I have always thought that the series would end with the apocalypse and it would seam strange to collect einherjargen to be ready for it and not use them all when it comes. If all the einherjargen are coming out to fight or would be odd if Harry and Murph did not meet. I think it fair not to state ...unless the apocalypse comes as an exception to every statement :-D

And I would not find someone coming back to fight in the apocalypse making death meaningless in The Dresdenverse

I think the idea is great, but could you change the title? Remember it can be seen from the main board, i.e. people who has not entered the spoiler zone

I would have to re-read it to be sure. But we know that Harry is utterly exhausted. But just how sure could Marcone be that he was? How exhausted was Marcone from being in (most likely) his first all out magical fight ever?

If he had done it, what would have happened? I cant imagine that Marcone could hold on to the eye and the spear and keep pretending to be a normal mortal, which is a very important defence for him. As long as no-one knows he has the coin anyone who takes a shot at him thinking he is a normal mortal is allmost guranteed to fail. Right now when his entire organisaiton has been beaten into pulp and he has to build it all up again is not the right time to hold a price everyone wants and declare himself as supernatural to the rest of the world.

Also, as someone said, Mab would make sure that one accorded nation who attacked another one so obviouly during the defence (most likely violating the accords) would not be in a nice place in the long run. Marcone saw first had what happened to Nic.

As it stands Carlos is covering all of the US now, Harry has his mothers guide to the Never Never. What’s the odds that Harry can beat Carlos every time to a new Warlock, Sorceror etc and bring them back to Chicago before Carlos? He has the entire Paranet to spot new Wizards for him.

This is actually a very good point which fits very well with the "Sanctuary City" part. Especially if he did not focus on Warlocs but just people with talent. I do not think he has the time to redeem many warlocs at a time, but Harry's Castle for Gifted Youngsers definately has promise. I guess the less talented paranetters could teach basics even if they do not have much power.

If there is allready two options in Rashid and Harry, maybe Elaine is a good third choice. She is distances from Mab because her primary connection is to summer and she is distanced from the White Council because she is not on it. The backup has to be hidden like Molly was. That they killed Harry could be a good beginning of the motivaiton for Elaine. Maybe Mab has her through a summer favour?

Harry is allmost incapable of backing off because someone dangereous tells him to do so and threatens with physical violence. Who has done something along those lines? Ferrovax at Biancas party sort of did it, but he was not really standing between Harry and anything Harry wanted, except maybe Harry's wish to make fun of others (as I remember it). Odin did something a bit like it when Harry wanted him to stay and he did not have time. Maybe the most apt comparison is when Harry starts badmouthing Hades family and Hades tells him to stop. As I remember the scene Harry stops because he recognises it is impolite, but also because he recognises that Hades is a really dangerous god. These are the sort of really dangerous "people" Harry respects/fears enough to not make fun of. But if Harry thought the right thing to do would be to stop what "they had going on" I think he would try. Some of the very dangerous "people" he does not stop making fun off includes Hugin and Mugin. Someone he does not shy away from screwing things up for when he thinks it is the right thing to do is the Blackstaff. Just to pick two examples from BG.

So to me, it is clear that Harry does not refrain from making a joke or from stopping what Butters has going on because of Butters "sincere willingness to commit violence" and ability to do that, because that would make Harry think Butters is more dangerous than pretty much every villain in the series untill now which would be ridiculous.

As a result I read it as Harry is impressed that Butters can make that sort of statement in that way and happy that his friend has grown. He respects him as a person and thinks they are all mature people who seems to have found some love, boink and let boink as he puts it in the park with Titania, so he has no reason for screw it up for him.

So of course Butters can sincerely threaten Harry with physical violence, it is just that it does not have any effect on what Harry does after that other than it has conveyed a sincere wish from a friend to not do something.

This by you.Butter's threatened him if he did, and that was the point. Butters is a tough guy.

Come on, Butters can't threaten Harry with physical violence without his kotc status to back it up. Anything that Butters ever asks Harry to do Harry only does because he agrees or because he respects Butters wishes. The level 3 paladin/lvl 5 expert does not threaten the level 12 wizard/lvl 8 Barbarian.