The type of influence engaged mind to mind like the Whamps, Peadody DIDN’T employ that method of mind control.

Lara does NOT employ ink. Comparing her methods and Peabody’s is like comparing Chalk and Cheese. Even then Peabody could only make the Senior Council more set in its prejudices and likely a bit more loquacious on secrets whereas the younger wardens could be completely frozen.

I seriously don't see it. She's the controlling type all-around and Harry is not the kind of person who can be controlled or would appreciate attempts to control him. See his constant head-butting with Mab and Marcone.

He would like to insert Marcones head up his own butt.

The White God has a proscription about the heavy hitters being in the mortal world, we aren’t told this, but we see it in action, The Queensare as powerful as is required.

We know Odin traded away the majority of his power to stay in the mortal world and needs the Kringle mantle to retain his immortality. He presumably made a deal with Uriel to surrender thats what the White God got - the remainder of Odin’s godhood and presumably that of his sons. This probably went into making the mantles in the first place. The Mothers answer to the names of the Norns for example.

In return Odin gets Soulfire at the time of Christ. He later gets the Kringle mantle say at the 13th Century. Do you know what Kringle means?

From Wikipedia

Kringle (/ˈkrɪŋɡəl/, listenⓘ) is a Northern European pastry, a variety of pretzel. Pretzels were introduced by Roman Catholic monks in the 13th century in Denmark, and from there they spread throughout Scandinavia and evolved into several kinds of sweet, salty or filled pastries, all in the shape of kringle.

Twisted or knotty like a pretzel describes Odin perfectly. And the timing fits perfectly. Jim uses words and names purposefully. At the same time we get the Christmas gift givers in multiple cultures start to arise, reinforcing the Christmas mythos.

Odin himself used the Valknut, Kringle uses the Kringle, both are knots.

At one point it is stated that the Einenjharen have up to four millennia of experience. I find that hard to believe given Odin’s mythological time-line as this would suggest Odin has had Soulfire for 4,000 years, very much pre-Christian. It may suggest that the Einenjharen have returned from the far future when then have been forgotten.

I wonder therefore if Murphy is going to return but more than 2,000 years old. I hope Harry likes older women.

Not immortal, ageless, big difference immortal means can’t be killed as Odin showed in BGmost Fae are ageless but not immortal, they can and do die, an immortal will self-resurrect like Odin, Erl, Mab .

Having Harry have to adjust to a new dynamic with Murphy after she died would certainly put Harry through the wringer. As presumably an Einenjharen can be resurrected multiple times, Harry may get to see Murphy die multiple times, Jim could get to kill her off once per book in ever inventive ways and Harry not know whether this time it was final.

Also I bet the first thing they do on their reunion is the thing Harry tried last, a soul gaze, but it doesn’t work because Murphy is no longer human enough. More anguish for Harry about lost opportunity, and wondering whether Murphy is Murphy anymore.

Oh and Harry needs to get audited by the IRS “you were dead for 6 months?, we get a lot of people trying that one” “so you were just given this castle?””you are claiming two children as dependents, and yet there is no  sign of this ‘Bonita Dresden’”you say your dog does your accounts?” If it isn’t in NEXT BOOK it needs to be.

There were two North American based Senior Council member McCoy made a third later on, this meant there was already concern over them becoming a dominant faction, so inevitably the Wardenship could not go to either.

Fortier’s interests and power base was Africa and Asia he had no interest in North America making him the perfect candidate.

Demonreach confirms he has had no warden on site for decades, my theory is that La Fortier took it and did absolutely nothing with it and this was so secret even Peabody had trouble ferreting it out, kill the wrong Senior Council Member you risk tipping off the others. The Red Court attack on Simon may have been a first attempt to identify and kill the Warden.