans. |
| 858 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A rare positive example. Reese threatens to pull every string he has in City Hall to prevent Moe from being put down. |
| 859 | [[/folder]] |
| 860 | |
| 861 | [[folder: Maurice Sandbourne]] |
| 862 | !!Maurice Sandbourne |
| 863 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maurice_92.png]] |
| 864 | [[caption-width-right:200:He went up against a creature of the night... and lost.]] |
| 865 | |
| 866 | A security guard at the Lincoln Park Zoo. His death at the hands of Dana Watson kick off the ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'' case. |
| 867 | ---- |
| 868 | * GunsAreWorthless: Sandbourne's gun skills (he was a competitive pistol marksman alongside Murphy) were useless against ImmuneToBullets Watson. |
| 869 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Watson killed him because he saw her taking blood from Moe for her totemic ascension ritual. |
| 870 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: If he hadn't died, Dresden wouldn't have been brought into the case. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder: Moe]] |
| 874 | !!Moe |
| 875 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moe_7.png]] |
| 876 | [[caption-width-right:200:Warning: messing with his keeper could be very bad for your health.]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | A silverback gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo who is framed for the murders of Maurice Sandbourne and Dr. Reese. He appears in ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle''. |
| 879 | ---- |
| 880 | * AndroclesLion: Will was kind to Moe, helping get him back into his cage after he was found over Reese's body. Moe repays the favor by saving Will from Watson. |
| 881 | * AttackAnimal: When Dresden lets him out of his cage, he annihilates Watson. |
| 882 | * TheDogBitesBack: Watson stole some of Moe's blood for her ritual and also tried to frame him for Sandbourne's and Reese's murders (the latter of which Moe sees), which would have gotten him put down. He exacts bloody revenge on her once he has the chance. |
| 883 | * FallGuy: Was supposed to be this for the murders of Sandbourne and Reese. |
| 884 | * KillerGorilla: Averted at first, but played straight by the end of the story. |
| 885 | [[/folder]] |
| 886 | |
| 887 | !Occult Proprietors and Their Staff |
| 888 | |
| 889 | For Shiela Starr, see the entry for Lash under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesTheDenarians the Denarians]]. |
| 890 | |
| 891 | [[folder: Artemis Bock]] |
| 892 | !!Artemis Bock |
| 893 | |
| 894 | The man who owns Bock Ordered Books, one of the best resources for literature on the supernatural in the Midwest. |
| 895 | ---- |
| 896 | * MagicalLibrary: It's a store, not a lending library, but his shop otherwise fits the concept. |
| 897 | * NiceGuy: Even when people don't have enough money to buy from him, he tries to work something out so they can still benefit from his wares. He's been known to let minor talents cast protective wards on his shop in lieu of cash payment, for instance. |
| 898 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He cuts Harry off from coming to his store and his reasons are fully understandable: Harry ''is'' a PersonOfMassDestruction and a DestructiveSavior, and Bock's shop got caught in the crossfire once. He's got kids in college and he can't afford damage to his store. Harry can still place orders and Bock could have them delivered or picked up by Will and Georgia, but as far as actually coming to the store, that's a no-go. Harry agrees with it all because he was the one who wrecked Bock's shop, to begin with. |
| 899 | [[/folder]] |
| 900 | |
| 901 | [[folder: Burt Decker]] |
| 902 | !!Burt Decker |
| 903 | |
| 904 | Proprietor of Left Hand Goods, an occult store whose merchandise is mostly overpriced junk, and who doesn't much care about the purposes his customers put their purchases to. |
| 905 | ---- |
| 906 | * BlackMagic: The market Decker claims to cater to. Of course, real evil wizards don't need him, so he mostly deals with wannabe [[Literature/HarryPotter Death Eaters]] who don't know any better. |
| 907 | * EvilIsPetty: After Meditrina Bassarid is rude to him, he decides to get revenge by directing her to meet Herbert Caine, a convicted rapist, on the basis that Caine has a magic item Bassarid needs for her ritual. Fortunately, Bassarid is much more powerful than Caine and winds up terrorizing him instead. |
| 908 | * HonestJohnsDealership: The magic equivalent. |
| 909 | * MagicalLibrary: Runs a really crappy store for magic supplies. |
| 910 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His description of Bassarid includes a crude comment about her breasts. |
| 911 | * TooDumbToLive: Somehow doesn't seem to realize that mouthing off to a police officer (who could put him away for a long time for illegal goods and fraud) and a ''White Council Warden'' (who has the authority to '''cut off his head''') simultaneously is not a good idea. Had it been anyone other than Murphy and Harry, say RabidCop Greene and / or Warden Morgan, he would have been finished. |
| 912 | [[/folder]] |
| 913 | |
| 914 | !Paparazzi, Photographers, and Reporters |
| 915 | |
| 916 | For Susan Rodriguez, see her entry under [[Characters/TheDresdenFilesOtherPowerfulPeopleAndEntities Other Powerful Entities]]. |
| 917 | |
| 918 | [[folder: Lydia Stern]] |
| 919 | !!Lydia Stern |
| 920 | |
| 921 | A reporter who took over Susan Rodriguez's position of lead reporter for the tabloid ''The Midwestern Arcane'' after Ronriguez was infected by the Red Court and left the magazine. Appears in ''Proven Guilty''. |
| 922 | ---- |
| 923 | * IntrepidReporter: Describes her in a nutshell. |
| 924 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. A member of Kravos' cult calling herself Lydia appears in ''Grave Peril''. |
| 925 | * OutGambitted: She aides Harry in ''Proven Guilty'' by listening in with a tape recorder when he barges in on a police interview with Molly Carpenter. Dresden points out to Molly's interrogators that they never informed Molly of all her rights, never said she could have a lawyer present, and never checked Molly's age -- they were interrogating a minor without her parent or legal counsel present. |
| 926 | * SilkHidingSteel: Looks more like someone's goofy aunt than an incredibly smart and determined reporter who is viewed with undisguised dread by any surrounding authority figure. |
| 927 | [[/folder]] |
| 928 | |
| 929 | [[folder: Donny Wise]] |
| 930 | !!Donny Wise |
| 931 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donny.png]] |
| 932 | [[caption-width-right:150:Just your average paparazzi scumbag.]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | A sleazy photographer hired by Linda Randall to take pictures of the orgies at Victor Sells' lake house. |
| 935 | ---- |
| 936 | * AnimalMotifs: Described as having a mouth and eyes like a ferret. |
| 937 | * {{Blackmail}}: The purpose of his photographs. |
| 938 | %%* {{Slimeball}} |
| 939 | [[/folder]] |
| 940 | |
| 941 | !People from outside Chicago |
| 942 | |
| 943 | [[header:Residents of Boone Mill, Missouri]] |
| 944 | |
| 945 | For members of the Talbot family, see their entries under Talbot Family above on this page. |
| 946 | |
| 947 | [[folder: Mayor Cynthia Cedar]] |
| 948 | !!Mayor Cynthia Cedar |
| 949 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cedar_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 950 | [[caption-width-right:150:Her town. Her rules.]] |
| 951 | |
| 952 | The mayor of Boone Mill, Cedar has been in elected office for many years. Much of her past, including what she did during her tenure as Deputy Ambassador to Egypt, is a closely guarded secret. |
| 953 | ---- |
| 954 | * BoldExplorer: When she first arrived in Egypt she hit all the major tourist sites. Then she started to go off the beaten track, to obscure and forgotten places only the locals remembered. This turned out to be a bad idea when she was attacked by mummies. |
| 955 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Her adventures in Egypt, which culminated in her being attacked by mummies and saved by a qarin who became a fugitive as a result of the act. She returned to the states, left national politics under a cloud of scandal, and never told anyone what happened... until Dresden came to town. |
| 956 | * InterspeciesRomance: She is in love with a qarin, a jinn-like spirit, who saved her life in Egypt. |
| 957 | * ParentalSubstitute: Adopts J.J. and Ella after the curse is lifted and the other Talbot siblings are dead. |
| 958 | * PermanentElectedOfficial: She's been in office for over fifteen years and shows no sign of leaving anytime soon. |
| 959 | * PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: Has one with the qarin when he's preparing to unleash his power against Ambre and Griswald, knowing this will allow his superiors to find him and take him away forever. |
| 960 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She understands what's going on in Boone Mill and supports Dresden in his efforts to fight the curse, even springing him from jail after Dagget imprisons him. |
| 961 | * UltimateAuthorityMayor: She seems to have total power in Boone Mill, and is even able to force Dagget to release Dresden, a suspect in multiple homicides. |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | [[folder: Sheriff Dagget]] |
| 965 | !!Sheriff Dagget |
| 966 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dagget_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 967 | [[caption-width-right:150:Try not to get arrested on his turf.]] |
| 968 | |
| 969 | Head of law enforcement in Boone Mill. |
| 970 | ---- |
| 971 | * BadBoss: Openly mocks Tremaine's ambitions to rise higher in law enforcement, and punishes him for actually trying to solve the mysterious deaths happening around town instead of just writing them off as tragic accidents. |
| 972 | * PoliceAreUseless: Well he is, anyways. He contributes nothing to the battles against Griswald and Ambre, and even arrests Dresden (the only person in town with a chance of driving the monsters away) under suspicion of having committed some of their murders himself. |
| 973 | * TheSheriff: His job. |
| 974 | * WeirdnessCensor: An industrial-strength one. No matter how many mysterious and inexplicable accidents occur in Boone Mill, he refuses to accept that anything weird is happening, and instead attributes the earlier deaths to coincidence and the latter ones to Dresden. |
| 975 | [[/folder]] |
| 976 | |
| 977 | [[folder: Deputy Sheriff Prescott "Pres" Tremaine]] |
| 978 | !!Deputy Sheriff Prescott "Pres" Tremaine |
| 979 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tremaine_ghoulgoblin.png]] |
| 980 | [[caption-width-right:150:Prescott Tremaine, ready for war.]] |
| 981 | |
| 982 | The junior member of law enforcement in Boone Mill, Prescott balances his time between his official duties, classes for professional advancement, and his girlfriend Ambre. He tries to get to the bottom of the Talbot deaths, only to learn that Ambre is much more involved than she seemed at first glance. |
| 983 | ---- |
| 984 | * AgentMulder: Pres is cautiously skeptical about Harry when they first meet, but he's also willing to believe that something supernatural is going on with the Talbot family deaths, and joins Harry in fighting the monsters. |
| 985 | * BadassNormal: No magic to work with, but he can handle a fight with monsters just fine on his own. |
| 986 | * BoyMeetsGhoul: Literally -- his girlfriend, Ambre, turns out to be an actual ghoul who was only dating him as a way to hang around town and get close to the Talbots without falling under suspicion. |
| 987 | * CarFu: He manages to badly injure Ambre by tricking her into jumping on the roof of a car that was filled with gasoline, then blowing up the car. |
| 988 | * TheCassandra: He consistently tells Dagget the truth about what's going on and how Dresden can help them stop it. Dagget consistently blows him off. |
| 989 | * TheCoroner: While not an official one, he's taking forensic pathology classes which help him to determine that Carl's wounds didn't come from a wild animal but from something inhuman. |
| 990 | * DistaffCounterpart: A blond BadassNormal cop with minimal knowledge of the supernatural, who comes to Harry for help with a case, but is frustrated when he goes off on his own? Who uses plenty of guns? Yup, he's basically a male version of Murphy. He even says "Dammit, Harry!" the same way. Harry, who's currently in a rough spot with Murph, [[YouRemindMeOfX comments on the similarity]]. |
| 991 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: To Dagget. While the actual sheriff is useless, Tremaine helps to drive off Ambre and Griswald, and even distracts Ambre for most of the final fight entirely on his own while Dresden deals with Griswald. |
| 992 | * MoreDakka: For the final fight he outfits himself with a massive gun from Joseph's personal stash. |
| 993 | * ParentalSubstitute: Becomes this, along with Cedar, to J.J. and Ella Talbot once the five older Talbot siblings are dead and the curse has been lifted. |
| 994 | [[/folder]] |
| 995 | |
| 996 | [[header:Residents of Norman, Oklahoma]] |
| 997 | [[folder:Dean]] |
| 998 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_03_21_at_41700_pm.png]] |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | A campus security officer at the University of Oklahoma. |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | ---- |
| 1003 | * AgentScully: While he hears Dresden out, he ultimately doesn't believe in Dresden's supernatural explanation for the chaos on campus. |
| 1004 | [[/folder]] |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | [[header:Residents of Taylor, Mississippi]] |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | [[folder:Bo Gentle]] |
| 1009 | !!Bo Gentle |
| 1010 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_06_14_at_40417_pm.png]] |
| 1011 | |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | A deputy working on the Dog Man massacre case. |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | ---- |
| 1016 | * BadassDriver: Having his '''''hand ripped off while driving''''' ''did not'' impede his driving skills. |
| 1017 | * BadassNormal: One has to be to survive ''multiple'' encounters with ghouls. |
| 1018 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Harry against a ''literal army'' of ghouls. |
| 1019 | * GameBreakingInjury: As expected, Gentle cannot fightvas well as he used to after losing a hand. |
| 1020 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: As mentioned above, he doesn't react to getting his hand ripped off at the wrist. Though as Harry notes he was probably in shock. |
| 1021 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Offers to assist Dresden by showing him the evidence the police managed to collect. |
| 1022 | [[/folder]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | [[folder:Bartender]] |
| 1025 | !!Bartender |
| 1026 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_07_12_at_52312_pm.png]] |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | A bartender working at The Three Pigs, a bar in Taylor. |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | ---- |
| 1031 | * TheBartender: Her job. |
| 1032 | * KnowledgeBroker: She provides Dresden with information on the local wolfmen, and also lets him know that the mysterious women who come into the bar looking to party have been there before. |
| 1033 | |
| 1034 | [[/folder]] |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | !Private detectives |
| 1037 | |
| 1038 | [[folder: Vince Graver]] |
| 1039 | !!Vince Graver |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | A Private Investigator who was hired to spy on Harry during the ''Turn Coat'' case. Dresden managed to get him on his side, and Graver was able to obtain key evidence in proving that Samuel Peabody was a spy on the White Council. |
| 1042 | ---- |
| 1043 | * CouldSayItBut: When Molly pulls an IHaveBoobsYouMustObey tactic on him, he still refuses to divulge the details of his client... but he does mention one specific lawyer at one specific firm who might be able to help her find a job if her apprenticeship with Harry falls through. The lawyer, of course, is the client. |
| 1044 | * MundaneSolution: |
| 1045 | ** Harry knows Binder will be looking to block any mystical means of tracking and takes all the precautions (shaving his head and jumping into a river ect), so Harry hires Vince to just follow the guy after he does this. |
| 1046 | ** Harry outs Peabody by simply having Graver watch the one entrance from Edinburgh to Chicago via the Nevernever and take photos of everyone who comes through. |
| 1047 | * PrivateDetective: His job, though more of a mundane one. Rather realistically, his job is more of an intelligence gatherer, as his [=MO=] is utilizing a high-power camera and a bit of breaking and entering. |
| 1048 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He is a man of integrity. Ironically, going independent lead to a degree of success. |
| 1049 | ** He was once a cop from a district outside of Chicago. When he looked into some prostitutes being beaten, despite orders to back off, he found a Chicago councilman was the culprit. And then he arrested the guy despite knowing the political consequences could ruin his career (which they did). |
| 1050 | ** When he learns his job in following Harry to get to the "Old Man" (Morgan) in ''Turn Coat'' has lead to fights and attempted murder, he drops the job then and there. |
| 1051 | ** At the same time, he refuses to give Harry any information on who hires him because of his integrity. |
| 1052 | * TurnInYourBadge: He does this rather than be relocated to Murphy's division of the Chicago PD. |
| 1053 | [[/folder]] |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | [[folder: Nick Christian]] |
| 1056 | !!Nick Christian |
| 1057 | [[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nick_7.png]] |
| 1058 | [[caption-width-right:125:A private investigator who has eked out a career of saving missing children.]] |
| 1059 | |
| 1060 | A Private Investigator and one of Harry's mentors. |
| 1061 | ---- |
| 1062 | * TheAlcoholic: Implied to have more than a thing for whiskey. |
| 1063 | * FriendToAllChildren: He takes a variety of jobs to pay rent, but his passion is missing children cases. He's managed to save several children from abductors over the years, and in his view, that makes all the sacrifices he's made worth it. |
| 1064 | * GenericGraffiti: On his office door, there's a graffitied picture of a fat angel with a donut in one hand and a sawed-off shotgun in the other. Perhaps a mark of respect from the local gang. |
| 1065 | * TheGhost: Besides a brief appearance which didn't even describe him in Harry's first appearance and inaugural short story, Christian was mentioned only in passing a few times over the course of the series. He finally appears, appropriately enough, in ''Ghost Story''. |
| 1066 | * TheMentor: To Harry, when he started out as a detective. |
| 1067 | * PerpetualPoverty: He lives out of his "office", which is little more than a cubby hole in the side of a building, closed off by a garage door, in a bad part of town. |
| 1068 | * PrivateDetective: His job. He appears to be rather expert at it, and turns out to be the guy Harry reaches out to when he needs information on gangs in the mundane side of things. In his case, it hasn't led to much in the way of success, as he's more broke than even Harry is. |
| 1069 | [[/folder]] |
| 1070 | |
| 1071 | ![=SplatterCon=]!!! attendees, staff, and supporters |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | [[folder:Rosanna "Rosie" Marcella]] |
| 1074 | !!Rosanna "Rosie" Marcella |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | One of Molly's friends, and a staff member at the [=SplatterCon=]!!! convention. Molly tried to help her overcome her heroin addiction with black magic. |
| 1077 | ---- |
| 1078 | * FunctionalAddict: Rosie was a heroin user before Molly used magic to make her fear the drug. |
| 1079 | * TeenPregnancy: Rosie is pregnant with Nelson's child. |
| 1080 | [[/folder]] |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | [[folder:Nelson Lenhardt]] |
| 1083 | !!Nelson Lenhardt |
| 1084 | |
| 1085 | Molly's ex-boyfriend who cheated on her with Rosie. Molly tried to help him overcome his heroin addiction with black magic, but because she was still angry at him for cheating, her spell warped and caused him severe psychic damage. |
| 1086 | ---- |
| 1087 | * BadassNormal: Downplayed, but Dresden pegs him as a martial artist in moments by the way he moves, suggesting at least fairly extensive training/experience. |
| 1088 | * {{Delinquents}}: Has been in trouble with the law and is a drug user. |
| 1089 | * DrivenToMadness: As a result of Molly's spell. It is unknown if he will ever properly recover from her attack on him. |
| 1090 | * FunctionalAddict: Like Rosie, he was a heroin addict. |
| 1091 | [[/folder]] |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | [[folder: Drea Becton]] |
| 1094 | !!Drea Becton |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | Another friend of Molly's. She was driven catatonic after Molly's magic attracted the phages to the [=SplatterCon=]!!! festival. |
| 1097 | ---- |
| 1098 | * AndIMustScream: Trapped in perpetual terror after the fetches put her in a coma. |
| 1099 | * ConvenientComa: Rendered comatose from the fetches. |
| 1100 | [[/folder]] |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | [[folder: Ken]] |
| 1103 | !!Ken |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | Rosie Marcella's boyfriend. He died when Molly's magic drew the phages to [=SplatterCon=]!!! |
| 1106 | ---- |
| 1107 | * TheGhost: He's killed in the phage attack, but he's not depicted. Rosie learns about it after the fact. |
| 1108 | [[/folder]] |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | [[folder: Clark Pell]] |
| 1111 | !!Clark Pell |
| 1112 | |
| 1113 | A supporter of [=SplatterCon=]!!! who owns a theatre neighboring the convention center. He was attacked and mauled by fetches during the ''Proven Guilty'' case, but he managed to survive. |
| 1114 | ---- |
| 1115 | * CoolOldGuy: A senior citizen, and virtually fearless. |
| 1116 | * GrumpyOldMan: By the time Dresden meets him, after he's been injured by the fetches, he's surly and upset. |
| 1117 | * Nerves of Steel: Fearless enough that the horror magic of the fetches couldn't hurt him too badly; they had to maul him physically to frighten him. |
| 1118 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His only fear is a movie monster called a Hammerhand. Unfortunately, the fetches can take the shape of a person's worst fear, and they attacked him in that form. |
| 1119 | [[/folder]] |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | [[folder: Sandra Marling]] |
| 1122 | !!Sandra Marling |
| 1123 | |
| 1124 | A part-time volunteer at a homeless shelter who befriended Molly Carpenter after the other girl was sentenced to community service. An offhand comment by her led Molly to study recent research on using fear to bypass addictions, which had the unfortunate result of Molly using fear spells on their mutual friends Nelson and Rosie. As chair of the horror convention [=SplatterCon=]!!!, she also invited horror director "Darby Crane" to Chicago; when Darby Crane turned out to be White Court vampire Madrigal Raith, Harry mistakenly blamed Raith for Molly's actions. |
| 1125 | ---- |
| 1126 | * SilkHidingSteel: She appears perfectly normal at first, and in fact drops out of the ''Proven Guilty'' case less than halfway through it (and hasn't reappeared so far). However, the RPG notes (which are written from an in-universe perspective) show how Marling was indirectly responsible for Molly's corruption, Molly's abduction by phages, and Dresden being distracted by Madrigal for long enough to allow said abduction to occur. It also mentions that she vanished after the novel and Dresden -- wizard PI -- has been completely unable to locate any trace of her. |
| 1127 | [[/folder]] |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | !People Dresden has rescued or otherwise worked for |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | [[folder: Faith Astor]] |
| 1132 | !!Faith Astor |
| 1133 | [[quoteright:76:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2016_09_02_at_15522_am.png]] |
| 1134 | [[caption-width-right:76:A child in need of rescue.]] |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | A young girl who ran away from home. Harry Dresden rescued her from the troll Gogoth in one of his earliest cases in Chicago. Appears in ''A Restoration of Faith''. WordOfGod states that she will show up again to kick off the big apocalyptic trilogy serving as the capstone to the Dresden Files series. |
| 1137 | ---- |
| 1138 | * TheCynic: Starts the story believing there's no magic and that parents don't really love their kids. |
| 1139 | * DrivenToSuicide: She says that if Dresden abandons her (so he isn't arrested for kidnapping) she'll go to some nearby cops, but Dresden can tell she'll go back to the bridge where Gogoth will eat her. Fortunately, Harry is able to snap her out of it. |
| 1140 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After Dresden shows her real magic, and after he and Murphy risk their lives to fight Gogoth with her, she realizes there's magic and joy in the world after all. She tells Murphy she wasn't kidnapped and returns to her family. |
| 1141 | * ParentalNeglect: Why she ran away. |
| 1142 | * SpoiledBrat: What she is at first. |
| 1143 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: When Dresden tells Faith that there are monsters in the world, she says she knows. At about that time Dresden turns to her and notes that she looks sad and 'too wise for her years.' |
| 1144 | [[/folder]] |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 | [[folder: Alison Ann Summers]] |
| 1147 | !!Alison Ann Summers |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | A baby being cared for at Cook County Hospital. She was attacked by Agatha Hagglethorn, then saved by the timely intervention of Dresden and Michael during the ''Grave Peril'' case. |
| 1150 | ---- |
| 1151 | * ForcedSleep: What would have happened to her until she dies. It would be written off as [=SIDS=]. |
| 1152 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Applies in her case, if only just. |
| 1153 | [[/folder]] |
| 1154 | |
| 1155 | [[folder: Brother Wang]] |
| 1156 | !!Brother Wang |
| 1157 | |
| 1158 | A monk at a monastery where temple dogs are raised. He hired Dresden to recover a box full of kidnapped puppies, inadvertently enabling Dresden and Mouse to come into contact. |
| 1159 | ---- |
| 1160 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Appears very briefly in ''Blood Rites'', but without him, Mouse would never have met Dresden, saved his life several times, and gone on to protect his daughter. |
| 1161 | [[/folder]] |
| 1162 | |
| 1163 | [[folder: Donovan]] |
| 1164 | !!Donovan |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | An agent of the Chicago Cubs who hires Dresden to deal with the Billy Goat Curse. Appears in the short story "Curses". |
| 1167 | ---- |
| 1168 | * SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Only cares about getting rid of the curse so that the Cubs can win the championship, even when Dresden explains that the presence of the curse allows for Cubs fans to focus more on their love of the game instead of just hoping for a championship win. |
| 1169 | * SharpDressedMan: Shows up wearing a $2000 suit. |
| 1170 | [[/folder]] |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | [[folder: Dr. Helena Pounder]] |
| 1174 | !!Dr. Helena Pounder |
| 1175 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_pounder.png]] |
| 1176 | A tall and powerfully-built archeologist who had a child with one of the Forest People, Strength of a River in his Shoulders. |
| 1177 | ---- |
| 1178 | * BrawnHilda: Helena is more than six feet tall and powerfully built. Dresden says that she 'wasn't really pretty' and looks like a bouncer. |
| 1179 | * MamaBear: Dresden refers to this trope by name after meeting her, and it fits. After all, when her son is being bullied, her way of solving the problem is to pull some strings and have a professional wizard--capable of fighting warlocks, vampires, and demons--hired at her son's school to can sort them out. |
| 1180 | * RescueRomance: Starts dating Strength of a River in his Shoulders after he saves her life by getting her food when she's stranded on a barren dig site for months. |
| 1181 | [[/folder]] |
| 1182 | |
| 1183 | [[folder: Maria]] |
| 1184 | !!Maria |
| 1185 | |
| 1186 | A young child who was about to be murdered by a White Court Vampire when Hamilton Luther saved her. Some time later, the White Court attacked her again to keep her from testifying in Luther's trial. |
| 1187 | ---- |
| 1188 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Sustained in her case; Dresden is able to rescue her. |
| 1189 | [[/folder]] |
| 1190 | |
| 1191 | [[folder:Maya]] |
| 1192 | !!Maya |
| 1193 | |
| 1194 | A former prostitute who turned her life around after her pimp was jailed. Maya set up a tutoring school for poorer families who wanted their children to have better lives, and was quite successful at it. However, when the pimp got out and hired a magical lawyer in an effort to take everything Maya had worked for, Maya needed Dresden's help. |
| 1195 | |
| 1196 | ---- |
| 1197 | * TheOldestProfession: Maya used to be one of Tripp's whores. |
| 1198 | [[/folder]] |
| 1199 | |
| 1200 | !Other victims of supernatural monsters |
| 1201 | |
| 1202 | [[folder: Stan]] |
| 1203 | !!Stan |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | A hapless convenience store clerk who has the misfortune of getting involved with Harry's flight from He Who Walks Behind. |
| 1206 | ---- |
| 1207 | * ButtMonkey: Terrified by Harry, then slaughtered by He Who Walks Behind. |
| 1208 | * TheStoner: Has the scent of marijuana about him. |
| 1209 | [[/folder]] |
| 1210 | |
| 1211 | [[folder: Harvey Morrison]] |
| 1212 | !!Harvey Morrison |
| 1213 | |
| 1214 | Owner of Morrison Fiduciary Services, and Hades' financial representative in Chicago |
| 1215 | ---- |
| 1216 | * EscortMission: Dresden tries to lead him away from Tessa and protect him until backup can arrive. He fails. |
| 1217 | [[/folder]] |
| 1218 | |
| 1219 | [[folder: The Mendozas]] |
| 1220 | !!The Mendozas |
| 1221 | |
| 1222 | Maggie Dresden's foster family. |
| 1223 | ---- |
| 1224 | * BodyHorror: Rodriguez and Martin had to put the mutilated pieces of the Mendozas back together (with the scent of blood driving them mad with [[HorrorHunger thirst]], no less) in order to see if Maggie was among the deceased. |
| 1225 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: They were all ripped to pieces |
| 1226 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: They were nothing but caring and attentive to Maggie and showed no indication of ParentalFavoritism despite her being adopted. Then the Red Court kills them. |
| 1227 | [[/folder]] |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | [[folder: Greg and Cindy Bardalacki]] |
| 1230 | !!Greg and Cindy Bardalacki |
| 1231 | |
| 1232 | Siblings trapped in a Red Court scheme to synthesize artificial love. |
| 1233 | ---- |
| 1234 | * BrotherSisterIncest: Forced into it by the Red Court spell. |
| 1235 | * DrivenToSuicide: As a result of the spell's compulsions. |
| 1236 | [[/folder]] |
| 1237 | |
| 1238 | [[folder: Steph and her friend]] |
| 1239 | !!Steph and her friend |
| 1240 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steph_wildcard.png]] |
| 1241 | [[caption-width-right:200:Steph (right) and her friend having a very bad night.]] |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | Two girls hunted down by Puck in ''ComicBook/WildCard''. |
| 1244 | ---- |
| 1245 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Steph's friend pleads for mercy, to no avail. |
| 1246 | * DamselInDistress: Introduced fleeing in terror from Puck. |
| 1247 | [[/folder]] |
| 1248 | |
| 1249 | [[folder: Stanley Bowers]] |
| 1250 | !!Stanley Bowers |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | An addict being treated as Saint Anthony's who falls victim to the baka baku Miyamune. |
| 1253 | ---- |
| 1254 | * AddledAddict: Barely functional on account of his drug abuse and Miyamune's torment. |
| 1255 | * {{Hobos}}: He's homeless. |
| 1256 | [[/folder]] |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 | [[folder: Cardinal Richelieu]] |
| 1259 | !!Cardinal Armand Jean de Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu |
| 1260 | |
| 1261 | A cardinal who was once a powerful French nobleman... until Mab caught up with him and demand that he pay her back for a favor she'd done him. |
| 1262 | |
| 1263 | ---- |
| 1264 | * ForcedTransformation: In addition to being frozen, he was also turned into a literal cardinal. (As in, the bird.) |
| 1265 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Richelieu really existed. |
| 1266 | * AnIcePerson: One of Mab's frozen sculptures. |
| 1267 | [[/folder]] |
| 1268 | |
| 1269 | !Other |
| 1270 | |
| 1271 | [[folder: Mike Atagi]] |
| 1272 | !!Mike Atagi |
| 1273 | |
| 1274 | A mechanic who services Harry's car of choice, the Blue Beetle. After the Beetle is destroyed he continues to service other vehicles Harry drives in. |
| 1275 | ---- |
| 1276 | * BrokenMasquerade: Subverted. Harry is usually level with Mike at first, but Harry knows the man would like to hear a more reasonable explaination for the damage to Harry's car. When Harry explains the damage is from "giant owl" ripping at the top of the car and has hole punctures confirming that, Mike asks for the real explaination for the damage, which Harry then blames on mobsters attacking with a backhoe. |
| 1277 | * TheEngineer: His character. |
| 1278 | * TheGhost: After twenty years of the series producing fifteen novels, twenty-five short stories, five comics, he finally appears in a small microfiction set after ''Wild Card'' which itself is between ''White Night'' and ''Small Favor''. |
| 1279 | * MrFixit: He can repair almost any damage to a car. At one point he fixes up a hearse that's been damaged by a bomb going off inside it. Even Cat Sith, TheDragon to Mab, uses his services. |
| 1280 | --> "The usual deal, then. Cheap, fast, or good, pick two.” |
| 1281 | * InsaneProprietor: Plays it up with the name of his garage, "Mad Mike’s Motorcycle and Volkswagen Repair". |
| 1282 | * OnlyOneName: Was like this for thirteen books. His last name was finally revealed in ''Cold Days''. |
| 1283 | [[/folder]] |
| 1284 | |
| 1285 | [[folder: Randy]] |
| 1286 | !!Randy |
| 1287 | |
| 1288 | A civilian who joins a mob inspired by Harry to protect Chicago from the Fomor. |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | ---- |
| 1291 | * BadassBystander: He's just a random guy, but he manages to hold his own while fighting an army of monsters. |
| 1292 | * PapaWolf: His motivation for fighting is his newborn daughter, who is stranded in one of the hospitals and cannot be evacuated. |
| 1293 | [[/folder]] |
| 1294 | |
| 1295 | [[folder: Larry Fowler]] |
| 1296 | !!Larry Fowler |
| 1297 | |
| 1298 | The host of ''The Larry Fowler Show'', a Chicago-area talk show. |
| 1299 | ---- |
| 1300 | |
| 1301 | * FrivolousLawsuit: He continues to serve Dresden with a variety of legal papers and lawsuits even though he has no real case against him. |
| 1302 | * {{Jerkass}}: Happy to embarrass his guests for the sake of his audience. |
| 1303 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is very clearly based on Jerry Springer, complete with the audience chanting "LAH-REE! LAH-REE! LAH-REE!" at the start of an episode. |
| 1304 | * SitcomArchnemesis: He essentially functions as this to Dresden, annoying him with his attitude and his frivolous lawsuits. |
| 1305 | * SmarmyHost: Describes him in a nutshell. |
| 1306 | * TalkShow: He has one. |
| 1307 | [[/folder]] |
| 1308 |
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