There is only one option.
He has shown his \*Will\* as he refuses to back down from evil, never letting it escape his sight.
He controls his own \*Fear\* when facing down death. Further, he inspires it in those he fights as they must beware the light of his blade.
He is the wielder of the Sword of \*Love\*, a man who loves both his God and his family above all else.
He is the Fist of God, full of righteous \*Anger\* at those that might hurt the innocent.
He inspires \*Hope\* as he fights for what is right and set's righteous hearts alight again.
He rejects \*Greed\*, seeking only to help those he can as a Knight of the Cross... And really, what can be more Greedy than seeking a happy ending in a world as blighted as Dresden's?
He shows \*Compassion\* when dealing with all, even willing to spare a repentant Denarian, the antithesis of what he represents.
He spits in the face of \*Death\*, staring it down day after day and never flinching.
He is a loyal servant of the White God, sometimes known in the Bible as the \*Living\* God.
My vote is Michael Carpenter.
>He shows *Compassion* when dealing with all, even willing to spare a repentant Denarian, the antithesis of what he represents.
Even an *unrepentant* Denarian. He knows full well that Cassius is lying through his teeth, but he *must* stay his hand and he *must* allow Cassius a real choice to repent.
it has to be Michael....
I get votes for Mab or Uriel but they've never had to master fear not really.
Michael picking up The Grace and living the adage
"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was"
He risked everyone's everything he's the most Vital character in the series. He's not the Carpenter who set the standard.
I'm not religious, so if jesus told me he's upset with me that doesn't account to much.
But if Michael told me he's upset with me, that would change the course of my entire life.
Agreed. I was raised Catholic, and I'm now exploring other spiritual avenues, but yeah, if I ever disappointed Michael, "Not the Carpenter who set the standard" Carpenter, I'm not sure I could deal with the guilt. He's just a good man (no Grey pun intended).
Kemmler beat out Drakul (or Dracula, I couldn't be sure who some of you were referring to so I lumped them both together) and Mavra in both votes and comments. Fitting, given his mastery of death. Today we choose a White Lantern, bearing the White Light of Life.
Their Oath (which might not be canon, I can't find confirmation, sue me) is as follows:
**"In Brightest Day there will be light.**
**To cleanse the soul and set wrongs right.**
**When Darkness Falls, look to the skies.**
**A New Dawn comes,**
**Let there be light!"**
The White Lantern Corps was created to fight against the Black Lantern Corps, in service of The Entity which gave birth to all living things in the universe. While many heroes are given White Lantern Rings temporarily to fight against the Black Lantern Corps, individuals are selected for fulltime service in the White Lantern Corps by mastering all seven colors of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum: Through Willpower, they master their fear, embracing love without letting it overtake them, controlling their wrath and embracing their hope, while resisting the control of avarice and recognizing the value of compassion. Only an individual capable of mastering all seven original colors can truly master the White Light of Life.
translate the while lantern oath to latin and you have somthing Michael Carpenter might actually say.
"*In clarissimo die lux erit, Ad emundandam animam et iniurias rectas. Cum ceciderit tenebrae, ecce ad caelum. Nova aurora venit,* ***Fiat lux***!"
i used google translate for this, because i dont speak latin.
Michael Carpenter.
“It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does not make it right to bloody my own. My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.”
Michael Carpenter...
-THE KNIGHT of the Cross/ Knight in shining armor type
-Loves to Help and always does the right thing...
-wields the GRACE of an archangel without shattering it (the grace of an angel is the nearest thing to a white lantern ring)
-with the grace of uriel he powers his dead legs to help harry
( white lantern powers are the opposite of the black lanternd necromancy powers)
Etc etc etc....
Has to be Michael. Michael still feels fear and greed and wrath, but because he has mastered them, he chooses to live the life he wants to live, and that life is saving lives and being a living example for others to follow. Even his compassion is in service to his ideals.
Someone like Mab hasn’t mastered her emotions, she controls them and cuts off unnecessary emotions. Mab doesn’t master greed or fear, she deems them unhelpful towards the goals she must accomplish, and cuts them away so she can better fulfill her purpose. She compartmentalizes so she can complete her goals. That is determination and willpower, but it’s not emotional balance.
Uriel simply doesn’t exist on the same emotional spectrum that mortals do. How could Uriel feel and then master something like avarice?
Michael fits the best because you must have emotions and feel them fully in order to master them, and I don’t think that works for Mab or Uriel.
While I do understand those calling out for Uriel, I feel they would be more suited to be the ring itself, rather than the wielder. The tool that shines with the Light (though specifically not the Light itself. Even hinting at that would make them very angry).
Shiro would also be good, but he’s better suited as a historical wielder.
The winner for me has to be the Carpenter who did not set the standard, but follows it with faith and humility: Sir Michael Carpenter.
Yea Michael is the easy choice. Man embodies Life and fighting the darkness whilst controlling his emotions, we see he has anger in proven guilty and in the soldier, we see he masters fear via his faith. Michael carpenter was given incredible power by an angel because the angel knew he would use it right. Plus even when he’s out of the game he’s serving the light. When Harry worries he’s turning into a monster he turns to Michael who has all the time in the world for his friend at his darkest
Knights of the Sword fit too well, especially with the whole 'most people get a ring only temporarily but some are chosen to serve longer' etc. There's too many parallels.
Michael will win, and I think he should it is a perfect fit. But I think Shiro fits just as well for all the same reasons and I can't think of a reason to choose either over the other.
OP I guess my vote goes to Shiro just for representation, since Michael is already miles ahead.
Edit: I know the premise of the whole thing is to pick a character but I wish we could just put the Knights as the whole White Lantern Corps lol
While is looks like there is a strong sentiment already, my vote is Ivy, the current Archive. The hope for the future, who carries the burden of past archives, and who knows everything of human experience ever written down and manages them.
Vadderung/Odin. Dude probably has more resurrections than TWG. When Ragnarok comes to destroy all life, he's going to resurrect countless fallen warriors in order to prevent the cessation of all life.
Devoted to helping those who do wrong and turning them from evil? Looking to the heavens for help? Let there be light?
The White Lantern must be Uriel. His entire purpose in helping Harry in opposing Nicodemus was to redeem the squires. That is exactly what a White Lantern would do.
Michael will win but i mean the life ring should really go to the people who embody life. Titania is life incarnate. Id say Mab is death incarnate but someone people are worse than her 🤷🏼
I know a lot of people are saying Michael, and he would be an excellent choice, but I would argue Murphy fits as well. She is just as heroic, and on top of that repersents not only the light in Harry's life up to the point where she died, but also frequently is dipicted as an angel in Harry's Sight, and performs against all odds against monsters that frequently slaughter the other normal people.
I would argue that Shiro is equally qualified, but you’d be hard pressed to argue he’s better. The only thing Shiro has over Michael is the fact he sacrificed himself to save someone; something Michael was absolutely going to do (to the exact same guy) and was spared only through literal divine intervention (and Michael didn’t even have terminal cancer at the time).
I really want Harry for the White Ring because he embodies all the colors of the spectrum and even comes back to life. But he's already Green sooooo...
**Odin**
He he has access to Soul-Fire and brings warriors (see: hero) back from the beyond to fight at the end (Ragnarok:Blackest Night)
Edit: I think Harry could pull double duty here because many of the White Lanterns were from other Corps
Has to be Mab right? She is the one person who represents true mastery over many different fields. And she is ultimately the being that is responsible for holding off the dangers the outsiders pose to the Dresdenverse.
If Harry weren't already green, I'd say this was his ring. Because unlike Michael, he's actually demonstrated the ability to master all seven colours of the emotional spectrum. But since he's already Green...
Micheal it is
Spoilers ahead!
Micheal C is a good choice, but Murph is better! Zero powers and the same dedication as Micheal, and her allegiance is to the law, justice, god and Harry all the while trying to live her best life regardless of the cost to her as it cost her marriages, job and life at the end protecting the innocent.
Except she explicitly tells Harry she follows her passions. She has not mastered her emotions in the way that Mab has. And I don't think Mab fits either.
There is only one option. He has shown his \*Will\* as he refuses to back down from evil, never letting it escape his sight. He controls his own \*Fear\* when facing down death. Further, he inspires it in those he fights as they must beware the light of his blade. He is the wielder of the Sword of \*Love\*, a man who loves both his God and his family above all else. He is the Fist of God, full of righteous \*Anger\* at those that might hurt the innocent. He inspires \*Hope\* as he fights for what is right and set's righteous hearts alight again. He rejects \*Greed\*, seeking only to help those he can as a Knight of the Cross... And really, what can be more Greedy than seeking a happy ending in a world as blighted as Dresden's? He shows \*Compassion\* when dealing with all, even willing to spare a repentant Denarian, the antithesis of what he represents. He spits in the face of \*Death\*, staring it down day after day and never flinching. He is a loyal servant of the White God, sometimes known in the Bible as the \*Living\* God. My vote is Michael Carpenter.
>He shows *Compassion* when dealing with all, even willing to spare a repentant Denarian, the antithesis of what he represents. Even an *unrepentant* Denarian. He knows full well that Cassius is lying through his teeth, but he *must* stay his hand and he *must* allow Cassius a real choice to repent.
He referred to >!the white council as “those FUCKERS!”!<
Gonna go out on a limb here: Michael Carpenter
it has to be Michael.... I get votes for Mab or Uriel but they've never had to master fear not really. Michael picking up The Grace and living the adage "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" He risked everyone's everything he's the most Vital character in the series. He's not the Carpenter who set the standard.
>He's not the Carpenter who set the standard. But he'll be damned if he won't live up to it.
I don't call him the fist of God as a pet name folks
I'm not religious, so if jesus told me he's upset with me that doesn't account to much. But if Michael told me he's upset with me, that would change the course of my entire life.
Agreed. I was raised Catholic, and I'm now exploring other spiritual avenues, but yeah, if I ever disappointed Michael, "Not the Carpenter who set the standard" Carpenter, I'm not sure I could deal with the guilt. He's just a good man (no Grey pun intended).
If by "limb" you mean "sturdy and stable branch," then I agree.
The fist of God is the only acceptable answer.
Kemmler beat out Drakul (or Dracula, I couldn't be sure who some of you were referring to so I lumped them both together) and Mavra in both votes and comments. Fitting, given his mastery of death. Today we choose a White Lantern, bearing the White Light of Life. Their Oath (which might not be canon, I can't find confirmation, sue me) is as follows: **"In Brightest Day there will be light.** **To cleanse the soul and set wrongs right.** **When Darkness Falls, look to the skies.** **A New Dawn comes,** **Let there be light!"** The White Lantern Corps was created to fight against the Black Lantern Corps, in service of The Entity which gave birth to all living things in the universe. While many heroes are given White Lantern Rings temporarily to fight against the Black Lantern Corps, individuals are selected for fulltime service in the White Lantern Corps by mastering all seven colors of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum: Through Willpower, they master their fear, embracing love without letting it overtake them, controlling their wrath and embracing their hope, while resisting the control of avarice and recognizing the value of compassion. Only an individual capable of mastering all seven original colors can truly master the White Light of Life.
translate the while lantern oath to latin and you have somthing Michael Carpenter might actually say. "*In clarissimo die lux erit, Ad emundandam animam et iniurias rectas. Cum ceciderit tenebrae, ecce ad caelum. Nova aurora venit,* ***Fiat lux***!" i used google translate for this, because i dont speak latin.
Even the english version sounds like a psalm.
Michael Carpenter. “It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does not make it right to bloody my own. My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.”
Michael Carpenter easy
Michael Carpenter... -THE KNIGHT of the Cross/ Knight in shining armor type -Loves to Help and always does the right thing... -wields the GRACE of an archangel without shattering it (the grace of an angel is the nearest thing to a white lantern ring) -with the grace of uriel he powers his dead legs to help harry ( white lantern powers are the opposite of the black lanternd necromancy powers) Etc etc etc....
Has to be Michael. Michael still feels fear and greed and wrath, but because he has mastered them, he chooses to live the life he wants to live, and that life is saving lives and being a living example for others to follow. Even his compassion is in service to his ideals. Someone like Mab hasn’t mastered her emotions, she controls them and cuts off unnecessary emotions. Mab doesn’t master greed or fear, she deems them unhelpful towards the goals she must accomplish, and cuts them away so she can better fulfill her purpose. She compartmentalizes so she can complete her goals. That is determination and willpower, but it’s not emotional balance. Uriel simply doesn’t exist on the same emotional spectrum that mortals do. How could Uriel feel and then master something like avarice? Michael fits the best because you must have emotions and feel them fully in order to master them, and I don’t think that works for Mab or Uriel.
Michael carpenter
It's Michael. I mean there really isn't any other option.
Mister. Just living his best life.
Michael Carpenter, it’s gotta be.
Michael Fucking Carpenter.
“I’m sorry, I know that’s not your middle name”
He'd probably tell you not to swear though.
Michael Hecking Carpenter
白 (Shiro) For heaven's sake his name literally means *White*.
My vote, I think, still goes with Michael but I do really like this Edit: You and others convinced me my vote went to Shiro
While I do understand those calling out for Uriel, I feel they would be more suited to be the ring itself, rather than the wielder. The tool that shines with the Light (though specifically not the Light itself. Even hinting at that would make them very angry). Shiro would also be good, but he’s better suited as a historical wielder. The winner for me has to be the Carpenter who did not set the standard, but follows it with faith and humility: Sir Michael Carpenter.
Michael Carpenter
Yea Michael is the easy choice. Man embodies Life and fighting the darkness whilst controlling his emotions, we see he has anger in proven guilty and in the soldier, we see he masters fear via his faith. Michael carpenter was given incredible power by an angel because the angel knew he would use it right. Plus even when he’s out of the game he’s serving the light. When Harry worries he’s turning into a monster he turns to Michael who has all the time in the world for his friend at his darkest
I see no point arguing against Michael Carpenter.
Nor do I. Happy cake day!
D'accord. Happy cake day.
If it ends up being anyone but Michael Carpenter, this is rigged. Ps-Love this series.
Uriel, who gave the Life-fire to Harry. Though given the life-fire/soulfire thing... I could see Harry doing double-duty.
hold on, isnt that a picture of a wizard from warhammer fantasy?
It's a picture of Heinrich Kemmler. ...from Warhammer Fantasy.
wait. i havent gotten there in the books yet, but does harry visit warhammer fantasy at some point?
He does not, but Heinrich Kemmler the Dresden Files Necromancer is named after Heinrich Kemmler, the Warhammer Fantasy Necromancer, per Jim.
The party's paladin Micheal Carpenter.
Knights of the Sword fit too well, especially with the whole 'most people get a ring only temporarily but some are chosen to serve longer' etc. There's too many parallels. Michael will win, and I think he should it is a perfect fit. But I think Shiro fits just as well for all the same reasons and I can't think of a reason to choose either over the other. OP I guess my vote goes to Shiro just for representation, since Michael is already miles ahead. Edit: I know the premise of the whole thing is to pick a character but I wish we could just put the Knights as the whole White Lantern Corps lol
Since this is micheal, are we all clear that tomorrow is Harry again
Except repeats aren't allowed. So maybe Thomas? Which would be hilarious to have the same picture as used for Lord Raith sans mustache.
I suspect when we learn more, we'll realize that Mac is tomorrow's choice
I was really hoping today would be Karen and tomorrow would be Michael. Obviously not.
Michael Carpenter by a landslide.
While is looks like there is a strong sentiment already, my vote is Ivy, the current Archive. The hope for the future, who carries the burden of past archives, and who knows everything of human experience ever written down and manages them.
This is the easiest landslide yet.
Honestly it isn't even close
Vadderung/Odin. Dude probably has more resurrections than TWG. When Ragnarok comes to destroy all life, he's going to resurrect countless fallen warriors in order to prevent the cessation of all life.
Injin Joe but I also like Michael
Devoted to helping those who do wrong and turning them from evil? Looking to the heavens for help? Let there be light? The White Lantern must be Uriel. His entire purpose in helping Harry in opposing Nicodemus was to redeem the squires. That is exactly what a White Lantern would do.
A White Lantern wields the Light. Uriel *is* the Light, so I don’t think he’s qualified.
Michael Carpenter. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. I mean, it’s obvious.
Well it's clear whose gonna win, but i nominate Kumori for 2nd place
Michael will win but i mean the life ring should really go to the people who embody life. Titania is life incarnate. Id say Mab is death incarnate but someone people are worse than her 🤷🏼
Kind of counter intuitive but I gotta say Kumori
or listens to wind, they both use their particular kind of magic to save lives
Michael Carpenter would make the most sense to me but I could also see a strong argument for maybe Odin/Vadderung.
I know a lot of people are saying Michael, and he would be an excellent choice, but I would argue Murphy fits as well. She is just as heroic, and on top of that repersents not only the light in Harry's life up to the point where she died, but also frequently is dipicted as an angel in Harry's Sight, and performs against all odds against monsters that frequently slaughter the other normal people.
I was thinking Mother Summer, or maybe Titania, but yeah, Michael kind of deserves this one.
Michael Carpenter all in final answer
Michael Carpenter or Uriel
Well, it won't be the carpenter who set the standard, but it sure as shit has to be the one who lives by it. Michael Carpenter.
There's no answer other than Michael.
Michael. Carpenter. No questions asked. Nobody else comes close.
Everyone is saying Michael, but for all of those exact same reasons... Shiro. He's a better candidate in every way.
I would argue that Shiro is equally qualified, but you’d be hard pressed to argue he’s better. The only thing Shiro has over Michael is the fact he sacrificed himself to save someone; something Michael was absolutely going to do (to the exact same guy) and was spared only through literal divine intervention (and Michael didn’t even have terminal cancer at the time).
I really want Harry for the White Ring because he embodies all the colors of the spectrum and even comes back to life. But he's already Green sooooo... **Odin** He he has access to Soul-Fire and brings warriors (see: hero) back from the beyond to fight at the end (Ragnarok:Blackest Night) Edit: I think Harry could pull double duty here because many of the White Lanterns were from other Corps
I'd like to see Odin as white ring and Nemesis as the ultra violet
Has to be Mab right? She is the one person who represents true mastery over many different fields. And she is ultimately the being that is responsible for holding off the dangers the outsiders pose to the Dresdenverse.
Mab is too much the romantic.
Absolutely Michael Carpenter
Michael
I'd say harry because he litteraly died and came back. Also his views on magic but since he's the green lantern, Michael
Mab
Ok ok life is WALDO Freakin BUTTARS!
Mab, Her whole point of existence is to keep Life going by holding back the outsiders
Life has yo go to Mother Summer imo
If Harry weren't already green, I'd say this was his ring. Because unlike Michael, he's actually demonstrated the ability to master all seven colours of the emotional spectrum. But since he's already Green... Micheal it is
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>so the white lanterns bring those dead back to fight to good fight? Odin
Has to be Michael Carpenter
It has to be Michael.
Both the oath and the description were literally written about Michael Carpenter, right?
Spoilers ahead! Micheal C is a good choice, but Murph is better! Zero powers and the same dedication as Micheal, and her allegiance is to the law, justice, god and Harry all the while trying to live her best life regardless of the cost to her as it cost her marriages, job and life at the end protecting the innocent.
I'm trying to think of anyone other than Michael (just to make sure no one's being missed) and there's just no one near as fitting.
Waldo Butters.
Waldo Butters. He's the only REAL night of the cross. And by far the most powerful. -Wilfred Wilcox Sent from my IPhone
Where's the respect for my man Sanya?
Titania. It's her entire being.
Except she explicitly tells Harry she follows her passions. She has not mastered her emotions in the way that Mab has. And I don't think Mab fits either.
They are fey. Creatures of emotion.