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Chicago,[Footnote 1] Il, is the largest city in the U.S. State of Illinois[Footnote 2] and the third largest in the country. It is home to Harry Dresden and provides the setting for most of the Dresden Files stories.

Description[]

Chicago. It’s insane and violent and corrupt and vital and artistic and noble and cruel and wonderful. It’s full of greed and hope and hate and desire and excitement and pain and happiness. The air sings with screams and laughter, with sirens, with angry shouts, with gunshots, with music. It’s an impossible city, at war with itself, every horrible and wonderful thing blending together to create something terrifying and lovely and utterly unique.Harry Dresden[1]

Chicago is a crossroads both physical and metaphysical with dozens of ley lines running through or coalescing in the town or nearby,[2] resulting in an abnormally high amount of supernatural activity.[3]

In the series[]

Grave Peril[]

In Grave Peril,

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Summer Knight[]

In Summer Knight,

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Death Masks[]

In Death Masks,

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Dead Beat[]

In Dead Beat,

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Changes[]

In Changes,

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Ghost Story[]

In Ghost Story, the invasion of Chicago by the Fomor is well under way, so much so that even John Marcone is aware that he has to take measures above and beyond what he usually does in protecting his territory.[4] Fomor servitors are more visible than ever, kidnapping people and, particularly, minor talents to pressgang in their masters' service.[5] Fomors are expanding in other cities, which are taking a worse beating of Chicago, for lack of an organized defense.[6]

In the followup of Harry Dresden's killing, a number of people, both practitioners and non-magically gifted people, is spontaneously rising to counteract the threat - the Ragged Lady, Karrin Murphy and John Marcone among them. Groups such as the recovering Paranet provide communications and logistics,[6] and the newly formed Chicago Alliance provide action against the Fomors.[4]

Aftermath[]

In Aftermath,

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Cold Days[]

In Cold Days, Molly Carpenter informs Harry Dresden that a lot of magical energy has been gathering at Demonreach. It will likely explode within a couple of days, taking Chicago and most of the Midwest with it.[7]

Bombshells[]

In Bombshells, a gala party has been thrown for the signature of a non-aggression treaty between the Fomor and the Swartalves. In a mission to retrieve Thomas Raith, Molly Carpenter, Justine and Andi Macklin find and disable a bomb the Fomor intended to explode during the gala, so that discredit is brought on the Svartalves.[8]

Skin Game[]

In Skin Game,

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Peace Talks[]

In Peace Talks, Chicago is the seat of a supernatural peace summit called from by the Fomors; Baron Marcone is the host.[9]

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Locations in Chicago[]

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Real-life Dresden Files
Burnham Harbor Bock Ordered Books
Chicago Botanic Gardens[10] Brighter Future Society
Chicago Police Department Carpenter home
Cook County Hospital (aka Stoger Hospital) Chicago Alliance Headquarters
Field Museum of Natural History Chicago Between
Forensic Institute Chicago-over-Chicago
Forty-ninth Street Beach[11] Coiffure Cup
Graceland Cemetery Deeps
Hotel Sax Demonreach
Jackson Harbor[12] Dough Joe's Gym
Lake Meadow Park[13] Executive Priority Health
Lake Michigan Full Moon Garage
Marriott Downtown Chicago Hotel Harry Dresden's apartment
Mercy Hospital[14] Harry Dresden's laboratory
Saint Mary of the Angels Harry Dresden's office
Shedd Aquarium Lincolnshire Marriott Resort Hotel
FBI Headquarters[15] Little Chicago
Soldier Field[16] Madison Hotel
Union Station[17] John Marcone's estate
University of Chicago[18] McAnally's Pub
Wrigley Field[19] Molly Carpenter's apartment
Wrigleyville[20] Karrin Murphy's home
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, "Magic Hedge"[21] Pell's Theater
Buttercup Park[22] Ragged Angel Investigations
Park Tower[23] Raith estate
O'Hare[24] Rothchild Hotel
Lincoln Park Zoo[25] Thomas Raith's apartment
Lake Meadows Park[13] Undertown
McCormick Place[26] Varsity
North Avenue Beach[27] Velvet Room
Victor Sells' lake house
Woodfield Mall
Etranger
Water Beetle
Blue Beetle
Flannery's Funeral Home[28]

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Notes[]

References[]

  1. Ghost Story, ch. 24
  2. Changes, ch. 24
  3. Small Favor, ch. 39
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ghost Story, ch. 16
  5. Ghost Story, ch. 23
  6. 6.0 6.1 Ghost Story, ch. 9
  7. Cold Days, ch. 13
  8. Bombshells
  9. Peace Talks, ch. 1
  10. Cold Days, ch. 23–25
  11. Fool Moon, ch. 9
  12. Cold Days, ch. 41
  13. 13.0 13.1 Summer Knight, ch. 1
  14. Proven Guilty, ch. 16
  15. Changes, ch. 34-35
  16. Small Favor, ch. 28
  17. Small Favor, ch. 22
  18. Fool Moon, ch. 5
  19. Death Masks, ch. 20
  20. Summer Knight, ch. 17
  21. Cold Days, ch. 30
  22. Aftermath
  23. White Night, ch. 43
  24. Death Masks, ch. 31
  25. Turn Coat, ch. 49
  26. Summer Knight, ch. 4
  27. Dead Beat, ch. 12
  28. Summer Knight, ch. 12

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