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Why Simon?
Griffyn612:
For those that think Simon is Cowl... Why did he fake his death? What purpose did that serve? What did he gain, other than the deaths of the brute squad, which likely could have been arranged without taking himself "out" in the process?
Reasons provided so far, here or previously:
* Freedom to work without any possibility of suspicion of himself, thus preventing any allies or opponents with intimate knowledge of his methods and history from ferreting him out.
* Elimination of the Brute Squad, one of the Council's most valuable wartime resources, in the early days of the war.
* Avoidance of anyone familiar with his magical aura from detecting changes in it due to more extensive use of dark magic.
* Ability to provide the Ramps with Council intelligence and modus operandi without the Council knowing such information was compromised.
* Ability to dedicate almost all of his time to his goals, rather than splitting time between them and having to work publicly in the Council's interests.
* Ability to move freely, without the need for Council bodyguards that would be mandatory during wartime.
* ...
Reasons not to fake his death, and counterpoints:
* Remaining on the Council would allow him to influence the war effort. He wouldn't be able to influence it any better than Peabody could.
* ...
Mr. Death:
Freedom to act. As not only a Senior Council member, but the Council's vampire expert, he would've been under close eye and expected to coordinate if not lead most of the council's martial efforts in the war. Possibly he had plans that required more of his time and more privacy than that would allow.
Plus, faking his death lets him rob the council of him as an asset in the war, as well as the brute squad and anyone else he had with him.
That's presuming he didn't fake their deaths, too.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on September 08, 2017, 08:13:52 PM ---Freedom to act. As not only a Senior Council member, but the Council's vampire expert, he would've been under close eye and expected to coordinate if not lead most of the council's martial efforts in the war. Possibly he had plans that required more of his time and more privacy than that would allow.
Plus, faking his death lets him rob the council of him as an asset in the war, as well as the brute squad and anyone else he had with him.
That's presuming he didn't fake their deaths, too.
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Agreed. He can't very well run around doing Cowl things if he's expected to be somewhere else as part of his senior council duties. Plus being thought dead is a great cover if any reports do make it back to the Council of a baddie throwing around world-class amounts of personal power.
In terms of faking the brute squad's deaths too, I'm sure most of them really were loyal and did die there. It's possible a few traitors may have gone with him though - that's one of the theories for Kumori, though I'm not sure it fits with her identity eventually causing Harry pain.
Griffyn612:
I'm not sure about the necessity of faking his death to have the freedom to act. Eb has been a Senior Council member almost from the start of the war, but it hasn't stopped him from secretly founding and recruiting a rebel force under the nose of the Council. That same force has met with other factions (Vadderung, etc) without the Council knowing, and Eb has run side missions with his personally selected Council squad (mentioned in DB, I believe) without any oversight.
Avoiding suspicion of working with the enemy also strikes me as an unnecessary concern. If he hadn't faked Archangel, he'd be in charge of the war effort, and would be all but beyond suspicion. If he faked it, and had only himself and a handful of his loyal personnel survive, then their presumed desire for vengeance would put them completely beyond suspicion.
I'm not seeing a real benefit to faking his death for those reasons alone. Are there any other reasons anyone can think of?
Would he need to do it for some reason to avoid the attention of other forces? (i.e. Vadderung, Mab, etc) Could his "death" have made a change to himself? One that would remove him from the detection of the Fates/Mothers, whom would otherwise know what he was really doing and could potentially reveal him to the Council if they learned he was using Outsiders, and therefore treading on their purpose?
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on September 08, 2017, 09:21:05 PM ---Eb has been a Senior Council member almost from the start of the war, but it hasn't stopped him from secretly founding and recruiting a rebel force under the nose of the Council.
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Ebenezar and Rashid have a particular degree of latitude to act privately due to their particular jobs that's probably not available to the others. Most of them seem to have Warden bodyguards a lot of the time.
Besides which, a lot of people have made convincing arguments that the Grey Council has Langtry's private blessing, much like Harry's side investigation into LaFortier's murder.
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