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Why Simon?
dspringer1:
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. Maybe not to casual contact, but there is a lot more scrutiny during wartime and the risk of being "outed" are going to be an order of magnitude higher because of that.
Evidence - Harry was still actively resisting Lashiel, but in some degree of verbal contact with Lashiel. Lashiel was actively hiding her presence. Yet there was a scene where Eb clearly detected something even if he was not sure what. That was with a pretty light taint still heavily resisted. That pretty strongly implies that those wizards have a nose for detecting taints.
And I agree that the freedom of action granted by being dead is huge. he can devote maybe 70% of his time to the cause (with the other 30% on staying hidden) as opposed to maybe 5-10% (best case) if he was still actively a council member and mostly forced to operate as a heavily guarded/observed/tracked member of the senior council.
The above assumes Cowl = Simon. Not myself certain about this, but the logic of him being Cowl is quite believable.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 08, 2017, 10:26:55 PM ---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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I don't doubt that Langtry knows about the Gray's, even if he's not supportive of the idea.
But as to Simon, I still don't see how he'd be impeded. If he's got some loyal Brutes, they can act as his guard, leaving him free to do as he sees fit. He can use his status as war leader and Brute leader to hold secret meetings with "sources", all the while directing the Council's efforts in a disastrous campaign.
Additionally, the Blouncil effort to put Cristos onto the Senior Council is to gain the influence Simon theoretically gave up. It's taking a step forward, only to step back again.
Griffyn612:
--- 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. Maybe not to casual contact, but there is a lot more scrutiny during wartime and the risk of being "outed" are going to be an order of magnitude higher because of that.
Evidence - Harry was still actively resisting Lashiel, but in some degree of verbal contact with Lashiel. Lashiel was actively hiding her presence. Yet there was a scene where Eb clearly detected something even if he was not sure what. That was with a pretty light taint still heavily resisted. That pretty strongly implies that those wizards have a nose for detecting taints.
And I agree that the freedom of action granted by being dead is huge. he can devote maybe 70% of his time to the cause (with the other 30% on staying hidden) as opposed to maybe 5-10% (best case) if he was still actively a council member and mostly forced to operate as a heavily guarded/observed/tracked member of the senior council.
The above assumes Cowl = Simon. Not myself certain about this, but the logic of him being Cowl is quite believable.
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The avoidance of magical detection of changes to his aura is a good point. I'd argue that few would know Simon like Eb knows Harry, but since Simon was friends with three of the most powerful wizards, and would be scrutinized by the others for political reasons, he'd have reason to fear a change in his aura being perceived.
Especially if he had to do dark things to prepare for the Darkhallow. Harry easily detects Cowl's aura as being dark. That'd be a remarkable change for someone pure enough to be put on the SC. He'd have to have Palpatine-levels of power suppression and stealth (as would Cristos if he were Cowl) to avoid the Council saying, "hey, wait, this guy smells rotten")
Mr. Death:
Not just change in aura -- if Harry's any indication, the stain of Black Magic is recognizable, even if you're not familiar with the Wizard you're looking at.
raidem:
Red Court sought to destroy a major white council strike force and possibly turn some number of them. Use of a death curse could destroy some fraction of the Reds and potentially prevent the turning of some number of wizards.
Don't have thoughts as to simon and cowl at the moment.
I prefer to take it at face value that Simon was taken out by the Reds. There was a mention that the Reds had access to a new power that they hadn't had before which made their attack against Archangel effective. It should also be noted that Peabody could have tampered with someone there that created some weakness that the Reds could exploit. My main view though is that some element of the Reds were working with the Outsiders and it was this extra power that allowed the Reds to do more than they otherwise would have been able to do.
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