Gruffs dresden files

They smell like a cross of a skunk and rotting eggs. While younger gruffs might not wear anything or use any tools unless necessary, older Gruffs may wear clothing or armor, wield weapons, and even use very powerful magic. Gruffs are very similar to satyrs, [Footnote 1] half-man half-goat creatures from Greek mythology. They are believed to be the origin of the fairy tale "Three Billy Goats Gruff". Among the Summer Fae, Gruffs serve as enforcers and bodyguards; they are noted for their ability to kill trolls , and as a group they are reasonably highly ranked-"up there", as Harry Dresden puts it.

Like the fairy tale, younger Gruffs are sent at a target first, with their older and larger brothers continuing the pursuit if they fail. One of them is killed by Charity Carpenter , while the rest retreat, wounded. After Mab informs Dresden that he is her Emissary, three more Gruffs with submachine guns assail Dresden. He manages to lame one before retreating into a building and climbing down the side, leaving steel nails on the ground where he lands.

One of the Gruffs follows, but lands on the nails and, being a faeire, is burned by the iron in the nails, allowing Dresden to escape. He arrives again at the Union Station, [7] [Footnote 2] where Dresden uses Gard 's rune-based magic to defeat him, although he is shown mercy and allowed to depart in peace. Based on the fairy tale of the same name. The first Summer Lady, who appeared in Summer Knight.

Was the one behind the murder of the Summer Knight, in an effort to give his power to Winter to disrupt the balance between the Courts. If I did not release you now, how should I ever have the pleasure of hunting you myself some fine, bright evening? First encountered in Dead Beat , where, as a result of the plot, he became one of Harry's mortal enemies. A changeling - a scion of a human and one of the Sidhe - who was friends with the former Summer Knight. Characterized by his meek demeanor and worrisome nature, and doesn't want to get involved in the upcoming war between the Summer and Winter courts in Summer Knight.

Becomes the new Summer Knight afterward. The Summer Queen, who has not appeared in the story of yet, but has made her presence known mainly through a couple cameos, and manipulations through Lily and Fix. I think it might be wise for you to indulge me. I simply go mad when someone ruins a good party mood. Briefly turned into the Summer Knight by Aurora in an effort to give power to Winter and break the seasonal cycle. After the events of Summer Knight , she becomes the Summer Lady - and is the first mortal to do so.

The Winter Knight. Slate is the Winter Queens' personal mortal hitman in Summer Knight. A drug addict, murderer, rapist, and general scumbag, Harry is unsure whether or not those were qualities that got him the job or if he got them from the job. After the events of Summer Knight, Mab kept him prisoner and tortured him endlessly. In Changes , he is finally killed by Harry.

One of Mab's retainers, the Scarecrow is an old and powerful faerie known as a fetch: a shapeshifting creature that feeds on fear and serves as Winter's enforcers, assassins, and messengers. Most fetches assume forms of creatures or people that their targets fear, i.

The Scarecrow, however, is old enough that he can shape his entire body to resemble his namesake: a massive, pumpkin-headed monster made out of old, supernaturally-powerful vines and roots covered in rags. The Scarecrow is behind the fetch attacks on the horror movie convention in Proven Guilty and kidnapped Molly , though not all is as it seems Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.

But then again, when faeries have a Queen who seems to want you to stay alive, they might throw out some of that caution. I did manage to pull it up, though. Almost just at the same time the gruffs apparently ran out of ammo, because that seems to be how my life works. As a few seconds passed, my brain belatedly realized the gruffs had stopped firing. Nice try, losers! It hit a… certain part of my body that I had taken to wearing a steel codpiece around. Which stopped it from going further, but still transferred the energy of motion.

And I certainly did not let out an incredibly girly squeal and fall to the ground, speaking several pitches higher than usual as they walked off. Belatedly, I realized that Lily had one arm behind her back. My brain tried to come up with an explanation for what I was seeing. Why do you have a pie? I ducked furiously under the sword that was aimed at me by Tiny the gruff, even as my mind raced.

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