I also noticed, that there is no Maggie. Not even in Harry's thoughts. The only sign that there is a child in his life, was his answer to someone saying that people want better lives for their kids and Harry throws in "me too". That's it.
Harry should never have been made a custodial parent; JB just can't write Harry-as-dad or Maggie well. Children are annoying, inconvenient pains in the rear (I say this as the mother of four sweet, awesome kiddos who are lights of my life), and it is massively difficult to forget about them.LOL
I also noticed, that there is no Maggie. Not even in Harry's thoughts. The only sign that there is a child in his life, was his answer to someone saying that people want better lives for their kids and Harry throws in "me too". That's it.
Harry does mention Maggie. He talks about money he's left aside for her and how he has barely enough left to run the castle for 18 months.Yes, he does, and at that point in time, he is dealing with his grief and injuries, the castle is still
Harry does mention Maggie. He talks about money he's left aside for her and how he has barely enough left to run the castle for 18 months.Ah, yes. Thank you. I have missed this, I think. One should not read at 3 a.m. lol.
Ah, yes. Thank you. I have missed this, I think. One should not read at 3 a.m. lol.
I also missed the part about Marcone and Mouse. Maybe I should read it again while more awake. ;D
Well, don't feel too bad, I think the same thing happened to a lot of us. ;)LOL
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Yes, nice to know, that I am not the only crazy one to read in the middle of the night.
Harry does mention Maggie. He talks about money he's left aside for her and how he has barely enough left to run the castle for 18 months.
18 months is fine> He'll be a trophy husband by then, and the little woman can afford it.....
My favourite candidate for Cowl is now Nameless. I need to re-read the Nameless/Harry interactions.
... Maeve then used it in Turncoat to take Peabody and the Spiders to the Island, and that exposed her to Mab as Nemfected...Peabody got himself to Demonreach. Harry hired Vince to get photographic evidence of it.
2nd Question: I can understand that Jim likes to keep Harry in a semi-destitute status, even with his stash of diamonds, but what about the half he gave to Karen? Does he have that or is some relative of hers going to inherit her house and find a sock full of diamonds?
1st Question: where is the idea that Rashid has access to Arctis Tor coming from? I think it's quite a leap from knowing quite a few Ways to having access to Mab's stronghold.Given his status with the Winter Court as Gate Keeper, I think access to Arctis Tor wouldn't be a problem for Rashid.
Given his status with the Winter Court as Gate Keeper, I think access to Arctis Tor wouldn't be a problem for Rashid.
I think the intent in Turncoat was for Peabody to become Warden (he is an expert on summoning and binding, his book on Erl indicates that) but to do that he needed the current absentee Warden Dead, and if that was Fortier it explains why Peabody aimed the Captain at him for an otherwise motiveless killing. Unfortunately Harry by pure fluke beat him to it. The Murder and Harry acquiring the wardenship happen in the same book, coincidence, perhaps, but Battle Ground showed Christos was not the stalking horse he was portrayed to be earlier destroying that weak motive, and it would depend on his election succeeding. Killing the Warden means the wardenship is up for grabs definitely unless some idiot just happens to blunder in.
It is also clear from Turn Coat that Peabody and Rashid knew of Ways to Demonreach. However, they are clearly different Ways. Rashid came to the Docks and did not set foot on the island, whereas Peabody came to a different part of the island. Even if a Way from Arctis Tor exists to Demonreach, and Rashid used that, Peabody's way is not the same. Maeve, Lilly and Fix used hang-gliders to get to the top of the island. Binder and the White Court vampire used jet skis.
This makes me wonder, Mab’s most notorious secret was supposedly ferreted out by Bob that Immortals can die on Halloween. Did she allow him to have this information just to see what he would do with it? In the long-term it rid her of a Nemfected Winter Lady who hadn’t even been born. Did she set Bob up as a weapon against other immortals? It strikes me tha Mab was very lax in relation to Bob.
We learned that Kemmler had something to do with starting both WWI and WWII.
I think the intent in Turncoat was for Peabody to become Warden (he is an expert on summoning and binding, his book on Erl indicates that) but to do that he needed the current absentee Warden Dead, and if that was Fortier it explains why Peabody aimed the Captain at him for an otherwise motiveless killing. Unfortunately Harry by pure fluke beat him to it.
If LaFortier was the Warden at the time of his murder, then every Senior Council member who knew of it is an idiot.
Being the Warden would be the most obvious motive for his murder and the vulnerability of the island should have leaped to priority one on their list. The Warden is capable of bringing about THE END from within a near impregnable fortress with little to no prep time. Why isn't there a team headed to Chicago to stop say, that murdering traitor Morgan from taking the office? Why isn't there a call to the Senior Warden for North America alerting him of possible danger in his home city?
If you instead say that no one but Peabody knew, he doesn't have to do anything beyond having LaFortier killed. But he should have left for Demonreach as soon as the kill was confirmed. Everyone was focused on Morgan so he could have gone to Chicago and then the island before anyone thought to look for him.
I also believe that the island had been without a Warden for some time, the Merlin, if no one else should have known that.That was also my impression. A Warden isn't needed around the clock. In normal times, maybe once a century.
That was also my impression. A Warden isn't needed around the clock. In normal times, maybe once a century.Not necessarily. Except from the gatekeeper white council members continuously seem to know less than expected. Senior council members included here.
Besides, LaFortier may have been very powerful, but I didn't get a fighter vibe from him in Summer Knight., I got "schemer/politician". He also defended himself physically instead of magically against Luccio the night he died, which suggests very limited combat experience. There are tons of solutions between holding your arms up to block the knife and Avada Kedavra.
That was also my impression. A Warden isn't needed around the clock. In normal times, maybe once a century.
I also believe that the island had been without a Warden for some time, the Merlin, if no one else should have known that.
Back to the OP, why does Nameless need to seek shelter under the protection of Winter/Mab as a vassal? It sounds like he is very powerful. Why is he not a Freeholder Lord? Also, what could Mab get out of the deal? As pointed out by Bob Nameless is a difficult ally to have because his aura(?) creates division and chaos, not things you want when planning for a battle. We know that Mab does nothing without reason so what could her reason be for bringing Nameless as her vassal? Also, we'll probably see him again in 12 Months because he is probably the Lawyer reviewing the conditions for Harries and Lara's dates.
Back to the OP, why does Nameless need to seek shelter under the protection of Winter/Mab as a vassal? It sounds like he is very powerful. Why is he not a Freeholder Lord? Also, what could Mab get out of the deal? As pointed out by Bob Nameless is a difficult ally to have because his aura(?) creates division and chaos, not things you want when planning for a battle. We know that Mab does nothing without reason so what could her reason be for bringing Nameless as her vassal? Also, we'll probably see him again in 12 Months because he is probably the Lawyer reviewing the conditions for Harries and Lara's dates.
Also I believe she knows that Namshiel had something to do with the attack on Arctis Tor, that Marcone had the coin and that it was only a matter of time before he took it up. So Nameless is useful to her as one who can keep an eye on Marcone and all his business dealings, thus Namshiel.
The Council wanted an absentee Warden, someone who would be a placeholder without really wanting the position. They were hoping to forget about Demonreach and fall back into their favourite pass time of internal politics. Besides the ENTIRE Senior Council were being influenced at the time by Peabody. If the aim was Demonreach you can bet they were influenced not to think about it. As only the Senior Council really knew of it none of the wizards helping them recover knew to ask about it, and deal with Peabody instructions on it.
Two new points on re-read
(1) the Otso perfectly describes how Bob or Bonea could enflesh their skulls, a theory I have been putting forward.
The obvious reason for Nameless to seek shelter in Winter is that he was in fact doing an Arnim Zola for the Circle, Mab may have foreseen this and decided to keep him close and locked down by Winter Law. For all we have seen of Cowl his only interaction with Winter was giving Lea the Athame, for which he was heavily disguised suggesting Lea might otherwise recognise him. If Cowl is Nameless this makes sense. Giving Lea the Athame should not be a violation of Winter Law on the part of Nameless but look at the damage that did to Winter. Almost as though Cowl was looking for a loophole in Winter Law.
The scene in Nameless meeting room dwells upon three items one is obviously Checkov’s Bear Skull, one is a scrimshawed Walrus Tusk (a gift from Lacuna?) the last is a cruelly curved dagger. I believe we have only seen one person with a magical dagger before, Cowl in Grave Peril.
Bianca presented her with a small black case. Lea opened it, and a slow tremble ran down her body, made her flame-red hair shift and glisten. My godmother closed it again and said, “A princely gift. Happily, as is the custom of my people, I have brought a matter of equal worth, to exchange with you.”
I'm not sure why she'd react like Harry addressing Marcone as "Sir" at the end of BG was filling in a piece for her if she already knew.
Bobs Skull is enchanted so he has to obey the current owner. That prevents him running around and doing as he pleases, and I would suspect the enchantment prevents Bob doing this, creating a body which is why he wants his holiday home. Bonea’s skull doesn’t appear to have this control element.Bob's skull is a real human skull, or is described as that, the one Bonea lives in is made of wood. One that Harry was attempting to carve for Bob originally.
Did I miss something? Bianca got the Atheme from Cowl, Lea got it from Bianca.
Of course which would have insulated Cowl from the Law of Winter regarding giving of gifts to Lea if Cowl was subject to the Law of Winter. Otherwise Lea on accepting it from Cowl would have been obligated to Cowl. Bianca was a social climber, the gifts to Lea and Mavra and Ferro were to get them there, at this high profile public event, the benefit that Bianca obtained from giving them. Bianca (and the Red Court) was obligated to Cowl and they paid that obligation off with the attack on the White Council to the Circle timetable rather their own, but then Harry upset things.
If Cowl were Nameless then the events of Dead Beat needn't to have happened. Nameless is already a deity controlling a witch who did what Cowl attempted to do. Seems kind of circular. Maybe I'm missing something.My point also, if you are already a demigod, why do you need Darkhallow?
Care to speculate about who will Harry use to to do the legwork on his prenup with Lara? However I did like the chickens. And the disembodied wife. Can you guess about the genesis of the premise of the plot?Though he doesn't perhaps know the laws and politics involved in something like this, but I think Michael would throw Lara's people off balance just a bit.
There was no need to do convoluted and dangerous cloak and dagger missions to scout Demonreach before the end of CD. Anyone with the will to fight off the passive avoidance aura could just hop on a boat and go there in a matter of hours. Nic and company set up there for a couple of days without any consequences. Demonreach's mental attacks are just something Jim uses to isolate Harry from his friends. They've never even slowed down his enemies.
Oh dear I hadn’t thought of that.
Actually I had and it is set out in several previous threads. Demonreach is a Blacksite prison, it’s location is likely to to be highly restricted even among the Senior Council.
Beings who go to Demonreach tend to do so as a one way trip. Ask Ethnui. I doubt inmates get conjugal visits (Thomas may be a first, naturally)
Even Wardens may only have travelled there by the Way, indeed Kemmler most likely only ever did so. Unless he got a fix on its position via longitude and latitude, all that is known is that it is an island on a body of water. You can’t get a fix on it via magic. You would physically have to search for it, or in Harry’s case just stumble over it. When Kemmler got booted out as Warden it may be that Fistful of Warlocks was actually Kemmler trying to physically locate Demonreach in the real world. Which is difficult, even with 21st C tech.
Mab would have closed off the way to Kemmler when he got booted, so whilst Warden he was not able to reach the island. When he finally died it mean’t the Senior Council could appoint a new warden with the Gatekeeper shadowing the candidate through the Way. The Senior Council may not even have known the location if it was only known to the Gatekeeper. Thus Peabody couldn’t get it with his ink, as like Harry the Gatekeeper was only around rarely, and Fortier an old wizard was dead set about visiting the place, but he may have let slip to Peabody the Way was via Arctis Tor. “Demonreach? Why would I want to go to Arctis Tor?”
When one thinks of the Gatekeeper one thinks of the Outer Gates, but perhaps he was also the Gatekeeper for other things, such as the access for Demonreach. And who knows what other Gates?
You didn’t think I had just the one Conspiracy Theory did you?
I would think only beings with Intellectus would be aware of Demonreach and what exactly it is. Very few beings have a comprehensive Intellectus, we have seen only three, mothers Winter, Summer and Uriel. I doubt even Anduriel can see into Demonreach, but it gives him a nice warm vibe.
The bad vibe it gives is attractive to bad guys in the same way that warehouse keeps getting used for murder, or like Chichen Itsa. If they knew what it was they wouldn’t go near it, it’s a trap.
seems clear that he had no idea of the island's original purpose. ... The Merlin has demanded that we put the boy under surveillance at once ... Rashid says that warning him about the island would be pointless ... And of all the wizards I know, he's among the three or four I'd be willing to see take up that particular mantle
I'm aware of how important it is that the island be well managed. Most of the people who came to your party in Mexico are.
... Even Wardens may only have travelled there by the Way, indeed Kemmler most likely only ever did so. Unless he got a fix on its position via longitude and latitude, all that is known is that it is an island on a body of water. You can’t get a fix on it via magic. You would physically have to search for it, or in Harry’s case just stumble over it. When Kemmler got booted out as Warden it may be that Fistful of Warlocks was actually Kemmler trying to physically locate Demonreach in the real world. Which is difficult, even with 21st C tech ...
The White Council -- if they cared to know it -- has known the location of the Island for centuries.
Because people overlook the bleeding obvious, Wizards are arrogant and Kemmler personally has to get close enough to the island to lock on. The wardens job was to prevent that. Then Kemmler locked onto a new plan, the Darkhallow which did not require use of the prison and its inmates. We can presume in Warlocks he was searching for Demonreach. He was then back in Europe to start WW1, presumably a new Scheme, and after that WW2.
... c) If the White Council has fallen to the place where secrets are hampering rather than aiding their stated mission to protect the mortal world, they need a top to bottom reorganization and restructuring.I think that's a given. One way or another, we've been seeing this over and over again.
I just reread that scene, Mab's reaction was approval of Harry humbling Marcone in front of everyone, because it was with a sarcastic tone that he called him, "Sir." Mab was clearly supporting Harry all through that though she didn't say much, she didn't have to, but she seemed to enjoy Harry getting the best of Marcone.
Mab's eyebrow went up so far that it threatened the line of her skull. Then she said, as if to Marcone, "Much is explained."
Remember how many of the SC came to Demonreach when Harry arranged his "parlor scene" / confrontation? On the island, the Warden is a credible threat against Mab herself. Those councilors -- senior as they are -- would fall like ninepins. If they knew what Demonreach was, what it could do, they wouldn't have put themselves there when they had such doubts about Harry.
QED: the "senior council" -- as a body -- doesn't know what the island really is, what it can really do. Only a few of the individual wizards have any idea... and they're busy smoking their own crack-pipes, not sharing with the others.
... And yes while it is an island in the middle of a fresh water lake, the Great Lakes get their name for a reason.
And yet a wizard in 1776 could take a Way to the island, shoot the stars with a sextant, and go "Right then, I'm in the southern reaches of Lake Michigan." If they were really good at it, they could reliably mark the location on a map.
If they cared to know, the information is trivially-easy to get.
You would have to assume that Merlin was an idiot to buy into this. He builds a prison with a fail safe that would take out Chicago and the environs, yet ignores the possibility of someone like Kemmler. I can't eat that apple. It's full of worms.
For navigation purposes finding an island on Lake Michigan is relatively easy. By the early 1700's the first settlements were on the Lake. Not to mention that the Lake is pretty big and practically unmissable.
Which is why it is always accessed through Arctis Tor, Mab is the failsafe
The White Council as a body didn't need to know. The Senior Council would know. The Merlin knew, Eb knew, Listens To Wind knew and Rashid knew. The other Senior Council members had to be semi aware or else how could they control the hunt by the Wardens? This is a case of oversharing by Butcher.I doubt they know the details though..
Which is why it is always accessed through Arctis Tor, Mab is the failsafe
Oh dear, I have to explain it again. There is a way from Chicago (Pell’s Theatre, Harry used it) to just outside Arctis Tor. Maeve let’s him in the fortress and takes Peabody to the Ice Dungeon and takes him plus Spiders to Demonreach. She brings him back, takes him back to Chicago and he goes back to Edinburgh. He makes his own way to Chicago.
The time dilation of Arctis Tor and the shortcut through the Never Never, means Peabody leaves Edinburgh first, and catches up with the Senior Council on Demonreach. He leaves Demonreach and gets back before the Senior Council.
I'm not saying they couldn't find it, or didn't, there is the ruins of a settlement on it. However unless you have it on a chart, it isn't going to be some you'd easily run across. The Lakes are very large and can be very dangerous in storms. So if it is removed from charts for whatever reason, not easy to find.
“Cross into the Nevernever from where you’re standing?” Nicodemus asked. “You’d be better off asking the Russian to put a bullet through your head for you. I know what lives on the other side.”Also in Small Favor is the ley line map that Harry uses to get to Demonreach the first time. Compiled by Listens To Wind.
The only reference is from Small Favor.n.b. that was the top of the island; not the entirety of it.
Also in Small Favor is the ley line map that Harry uses to get to Demonreach the first time. Compiled by Listens To Wind.Do we actually know that it's LTW's map, or only presume it? But... in the end, is it relevant who made it, germane to this discussion?
n.b. that was the top of the island; not the entirety of it.Those could have een summoned.
I doubt the same Nevernever location backs onto the dock-area, the ruins of the lakeside town, or the forested areas, or etc.
OTOH, I also doubt anyplace on Demonreach opens onto, y'know... a friendly, peaceful kind of place !
But in Turn Coat, Harry detects people arriving straight onto the island, out of the Nevernever.
Do we actually know that it's LTW's map, or only presume it? But... in the end, is it relevant who made it, germane to this discussion?
Wizards mostly seem to get there via Ways (except, for some reason, Harry Dresden(?!), who (despite owning the Ways of LeFey!!!) keeps taking a boat there! I find that very odd indeed (I sense a spin-off thread in the offing)). Wizards -- wardens of the prison -- have been getting to the island, and stashing prisoners, for... I dunno... Centuries? Millennia? The prison on the island is O-L-D (in part, of course, because it was constructed via Time-based magic).
The nasties were Ice Spiders from Winter originally placed to stop Harry or others on the way from Edinburgh to Chicago, by Maeve. This confirms the Way to Demonreach is also in Winter.
The nasties were Ice Spiders from Winter originally placed to stop Harry or others on the way from Edinburgh to Chicago, by Maeve. This confirms the Way to Demonreach is also in Winter.
I have to say that right off the bat, there were a few things that really struck me in terms of Harry's attitude/behavior:
First off, Harry goes on and on about Trip's epic stupidity in not bowing to Harry's intimidation techniques. There are a couple of flaws in this train of thought. Harry relied almost entirely on his reputation to intimidate Trip. This fails magnificently when Trip either hasn't heard or doesn't believe the stories about the Wizard of Chicago.
Secondly, for various reasons (PTSD, ethical conflict, battle fatigue, or whatever), Harry threatens Trip but has no intention of actually enforcing the consequences. The is either enormous stupidity or arrogance on Harry's part. Trip might not be the brightest bulb in the knife drawer, but he's cunning enough to recognize that Harry is bluffing.Or what he recognized was, Harry wasn't a killer, because Trip is a killer, so it takes one to know one I guess, but at the same time he failed to recognize how dangerous Harry is... A lot of Trip's language was straight out of "The God Father," he is very much in the mold of the guy that married the Godfather's daughter at the beginning of both the movie and the book. He is a real bully,jerk, small time crook, not someone with brains. Cunning isn't exactly the same as smart, being cunning enabled Trip to exploit women for his own gain, but if he were really smart he wouldn't have ended up swimming with the fishes,courtesy the St Louis Mob. ::)
No Mouse, but we get introduced to a Basset Hound Peppermint, a friend for Mouse? No Toot so this must be set more than 2 weeks before Little Things. Marcone’s reaction to losing the Castle to Harry strongly suggests he was not responsible for the Boom, especially after a car bomb attempt on the Munstermobile ended badly for him. He never repeats a mistake. The Merlin is even more strongly a candidate for that.
We don’t see the Gargoyles, obviously they are being saved for NEXT BOOK.
I think Nameless and Ms Laplander and Max will likely end up in Goodman Grey’s stories, and The Law is a good way of introducing them to the Dresdenverse. Max I think will be in NEXT BOOK following his invitation to Game Knight (you bet everyone is calling it that behind Harry’s back).
Yes, he does, and at that point in time, he is dealing with his grief and injuries, the castle is stillWhat? Marcone did not dare to threat Mouse, I am sure?
being repaired and remodeled. So in many ways it would be best if she remain at the Carpenters for the moment. Notice Mouse isn't at the castle either, he is with her. Except for Marcone's threat to sic the city health department on him, Mouse isn't mentioned either.
Mavra wanted Harry to find The Word in Dead Beat, but no one, not Mavra or Cowl knew Bob contained the Word, so Mavra may have been working for Cowl.Cowl knew evil Bob resided within Bob and thus had the Word Of Kemmler. It's why he took Bob from Murphy's house. He didn't need the book.
I've read Kemmler's book. I know how the Darkhallow works. And I know how to turn necromancy against the Black Court."
Exactly, he didn’t know Harry had Bob but Harry carelessly left him out in Murphy’s, Cowl saw Bob, recognised him and couldn’t believe his luck, he had The Word, without having to retrieve the actual document.
My guess is that people were aware Kemmler had a stash and thought that Bob was part of the stash, so they were looking for the stash rather than Bob specifically, however Justin took Bob on the defeat of Kemmler, (which means Justin and Cowl were not working together, Justin must have been working for someone else) When Boney Tony found the stash everyone was alerted a copy of The Word existed and converged on Chicago.
It is worrying that Kemmler had his stash in Chicago, relatively close to Demonreach and likely birthplace of the Starborn of the next cycle. Unlikely to be a coincidence.
"You still don't have the Word. How are you going to manage the Darkhallow without it?"This is just after Kumori has taken Bob from the kitchen.
For an answer, Cowl carefully lowered the hammer on my revolver and turned away. And he laughed, quietly, under his breath.
The stash as you call it was hidden somewhere, it doesn't say where. It may have been Justin's from the attack on Kemmler, and the book doesn't speak to the location of Justin's lair. The book suggests that Cowl knew Harry had Bob and he followed him when he had to abandon ship and take Bob away from the safety of his threshold. Here's the relevant quote.
Harry only went to the Gold Coast to visit Thomas and Justine, and the last time he was there he and Eb were attacked by Outsiders. Was Nameless or Laplander responsible for whistling them in?
... I am always disgusted when Harry seems too ignorant. For a person who mentioned having been a magic nerd, who had an spirit of intellect for many years, his culture has some holes. For example, he did not know the word "apotheosis".
I think we can take it as given that Justin gave a highly-edited & intentionally-incommplete sort of training to Harry & Elaine.
Almost nothing on mind-magic, to leave them maximally-vulnerable to Enthrallment. Nothing about the White Council, so they never developed curiosity there, or considered it as a place they might seek shelter/protection. Little to nothing about other supernatural powers of the world -- we see Bob tutor Harry on these elements repeatedly.
And then Eb felt that what Harry really needed was to have his character rebuilt, his moral compass, his soul. Eb didn't provide very much more magical training, though he did bring Harry to WC meetings &c.
So whenever Harry seems oddly-ignorant, I chalk it up to this factor (and usually pause to wonder, how did this bit of ignorance feature into Justin's plans?).
But sometimes, people just have an odd gap in their knowledge.
Yes, I do not think Lapland is Kumari.Obviously you never had a self directed education of the type Harry did. Given his background I would expect gaps in his vocabulary. Butcher established this type of thing when he gave Harry Latin lessons and a G.E.D.
Your comment reminded me something else. I am always disgusted when Harry seems too ignorant. For a person who mentioned having been a magic nerd, who had an spirit of intellect for many years, his culture has some holes. For example, he did not know the word "apotheosis".
Well, in the case of Harry and Elaine, Justin had no intention of teaching them about the White Council, I doubt that he taught them much about the Seven Laws either. His intention was to raise up a couple of trained enforcers to serve whatever his cause was [which is still unclear] I also think they were expendable as far as he was concerned. Their training reflects all of that.I doubt he considered Harry as expendable. The Black Council and many of Harry's so called friends exerted some serious effort to make Harry a weapon. You can get muscle anywhere, but you can't just walk down to your local manpower agency and lease a monster. They take some serious planning as Butcher has pushed out over and over again.
g33k, you are right, Justin education explains many of the gaps in Harry's knowledge of the magical world. But he told us several times that he studied, that he was a sort of magical nerd. And he has Bob for questions. I find weird that he does not know that particular world, but of course, it may be that I am in the wrong and the word is not as common as I imagine, unless you have an specific background (or saw a picture called "The apotheosis of the dollar" when you were a chiild, as I did :D)
g33k, you are right, Justin education explains many of the gaps in Harry's knowledge of the magical world. But he told us several times that he studied, that he was a sort of magical nerd. And he has Bob for questions. I find weird that he does not know that particular world, but of course, it may be that I am in the wrong and the word is not as common as I imagine, unless you have an specific background (or saw a picture called "The apotheosis of the dollar" when you were a chiild, as I did :D)Well, his knowledge gap never surprised me as much as the non-existent gap in his knowledge of pop culture. He knows too many references by heart for someone who 1. Doesn't have much time. 2. Can't use technology.
Well, in the case of Harry and Elaine, Justin had no intention of teaching them about the White Council, I doubt that he taught them much about the Seven Laws either...