So if I had to name a single reason why I love the Dresden Files so much, it would have to be the significance of the interweaving plot threads through the course of the series. (and then I'd probably go on and on about the character/relationship building [main, and support], awesome action scenes, and heavy snark as supplimental drives)
So this topic is an attempt at making a reference of all these series spanning plot threads, and Reply #1 will be dedicated to an attempt to outline which ones were dreampt up later rather than when the overall series plot was initially developed.
I will probably be making liberal usage of acronyms. I won't define the ones already defined in the "
dictionary"
SRT = Significant Reoccurring Thread (at least Serack thinks it's hugely significant, but that the significance may be subtle)
POC = Possible Outsider Connection (used liberaly even for confirmed outsider connections, the thing is, the tag will be added to some items
before the reader is aware of the connection)
Note: The below spoiler tags do /not/ serve to hide "spoilers."
They serve souly to compress this gargantuan reference into bite size pieces.First, I want to posit that the Series Spanning thread that is so significant it deserves it's own category as a Series Spanning Tapestry is Harry's Family. There are threads of this "Tapestry" that manifest seperately, but the overall, main background story/mystery is this. I'll also list some sub-threads for it...
- Major Background Tapestry: Harry's Family
Family Tapestry Sub-threads. These will bare repeating below upon first appearance.
- Harry's Parents
- Malcolm
- Margret
- Harry's Mom's Amulet (HMA) Note: I strongly suspect this item is not just a "prop" but a true "thread"
- Harry's Mom's Past Associations (HMPA)
- Thomas
- Ebenezer
- "Child of the Stars" (CotS) SRT POC
- Major Background Tapestry: Harry's Power Development
Seperate topic on Harry's Power Ups
Individual Threads by Book
- New Threads It's understood that all of these for SF are SI
- Major Reoccuring Characters intro's
- Murphy • Marcone • Bob • Susan • Toot Toot SRT
- Threads briefly introduced
- Marcone's secret motivation SRT
- Harry Has a Fairy Godmother
- Justin POC (insert WoJ ref later)
- HHWB SRT POC
- Harry's Deceased Parents SRT+
- Helen Becket
- Rampire Animosity
- Morgan
- His animosity (represents Wouncil animosity towards Harry as a reformed Warlock)
- Harry Fights for Rehabilitation & Empowerment (HFfR&E) SRT
- Moving on, but there are probably more that belong here.
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Marcone • Murphy • HMA • Susan • Bob
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Harry's Family
- Rumor of Mystery behind Parents death
- Rumor of living relatives
- HMPA
- New Threads
- The Alphas
- Rudolph
- This was a setup: running Conspiracy Theory, AKA TWaS:RCT
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • HMA • Bob • Harry's Fairy Godmother (Lea)
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Rampire Animosity => Rampire War
- Susan => Susan the Half Rampire & Absent Love
- New Threads
- Thomas
- Relationship with Justine
- Father Forthill and Saint Mary of the Angels
- Mort
- Mavra
- Carpenter Family (the Family Orphan Harry never had)
- Michael = Knight of the Cross w/Amorachius
- Charity's Animosity
- Unnamed first daughter (Molly)
- Significant Cameos
- Darth Bathrobe x2 • Paolo Ortega • Ferrovax w/ mysterious gift • "Old Ones" and Gatekeeper first mentioned POC • Drakul "is still in eastern Europe"
- Black Athame
- Harry's obligations to Lea
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • The Alphas • Thomas • Lea • HMA • Bob
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Toot Toot now leads the Za Lord's Guard
- Harry's Obligation to Lea => Becomes 3 favors owed to Mab, one cashed in
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Rampire War • Black Athame • Morgan
- New Threads
- Elaine
- Mab
- Mab wants a new Winter Knight SRT
- Mab's Daughter Maeve intro'd
- Harry develops positive ties to new Summer Lady & Knight (Lilly & Fix)
- White Council Formally introduced
- Senior Council
- Gatekeeper takes an interest in Harry
- Ebeneezer was Harry's Mentor after Justin
- Faction introduced that is willing to support HFfR&E
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • Michael • Carpenters • Marcone • HMPA • HMA • Rampire War • Paolo Ortega • Susan • Bob Father Forthill
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Knight of the Cross => Knights of the Cross
- Unnamed Firstborn Carpenter => Molly
- Rumor's of Harry's living relatives: "Little Maggie's youngest" comment
- Marcone's secret motivation => Shown to involve girl in coma
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- New Threads
- The Fellowship of Saint Giles
- Knights of the Blackened Denarius
- Nicodemus & Deirdre
- Cassius (Decoined by the end)
- Lasciel, Harry obtains Coin, locks it awaySRT
- Archive (Ivy)
- Harry's Stewardship of Fidelacchius (HSS, Holy Sword Stewardship)
- Sanya
- Gard and Monoc Securities
- Butters. (Thread tied back to examination of GP vampire corpses)
- BDSM scene of later MONUMENTAL significance
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • HMPA • Bob • HHWB POC • Ebenezer
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Thomas thread merges into "Rumor of living relatives" => Thomas is Harry's Brother
- Thomas' Relationship with Justine morphs into toxic for Thomas True Love
- Moves in with Harry
- TWaS:RCT => Black Council: Running Conspyracy Theory BC:RCT
- Harry's Deceased Parents SRT+
- HMA has a twin, (Thomas')
- Harry See's his mom through a Thomas Soulgaze (Possibly tied to the amulets too)
- Ebenezer gives parental info dump, reveals he was Margrets "Mentor" too
- Kincaid identified as the "Hellhound" and revealed by the Sight to be rather monsterous
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Drakul mentioned as Kincaid's wayback employer
- New Threads
- Mouse
- House Raith Wampire Court intro'd beyond Thomas
- Lord Raith's Supernatural magical protection revealed POC
- Lara siezes control over Wampire Court
- Harry rather spontaneously starts using Hellfire
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Thomas • HMA • Mab • Winter Knight office reoffered • Alphas • Mouse
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Mort: Shaved head, new diggs without faux spooky lawn ornaments
- Mentions knowing Murphy's father
- Butters: Faces fears, becomes a great friend and Ally of Harry's (Example of HFfR&E)
- Lasciel: Manifests a shadow inside Harry's mind, actively tempts him
- Bob: Manifests Evil Bob, who is promptly rejected by Harry, and reverts back to normal Bob
- Cassius: Shows up as "Liverspots" and tries to exact revenge on Harry. Dies
- "Die Alone" death curse leveled on Harry
- Rampire War boils up POC
- Winter's puzzling inaction
- Winter Boarder Cold War
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Murphy • Lea (mentioned as imprisioned by Mab)
- New Threads
- Kemmeler & his Followers (skipping one offs)
- Kowl & Kummori (unnamed GP Cammeo "Darth Bathrobe x2")
- Corpsetaker
- Luccio (unnamed SK Cammeo per WoJ)
- Carlos (unnamed SK Cammeo per WoJ)
- Harry gets Dragooned into the Wardens
- Erlking (tenuous tie-in to brief Santa Clause reference in SF)
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Rudolph • Lilly & Fix • Maeve • Carpenter Family • Father Forthill • Rudolph the brown nosed Cop Cop • HMA • Mouse • Lasciel's Shadow • BC:RCT • Gatekeeper takes an interest in Harry's doings • Bob • Ebenezer • Merlin • Morgan
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Murphy => Busted down from Lt. to Sgt.
- Thomas => Moves out, takes on alter ego Toemas
- Molly => Power Manifests, becomes Harry's Apprentice
- Charity's Animosity towards Harry => Mutual understanding and respect
- Wampire Court: feeding => Revealed alternatives to lust feeding
- Lea => insane Sidhecicle
- HFfR&E Harry demonstrates fighting for Council reform in this direction, takes on Molly as apprentice for this purpose
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Murphy's father • Rampire War • homeless shelter (might be same as Blampire nest in BR) • Erlking • Wouncil hostility • Winter Knight Preasure (subtle from seeing Slate's torture)
- Last HSS was the OG Merlin (Amoracchius=Excalibur)
- HSS background research begins
- New Threads
- Little Chicago
- Who fixed LC
- Assault on Arctis Tor (or the pre-assault)
- Respite from Winter Boarder Cold War, resultant Rampire asskicking
- Temporal studies 101
- Summer Fire meets Winter Wellspring
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- BC:RCT
- Murphy • HMPA • HMA • Bob • Cowl POC • BC:RCT • Monoc Securities • Carlos • Thomas • LC • Molly
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Lasciel's Shadow => establishes identity independent of Lasciel as "Lash" allies with Harry's objectives and appears to suiside (Extreme example of HFfR&E)
- HFfR&E => Creates Paranet
- Wampire Court => Reader's exposure increases to 3 houses w/ 3 feeding habbits
- Lara solidifies her power hold on the court
- Marcone => Freeholding Lord
- Marcone's secret motivation weaves w/ Hellen Becket => It's her daughter
- Luccio => Becomes romantically involved with Harry
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Release of Pixies later significant to Za Lord's Guard
- New Threads
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • Molly • HMA • Thomas • Denarians • Mouse • Gard • Carpenter Family • Mab • Winter Knight Job offer • Kincaid
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- LC: Covered with Tarp, never referred to
- Lash not present, but her story effects the actions of other characters (Nic, Uriel)
- New Threads
- Demonreach Intro'd (Without name or Genius Loci)
- Spooky Runed tower
- Spooky precog of details on island
- Uriel Intro'd
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Murphy • The Alphas • HMA • Bob • Lara • BC:RCT • Mouse • Molly • Mordite POC • Gatekeeper takes an interest in Harry • Wouncle/Senior Council •
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Demonreach => Genius Loci tied to Harry and /Named/
- Spooky Runed Tower => Repels Nagloshii
- Spooky Precog => Intellectus through Genius Loci
- "Mantle" reference (WoJ that Warden was once singular)
- Morgan => Dies
- Thomas => Sheds Toemas gig, regresses to full feedings
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- OG Merlin direct line of Master/Apprentice to Harry through Eb
- New Threads
- Who brought Shagnasty into play?
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- The Alphas • Thomas • Bob • Mouse • Molly • "Die Alone" death curse • Sasha • HSS • Splody Heart Spell • HMPA • Mab • Rudolph
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Murphy => Forcibly retired
- HMA => Gets augmented with Ways notebook gem from mom
- DM BDSM Scene => Lil Maggie!
- Monoc Securities => Confirmed headed by /the/ Odin
- Rampire War => Ended
- Winter Knight Job Offer => Accepted
- Susan => Sacrifice to Harry's Conquistador
- Lea => From Sidhecicle to "psycho death faerie" backing Harry
- Ebenezer => Harry... I... Am your Grandfather
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Lara deploys rescue hellicopter • Uriel • Ivy • Kincaid (heh)
- New Threads
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Butters • Uriel • Monoc • Paranet • HFfR&E • Father Forthill • Murphy's Father • Lea • HHWB POC
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Murphy => badass vigilantie
- Bob => Butter's magical servant now
- Evil Bob => Seperate entity
- Mort => Significant power in his own rite
- Back in the cally stucco import
- Sporting full on xavier, described as new dispite same hair cut in DB
- Molly => Guided by Lea, borderline crazy, riding doom, protecting Chicago through terror
- Corpsetaker => Ghost trying to resurect
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- Marcone • Lash • Lasciel • Mab • Demonreach • Winter Night job • Mouse • Lil Maggie
- New Threads
- Justice League of Chicago
- Fitz
- Reappearance of Threads in the Foreground
- Threads that Reappear and Morph
- Reappearance of Threads in the Background
- New Threads
Threads that need attention: Grey Council,
