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* Harry himself can easily fit given his power and temperament. He has powers that human being cannot understand and many of which are violently destructive. His anger issues run both ice cold and blazingly hot and when he loses it is capable of ColdBloodedTorture and [[KillItWithFire destroying entire buildings.]] Said anger issues have been turned on his own friends and family on occasion although without tragic consequences. He regularly battles creatures who make experienced wizards think twice and wins, doing such things as raising a 65 million year old T-rex skeleton as a zombie and killing off the entire [[BatPeople Red Court]] in an orgy of destruction. He also has been made the Winter Knight, Mab's personal assassin, with all the [[SuperStrength power]] that [[HealingFactor comes with it.]] After his death in Changes, Molly is forced to battle the various enemies in his place who would normally stay far away from Chicago rather than tackle "The Mad Wizard Dresden."
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* Harry himself can easily fit given his power and temperament. He has powers that human being beings cannot understand and many of which are violently destructive. His anger issues run both ice cold and blazingly hot and when he loses it is capable of ColdBloodedTorture and [[KillItWithFire destroying entire buildings.]] Said anger issues have been turned on his own friends and family on occasion although without tragic consequences. He regularly battles creatures who make experienced wizards think twice and wins, doing such things as raising a 65 million year old T-rex skeleton as a zombie and killing off the entire [[BatPeople Red Court]] in an orgy of destruction. He also has been made the Winter Knight, Mab's personal assassin, with all the [[SuperStrength power]] that [[HealingFactor comes with it.]] After his death in Changes, Molly is forced to battle the various enemies in his place who would normally stay far away from Chicago rather than tackle "The Mad Wizard Dresden."
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* Harry himself can easily fit given his power and temperament. He has powers that human being cannot understand and many of which are violently destructive. His anger issues run both ice cold and blazingly hot and when he loses it is capable of ColdBloodedTorture and [[KillItWithFire destroying entire buildings.]] Said anger issues have been turned on his own friends and family on occasion although without tragic consequences. He regularly battles creatures who make experienced wizards think twice and wins, doing such things as raising a 65 million year old T-rex skeleton as a zombie and killing off the entire [[BatPeople Red Court]] in an orgy of destruction. He also has been made the Winter Knight, Mab's personal assassin, with all the [[SuperStrength power]] that [[HealingFactor comes with it.]] After his death in Changes, Molly is forced to battle the various enemies in his place who would normally stay far away from Chicago rather than tackle "The Mad Wizard Dresden."
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* The Black Court are full-on {{humanoid abomination}}s. The fact that they have several {{weaksauce weakness}}es simply means if they have survived upto now they are ''far more dangerous ''.
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*** ''Battle Ground'' expands on this, with it being stated that even some of the supposedly "good" members of the Accords, such as Vadderung and the Archive, view the idea of humanity seeing through TheMasquerade as a case of AwakenTheSleepingDragon.
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*** ''Battle Ground'' expands on this, with it being stated that even some of the supposedly "good" members of the Accords, such as Vadderung and the Archive, view the idea of humanity seeing through TheMasquerade as a case of AwakenTheSleepingDragon.AwakeningTheSleepingGiant.
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*** ''Battle Ground'' expands on this, with it being stated that even some of the supposedly "good" members of the Accords, such as Vadderung and the Archive, view the idea of humanity seeing through TheMasquerade as AwakeningTheSleepingDragon.a case of AwakenTheSleepingDragon.
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** Oh and the Raiths are the lesser evils of the White Court. The Skavis and Malvora families will make you [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] while simply [[PowersDoTheFighting standingbnext to you]] while feeding on either your fear or despair.
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** Oh and the Raiths are the lesser evils of the White Court. The Skavis and Malvora families will make you [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] while simply [[PowersDoTheFighting standingbnext standing next to you]] while feeding on either your fear or despair.
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** Oh and the Raiths are the lesser evils of the White Court. The Skavis and Malvora families will make you [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] while simply [[PowersDoTheFighting standingbnext to you]] while feeding on either your fear or despair.
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* The Walkers: [[spoiler: He Who Walks Behind, He Who Walks Before and (if the formula sticks) He Who Walks Beside.]] More specifically the implications of their names. Who or what exactly are they walking Behind, Before and Beside?
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* The Walkers: [[spoiler: He Who Walks Behind, He Who Walks Before and (if the formula sticks) He Who Walks Beside.]] More specifically the implications of their names. Who or what exactly are they walking Behind, Before and Beside?
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*** Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
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*** Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' Nemesis. It spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, Fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
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* Father Douglas trying to kill Harry at his apartment in "The Warrior", showing just how dangerous someone who's supposed to be "just a guy" can be.
-->There was a hole in the leather mantle. I flipped it up. Beneath the hole, several ounces of metal were flattened against the second layer of spelltoughened leather, about three inches below the collar and a hair to the right of my spine.
-->That was chilling. Even through my best defenses, that was how close I’d come to death.
* Father Douglas trying to kill Harry at his apartment in "The Warrior", showing just how dangerous someone who's supposed to be "just a guy" can be.
-->There was a hole in the leather mantle. I flipped it up. Beneath the hole, several ounces of metal were flattened against the second layer of spelltoughened leather, about three inches below the collar and a hair to the right of my spine.
-->That was chilling. Even through my best defenses, that was how close I’d come to death.
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** Everything to do with the Outsiders. It's said that the fae are tasked with keeping them, well, ''outside'' our realm, and the callousness and terrifying BlueAndOrangeMorality they can display are due to HeWhoFightsMonsters to some degree.
*** Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
*** Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
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** What's worse? The history of BlackMagic is one long case of ''proving them right''. Despite the fact that she knows it would get both her and Harry executed, Molly is still far too eager to invade people's minds and mess around inside them. Both world wars might have been averted, or at least reduced, if they got to Kemmler early on in his career.
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** What's worse? The history of BlackMagic is one long case of ''proving them right''. Despite the fact that she knows it would get both her and Harry executed, Molly is still far too eager to invade people's minds and mess around inside them. The once innocent child has become very AntiHero-ish and what she'd do without villains to battle is a good question. Basically, the spells that carry the instant death penalty are punished so harshly because those are the spells that have been proven to get the wielder DrunkOnTheDarkSide with no turning back. How bad? Both world wars might have been averted, or at least reduced, if they got to Kemmler early on in his career.career.
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** This question has been answered, to a point: "Before" refers to its position of leadership, it spearheads the attacks on [[spoiler: the gates of reality]] and marshals the forces of the outsiders etc. "Behind" seems to refer to the creature's position as a schemer, it is 'behind' things like [[spoiler: Dresden killing Justin [=DuMorne=]]]. What this says about the agenda of the walkers is fridge horror in itself, because [[spoiler: Harry's increasing power and control of demonreach may all be part of the Outsiders' plan as much as or more than anyone else's]].
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** This question has been answered, to a point: "Before" refers to its position of leadership, it spearheads the attacks on [[spoiler: the gates of reality]] and marshals the forces of the outsiders etc. "Behind" seems to refer to the creature's position as a schemer, it is 'behind' things like [[spoiler: Dresden killing Justin [=DuMorne=]]]. What this says about the agenda of the walkers is fridge horror in itself, because [[spoiler: Harry's increasing power and control of demonreach Demonreach may all be part of the Outsiders' plan as much as or more than anyone else's]].
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**Everything to do with the Outsiders. It's said that the fae are tasked with keeping them, well, ''outside'' our realm, and the callousness and terrifying BlueAndOrangeMorality they can display are due to HeWhoFightsMonsters to some degree.
***Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
***Also, whoever or whatever Nemesis, their agent, is. It's hard to know if it's an entity/group or force or ability. All we know is, ''something'' spreads and infects even the most powerful beings such as high-level fae, twisting their minds in ways that causes them to act against their fundamental nature as they become increasingly insane, and so far there's no way of knowing how it works, how it spreads, who will be next, or who has been touched by it already, let alone any way of protecting yourself from waking up ''[[NotHimself not yourself]]'' tomorrow or helping the loved you're watching slowly warp into someone else. One day it just ''happens.'' Many of the threats the heroes have faced that they assumed was part of a grand conspiracy (they called it the "Black Council" as a hypothetical EvilCounterpart to the White Council that governs magic use) was actually because the ''worst possible beings'' to become ensnared by such a thing did, and really thought they were acting individually and of their own will. It's NothingIsScarier at its best: there's not a thing called Nemesis in the air, the food, or the water, or even a spell someone cast or the price of reading the wrong [[TomeOfEldritchLore book]] or looking at the face of the the wrong [[[EldritchAbomination creature]]. It's ''that thing where suddenly one day you're not you anymore,'' nothing more, nothing less, and aside from knowing it's the Outsiders' doing, nobody really understands it any better than they did before they switched from calling it "Black Council" to "Nemesis." (Names from others who've noticed the pattern are 'the adversary' and 'the contagion.' No, they don't know how it works either.)
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** This question has been answered, to a point: "Before" refers to its position of leadership, it spearheads the attacks on [[spoiler: the gates of reality]] and marshals the forces of the outsiders etc. "Behind" seems to refer to the creature's position as a schemer, it is 'behind' things like [[spoiler: Dresden killing Justin DuMorne]]. What this says about the agenda of the walkers is fridge horror in itself, because [[spoiler: Harry's increasing power and control of demonreach may all be part of the Outsiders' plan as much as or more than anyone else's]].
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*** Thomas is undoubtedly one of the friendliest of vampires. So whenever Thomas is pushed into unleashing his inner demon he wouldn't contain it until it is well fed.
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** This question has been answered, to a point: "Before" refers to its position of leadership, it spearheads the attacks on [[spoiler: the gates of reality]] and marshals the forces of the outsiders etc. "Behind" seems to refer to the creature's position as a schemer, it is 'behind' things like [[spoiler: Dresden killing Justin DuMorne]]. What this says about the agenda of the walkers is fridge horror in itself, because [[spoiler: Harry's increasing power and control of demonreach may all be part of the Outsiders' plan as much as or more than anyone else's]].
** For bonus points, there is also a literal interpretation (Outsiders seem to be bound to their TrueNames more tightly even than the fae): [[spoiler: You. Whenever He Who Walks Behind manifests, he is literally right behind you, where you cannot see him.]]
** For bonus points, there is also a literal interpretation (Outsiders seem to be bound to their TrueNames more tightly even than the fae): [[spoiler: You. Whenever He Who Walks Behind manifests, he is literally right behind you, where you cannot see him.]]
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* The White Council's stance on dark magic. Doesn't matter how minor or what good intentions you used it for or even if you knew that you were breaking a law to begin with. You'll end up somewhere with a hood over your head as they prepare to chop it off. No trial involved what so ever. [[spoiler: What makes it especially bad is that in Molly's case is that the Merlin would have done it to simply spite Harry, and, if Micheal hadn't arrived in time, he would have walked in on his daughter being executed (though being a Champion of God makes you king of [[ContrivedCoincidence nick of]] [[BigDamnHeroes time rescues]].)]]
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* The White Council's stance on dark magic. Doesn't matter how minor or what good intentions you used it for or even if you knew that you were breaking a law to begin with. You'll end up somewhere with a hood over your head as they prepare to chop it off. No trial involved what so ever. [[spoiler: What makes it especially bad is that in Molly's case is that the Merlin would have done it to simply spite Harry, and, if Micheal Michael hadn't arrived in time, he would have walked in on his daughter being executed (though being a Champion of God makes you king of [[ContrivedCoincidence nick of]] [[BigDamnHeroes time rescues]].)]]
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** And it's not even merely indifferent, it's ''petty''. People get singled out to be prey simply because they break some rule of etiquette they had no cause to know existed, or tried to help the wrong person, or accepted an agreement without considering its ExactWords, or because of who their ancestor was. And all of this is ''perfectly legal'' under the Unseelie Accords, which don't even pretend to be fair or well-meaning in any way.
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** And it's not even merely indifferent, it's ''petty''. People get singled out to be prey simply because they break some rule of etiquette they had no cause reason to know existed, or tried to help the wrong person, or accepted an agreement without considering its ExactWords, or because of who their ancestor was.was. Or hell, they might not even have done ''anything'' at all and they just happened to be good looking enough to attract the wrong sort of attention. And all of this is ''perfectly legal'' under the Unseelie Accords, which don't even pretend to be fair or well-meaning in any way.
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** What's worse? The history of BlackMagic is one long case of ''proving them right''. Despite the fact that she knows it would get both her and Harry executed, Molly is still too eager to invade people's minds and mess around inside them. Both worlds wars might have been averted or at least reduced if they got to Kemmler early on in his career.
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** What's worse? The history of BlackMagic is one long case of ''proving them right''. Despite the fact that she knows it would get both her and Harry executed, Molly is still far too eager to invade people's minds and mess around inside them. Both worlds world wars might have been averted averted, or at least reduced reduced, if they got to Kemmler early on in his career.
