The Dresden Files/Characters/The White Council: Difference between revisions

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Still very much a believer in fighting the the good fight, but spending more than a century doing so has left him a very tired and bitter man.

* [[Magic Knight]]: As are most Wardens, up until ''Dead Beat''.

* [[Obstructive Zealot]]: He regularly ignores Harry's attempts to explain the situation; at one point he even yelled, "No! [[That Liar Lies|You lie]]!"

* [[Pet the Dog]]: A few times here and there. These moment are always very, very subtle.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: His immediate knee-jerk denial of {{spoiler|Harry mentioning the Black Council or a White Council traitor}} immediately clues Harry in to the fact {{spoiler|that Morgan and possibly the Merlin have considered the possibility of a traitor but won't publicly admit it due to the backlash.}}

* [[Zen Survivor]]

* [[Windmill Crusader]]: Believes wholeheartedly that Harry is a black magic time-bomb waiting to go off. Harry's opinion of him softens ever-so-slightly once he realises Morgan honestly believes this and isn't hounding him because he's a jerk.

* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: Even he was sickened by the idea that he'd have to {{spoiler|kill Molly Carpenter.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Colony Drop]]: In ''Death Masks'', he rips a decommissioned Soviet satellite out of orbit and drops it on top of a castle owned by a Red Court Duke who threatened Harry.}}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: "Turn on the TV."

* [[The Mentor]]

* [[Necessary Evil]]: His role as Blackstaff.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Again, {{spoiler|see aforementioned [[Colony Drop]].}}

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Ebenezar normally uses a staff carved from an oak tree struck by lightning on his farm. But when shit really hits the fan, he pulls out {{spoiler|the Blackstaff, which allows him to work [[Black Magic]] without going insane.}}

 

== '''Joseph "Injun Joe" Listens-To-Wind''' ==

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Dance Magic]]: Used for some of his spells.

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In ''Turn Coat'', sort of.

* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Little Brother, his raccoon familiar.

* [[Magical Native American]]: The most [[Badass|hardcore]] version ever.

* [[The Medic]]: He's generally considered to be the most skilled healer on the Council, and even ''goes back to med school every few years'' to make sure he stays on top of things.

* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: His ultimate [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]

** In [[The Dresden Files (Tabletop Game)|the comments in the RPG rulebook]], Harry muses that he expects Rashid would answer like this even if you asked him something as mundane as "What would you like on your pizza?"

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: He goes around in a [[Black Cloak]] with a [[In the Hood|deep hood]], but seems to be a pretty decent guy.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: One of his eyes is replaced by a silver orb.

* [[In the Hood]]

The Commander of the Wardens, Morgan's teacher. Was {{spoiler|forcibly transferred to a much younger woman's body by Corpsetaker in ''Dead Beat''.}} Became briefly romantically involved with Harry over the events of ''Small Favor'' and ''Turn Coat''. {{spoiler|In ''Turn Coat'', it was revealed that she was an unwilling mole in the White Council, as being transferred to a younger body made her less resistant to mind-altering magics.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Bi the Way]]: Outright said to be this when she was younger by Lara,who wastes no time asking whether she'd like to revisit old times}}

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}: {{spoiler|1=Mind-controlled by Peabody into killing LaFortier,}} and also {{spoiler|was mind-controlled into being attracted to Harry in order for the traitor to keep tabs on him.}}

* [[The Captain]]: The current commander of the Wardens, and her official title is "Captain."

* {{spoiler|[[Grand Theft Me]]: How she ended up in her current body.}}

* [[Kill It With Fire]]: See above

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: What Dresden is essentially to him, a wise, more powerful ally that isn't afraid of making fun of him.

* [[The Casanova]]: Well, he says so, anyway.

* [[Improbable Age]]: There's no way he would hold the rank he does at his age if a) he wasn't really good, and b) {{spoiler|most of the other Wardens hadn't gotten killed off in ''Dead Beat''.}}

* [[Kill It With Water]]: He uses water-based magic, as opposed to Harry's fire and force. Fun fact - in this universe, water-magic associated with entropy and "cleansing" and is capable of ''offensive disintegration''

** [[Fridge Brilliance|Which makes sense,]] as water is actually quite reactive and very good at dissolving things, he just uses magic to turn this property [[Up to Eleven]].

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Being the senior Warden and commander in Los Angeles, he sees almost as much action as Harry, on top of being an active participant in the war. In ''White Night'', Harry notes that Ramirez's gear is as battered and battle-scarred as his own, despite the difference in age.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: In ''Changes''. {{spoiler|Made a well-intentioned but ''really'' poorly timed rebellion against authority, sending the White Council into chaos and ensuring that Harry was facing a [[The Only One]] situation.}}

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: You don't need a lot of force with particle beams.

** That, and almost everyone looks [[Weak but Skilled]] next to Harry "Powerhouse Slob" Dresden.

 

== '''Ancient Mai''' ==

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "Egad Dresden, what gave you ''that'' idea?"

* [[Enemy Mine]]: He doesn't like Harry at ''all''. This didn't stop him from recognizing in ''Turn Coat'' that the guy who makes a living as a private investigator might have the best chance of {{spoiler|rooting out [[The Mole]].}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: of a sort. In the earlier books Harry depicts him as [[Head in The Sand Management]], trying to avoid war with the Red Court vampires. By ''Changes'', however, when Cristos' faction is pushing for peace, the Merlin is among those who recognizes that this really is going to be a war of annihilation, and he's determined to fight it through.

** [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when you realize that {{spoiler|with Peabody's mind-altering spells gone, Merlin's thinking a bit more clearly.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: He was going to {{spoiler|have Molly executed}} just to spite Harry and keep his mantle of authority unchallenged.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The Merlin is initially seen by Harry only as a political schemer and power-grubber, but shows off some serious badassery in ''Dead Beat'' where he blocks the Red Court's (and that's "Court" as in "all of them") advance with a single, threshold-less on-the-fly ward. At the end of ''Turn Coat'', the Merlin creates {{spoiler|a ward to contain a malicious non-corporeal entity, formulates a battle-plan, adds 3D visual aids and telepathically communicates it to the 200 or so other wizards in the room.}} In 3 seconds. In pitch dark. Without losing his cool for an instant.

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]

 

* [[Almighty Janitor]]: His entire job involves pushing paper around and taking notes, making him a minor but important functionary. He's not a slouch in actual combat either; he's an effective combat wizard, a good hand with a knife, and {{spoiler|a dangerous expert in mind-control magic.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]}}: [[Almighty Janitor|Important]] he might be, but he's still a very minor functionary.

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Peabody has made numerous minor appearances in earlier books, always as a minor background character. For example, he's the one who took notes on the Council meeting in ''Summer Knight'', wrote ''Die Lied der Erlking'', was present at {{spoiler|Molly}}'s trial in ''Proven Guilty'', and so on.