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groinkick:
Mavra wanted to the book of Kemmler, I'm guessing because the Black Court fears that knowledge from being spread to wizards.  They fear necromancy, because as undead they are vulnerable to it.  So I'm wondering if Kemmler would have been an enemy of Drakul.  I wonder just how dangerous Kemmler was based on WoJ that stopping him was a lot like WW1.  He was also once a Warden of Demonreach, giving him access to vast amounts of power, and information.

So do you think he'd be an enemy of Drakul, or a friend?

Bad Alias:
I don't think Drakul would have been upset by him being removed from the field. They might have been hesitant allies. I remember reading/hearing that a lot of Kemmler's allies were begrudging because they didn't have much of a choice in the matter. I can't remember if it was WoJ or just a theory. I'm fairly certain it wasn't in the books.

groinkick:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 28, 2021, 05:19:23 PM ---I don't think Drakul would have been upset by him being removed from the field. They might have been hesitant allies. I remember reading/hearing that a lot of Kemmler's allies were begrudging because they didn't have much of a choice in the matter. I can't remember if it was WoJ or just a theory. I'm fairly certain it wasn't in the books.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, the more I learn about Kemmler, the more I want to know.  Jim's backstory on him sounds like it would be a pretty epic book series. In some ways I find the idea of it more interesting than what's going on now. 

Bad Alias:
Jim said he had an idea for a trilogy of books or short stories, I can't remember which, where Luccio runs all over the West with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday fighting Kemmler. He said he'd have to fudge the real world death dates of Holiday and Earp.

I think he said this would be something he did after he finished the BAT, I think.

There's a lot of good stuff from his interviews and some really good stuff in those microfictions. You should really take a look when you get a chance, especially at the microfictions. They're all really short and easy. Maybe about the length of a short chapter in the books? Now there is still a lot of the stories we've heard a hundred times in the interviews.

KurtinStGeorge:
In answer to the OP, both.  Remember this exchange between Harry and Cowl in Dead Beat?

Harry - "I don't get it," I said. "I thought that you guys hated one another's guts."
Cowl - "Oh, yes."
Harry - "Then are you working together or trying to kill each other?"
Cowl - "Why, yes," Cowl said, and what sounded like a genuine laugh bubbled in his voice. "We smile at one another and play nicely all in the name of Kemmler's greater glory, of course. But we are all planning on killing one another as soon as it's convenient."

I think Kemmler and Drakul's relationship was similar, though probably lacking the personal animosity Cowl and the other necromancers had for one another.  There's no way Drakul couldn't have seen Kemmler as a threat over the long-run.  In the short and medium run of events their goals may have been compatible with one another's, but Drakul didn't get his position of power by being stupid or ignoring people who could hold power over him.  Kemmler was crazy, so it's hard to guess what he thought about Drakul, but he had to know Drakul's reputation and probably thought about removing him at the appropriate time.

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