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The primary issue that Viserys has right now in the Dresdenverse is a total lack of firm knowledge about its metaphysics, and that's something that he doesn't really have the magic to fix. There's no real solution to that magically, actually. To put it another way, he needs to get a handle on the rules of the game before he can start abusing them maliciously. There's also the outright fact that there are forces in the Dresdenverse that could flatten him. He'd have to go pretty much balls to the wall to properly fight a Walker, and Mab would match and probably defeat him unless he knew exactly how to fight her. Again, it's a matter of knowledge more than power. Given time, he'll learn the rules and the tricks, and he's much smarter on an innate level than Dresden (with no offence meant to Harry), so he'll work that sort of thing out faster. Even so though, that leaves a huge number of powers capable of bringing him down if he steps wrongly, and that's part of the point. Although he's a big fish in the Chicago pond, he's a medium sized one in the wider DF-verse, even with all of his versatility.
I mean, to take an example from associated WoJs, we have this:
Viserys, due to his versatility and other factors, and once he has his feet under him, could probably match either of the Queens if he could do the proper setup and wasn't forced to fight them in a Place of their Power. Not that that's likely to come up. This omake series is far more about Viserys handling being cast adrift from the world he knows, trying to find his way back, and accidentallying his way through a number of relevant threats on the way. More than that, though, @zxzx24 is entirely right. The way we play him, Viserys is a calm, calculating sort of fellow and very conservative about his careful plans even if their results are big. It's when someone pushes one of his buttons that he doubles down. It's part of his character and his intrinsic nature, but it takes a lot to get him there. Threaten something his and he'll slap you down. Continually do so and he'll work out a way to hurt you enough that you can't. Hurt something he cares for and he'll crack the walls of reality to see you burn. Issue being here? There's little to actually push him over that line at this point. He's angry at Dresden, and wants explanations, but it's not the same sort of anger that will come through if/when he finds out about how the Laws of Magic are enforced.
Or how Winter ensures it has sufficient resources to deal with their full obligations.
Or...well...how things like the Mantles aren't a choice. Not even slightly. As Mother Summer puts it in Cold Days, everyone possessed of a Mantle has a chance to remain themselves. Most Knights fail. I expect the success rate is far worse for Ladies, and I don't even want to think about how low it must be for Queens - we know they were once mortal, Mab tells us that. The Mothers? I suspect it's the same, but there's really no way to tell.
