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Is the White Council afraid of Harry Dresden?

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Mr. Mouse:
Listening to Battleground this week I was struck by a "how twisty a twist can Jim twist" thought:  What if the White Council isn't afraid of Harry? What if the Senior Council has been trying to manipulate him via the series of threats they've posed toward him all these years. This would be a more extended version of what He Who Walks Behind did when Harry ran away from Justin. He pretended to be there to kill Harry, but only went at it with a fraction of effort. The Walker's purpose was to scare Harry, test him, and evaluate whether he had what it took for the contest to come in the BAT. Similarly, elements of the Council have been trying to keep Harry off balance with the Doom of Damocles, the threat to hand him over to the Red Court for execution, drafting him into the wardens against his will, placing him again under the Doom of Damocles with Molly, threatening to expel him, and finally expelling him right after he binds a Titan. They've been trying to forge him into their weapon/champion in an abusive manner reminiscent of Justin. The question then becomes how successful they'll be seen to have been at that.

Just a thought.

Conspiracy Theorist:
We have independent verification from Cowl that the Wardens were afraid of Harry.

Morgan was afraid that Harry was a Destroyer, but how widely his Starborn status was known is debatable.

Mostly he was seen set a bad example to members of the White Council, advertising as a wizard.

They are certainly afraid of Harry now, they saw his control over the Sprites and they suspect he has the Eye of Baylor. They didn’t know about the super weapons, Amorachius or Bob, that he had picked up a Denarius, or half a dozen other things.

Mr. Mouse:
I don't know why I should take anything Cowl says as true. We see how well taking what even allies like Justine says as true has worked.

morriswalters:
Looking back at the attack by the Walker on teenage Harry, it  was probably a test to see if he was indeed a Starborn. On Cowl's pronouncement in Dead Beat, it doesn't matter.  You can fear a thing and use it. And fear is a useful tool for crowd control.

Conspiracy Theorist:

--- Quote from: Mr. Mouse on April 14, 2022, 03:15:14 PM ---I don't know why I should take anything Cowl says as true. We see how well taking what even allies like Justine says as true has worked.

--- End quote ---

Cowl has no need to lie in his mind, Harry (and everyone else) are beneath him, and he has completely obscured his identity. However I wonder if Mouse could identify him by scent?

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