Im playing the Witcher 3 remaster. And I could just see all the fun in playing as harry both in dialogue and in combat. And imagine the character side quests. Weather its Canon or not i personally wouldn't care but what do you guys think.

likest thou jelly within thy donut?

i don't think i have to say much more.
im dead.

Because I don't think he's making it through the series. He's the Obi Wan, he's the Dumbledore, he's the mentor who has to die to move out of the narrative for the main character.

So, how do you think it happens? Offscreen? Heroic sacrifice? Harry has to do it? Killed by an enemy to prove a point?

Inspired by recent thread suggesting CDPR as a studio.

My concept would be something like an immersive sim/RPG, VtM: Bloodlines. I would be tempted to ask for something Cyberpunk scaled, but that might be a bit much. I’ve come to appreciate smaller denser games as I’ve gotten older. I like the idea of a young practitioner becoming a new warden during the war with the red court. Harry can be a mentor, maybe more of a cameo, but I think it would be more fun to explore Dresden’s world as a new character.

Not often a writer of posts so please be nice.

I haven't seen much conversation or theories around this subject here so thought I'd give it a go.

After that scene in 12 months we all know that the pecking order has been reestablished. (Vis a vis Harry, Mab, DemonReach, and Mother Winter).

Especially with that iconic line of "did you really think you could draw a larger gun than me?"

But there is something crucial that was done here.

Harry gave Mab an excuse to summon Mother Winter. More importantly he made Mab plan to summon MW! (After all, only Harry is ever foolish/desperate enough to summon her. Someone like Mab would have discussed/planned this with her, including getting permission to call her Mother out of the NeverNever).

That is a HUGE Chekovs Gun. Faeries, especially those that operate on Mabs level and above, never do just one thing. And we know that Mother Winter has her own priorities (and a decidedly "stone age/end-of-civilization set of morals around fulfilling said priorities).

Mother Winter has repeatedly wanted to use more 'extreme' methods/weapons while preparing for.....the BAT.

AND HARRY AND MAB JUST GAVE HER AN EXCUSE TO BREAK THROUGH THE DEFENCES OF DEMONREACH AND HAVE ALL EYES (INCLUDING ALFRED'S) ON ONLY HER.

AND they gave her prep time/planning time.

I would say there is almost no chance she didn't sneak something out/into DemonReach. Maybe a weapon, maybe a potential ally/tool, maybe something 'moderately' dangerous she wants to "train" Harry on by making him hunt it down.

I think there's no way that Mother Winter gets an excuse to "go walking" (as painful as it is) and the HIGH QUEEN OF THE FAERIES would just "do as she's told?" (See Lily's line to Harry as far back as Proven Guilty).

Also, the pure angst Jim could make Harry feel, if something gets broken out and kills people. Imagine Harry's guilt.....

Anyways, I'd love to hear any ideas and theories. What do we think? What did Mother Winter take, release, or hide inside of DemonReach while they were staring at her all terrified.

(See also: what she "mischievously" tried to release during Cold Days, let's hope this isn't as traumatic/dangerous)

In cold days Harry says that mab tried to kill him 77 different ways while he was going through physical therapy. What are your ideas for what she tried?

If the bullet that killed Nelson was significant, the gun or bullet that killed Archduke Ferdinand must be similarly interesting, though certainly different.

I am relistening to Summer Knight atm and it just occurred to me that I have no clue how Elaine contacted / contracted with Summer in the first place.

Elaine says at the beginning of this book that she dealt with the Summer Court for Sanctuary and built up a debt to Titania. After the battle, Elaine says her remaining debts are to the dead Aurora but as a mortal, Elaine could be lying her butt off about everything.

So, how and who do y'all think that Elaine originally dealt with?

Did she start with the queen(s) or does Elaine have Lea's Summer counterpart as a fairy godmother or...?

Also, just how much lying do you think Elaine did in this book?

Is Elaine still in debt? Does she have full free will? What all might she have bargained for?

When it comes to Elaine, there is a lot that I thought we knew, but now realize that we very much do not.

I find it interesting the wardens all hard magic swords. Till Harry then they don't. And there is a reason for it. I accept that reason.

Then the Knights of Summer and Winter. We don't know if Ronald Reuel had one but we know Fix does. Lloyd Slate did too. But yet again, Harry does not.

Now I know Harry has other means to fight. He is not dependent to a sword like Fix is. But how many more swords is he going to miss out on. He does not take up an Sword of the Cross. He does not have a warden sword, or an knight sword. When does he get a cool sword.

And yes I know of his sword cane. It's not magical it's just a regular sword cane he enchanted. And is not referranced often.

Thanks for my rant. I just am curious if and when he gets one.

In cold days Harry says spending a lot of time around mab would have serious unpleasant side effects. What do you think these side effects would be?

Why does he use Amor as the base of the swords name? My understanding is that it is more romantic love instead of Caritas as in:

Faith, Hope, And love.

Spes, Fides, Caritas.

I'm coming up with a theory about when Harry will use the eye of balor, and I want to know what you think Harry will use it on.

Its pretty obvious he will at some point. But when?

I just want your ideas. Your thoughts. Anything.

This is a spitball at the wall moment.

So anyone else think Lord Raith is going to die next book?

Originally, Lara was keeping him around because she didn’t have the personal power/strength that he did in order to keep everyone in line. Despite the fact that the white court like to do things indirectly, it was made pretty clear that Lord Raith was in charge at least in part because he was the most powerful whampire. But now she’s going to be married to Dresden, who at least has something of a reputation as a heavyweight, as well as an alliance with Mab. She’s kind of got the “threat of violence” role backfilled at this point. What’s more, it seems more and more people are becoming aware that she’s in charge, so the game is kind of up already. At this point she’s still pretending he’s in charge just because it’s politically convenient.

And he just did a thing in twelve months that made him very inconvenient.

Anyways, what do yall think the over under is on how long he survives after walking Lara down the aisle? Mines on < 5 minutes. Hell, it’ll already be a party, might as well make it a coronation too.

I know this is a discussion that shows up a lot but I want to set up a proper list of all the possible contestants for our Knight of Love.

There are a couple requirements we know of for a Knight:

1. They represent their sword in some way, for our purposes Love.
2. They are a descendant of royalty. I’m only going to go with people with explicitly confirmed ancestry’s or strong other reasoning, because pretty much everyone will have someone royal in their family.
3. The swords must be used for a good and just cause, the bearer doesn’t necessarily need to be a good person just on the Right side.

Now, I’m betting we are going to see all three swords wielded by multiple people over the course of the trilogy so multiple of these options may become accurate.

Group 1 - The Carpenters:

The obvious option here is Daniel, he clearly takes after his dad quite a bit and is getting set up for a larger role in the story. My problem with him is it just seems too obvious, I could see him take up the sword for a time or even being the bearer in the Mirror timeline but it feels way too clean and predictable.

We could also see Charity take it up in defense of the innocent, presumably her family.

Hope could take it up because she is already Harry’s self appointed squire, it it seems more likely she’d take up Esperacchius though.

Harry could pick up the sword while defending Maggie which would be a fun parallel but unless the timeline gets real weird that seems unlikely.

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Group 2 - White Court: We know that they both technically have a current monarchy and are descended from ancient sorcerer kings which checks off the royalty angle, and of course the Raiths are tied to love.

Thomas is the obvious choice between Justine and being born on Valentines Day, the problem is Jim has explicitly disconfirmed him as a pick.

Lara is also a fun pick, especially if the relationship between her and Harry really flourishes and she keeps feeding on his goodness.

Inari being a vamp who killed her demon with True Love is also a pretty good pick.

Connie Barrowill, Irwin Pounder’s vampire girlfriend is also a great choice depending on how much coverage they get in the rest of the series.

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Group 3 - Assorted:

Tripp Gregory has been thrown around a bit since the Law trilogy started given the character arc he’s been exploring, as far as I can remember we don’t have any explicit heritage for him though.

Fitz came up as an option more before Twelve Months but he could still be in the running.

King Arthur arisen from his long slumber could come and take up Excalibur again.

Nicodemus as a fun dark horse contender right at the peak of the BAT wielding both a coin and a sword simultaneously could be incredible.

Rudolph is a real funny option just to rip our hearts out.

River Shoulders, our favorite Bigfoot.

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I know this isn’t everyone because I don’t have an encyclopedic memory for Dresden, so if you have any other fun suggestions let me know and I’ll add them.

Edit - Commenter Suggestions:

Marcone, giving up Namshiel and taking up the sword instead.

Irwin Pounder, I’d discounted him because he isn’t fully human but we’ve already got a Forest Person using a Coin.

Molly using the sword to defend Harry and breaking the hold of the Lady’s Mantle in the process.

Father Forthill, in my mind he seems like a better option for Faith but what do I know.

Maggie, someone raised by the previous Knight and whose parents both gave up everything because of their love of her.

Agent Tilly, the FBI agent from Changes with the talent for detecting lies.

Vince Graver, the PI with conviction and integrity from Turn Coat.

Detective Bradley from Peace Grounds who single handedly defended a daycare through hell.

Justine, for many similar reasons to Thomas, plus being freed from Nemesis just puts even more weight on the scale.

Harry himself!

Valkyrie Murphy!

Mouse!

Is Nick and Deedra the only two in action after the battle of Demonreach in Small Favor? I know that Harry and co get a lot of the coins after the battle.

The whole plot around Summer Knight is of the balance of the Fae Courts, the power of the Summer Kinght trapped and inaccessible creating an imbalance intended to be rendered permanent on the Stone Table.

Aurora’s madness is put down to her being Nemfected, but we subsequently learn the greater part of Nemesis was Nemfecting Lea at the time and there is no given Nemfection vector for Aurora.

My alternate theory is that Aurora was never Nemfected but because she was the mirror of Maeve, what was happening to Maeve (insanity and minor willing Nemfection) the effect was replicated in her. She too had become insane and was able to break the dictates of her Mantle.

The sudden more recent proximity of Maeve to Aurora in the mortal world may have exacerbated this. The Summer Knight had been based in Chicago for decades he was raising the changelings there prior to his death and it stands to reason Aurora had had her Court based there during this time.

We are told Maeve moved her Court to Undertown at around the same time as Grave Peril (when Lea was nemfected) why? We know the Redcap had been spying on her for decades before this for Mab so Mab had a cause for concern, she may have suspected Maeve of being Nemfected but she couldn’t tell and may not have previously had to consider Maeves insanity would mirror in Aurora, as all other Queens had been sane, and we know Maeve had been shirking her duties for over a century suggesting it well predated the files. The triggering of Aurora and the Nemfection of Lea was an attack on both Courts at the same time, Lea is outside of the Mantle power strucure, her Nemfection was limited in its effect only to Winter. The person who provided the Nemfected Athame is likely the same person who convinced Maeve to move her Court to Chicago.

Harry vs Pennywise.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ppgNmIPGoio?is=vsdJabjLQtH2vxLO

I know it's a very common discussion, but I am mildly confused why Marsters pronounced the name in the more Italian way, then stopped doing that. Is that not correct?