Dresden has a scar on his right forearm, from where his knife slipped while cleaning a fish during this time. Although McCoy trained him about magic, his moral teachings and general support in a stable and peaceful homelife were even more important, and crucial for shaping his life. Dresden lived with McCoy on his farm in Hog Hollow, Missouri his days were spent with hard work on the farm during the day, and studying in the evening. This was due to some of the Council members, notably Ebenezar McCoy.ĭresden was taken in as apprentice by McCoy though this would later be found out to be because McCoy was the Council's wet-works man, and was under orders to kill Dresden if he showed any signs of rebelliousness - which happened fairly often, apparently. He was let off the death penalty due to the killing being ruled as self defence, and instead was put under the Doom of Damocles. He stole Bob, the air spirit of knowledge, and left, thinking Elaine died in the fire.ĭresden was then found by the White Council (to his surprise - as far as he knew, there were no other wizards besides himself, DuMorne, and Elaine) and was put on trial for breaking the First Law of Magic. Dresden faced DuMorne in a duel to the death and won. Dresden made a bargain with the Leanansidhe in which he received power enough to defeat Justin DuMorne, a debt he would owe his godmother for years to come. He faced and beat He Who Walks Behind, an Outsider summoned by DuMorne to kill Dresden afterwards, he decided to go back and rescue Elaine. When Dresden was sixteen, DuMorne tried to enthrall both him and his girlfriend, fellow adoptee Elaine Mallory, succeeding with Elaine, but not with Dresden. Īt thirteen, Dresden was given his first shielding lesson by DuMorne, who used baseballs as projectiles. He was adopted by Justin DuMorne, a wizard and former Warden of the White Council, who took him as his apprentice. Though he landed badly and sprained his wrist, he won a blue ribbon that he keeps to this day. Desperate to win, he magically pushed himself about ten feet farther than he would have jumped on his own. He first manifested his powers at age ten, during a running long jump at school Olympics in the spring.

Dresden, orphaned, became a ward of the state. When Dresden was six, his father died of a brain aneurysm. His mother died in childbirth, so Malcolm took care of him while traveling across the country trying to make a career as a stage magician. Harry Dresden was born on Halloween, to Margaret LeFay and Malcolm Dresden. I believe that there’s a cloud for every silver lining.

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