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Justin is alive. Justin is Cowl. THEORY

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Sydna:
I really hope not, it would ruin the entire series for me.

kbrizzle:
@Avernite
That’s what my thought process was too, but I can’t figure out what the effect of his death curse would have been? Perhaps something to Elaine?

@morriswalters
Sure, being burned can be... distracting, but remember that Justin is former warden & therefore an experienced combat wizard. I find it hard to believe that he hadn’t prepared it in the early stages of the duel, no matter how much he underestimated Harry.

Here’s another reason why I think Simon makes a better fit for Cowl. Justin had Bob for at least 15-20 years. If he is Cowl, why didn’t he perform the Darkhallow decades ago? Where as if Simon is Cowl, it makes more sense that he would try & do so after his “death”, when he is more free to pursue his nefarious agenda.

Yuillegan:
Morriswalters, even if he were on fire he could have thrown a death curse. Harry has made it clear that it is extremely unwise to kill a wizard unless you do it so quickly and effectively that they cannot formulate a spell OR they are so disconnected from reality to believe that death doesn't hold for them (Grevane). Even if Justin was burning (the man who first taught Harry how to block pain, mind you) I think he could still have pulled off a death curse through sheer will.

As for Simon - apart from the fact that he was a far more powerful and experienced combat Wizard than Harry, and the fact his specialty was Earth magic (and a bunch of other reasons) - it just makes more sense. There are more arguments for Justin, than Simon. As for the Darkhallow, remember that in Dead Beat Cowl makes it clear he is only doing it to stop the other Necromancers, that he believes Kemmler was a madman and that he and the other Heirs of Kemmler have been searching for Kemmler's books for sometime now. I also believe, even if Cowl is Justin and had Bob all that time, he wasn't yet mad enough to become a dark god let alone deal with Evil Bob. Not only that, as I said earlier there were still many pieces to the puzzle for that Ascension that hadn't been found until Dead Beat (not just the Word of Kemmler).

kbrizzle:
@Yuillegan

My point was that Cowl knew how to do the Darkhallow, & generally seemed more put together & better prepared to carry out the Ritual than the other 2 Kemmlerites. The point of Cowl performing the ritual was so that he would become an immortal - i think Harry says that whoever gets that power could overwhelm the Council defenses & even take Mab.

While Cowl’s demeanor seemed to be... different from the 2 Kemmlerites & he expressed disgust at being called a Kemmlerite; this would be fitting for someone like Simon who was an advanced practitioner of necromancy on his own (vampire magic seen have necromantic undertones, especially Red & Black Court). Justin I believe would owe too much to Kemmler (from Bob to learning necromancy in general) to be disgusted by the name calling.

Yuillegan:
@Kbrizzle,

A good argument definitely, and one I had let pass perhaps too easily. I will certainly agree it is possible that Simon is Cowl - the fact is JB could write however he wishes, and he could change his mind from his plan or invent a new character. Simon for me is a close second for Cowl, as you rightly point out there are inconsistencies with his mannerisms and language that would be odd for Justin. But doesn't rule him out mind you either. We don't know why Cowl despises Kemmler so and we don't know what the relationship between them was, we don't know how he came to learn Necromancy or how he is so much more dangerous than the other two, how Cowl is so much more involved with the bad guys behind the scenes, and we don't know how he knew about Bob (that alone says a lot about who he is).

I would love someone to point me in the direction of a good Simon WAG, if anyone knows where it is. I certainly think TT Harry is the least likely btw. I do hope we find out soon though who he is...or at least get a few more strong hints. I do think we need a few reveals at this stage of the series.

You are quite correct about the effect of the Darkhallow, though it was about being more than a mere immortal but about being a God. Harry keeps referring to whoever gets the Darkhallow as a junior-league god (without a frame of reference for what a major-league god is...TWG? Zeus? Mab even says how whoever holds the power will gain more power than in the history of the human race - which puts them above any mortal who became an immortal/monster/god which is fair amount of power right there.)

Also my theory about Cowl's motives for becoming a immortal Necromantic god (see: Nagash) is less about ruling a world of the undead (although perhaps becoming this new dark god would corrupt him...) but more about make all mortals into immortals, which I imagine means they would lose their souls/free will eventually. This would aid the aims of the Outsiders and the Old Ones. After a few descriptions of Necromancy, especially Capiocorpus', I believe that also reinforces the argument the Necromancy is a power from Outside, where as magic comes from Inside. Which might explain all the odd connections betweent the Necromancers and Outsiders.

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