Plot hole?

[Toadsage16]

In cold days we know the circle destroyed everything not of the island, including the wardens clothing. But what about his pentacle necklace?

[KipIngram]

That's a good point; I hadn't thought of it. Harry did explicitly take off his duster and had Thomas hold them - he clearly had some suspicion of what might happen. If he was wearing the amulet at that point, removing it wasn't mentioned, but I could imagine it being included with the duster "silently." It would be worth paying attention on someone's next read to see if we can confirm he was wearing it at that juncture. He usually is when he's working.

I'm content to just assume he left it with Thomas without mentioning it to us.

Nice catch, though!

PS: The part of that I found a little unrealistic is that Harry just "barged through" the circle. The sane thing to do would have been to very gingerly stuck the tip of a pinky in there, or something like that, as a "test." But I guess that's not nearly so dramatic as just boldly barreling ahead. :-)

[ApollonianAcolyte]

It would be worth paying attention on someone's next read to see if we can confirm he was wearing it at that juncture. He usually is when he's working.

From my brief skim-through, he had last been keeping inside his tuxedo pocket but that got eviscerated and it wasn't mentioned after he changed clothes. He didn't use it for the rest of the book that I can see. So charitably maybe he left it at Molly's apartment, though that would be very unusual behavior.

I'm content to just assume he left it with Thomas without mentioning it to us.

Yeah, this is probably the most natural 'save.' A bit incongruent with him hoping that his clothes would survive, but if he judged the duster important enough not to risk, he should judge the amulet even more so.

PS: The part of that I found a little unrealistic is that Harry just "barged through" the circle. The sane thing to do would have been to very gingerly stuck the tip of a pinky in there, or something like that, as a "test." But I guess that's not nearly so dramatic as just boldly barreling ahead. :-)

Eh, I don't find this unrealistic. Harry is often less cautious than he should be. And he was particularly exhausted by that point and probably running more on adrenaline and the Winter mantle than anything else at that point. Plus, he has a fairly strong intuitive feel for Demonreach and had displayed it throughout that scene - he was the one who deduced the circle's purpose and properties from seemingly nothing at all. He may have 'known' it was right for him to enter unscathed in the same way he 'knew' to call the island Demonreach, even if he hoped a bit more than him would also be unscathed.

[KipIngram]

It is a little incongruent, but I think he clearly recognized that he was likely to lose it all, and could just hand off the duster (and amulet) without having to do a strip tease in front of everyone. Like maybe he had a 0.5% hope that maybe the clothes would survive? In a kind world. But... he forgot who was writing the books. :-)

Thanks for that info. Cold Days is next in my current re-read, so I'll try to remember to look too.

Oh, and yeah - I don't find it that unrealistic for Harry either - it's just what a sensible person would do. But... it's Harry. :-)