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A Cowl WAG - I promise it's new
KurtinStGeorge:
OK, so a number of people think Cowl might be Simon Pietrovich, the Senior Council member who was supposedly killed when the Red Court stormed; or where let into, Simon's personal fortress at Archangel. Nothing new about that.
Here's the new WAG. Simon/Cowl was turned. The Red Court survived but not because the Eebs are still alive; it survived because Cowl was in the Nevernever when the Bloodline curse went off. I can go further and guess that Cowl was like Susan at the time of Deadbeat, in that he may have only been half-turned, but after Harry almost blew him up by messing up the darkhallow, Cowl had to feed in order to stay alive. Let's see how long it takes to disprove this one.
Snark Knight:
It's possible he was half-turned in DB, though I don't think it's necessarily the case.
I would note though, Harry described his magic as dark but definitely human as of DB (unlike Grevane / Corpsetaker / vampire sorcerers who used the 'cold and greasy' power source), so he can't have been any more than half-turned. And as far as I recall the battle scene in the Deeps in WN, Harry got enough of a sense of the opponent's work there to be sure it was Cowl again - were he a full vampire at that point, I don't think his 'signature' would have been still so identifiable. I think the Darkhallow backlash wounded him, but not severely enough that he'd need to embrace vampirism to recover. Indeed, the fact that he was still moving as though pained in WN speaks against a full transformation to the Red Court, since their much greater healing abilities would have had him fully recovered in a matter of days. It probably even weighs against him being half-turned, since he had plenty of time to get his hands on a non-fatal increment of blood to restore even a major injury without turning (as Harry donated to Susan to fix her broken spine after going up against the Ick).
More likely, I think Simon would just be at or above Ebenezar's level of proficiency at enchanting passive defenses onto his clothing. I think he just tanked through the backlash with advanced armour enchantments Harry had no idea were possible at the time (it would also explain the car flip catching him by surprise and still not hurting him).
Con:
I was going to make a snide comment that we see Cowl in daylight, but it's possible we don't we first meet him outside of Bock's Ordered Books after dark.
I think the next time we see him is when he steals Bob, and then of course the Dark Hallow happens at night.
Still don't think he's Red Court. Cowl seems to independent and powerful an entity in his own right. He wants to make himself a junior league god, seems like thats something the Red King wouldn't want his underling to become a god.
jonas:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 30, 2017, 12:37:46 AM ---OK, so a number of people think Cowl might be Simon Pietrovich, the Senior Council member who was supposedly killed when the Red Court stormed; or where let into, Simon's personal fortress at Archangel. Nothing new about that.
Here's the new WAG. Simon/Cowl was turned. The Red Court survived but not because the Eebs are still alive; it survived because Cowl was in the Nevernever when the Bloodline curse went off. I can go further and guess that Cowl was like Susan at the time of Deadbeat, in that he may have only been half-turned, but after Harry almost blew him up by messing up the darkhallow, Cowl had to feed in order to stay alive. Let's see how long it takes to disprove this one.
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Not entirely new all things considered(including me saying basically the same of cowl being turned within the last month or so lol)
DonBugen:
I don't know. This theory seems to fail the Chekhov Test. Try as I might, I just can't think of any pieces of evidence in past books that would suggest that Cowl is a Red Court vampire. No conspicuous smoking guns that would signify that this is a possibility.
Sure, I bet that it would pretty much be impossible to prove that he wasn't a vampire. But, that means about as much as me saying that it's impossible to prove that he wasn't a Scion of Thor, or a White Court vampire, or a really, really, really overgrown dew drop fairy. What evidence is there that makes this even something to consider?
The Simon theory is basically the Occam's Razor Theory - it's the simplest explanation and in a rational world is most likely. The Future Harry Dresden theory is the Crazy String Theory Theory, and the DuMorne/Elaine is the Crazy Conspiracy Theory Theory. I'm a believer in the Future/Alternate Universe Dresden theory myself.
This theory just doesn't seem so likely.
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