[1]Such as reporting in person to Edinburgh.
...[2]For whoever was counting potential deaths, remember that the “younger” Wardens, whom Harry mostly worked with and helped train, constitute somewhere around 240 of the 300 Warden roster figure we last had.
...[3]Marcone decided he’s tired of bearing such a big part of the bill for protecting Chicago from supernatural threats, and leans on those same administrators to open up the SI spigot again.
[4]Since Butters character arc was mentioned, I’ll point out that not only was his story arc capped by his choice to go out and sacrifice himself—which he had never done before.
...[5]Back on topic...as far as Irwin and Connie are concerned, I’m not sure whether or not they’ll be on Chicago in July, when school starts at the end of August. However, the fact that they’re moving into a staff apartment on campus at least makes that possible.
I’m wondering—assuming the two lovebirds are in Chicago in July when a Titan and her “army” show up—if they’re at enough risk that River Shoulders hears about it...and Shows Up. Jim has talked about all of the action figures he has on the shelf he hasn’t really had a chance to take down and play with yet. Along with the whole Senior Council, I kinda hope that River Shoulders would be another one.
1. The only wizard who shows up to Edinburgh less is Rashid, so I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't shown up in person. If he did, I'd bet it would likely be a short trip to sign some paperwork or something. He has probably at least updated his mailing address with them and gotten the new protocols.
2. We don't really know how many of the less than sixty wardens after DB were even the old guard. They could have been anywhere from Carlos's age to a few hundred years old. Likely they were unevenly distributed throughout that age range. We don't know how many of the +/-240 "new" wardens were old guard who came out of retirement either. We do know for a fact that Harry was enlisted after Carlos and that Harry is older. I do believe Harry said that the Wardens were now mostly young, and I do believe that Ramirez was the last warden to get a sword or in the last class of wardens to get a sword, so there aren't going to be a lot of wardens older than Ramirez. Another thing we don't know is how many of less than sixty remaining wardens have died between DB and TC.
The Wardens are the White Council's version of police and military,[1] numbering roughly two hundred strong prior to Dead Beat, when they fell to below sixty as a result of Red Court engagements,[2] now numbering over three hundred as of Turn Coat.[3]
https://dresdenfiles.fandom.com/wiki/Warden.
It we say Carlos is 60th oldest out of 300, then he is in the top fifth. Depending on who has been recruited and who has been doing the dying, that number could easily move 10% in either direction.
None of that is meant to imply that Carlos is considered an "old guard" warden. I'd say we can be as certain he is not as we can be about pretty much anything that hasn't explicitly been stated somewhere by Jim.
Unfortunately (probably actually fortunately because it could easily make the books ponderous tomes) I don't think Jim is likely to go into the level of detail that we as superfans crave.
4. It could be argued that he did that in DB a couple of times. Though it is definitely framed much more as though it is certain death in SG.
5. I figure it's more likely than not that they would be there in July, depending on how late the fall semester starts. They need to get settled in, learn about their jobs at the school, come up with their lesson plans, and do whatever pre-school year things teachers do. Though being there in July doesn't mean they'll be there during the time frame of the next two books either. The books could be early July, and they could arrive in late July or even early August, once again depending on when the fall semester starts.
As to whether River Shoulder's shows up, it depends on how much notice he has and how much of a direct threat to Irwin everything is. One thing we've been shown about Bigfeet is that they are slow to come a decision.
I don't know. I think it's a great way for a warden to operate. I'm not sure if there's a better way, given the universe as established, for a warden to find out what's going on. Harry's been wardening for about 15 years because he set himself up as a wizard p.i. He should also let S.I know he doesn't need any money if they come up against something they can't handle themselves.
It was my first post in this debate which was about a week ago. My premise has always been "it's a good idea." Harry's repeatedly been able to put his thumb in the eye of the Black Council/Nemesis/etc. because he was a p.i. or worked with S.I. My main point is that it won't make sense for Harry to ignore what have been very valuable sources of information without sufficient in text explanation. If the pacing of Harry's life picks up sufficiently, that'd be a good explanation. If he just stops, not so much.
What Harry really should do, that I'm 90-99% certain he won't, is restart his wizarding business but have employees who can handle a lot of the routine stuff. He could teach any number of lesser talents to do all sorts of things that would be a waste of his time. A lot of people in his world could investigate this or that case. It would actually be best to have someone who has little to no talent run the office because such a person could take advantage of technology. This way Harry could make money, help a lot of people (clients and employees), and find those cases that only a wizard can handle, so he isn't wasting his time finding lost car keys. It's basically what he's already done with S.I. He's brought them up to a level that they didn't call on him as much by
Changes. (Actually, well before that, but I don't remember which book(s) he's said that in). He should move away from "Harry Dresden, Wizard P.I." to "Harry Dresden, CEO of Dresden's Wizardly Investigatons." Or something with better branding. It actually would be pretty fitting for him to have one more thing in common with Odin.
I think the closest he'll get to this is working with Karrin and maybe an assistant or two if some of the talents he's come across do become apprentices as some have predicted/hoped for.
Which I took to mean past tense.
I was saying that Harry already has sufficient time to do those things from
Jury Duty and
Zoo Day because he did. Harry wasn't done moving in as of mid May (
Jury Duty). He had time to resolve a murder case. There are several large tasks that I expect he will have done by
Mirror Mirror. Maybe
Battle Ground if it doesn't follow almost immediately after
Peace Talks. This would indicate to me that he is going to have more time in the coming books unless Jim pretty drastically changes the series, which he might.
I think our disagreement really boils down to a couple of misunderstandings and that you think the pacing of Harry's life is going to drastically accelerate over pre
Changes levels/remain the same as the past three novels, and I think it's going to return to near normal pacing.
I would note, due to my pedantic nature, that Harry had plenty of free time between CD and SG. He just couldn't use it.
On my reading they were the "Men In Black" that represent the agents of the Library of Congress. I don't imagine there are too many federal groups that are aware (as an organization) of the supernatural world. And they were rather hostile in that comic. I don't know why but I feel they are tied to the Archive, but I can't remember why that sticks in my brain.
It's been a while, but my impression was they were hostile to the wolf people because they thought the wolf people were responsible for the attacks of the ghouls. Once they realized it was the ghouls, they were no longer interested in the wolf people.
Now all that was just my impression, and the comics, imo, leave a lot to be desired. Motivations are often unclear and conflict with things established in the novels and short stories.
I recall something similar about the Library of Congress and the Archive be mentioned in relation, but only really vaguely. I can't find a single entry on the word of jim site about the Library of Congress.
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Can anyone remember which book Jim said
Christmas Eve is going to be at the end of? I'm assuming that it will not only physically be at the end of that book, but the events will take place after that book. I'm pretty sure he said it in his livestream with Priscilla from when the trailer dropped. JD is mid May, ZD is late May/early June, PT is July, and CE is obviously December 24/25. Are we all assuming CE is after BG, do we know it, or do some people think it's inbetween PT and BG?
