I don't think this is threadworthy, but I had a thought as I was rereading part of GS today. Right before he recalls the scene where he arranges his own death, Harry recalls words that Lea said. I can't quote them right now but essentially it was about how since harry is a ghost he can recall the memory even though Molly took it from him.

My thought is whether or not he will remember the memory in Cold Days, or if he will forget how he wounded his apprentice.

What does everyone think?

Didn't he remember it when he woke up in Mab's lap?

What happened to the lightning taser and the shield crystal?

Thanks, I re-read the Dresden Files on a constant basis so I'm always curious about things I didn't notice before hand or things I have questions about . Plus I try and think of questions that won't get the I'm not gonna tell you response.

Where did Maeve find Slate at and how long had he been a Knight for ?
Could Luccio take Shiro or Nick on in duel in terms of pure swordsmanship ?
What type of Magic did Warden Yoshimo use to make a tree come alive in DB

Are you trying to challenge my title as the guy who asks the most questions? Bring it.

What is the general layout of Demonreach? How big is it?

What was that trick with the ice cube that Harry saw at Club Zero in Turn Coat?

Did He Who Walks Behind slow down time around the clerk who tried to run? If no, how was he slowed down?

How long did it take the Wardens to find Harry and how did they do so?

What potion was Wizard Gomez sleeping off in Summer Knight?

What is Pyramid Sitting?

What is "getting real married"?

What was Wizard Montjoy researching that was important enough that he would risk a trip to the centre of the Red Court's power to research it?

Why was one wizard living under a polar ice cap?

Damn, Summer Knight is a goldmine for questions.

Did the Wardens find Justin's corpse? (Here's hoping this puts the Justin is still alive theories to rest).

What are Rashid's specialties in magic?

What are Nicodemus' abilities when there isn't a sword limiting him to vanilla mortal like levels? Can he use magic like Harry does?

Does the ritual for becoming Summer/Winter Knight grant expert use of Unseelie/Seelie Magic?

Already asked IIRC.

And please stop it with the dot points, they're annoying to copy-paste around.

And full stops after question marks are not necessary.

2012 Questions, Part 3

• What are Rashid's specialties in magic? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What are Nicodemus' abilities when there isn't a sword limiting him to vanilla mortal like levels? Can he use magic like Harry does? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Are we ever going to see the Arkangel wizard base from a first person perspective? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Have we ever seen Mavra in person or has it always been through a corpse puppet? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Has Titania been doing as much scheming behind the scenes as Mab? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Who are Marcone's strongest allies in the supernatural world, i.e. has he branched out to more than just Odin's company and the Justice League of Chicago? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Does Ramirez have a deeper backstory than we have seen so far? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• Can Lash only perceive what Harry can perceive, or could she for instance look on the opposite side of a closed door? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
• How many people that we have met so far were involved in the French and Indian War? ^{Second Aristh}
  
  
  
• What is the general layout of Demonreach? How big is it? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What was that trick with the ice cube that Harry saw at Club Zero in Turn Coat? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Did He Who Walks Behind slow down time around the clerk who tried to run? If no, how was he slowed down? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• How long did it take the Wardens to find Harry and how did they do so? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Could you elaborate about the various things that were keeping possible senior council members from the meeting? What was getting real married or pyramid sitting for example?
  
  

Editor's note: Combined a few of my questions.

• Does Elaine have any children? (not with Harry). ^mdodd
  
  
• When Harry calls Fix at the start of PG, is it Lily he's in bed with, and if not, who is it ? ^{- the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• What is Justine's last name, and how old is she? ^-Quantus
  
  
• What happened to the lightning taser and the shield crystal? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• I've got the beginings of a question, but it requires a bit of research to shore it up.
  
  In White Night, Harry says something to the effect that no 2 wizards will enter the Never Never at the exact same point, because no two Wizards share the same set of emotions & thoughts (or something along those lines).
  
  But from what we've seen in the series, this doesn't seem to work.
  
  Everyone on the White Council uses the same entry/exit point for Chicago, or else what was the point in having Vince watch a single location?
  
  Also, Maggie's gem.  Seems to me, that Harry is using all the same entry & exits points she used to use.
  
  And in Ghost Story, Harry told Molly that an opening close to Corpsetaker's HQ, would get him in the same NN general area.  Which again, makes me not fully understand what Harry was on about in White Night.
  
  Then I'd ask if Jim could explain this all.
  
  The problem here, is that my views are a bit long winded & don't come to the point.  Plus, my memory might be faulty & I'm missing some points. 
  
  I intend to do the research into this, but if anyone wants to take this question & do the footwork, I'm fine with this. 
  
  Kevin ^-KevinSig
  
  
• Another Archive question... How does she perceive animations and GIFs? ^-locnil
  
  
• How did Ebenezar's instant death spell in Changes work? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Given Bob's confirmation of the existence of alternate dimensions, is there any chance we might run into the alternate versions of confirmed killed people?
  
  Justin, Margaret LeFay, or Kemmler, perhaps? ^-KevinSig
  
  
• Here's another one I've been meaning to ask; when all the series is released, would Jim consider talking publicly about the original plan for it and what changed along the way ? ^{-the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• According to Ebenezer, Maggie LaFey was guilty of Violating the First Law, which indicates both that she Killed someone with magic, and that she got caught.  Who did she kill and why? ^-Quantus
  
  
• In Blood Rites, harry was able to use Listening to detect and classify nine renfields and darkhounds by the sound of their heartbeats alone, while in an echo-filled underground bunker.  Was this a capability of Listening alone, or was Lash augmenting his senses beyond his normal limits?  Because if it was purely the affect of normal Listening, it seems like that would put Listening firmly in the Supernatural senses category. ^-Quantus
  
  
• What are the names of the 20 or so Freeholding Lords mentioned mentioned in White Night (leaving out the ones whose names are walking spoilers)? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• What are all the factions (e.g. White Council) under the Accords? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• From what i remember in Dracula it sounded like a turned persons soul was trapped until they were killed for good. Is this what happens in the Dresdenverse with the Black and Red courts? ^-Drulinda
  
  
• What kinds of countermeasures does Mavra have to insure enemies like Lord Raith cant get to her through magic? ^-Drulinda
  
  
• And another question, where did the power for the Hellfire come from? And if it came from Lasciel, how did it get through all the barriers Harry put between himself and the Coin? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• I just read "Day Off" again, and it made me think of this one: Will we ever see a D&D game with Butters as the GM, and Billy, Georgia, Andi, Marci, and Harry all playing again?
  
  Now that Butters has Bob, could Bob get a character going? Since Bob is basically kind of a living idea himself, he might have a lot of fun in a game like that.
  
  Molly might like it, too. Judging by her association with SplatterCon!!! and her love of Star Wars/Star Trek, she's kind of a geek herself. I could see her getting into a tabletop game like that. Even her brother Daniel might like it. God knows, he needs to loosen up.
  
  I'm tempted to suggest everyone in the JLC, but Murphy's never really seemed like the type to have gaming as a hobby. She's seems more like her hobbies would include practicing the various ways of shooting, stabbing, or otherwise beating people into submission. As for Abby and Father Forthill-- no clue what they might be willing to try.
  
  If we do get to see that, could we get a whole chapter or two on it? I'd love to see all of them doing something like that together, so we'd get a chance to see them interacting more when they're not in the middle of a serious, life-or-death discussion. ^-AcornArmy
  
  
• Was Harry's Listening supposed to get more screen time than it ended up getting, or is that a Chekov's Gun waiting to fire? ^-locnil
  
  
• who signs the Accords for a group or coalition like the Red Court or the White Council?  If an individual signs on behalf of the whole, what happens when that individual dies or is otherwise no longer associated with that group?
  ^-cass
  
  
• Is such a signature binding in the same way as swearing on one's power is binding*, or is it merely the certainty that Mab (or whoever is enforcing that particular version of the Accords) will ensure that Accords breakers die that keeps the peace?
  
  *Related to this, is this part of what Peabody was doing with requiring all those forms and signatures prior to TC?  (I mean, on top of the whole mind-control ink.) ^-cass
  
  
• Are the specific duties of each Sidhe Queen within her Court clearly defined or separated?  If so, how are they divided? ^-cass
  
  
• Will Harry learn to communicate with Mouse as clearly as he was able to while transformed into a hound?  Can Mouse and Mister communicate that clearly? ^-cass
  
  
• Does the name of each Denariian have significance w/r/t the form or powers it has when it manifests?  (e.g. Lasciel shares a root with lascivious, Ursiel was bear-like....but I have yet to find a good root for e.g. Urumviel or Anduriel) ^-cass 
  
  
• If the "-iel" is as important as implied in GS (I believe it's the "of God" part....) why have the Denariians not sought to get mortals to rename them?  (And, oh dear, what did Harry do by truncating/naming Lasciel's shadow "Lash"?) ^-cass
  
  
• Do the Venators know about the Archive?  If they do, is she a target? ^-cass
  
  
• Is the information that Ivy has about the Denariians largely the kind that she 'literally cannot let out of her head' or is it the kind that she chooses not to release as a sort of non-aggression pact? ^-cass
  
  
• When and how did Lord Raith acquire his protection? ^-cass
  
  
• Have we been Kenobie'd ("From a certain point of view.....") about the identity of any characters?  (I very deliberately would refrain from asking "Who?"-- that would certainly not be answered.) ^-cass
  
  
• Will we see more of Harry's parents? ^-cass
  
  
• What happened in Istanbul that Eb and Kincaid are still feuding about? ^-cass
  
  
• How much of the battle at CI (and its immediate aftermath) does Maggie remember? ^-cass
  
  
• When Eb caused the eruption of Krakatoa (or the New Madrid quake), did he supply all the power released in those events, or did he simply cause stored power to be released? ^-cass
  
  
• What do other wizards do for hot water?  For employment/monetary support? ^-cass
  
  
• Who mentored/trained Carlos?  Is he/she still alive? ^-cass
  
  
• If Odin is still kicking around and active, where are the Jotuns? ^-cass
  
  
• How far above (or below) a magic circle does the barrier extend?  Is it a column?  A dome? ^-cass 
  
  
• In TC, was the Eye-twitching trance the Gatekeeper used a precognition effect, and if so why could it not see that harry had made the Sanctum bond until Harry was actually touching the island? ^-Quantus
  
  
• What ever happened to Siriothrax's hoard? ^-knnn
  
  
• You have stated that "the hardest part of writing a book is the first sentence".  Have you written the first line of the BAT, and are you willing to share it? ^-knnn
  
  
• - Given Toot-Toot's growth over the series, will there ever be a book called "Pizza Court"? 
  
  - How about "Back Lash"? ^-knnn
  
  
• The uber-ghouls in the Deeps.  Were they reconstituting because they had Wolverine-level healing, or was it because Cowl cast a "ward off death" spell on them to keep them alive while their (lesser) natural healing abilities kicked in? ^-knnn
  
  
• Can an entity with intellectus deliberately refrain from obtaining an answer on a subject of interest (eg, in order to be able to truthfully say it does not know as part of misleading someone) or does just thinking about the subject cause the information to appear ? ^{-the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh}
  
  
• Huh.  Some of the discussion on the thread pertaining to the sample chapters from Cold Days just pinged my brain: what the heck counts as a day in the NN?  They clearly have ways of keeping track of time in the mortal world-- the transfer of the table is sufficient proof of that--but time is fluid in the NN, so what sets its passage?
  
  The NN overlays/is tangent to the mortal world in some pretty convoluted, non-constant ways: a meter's difference in either world could connect to a point many, many kilometers distance away. In this context, what sets the position of the sun and stars (and, I suppose, Moon) in the sky of the NN? 
  
  If the stars are somehow inconstant, is navigation in an absolute sense even possible, or is it landmark-to-landmark? ^-cass
  
  
• Will we see Justin outside of flashbacks in this series? ^{-The Curious Fan}
  
  
• Is there significance to the fact that both Sanya and Ebeneezer seem to detect evil by scenet?  In DM, Michael tells Sanya that what he's perceiving as a rancid smell is Nicodemus, and in BR, McCoy says that the bad blampire mojo that is driving off the street people "stinks". ^-xakko
  
  
• Does the name of the boat in DM - the Etranger - also have significance?  Being deficient in both French and Camus, I totally missed that this is the original title of The Stranger, so when I wiki'd it, that came up, along with the sentence "most English translations of the French title L’Étranger are rendered as The Outsider".  Did the Churchmice buy the boat, or did they rent it, or what?  Does it matter? ^-xakko
  
  

Part 4 is right below this post.

9) How old is the Gatekeeper?

Already asked.

From jeno:

1) How old were Eb and Maggie Sr when they first manifested a talent?
2) How can Kusanagi be a Sword of the Cross when it predates the crucifixion?
3) How many sisters does Thomas have?

All three of these have been answered.

I don't think Bianca would have been able to take on super-ghouls and a skin walker or survive a pointblank landmine like Lara did.

Harry was never exactly the run in the book-verse.  Lea helped boost his magical muscle (mostly by boosting his confidence) before he went up against Justin. Harry laid low from Justin between the time Harry waxed He Who Walks Behind and when Harry went back to settle up with DuMorne). Then he slugged it out with Justin, burned down the only thing he'd ever had that was close to a home, apparently killing the girl he loved in the process, and got snatched by the Wardens at the scene.

TV-verse it works out a bit differently, starting with the fact that Harry himself was quite a bit older when the showdown with Justin happened. The actual interaction with Bianca in "Bad Blood" is totally different than the books, but extremely Harry. I mean, if someone like TV-Bianca had ever stumbled over book-Harry in the midst of his entire lifetime's single biggest moment of vulnerability . . .

My call on it is that Bianca is partaking much more heavily of Lara Raith's vibe than the Leanansidhe's. There's a little more peer-to-peer respect to their interactions, rather than the quasi-condescending vibe from the Godmother. More than that, though, the book Bianca was a fundamentally frightened and insecure person. It was what made her dangerous, really, and it's ultimately what got her killed.

Lara's a much stronger (not-quite)person, much more confident, much more dangerous, even if she isn't as physically formidable as book-Bianca was. She's much more of a player, leader, seducer than book-Bianca, and far better able to mess with Dresden's head.

TV-Bianca has way more in common with Lara.

Jim

Add to that the fact that Bianca has magic as well and you get someone worse than Lara in a fight (in anything but a direct fight however, I'd prefer to be going against Bianca than Lara).

The Skinwalker wasn't trying to kill.

The Superghouls main redeeming features are that they don't know how to stay down, they had a massive numbers advantage, surprise and that White Court aren't good with extended brawls. They're not that powerful individually.

And Red Court can survive a lot with a bit a blood, look at how a few drops of blood fixed up Susan in Changes.