But if I recall he says it wouldn't be too much of an imbalance to let Dresden know Maggie was both his daughter and alive. He also through in that Dresden was her only hope. Perhaps Uriel can feel Dresden's pain that intimately. Either way, Uriel is just as manipulative (perhaps more so) as Mab or Anduriel or Lasciel. He does it with "the Greater Good" in mind but ultimately by choosing to say something, by being involved at all, he is taking a position and influencing events. This says a lot about Uriel, to my mind.
Yes to all of that, except I'm not sure if I would got with manipulative. The definition of manipulative often contains words like selfish, unfair, or unscrupulous. I'd probably go with calculating.
I'm more worried about Vadderung helping Harry for his own purposes than Uriel.
Achangel62 - are you saying that these "factions" did want the Reds gone but not as quickly or fully as it happened in Changes? It seems counter-intuitive. If you want them gone at all then you want them wiped out. Why would the Black Council or whoever want to only kill them slowly or cripple them? Same with Mab or Vadderung (who benefited from the destruction of the Reds).
It has been suggested several times that the Black Council is pitting forces against one another in a manner that leaves everyone worse off. A decisive victory one way or the other would be counter to this strategy ... unless it leads to more chaos like we see when the Fomor emerge.
