# "Dresden Files" nitpick {Spoilers within}

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**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [October 13, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dresden-files-nitpick-spoilers-within/1033811 "2026-10-13T19:20:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dresden-files-nitpick-spoilers-within/1033811/21 "2026-10-15T00:09:44Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> That is incorrect. In the Book _Blood Rites_, Harry talks about sorcerers being capable magic-users who haven’t reached the ranks of wizards. Here are some quotes.

Might be that the books are inconsistent about that, then. That’s definitely the sort of detail that an author might miss, as a world grows more detailed. I’m pretty sure that one of the later books is explicit that “sorcerers” are nonhuman.

There’s also a recent-ish story (the one with the OK Corral) that has a character refer to a human spell-slinger as a “sorcerer”, but that character is only tangentially familiar with magic-users, and might be forgiven for using the wrong term (if in fact it is the wrong term).

But, heck, in the later books Harry himself is no longer a member of the White Council. But he’s still a wizard. Granted that the White Council at that point is back to wanting to kill him and only prevented by him being under Mab’s protection, but he’s still a non-Council wizard for as long as he can survive.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dresden-files-nitpick-spoilers-within/1033811/22 "2026-10-15T00:17:32Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> But, heck, in the later books Harry himself is no longer a member of the White Council. But he’s still a wizard. Granted that the White Council at that point is back to wanting to kill him and only prevented by him being under Mab’s protection, but he’s still a non-Council wizard for as long as he can survive.

Which **is** a good example of a wizard not on the White Council, yes. Harry certainly considers himself one.

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