No, this is wrong.  Harry still had immunity.  He didn't beat Lara's hunger then, he just got lucky.

It isn't immunity -- it's that genuine Love is caustic/toxic to Whamps.  They can still whammy someone, make them feel intense arousal & brain-blistering passion.  They just cannot feed on it.

Earlier in the battle -- with Lara not even "aiming" her whammy, just being herself in battle -- Harry had to remind himself NOT to go worship at her feet.  Not immune.

When he got Lara to kiss him, he felt it, that supernaturally-erotic thrill and urge.  Even though he knew the bombs were about to blow, he experienced a deep urge to just f__k her then and there, until he died.  Not at all immune.

But very, very disciplined.

He made Lara into his fuel.  If it ever comes to her attention in just that way of framing it, she is likely to either decide to kill him... or else never, ever again risk coming into direct opposition to him.
 

... Lasciel was the one who manipulated Harry with a whisper, making him suicidal.

Do we have WoJ on this?  I don't think Lash did, or would have (Lasciel is obviously a different case, at least as to intention).

I didn't think the Denarians can whisper to random other people that way...  Maybe with the prior link, Lasciel can specifically reach Harry?

The real question is whether or not I'm correct in my headcanon that those afflicted with Cassandra's Tears are actually descended from past Archives who did not receive it, and their premonitions work the same way as the Pythias (previous Archives) did.

That'd make an excellent backup/safety mechanism.  All these folk with the relatively-minor gift of Cassandra's Tears, more pitied than anything else...

If someone *DOES* manage to kill the Archive's current incarnation before she has a child... maybe anyone with CT can host the Mantle, i.e. it just goes to the nearest person who "fits."

... or maybe Saluriel didn't WANT to go back to Cassius?

Ivy, we all know, is "the Archive."

Luccio explains part of what that means, to Harry; so, the WC knows that much.  Probably most signatories to the Accords understand (more or less) about the Archive knowing everything that's written.

But (so far as I can see) "the Archive" is also the supreme commander of the Oblivion War.  At the least, she is an integral part of it, and high up in the echelons.

Who knows that information?  Very few folks even know the "Oblivion War" even exists.  Thomas and Lara, I think, are the ones in the stories Jim has told to date (and Bob, now), but I don't think ANY of them know Ivy's role (I suspect Bob may be able to deduce it).  Ivy probably (IMHO) has told Kinkaid:  we don't know if she has, but it would make good sense for her primary defender to be best aware of likely opponents.  And he doesn't need to actually know the dangerous information -- names, summoning rituals, etc -- to understand the threats & the context.

And I think that's it?

A couple years back I was pushing pretty hard for Tilly's return. I'd still like it if it turned out he's become a kind of FBI equivalent to Murphy after Changes, and showed up at the Peace Talk summit to speak up for vanilla mortals. Double fun points if his attendance was sponsored by Baron Marcone, because it'd be wonderful to see Tilly gritting his teeth to cooperate with "villain, scum" for the greater good.

+1 for Tilly, for all the reasons you say.

Also:  I just like the character, and I want to see more of him!

I think we're also due for an Elaine visit (overdue? I can't remember anymore. I'm getting old.)

From her own motivations, I think Elaine wants to stay off the radar, and would avoid a high-powered, high-profile event like this, if at possible!

Of course (as we see from Harry's life!) sometimes a young wizard's "own motivation" to avoid certain situations don't line up with "what's possible!"

Haven't seen Billy since Ghost Story and Georgia since Turn Coat, so it wouldn't surprise me if there was an Alpha presence. I can picture Harry calling them up to act as a secret backup plan. On the other hand, this is exactly the kind of attention Harry was trying to keep them away from, so... maybe not. Though I think Peace Talks may devolve into an All Hands on Deck situation.

The Alpha's are "only" a pack of werewolves.  They make a decent physical threat, but are too much at risk from other powerful players with mental/magical forces.  I expect Harry will want to keep them off-stage, as they're outclassed.

Things WILL go to hell, of course, and an "AHoD situation" (with the Alpha's coming in) is entirely likely.

As others have pointed out, Mavra is a possibility. Especially since the Black Court is a signatory.

Hrm...  It's not clear to me that "the Black Court" exists any longer as "an entity" to be "signatory" to the Accords.  Maybe individual Blampires could sign on?  Most of them are pretty powerful -- survivors of the Stoker purge -- other than whatever scourges/lesser vamps they have created since.

Their power -- as a group -- is apparently broken.  Mavra (or any other Blampire) couldn't credibly claim to represent the Black Court, or reliably negotiate / make commitments on behalf of the BC.

HOWEVER...  At the end of Dead Beat, Harry threatens Mavra, tells her never to try to use his friends against him, because... now he knows how to use Kemmlerian Necromancy against the BCV's.  But she's a reasonably powerful sorceress in her own right (tutored Bianca, who was able to survive a full-power strike of Harry's), and now Mavra has the Word.  So presumably now, SHE knows how to use Kemmlerian necromancy... which may well have given her the edge she needed to re-unite the Black Court, with herself as Black Queen.  I can see her showing up in that capacity!
 

Hmmm.

Not sure I have specifics for the roles, but I'd love them to cast 1 actress each for Mab+Titania and for Maeve+Aurora.

Winter/Summer colors for makeup & wigs, but play up how similar they LOOK (apart from colorschemes) but how different their MANNERISMS (we'd need decent acting chops, with an ability to do some scenery-chewing -- none of them are mellow, laid-back characters!).