The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Cowl Unmasked!
dspringer1:
Sorry I meant white council, not grey. :(
I agree that apprentice could be misleading. Perhaps Kumori is a former apprentice or a very recent apprentice (unlikely based on her skill) or simply a necromancy apprentice even though otherwise a full wizard (possible) or a hidden apprentice (unlikely as she is too experienced).
But the point of any investigation is to narrow suspects. By far the most likely use of the word apprentice is that she is his actual apprentice right now. Apprenticeship is a big thing to wizards and they are not likely to use the word imprecisely like ordinary people might.
However, if you find that all you suspects are cleared, then you can go back to challenge your base assumptions. I would argue that apprentice is not one of the first to be challenged.
"Thought to be alive" is probably a better one.
Or maybe checking with Eb and get a precis of the spell casting style of the top wizards in the white council might be a good additional criteria. Some wizards style of magic is simply so different that they can be excluded as suspects. Not a lot perhaps because versatility is the hallmark of a white council wizard, but some can be excluded.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: raidem on May 07, 2019, 01:56:34 AM ---I enjoyed reading the post. I also am glad I returned to the board. I've missed you guys and this topic was a great one to return to. I'll have to think up some things.
Cowl appears to have many cut marks on his arms. I say appears because there exists the possibility that they are illusioned, but I doubt they are.
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Glad to see you're back. Where ya been?
I'm really wondering when Cowl will be unmasked. Peace Talks would be a good book to do it but don't know if it will happen.. I guess it depends how big the reveal is, and how it ties to everything, and what secrets will be revealed.
g33k:
--- Quote from: dspringer1 on May 07, 2019, 08:54:16 PM --- I agree that apprentice could be misleading. Perhaps Kumori is a former apprentice or a very recent apprentice (unlikely based on her skill) or simply a necromancy apprentice even though otherwise a full wizard (possible) or a hidden apprentice (unlikely as she is too experienced).
But the point of any investigation is to narrow suspects. By far the most likely use of the word apprentice is that she is his actual apprentice right now. Apprenticeship is a big thing to wizards and they are not likely to use the word imprecisely like ordinary people might.
However, if you find that all you suspects are cleared, then you can go back to challenge your base assumptions. I would argue that apprentice is not one of the first to be challenged...
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My point is that when the WC looks for apprentices, they won't see Kumori... she's not an apprentice!
At most -- at VERY most -- can look for ex-apprentices who are female.
Problem is, this "Necromantic Apprentice" notion may not even have Kumori studying under the same wizard who was her official WC master. This may be another party, an entirely-different wizard. He may have Darth-Sidious'ed her. As far as the White Council is concerned, Kumori's master is that impetuous young Obi-wan Kenobi.
kbrizzle:
I think it’s likely that Kumori is Kim Delaney - a minor witch while alive - powerful enough that she apprenticed under Harry for a bit, but not strong enough to be on the Council. After she dies in FM, my WAG is that Cowl (Simon) resurrects her & teaches her necromancy, which makes her strong enough to be on the WC if she wants.
It makes sense to me that Cowl is Simon because of timing (Cowl starts Operating openly after Simon ‘dies’ in SK), relationship with vampire courts (Simon was the WC vampire expert - Cowl is allied with Red Court, attempting to usurp White Court & likely trying to gain a foothold in the Black) as well as his comments about Harry (wanting to see what has the WC all riled up etc). Justin would likely be a lot more cautious in his fight with Harry in DB after how their last duel went...
Eguzky:
--- Quote from: Kindler on May 07, 2019, 06:40:35 PM ---Welcome back, mon frere. I was actually just wondering why I hadn't seen you post in a while.
On topic: I like that Harry would fall back onto his PI stuff to deduce Cowl's identity. Though I'm not sure at all how he would then prove it. So say, for argument's sake only, that Cowl was Listens-to-Wind. He figures it out similarly to how you detailed, paring down the suspect pool until only one person fits. How's he going to actually convince people that this is the case?
Actually, does the White Council even know that Cowl is around? Luccio just kinda knows him as the guy who tried to do the Darkhallow once, not as an Orchestrator of Great and Terrible Deeds. (Side note: why hasn't Cowl tried to do the Darkhallow a second time, in the several years since? He could probably pull it off; there's a war going on somewhere, after all, and there should be opportunities to do something like that relatively unnoticed among the chaos of conflict).
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Can't Cowl not do the Darkhallow again because it required summoning the Earlking?
And it was Harry who did that, not Cowl, so Cowl has no idea HOW to do it.
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