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• Harry Dresden: A wizard. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. A White Council warden. Winter Knight
• Mouse: Dresden's Tibetan Temple dog. Big, shaggy grey dog.
• Susan Rodriguez: Harry's once true love, now half-vampire vampire hunter. Half turned vampire of the Red Court.
• Thomas Raith: Harry's White Court vampire half-brother.
• Martin: Susan's ally. Red Court half-vampire and a member of the Fellowship of St. Giles for over 100 years
• Mac: Owner of McAnally's
• Mister: Dresden's 30+ pound house cat.
• Duchess Arianna Ortega: Red-court vampire noble
• The Red King: Red-court vampire king
• Bob the Skull: A spirit of intellect who happens to reside inside a specially enchanted skull.
• Don Paulo Ortega: Arianna's Red-court Husband. Deceased
• Maggie: Harry and Susan's daugher. Named after Harry's mother, Margaret LaFey.
• Molly Carpenter: Michael and Charity's eldest child; Harry's apprentice
• Karrin Murphy: CPD Special Investigations
• Bianca: The Red Court vampire who infected Susan. Deceased
• Anastasia Luccio: Captain of the Wardens. Harry's ex.
• Wizard Cristos: The newest member of the Senior Council.
• Ebenezar McCoy: Harry's old mentor. member of the Senior Council and Harry's grandfather (father of Margaret LaFey).
• Carlos Ramirez: A Warden.
• Arthur Langtry: The oldest and the single most powerful wizard on the White Council. The Merlin of the White Council.
• Father Forthill: Priest of St. Mary of the Angels
• Agent Tilly: FBI Agent, Harry calls him "Slim".
• Rudolph: CPD brown-nosing cop
• Leanansidhe: Elder sorceress of the Winter Sidhe (lords of Faerie), and Harry's Godmother.
• Mrs Spunkelcrief: Harry's deaf elderly landlady.
• Gentleman Johnnie Marcone: The undisputed gang lord of Chicago.
• Donar Vadderung: the one-eyed CEO of Monoc Securities. Odin, Thunder's Father, the Father and King of the Aesir.
• The Eebs: Esteban and Esmeralda Batiste, a husband and wife team of Red Court vampires used by the Red King for assassinations
• Sonja: A Knight of the Cross. Russian and carries Esperacchius, the Sword of Hope.
• Uriel: The archangel.
• Mab: The Queen of Air and Darkness. The Queen of the Winter Court.
• Waldo Butters: Medical examiner
• Toot-toot: Major General Toot-toot Minimus. Captain of Harry's house guard.
• Erlking: The Lord of the Goblins of Faerie, leader of the Wild Hunt, nightmare of story and legend and peer of the Queen of Air and Darkness, Mab herself.
• Priestess Alamaya: Servant of the Great Lord Kukulcan.

Quotes edit see section history

• “<...> she had good reason to do so, but reason and heartbreak don't speak the same language. I'd never really forgiven myself for what had happened to her. I guess reason and guilt don't speak the same language, either.”

  Harry

• “Something like this will test you like nothing else. You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find out which principles you'll stand by to your death--and which lines you'll cross.”

  Mac

• “I was furious with Susan, furious with an intensity you can feel only when someone you care deeply about hurts you. But the corollary of that was unavoidable--I still cared, or I wouldn't be angry.”

  Harry

• “Might as well go back to Atari Bug Boy, 'cause you don't got game enough for me!”

  Harry

• “It's all connected Dresden, and you're just now beginning to realize who the players are.”

  Donar Vadderung

• “"... Shop smart. Shop S-Mart."”

  Harry

• “"You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. Shame."”

  Sanya to Harry

• “"You hit that. You tapped that ass. Presumably, it was phat."”

  Sanya to Harry

• “"...Even in Winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not everyday is cruel."”

  Harry Dresden

• “PS - Why, yes, I can in fact capitalize any words I desire. The language is English. I am English. Therefore mine is the opinion which matters, colonial heahten.”

  Steed (Warden Chandler) to Harry

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chicago, Illinois
• Chichen Itza: Mayan ruins in Mexico.
• Edinburgh: Where the Council is housed.
• Nevernever: The spirit world.

Organizations edit see section history

• White Council of Wizards: Self appointed group of wizards. Membership is basically required if you are a human with magic.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The United States's top-level police force, which investigates crimes that span multiple states.
• White Council: An organization of wizards.
• Red Court: One of the three main vampire Courts in the Dresden Files universe. Feed on blood.
• White Court: Vampires who feed on emotions, not blood.
• Gray Council: A unknown group on the white council who guard against the black council
• The Fellowship of St. Giles: A collection of the supernatural world's outcasts and strays, many of them half-vampires. They hate the Red Court with a passion, and do everything in their power to confound the vampires at every opportunity. Terrorists basically-smart, quick, and tough because they had to be.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Turn Coat, and followed by Ghost Story.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jim Butcher (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Chris McGrath (Cover Artist)
2. Ray Lundgren (Designer)
3. Blue Moon Photography (Photographer)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3602.U85 C53 2010 FT MEADE
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

It's aimed at adults, but it'd probably be okay for teenagers.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Magic & Wizards
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Jim-Butcher.com: Author's official webste
• Changes @ Wikipedia: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movie Connections edit see section history

• The Dresden Files (IMDb): TV Mini-Series

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