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Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a fictional detective and wizard. He was created by Jim Butcher and is the protagonist of the contemporary fantasy series ''The Dresden Files''. The series blends magic and hardboiled detective fiction. In addition to the fifteen The Dresden Files novels, he has appeared in fifteen short stories, as well as a limited series comic and an unlimited series comic.〔(Jim Butcher's ) page on The Dresden Files〕 He was also adapted into a character by the same name for the TV series version of the novel series, also called ''The Dresden Files''. ==Fictional biography== Harry Dresden is a wizard who works as a supernatural private investigator in Chicago, dealing with paranormal crimes and consulting for the Chicago Police Department. He is named after three different stage magicians — Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield. This name was given to him by his father, Malcolm Dresden, a stage magician with no genuine magical affinity. Malcolm raised Harry while performing all across the country, until he died of a brain aneurysm when Harry was six years old. The novels are written from Harry's perspective, in the style of hardboiled detective fiction. Harry possesses significant magical strength in comparison to other wizards of his age, though he lacks the fine control and manipulation of magic displayed by some practitioners. He originally favors elemental fire and wind spells in battle, but in later books focuses more strongly on fire and kinetic force. He has also been known to use earth magic (''It's My Birthday Too'' and ''Turn Coat''), lightning (''Small Favor'' and ''Turn Coat''), and water (''Turn Coat''). In later novels, he comes to rely on ice and cold magic as well. He is also skilled with tracking spells, along with summoning and entrapment spells which allow him to consult with supernatural creatures, such as demons, faeries and various other types of magical entity. Due to his lack of finer control, Harry often relies on magical items to help focus and channel his magical energy, such as his staff, blasting rod, shield bracelet, and force rings. Early in the series, Harry has little skill with veils and concealment magic, but he later develops a better grounding in this skill as part of his tutoring of an apprentice. Harry's equipment includes a duster (first a canvas model, later replaced with a leather one) enchanted with protective magic, a rune-carved staff, a 'blasting rod' (a wooden stick used to focus his evocation magic for offensive purposes), an enchanted bracelet used to project a physical and magical shield, a silver ring used to channel blasts of kinetic energy (originally just one, with more being added in later books), and his mother's silver pentacle amulet. He also usually carries a firearm - often a revolver, sometimes a shotgun. Harry has many contacts in the different groups of the magical community. While many wizards are reluctant to interact with other types of magical being, Harry has gained respect and infamy among such groups, often allowing him to pursue options normally not available to wizards. Of particular relevance is the fact that Harry has met and has some level of interaction with all the Queens of the Summer and Winter Courts of Faerie. Harry's mother, Margaret Gwendolyn LeFey, was a wizard herself, although Harry knew little of her prior to the events of ''White Night''. He has since learned that he is not her only child, having an older half-brother - the White Court vampire Thomas Raith. After his father died, Harry spent some time as a ward of the state. At ten years old, soon after his magical powers began to manifest themselves, Harry was adopted by the dark wizard Justin DuMorne, a former Warden of the White Council. Justin trained Harry in the use of magic, but later tried to magically enthrall and enslave him. In the ensuing fight, Harry killed Justin with magic, breaking the White Council's First Law of Magic, a capital offense. The Council chose to spare Harry's life after an older wizard, Ebenezar McCoy, stood up for him at trial. Instead, he was placed under the Doom of Damocles, a strict probation in which McCoy was assigned to supervise him; if Harry broke the Laws of Magic again, both he and McCoy would be executed. McCoy mentored Harry and helped keep him out of trouble until Harry was old enough to support himself. As an adult, Harry learns that McCoy is his maternal grandfather. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Dresden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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