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Another Cowl Theory

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peregrine:
It seems plausible for Cowl to have given the belts, since we've also already seen him mentoring Vittorio, so pulling strings is well within his MO.

Also, just for further use, it's testing his mettle.

Yuillegan:
I believe it is the running theory that Cowl was responsible for the Hexenwulf belts.

Con, isn't it possible that after a 14 years he might be interested to see how powerful and dangerous his former student has become? Remember, Dresden casts a sizeable shadow at this point. While he is testing Dresden out, the interaction was not unlike that between an old teacher and former pupil.

Con:
Yuillegan possibly, I mean the scene could be read that way, Cowl certainly treats Kumori as his student. Admonishing her for wasting time. I mean I'd like for Cowl to be Justin almost as much as I'd like him to be Simon Pietrovich. But I just don't see Cowl as Justin not using the psychological advantage of dead mentor back from the grave. Justin was a master manipulator and abuser, that would be a huge psychological advantage particularly in the opening moves of a duel.

Yuillegan:
My take is that it wasn't really a duel. I think Cowl was never particularly worried that Harry was going to beat him. Considering how the duel went, I think he could have killed him a lot faster. So I think there was no real need to reveal his identity to someone who he thought never would have beaten him, and he might decide to kill.

Kindler:

--- Quote from: peregrine on April 10, 2019, 05:33:30 AM ---It seems plausible for Cowl to have given the belts, since we've also already seen him mentoring Vittorio, so pulling strings is well within his MO.

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Here's a Word of Jim that may have answered that question back in 2011:


--- Quote ---Q: Have we met the people who created the Hexenwolf belts yet?

A: That’s another “I’m not gonna tell you” question. I will say, “kind of,” “not really,” and “yes.” But we’ll get into more of that during Cold Days as well.
--- End quote ---
Link in spoiler: (click to show/hide)http://wordof.jim-butcher.com/index.php/2011-transcripts-from-audiovideo-woj-sources/
Basically, I think that's Jim saying it was Kringle. We've "kind of" "not really" but have met him at that point, in his Mask as Vadderung, but not the one that actually handed the belts to the FBI dudes. It's not until Cold Days that we met Kringle, who seems to be significantly more violent than you'd think. Not only that, it makes a twisted sort of sense; the FBI agents wanted the power to kill particularly untouchable criminals, namely Marcone. So Kringle whistles up the belts, hands them off, and watches. When he sees that Marcone successfully survived an assault by multiple hexenwulfen and a Loup-Garou, well... that's one way to earn Odin's respect. I don't think it's a coincidence that the next time we see Marcone (Death Masks, three books later), he's already hired Monoc Securities—which, as I understand it, is not something just anyone can do.

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