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[harrythelizard]

Player information.
• Name: Heather
• Age: 36
• Contact: vikael#0221 @ Discord
• Other characters: Antonio Vega (architector)

Character information.
• Character name: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden
• Canon: The Dresden Files
• Canon point: Post White Night, after It's My Birthday, Too (short story)
• Age: 34
• Canon background: It's so much

• Abilities: There is quite a bit to be known about magic, which Harry, being a wizard, is capable of performing. Specifically, Harry is very good at Thaumaturgy, doing something on the small scale that forces an effect on the large scale, and to a lesser amount, Evocation, which is the sudden onset of magic. He uses a variety of foci in order to aid in his Evocation, such as his staff, a blasting rod, a bracelet made of shields, and a ring that stores a bit of energy every time he moves his arm.

Aside from his magic, Harry is very good at reading people, deductive reasoning, witty banter (that's an ability, right?), and Listening. when Harry Listens he can focus on one thing down to different breathing patterns and use it to follow different people, he can also use it to tune in to different conversations around him.

• Strengths:

Harry has nerves of steel and a resolve that allows him to not only resist the temptations of a fallen angel, but to actually change the shade of her in his mind and make her realize not only that she has free will, but also that she can still choose to make good decisions. He has a deep desire to help others that can, at times, even be a detriment in that he will aid someone out of the goodness of his heart rather than with the prospect of making money in mind. He has a soft spot for women, especially those in distress, and is more than willing to put himself in harm's way to assure their safety. Resourceful and cunning if a little heavy-handed, Harry is quickly adaptable and able to work out how best to use a situation to his advantage when in the thick of things, changing with the situation in order to keep one step ahead of the bad guys (at least most of the time). He is loyal to his friends and fiercely protective of what little family he has remaining, even at the risk of his own life. His sense of humor can be irreverent and sometimes callous but he uses it as much as a shield against the world as he does a way to lighten a mood, even if he can do so sometimes at the worse of times. He can be stubborn to a fault, but that stubbornness has worked in his favor when those around him made attempts to sway him to the 'dark side'.

• Weaknesses:

His stubbornness and desire to protect others around him have worked against him as much as for him, and can even make him predictable, which has allowed for more than one baddie to use him over the years, effectively manipulating him simply by giving him a choice and accurately predicting which way he would swerve based on his own stubbornness. His stubbornness can also lend itself quickly to bull-headedness and an unwillingness to listen to other who may have more insight or whose perspective might result in a more effective way of accomplishing a goal, being so certain in his own correctness. His irreverent humor and sometimes inappropriate timing has resulted in the offense of more than one offense that was not easily remedied. He does have a habit of almost pontificating, thinking he knows best what others should and shouldn't do, and his unwillingness to share information with them in an effort to protect them has gotten more than one person hurt. It can also lead him to underestimating others as well has having an abundance of confidence in his own abilities. More recent events have served to quell the latter somewhat, but it still rears its ugly head from time to time. He follows his own moral compass unerringly, which can put him into opposition with established powers and he's made more than one enemy with such actions. He has a confidence in his power that crosses the border into over-confidence at times, and it leads him both to biting off more than he can chew and into underestimating the foes he's facing in combat.

• Nightmares:

Loss; He fears losing what little family he has left, either to the darkness inside of themselves or to a greater foe he was unable to defeat.

Falling; Harry has a healthy fear of falling to his own dark side, which does actually speak to him from time to time, trying to convince him to reach just a little farther for power.

• Network sample:

Audio;
Hey there, fellow undersea pod people! [Leave it to Harry to try to smooth over his unease with humor.] It's come to my attention there are an entire Scooby Gang's worth of mysteries around this place, and on top of kidnapping, they only give us a little allowance to keep the ends meeting, which is fine if you just want food, but a lot of things require other things that people expect money for and-anyway.

The point I'm getting to is my name is Harry Dresden and I'm a wizard. I specialize in finding things, but I can and will look into just about anything. Give me a call. I'm one little golden, behind-your-ear mind-meld away.

Oh, and I don't do kids' parties or magic shows, and while I can brew alchemical potions, I am firmly out of the love potion game.

Talk to you soon.

• Prose sample: TDM