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Why Simon?
kazimmoinuddin:
Simon was said to be the council expert on the vampire courts, so I bet that his lore is very valuable. I wondered if there was something unique about the vampire courts. Somehow these seven predatory races, each got a place on the accords. While different, these seven races see each other as some kind of extended kin. I always believed that implied some kind of common origin. My bet is they are each the result of magical creation or outsider influence.
Due to mavra and the kemmler book, I suspect we will see a lot of the BCV in the end. I bet Simon lore on them, would be very useful. We also know there will be a lot of power plays with the Wcv, so their lore would be seen. The rest of the lore could just be used to leverage the remaining vampire courts into the conflict.
wardenferry419:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on September 09, 2017, 04:48:30 AM ---Cowl was a known Kemmler collaborator whom the other Kemmlerites knew. Neither Mab nor Luccio flinched at the name-drop. "Cowl" is a known individual.
So is the argument that Simon was always Cowl? In which case, how did he act as both Senior Council/Council member and Kemmler aide and agent during the war? Because that's what's being argued as unlikely for the current war.
Or is the argument that Cowl was always a facade of Kemmler's, allowing him to operate without his own identity? And he then swapped with Simon before his final "death"? And none of Simon's close friends noticed that he'd changed? A change that even Harry picked up on in moments with Corpsetaker/Luccio, an accomplished body swapper that has experi ence replacing people?
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This is a very good point against why Simon/Cowl chose his timing for faking his death. Why now and not then? Based on how Grevane, Corpsetaker, and Cowl interact, it suggests that Cowl was the newest member to Kemmler's circle of disciples. I think that Cowl used Kemmler for knowledge without drinking the kool-aid that the other two did. Cowl seems to be a wait, see, then act at an opportune moment type of person. He waited until Grevane was dead to drop his zombie illusion and make a play for the power. For Simon/Cowl to fake his death might be an act of necessity and timing.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on September 09, 2017, 08:35:34 PM ---Neither Mab nor Luccio protest the name Cowl as one of Kemmler's disciples.And while he protested the association with Kemmler early on, Cowl later admitted to communicating with the others with a common history with Kemmler.I'm not sure either works very well with the arguments being made about time requirements to double-face a war and friends detecting changes in aura.
Note that I'm not one that thinks it's too much to be both Simon/Cristos and Cowl. I think either could do both, the latter being an easier job because he wasn't a Senior while planning the Darkhallow. But I think Simon still could have done both, which is why I was looking for reasons he would have faked his death.
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My theory
Well the main reason for Simon to fake his death if he's Cowl would be because he knew everything was going to be heating up. He would be hard pressed to be working behind the scenes if he's surrounded by people who are protecting a Senior Council member during a time of war. Much easier to fake his death so he can work full time as Cowl.
My personal belief as to why Simon is Cowl is because he was Justin's teacher. I think he was probably secretly related to Justin the same way it wasn't common knowledge that Eb and Maggie were family.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: groinkick on September 10, 2017, 05:58:01 AM ---My theory
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Not necessarily. It just requires the ability to multitask and conceal corrupted aura, at least one of which would be absolutely required for anyone on the Council, Senior or otherwise, to be Cowl.
--- Quote ---Well the main reason for Simon to fake his death if he's Cowl would be because he knew everything was going to be heating up. He would be hard pressed to be working behind the scenes if he's surrounded by people who are protecting a Senior Council member during a time of war. Much easier to fake his death so he can work full time as Cowl.
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Unless he has loyal Brutes, which he could use as his guard. But that's theoretical, and not supported by the text. Faking one death would be difficult; faking several is just asking to get caught. They said the "entire" Brute Squad was killed, so I doubt many were loyal enough to be in on the secret, but not loyal enough to spare.
--- Quote ---My personal belief as to why Simon is Cowl is because he was Justin's teacher. I think he was probably secretly related to Justin the same way it wasn't common knowledge that Eb and Maggie were family.
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I lean more towards DuMorne being a loyal Brute, if Simon really is Cowl. He's either a bad egg, or he was crafted to be a rebel agent against the Council.
Which makes you wonder about Margaret. Was she just a bad egg? Did she see the hypocrisy earlier than Harry did (discovering her father's role) and decide to break the wheel? Or was she too being crafted?
Anubissama:
--- Quote from: dspringer1 on September 08, 2017, 10:41:07 PM ---Cowl has been playing with necromancy and outsiders. A lot. I am sure he is taking all sorts of precautions, but I suspect there is a limit to how much he can shield himself from the consequences of that. I suspect Cowl's magical energies are starting to show as tainted.
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Point of order, Cowl seems not to have any direct contact with Outsiders. In his fight with Dresden Harry notes that his magic lacks the usual
--- Quote ---nauseating, greasy, somehow empty feel that I'd come to associate with the worst black magic.
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Butcher uses this kind of descriptives almost exclusively for Outsider influence/magic. Stands to reason that Cowl doesn't have direct contact with Outsiders, or at worst is so skilled with his magic that he can avoid being tainted by his contact with them.
But back on the topic, I agree with most reasons stated here. Freedom to act without any scrutiny being a big one, and as most people said being the Councils expert on Vampire he would have been in high demand during the War.
His Vampire expertise is one too but in a different way. Every time we see a Cowl sponsored plot going on, vampires are somewhat connected to it.
Dead Beat - the offensive of the Red Court was scheduled with the Dark Hallow.
White Night - Cowl was the one to steer the Skavis into betraying his Court.
The whole plot showed a deep understanding of White Court Vampires psychology, which as Ramirez mentioned is NOT common knowledge amongst Wizards or Warden. It is actually so suspect to understand a White Courts psyche that it was enough for Ramirez to suspect Dresden of backdoor dealing with the Court when he showed it. So this definitely implies that Cowl is a Wizard with above standard knowledge of at least the White Court - say like Simmon the Council expert on Vampires.
His style of magic, but this one can honestly go both ways for Simon or Justine so I guess it doesn't really count. Harry uses an x shape of his wrists as a defence posture, so does Cowl. If Simon taught Justin and Justine taught Dresden what he knows about battle magic. It makes sense for both of them to have similar gesture. And no, crossed wrists are not a standard position because we see Peabody in Turn Coat using the Doctor Strange gesture as a defensive Sigil.
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