In this puzzle, there are 7 paragraphs describing events from the
first seven Dresden File books and the seven Harry Potter books. Each
paragraph contains events from the nth Harry Potter and Dresden File
books. There is one sentence in each paragraph that describes
something that did not occur in either book. These sentences must be
extracted from each paragraph, and the nth word in the sentence is
taken out, where n is the book number the rest of the paragraph
describes. These words are then put in book order to give a
cluephrase, from which we get the answer. The paragraphs corresponding
to each book are listed below, and the extracted sentence is bolded.
Book 1:
Harry was a young boy who never quite seemed to fit in. He was the
only professional of his kind in Chicago, but few would come to him
for business. One day, a woman approaches Harry with a job, which he
accepts. Harry realizes this job would be too much for him alone, so
he calls a friend in the local police force for help. Harry believes
that someone is trying to get to a stone that would grant the user
immortality. Milton, Harry's informer, tells Harry the location of the
stone. Knowing time was running out, Harry takes it upon himself to
reach the stone and make sure it is safe. This culminates in a fight
with an amateur dark wizard, who sets the surrounding area on fire and
uses a giant scorpion to try to kill Harry. Eventually, Harry wins and
escapes. Due to his heroic actions, Harry's crimes are forgiven and he
is allowed to continue his life undisturbed.
Book 2:
Harry is called to investigate a series of murders. At the scene,
Harry finds wolfish pawprints, so he consults his talking skull to
learn more about werewolves. However, after being framed by an elf,
Harry is trapped in his room. Luckily, his friends come to rescue him
using a flying car. After receiving a tip from the FBI, Harry goes to
confront the local Streetwolves bike gang. Harold Bradley, the leader
of the Streetwolves, talks with Harry, but the talks go badly and
Harry is badly injured. Needing some way to get more information,
Harry drinks a potion that changes his appearance so he can sneak into
a restricted area. He eventually realizes that the culprit behind all
the incidents and near-deaths is a large snake. In order to save his
friends, Harry ventures down into a secret chamber. He is badly
injured during the fight, but he is healed through phoenix tears.
Book 3:
Harry travels with his friend from the church to deal with a ghost
problem in Chicago. Although they are successful, they run into
Harry's overprotective godmother, who tries to ensnare Harry, but
luckily, they escape. Harry takes a bus and goes to a pub, where he
stays for several weeks. He is attacked in his sleep by a strange
demon, draining him of much of his magical power. Despite his
condition, Harry binds the demon so that it will only attack him. He
receives a strange broomstick as a gift, which he is eager to use in
an upcoming game, but his friend reports the broomstick to a teacher
believing that the broomstick is booby trapped. Luckily, the
broomstick is checked and cleared as safe, so Harry is able to use it
at the game. At the game, Harry bets on and successfully wins a
powerful magical staff. Knowing the demon is coming, Harry confronts
and defeats it, regaining his power. Refusing to compromise, Harry
rouses the spirits of the ghosts, which destroy the surrounding area,
sparking a war.
Book 4:
Harry sees a vision of someone being killed, troubling him. He goes
with his good friends to a sporting event, which he greatly
enjoys. The sporting game, featuring a team of demons against a team
of humans, lasts for 8 hours. After the game, a group of dark wizards
make trouble, and the sign of an evil wizard is released to the
sky. Harry is forced to investigate a murder by the queen faerie of
Winter. On his investigation, he renitues with his long-lost lover,
who was thought to be dead. Harry undergoes a series of trials,
including having to rescue hostages from the bottom of a lake and face
a dragon. Eventually, Harry realizes who was behind the murder, but he
is ambushed and left to die. Harry barely escapes with his life and
grabs a cup which telelports him back to safety.
Book 5:
Harry receives a challenge to duel to the death, which he
accepts. Harry is attacked by a group of dangerous magical creatures,
and he has no choice but to fight them off with magic. However,
because of this, Harry has to attend a hearing as to whether he would
be allowed to continue as a wizard. Later, he attends a charity event,
which is interrupted by a group of dangerous humans and fallen
angels. Harry riskily rolls the dice and uses magic to control one of
his enemies in the confusion. He is captured but is released due to
the intervention of an old Japanese man. After having a vision of his
godfather dying, Harry infiltrates the magical government, where he
and his allies face off against a group of evil wizards.
Book 6:
Harry rescues a box of small puppies, but one of them stubbornly stays
with Harry. Meanwhile, he is asked by a friend to investigate a string
of deaths on the set of an adult entertainment film set. Harry starts
undergoing lessons where he visits memories of others to learn about
events in the past. He learns that he has a half-brother and is beside
himself. However, his half-brother is abducted, and Harry has no
choice but to try and save him. Harry finds his brother but is at a
disadvantage against a much more powerful demonic entity who proceeds
to psychologically torment Harry's friends. Seeing through the demonic
entity's poker face, Harry uses his magic to rouse a powerful
thunderstorm. However, he is immobilized with magic and has no choice
but to watch as his friend and mentor is killed and thrown from the
tower.
Book 7:
Harry is blackmailed into finding a book with details on the most
powerful necromancer in a thousand years. Evil wizards have taken over
the wizarding government, so Harry has no choice but to flee into
hiding. He meets a store clerk with a photographic memory, who helps
him find information on the book that he needs. Harry infiltrates the
magic government and recovers what he needs. However, soon after,
there is a falling out among his friends. Down on his luck and his
hands tied, Harry makes an elaborate plan to lure a group of demons to
his location so he can use them to launch an attack on his
enemies. Harry uses a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to raise a
zombie to stop necromancers. He stages one last conflict at his wizard
school, where he and his allies fight the dark wizards and their
army. Although Harry appears to be killed, he emerges victorious and
vanquishes the great evil wizard.
Now that we have these sentences, we take the nth word from each
sentence, resulting in the cluephrase, MILTON BRADLY GAME FEATURING
DICE POKER HANDS. This leads to the answer YAHTZEE.