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WereElephant:
So far, we've gone through a lot of different types of magical bad guy:

Warlocks
Demons
Werewolves
Ghosts
Vampires (Red)
Plant Monsters
Fae Nobility
Possessed Mortals
Fallen Angels
Sorcerers
More Vampires (Black and White)
Necromancers
Zombies
Shades
Fetches
Djinn (half Djinn, anyway)
Ghouls
Outsiders
Fae Hitters (Gruffs, Hobs)
Skinwalker(s)
Devourers
Vampire Lords/minor gods
More ghosts/Undead sorcerers
The Wild Hunt (sort of, briefly)
At least one Sasquatch equivalent
Octokongs
Summoned suits (Binder's guys)

I'm sure I missed some. Additionally, there are some currently known entities who either are baddies or have the potential to become so:

Still more vamps (Jade)
Whatever Drakul is
Rakshasa
Fomor
dragons
Dragons (capital D)
Old Ones
The British Prisoner
Parallel Universe beings
Retired gods and goddesses (Odin and Hades are still around, and Odin said others still roam, though without their old purpose)
The Archive (previously an ally, but who knows what might happen?)
Kincaid (ditto)
Arthur Langtry
The Original Merlin (depending on what crazy theory might turn out to be true)

And there are some things which have either been speculated on or confirmed for the future:

Kaiju

I know I missed some (haven't read all the short stories or graphic novels). What do you guys think we'll see coming up? What would you like to know more about? Who do you think is done, and won't come up again? Personally, I'm very curious about this Rakshasa thing that put Christos in such a good light with the White Council.

Kindler:
One of the things I always wanted to see was some of the minor-league talents showing up as villains. Ones on Agent Tilly's scale—he was a living lie detector, for example. Basically, I'd like a villain who has an extremely narrow talent, but has learned to adapt that talent and employ it to devastating effect.

jonas:

--- Quote from: Kindler on March 26, 2018, 03:27:51 PM ---One of the things I always wanted to see was some of the minor-league talents showing up as villains. Ones on Agent Tilly's scale—he was a living lie detector, for example. Basically, I'd like a villain who has an extremely narrow talent, but has learned to adapt that talent and employ it to devastating effect.

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*cough*Binder*cough*

Lost Merlin:

--- Quote from: jonas on March 26, 2018, 04:23:36 PM ---*cough*Binder*cough*

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I would agree, that was my first thought, also though Binder has some pretty high street smarts that have impacted how he works.  He knows when to cut and run and when to press his advantage.  Also he has no issues using modern technology to push his advantage. 

Kindler:

--- Quote from: jonas on March 26, 2018, 04:23:36 PM ---*cough*Binder*cough*

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Yeah, but Binder's talent is way, way too useful to be considered really minor, in my opinion. I'm talking about the guys who hang out at Mac's, with super minor kinetomancy, things like that.

Though I guess we kinda saw that in Ghost Story, now I think about it; Aristedes was super minor, and we saw what kind of petty villainy that causes.

Still, I'd like it if one of the big bads in a main novel was just some guy with a largely insignificant talent who learned how to apply it in an interesting way and caused insane amounts of problems for Dresden. Sort of how the Eebs came probably closest to killing Harry with totally mundane tactics.

I'm very likely the only person who would enjoy this though (I used to read a lot of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), so I won't count on it.

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