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"It is not yet your hour."
Griffyn612:
My guess is Cristos corrupts the Council, and they decide to dig a hole and hide. Any wizard overtly getting involved is in big trouble. They'll leave humanity and the lesser talents to fend for themselves while maintaining the secrecy of their existence.
And Harry will rebel against that to help protect humans and lesser talents, and push for a group with wider representation and less secrecy. Something listed in the phone book, even.
Yuillegan:
Cristos? I know he's a bit of a politician but he did get involved in the Battle of Chicago. Not exactly non-interventionist policy.
Also, not sure we can take this as confirmation - but when asked about what the Black Council were doing in Peace Talks and Battle Ground, Jim responded that the Black Council was very busy not getting squashed by Ethniu. Which could well imply that any of those who were at the Battle were not in fact Black Council. It's not hard evidence, but it's something.
But the rest of the theory seems solid. Seems more like a Arthur Langtry-style play.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on June 11, 2021, 06:25:57 AM ---Cristos? I know he's a bit of a politician but he did get involved in the Battle of Chicago. Not exactly non-interventionist policy.
Also, not sure we can take this as confirmation - but when asked about what the Black Council were doing in Peace Talks and Battle Ground, Jim responded that the Black Council was very busy not getting squashed by Ethniu. Which could well imply that any of those who were at the Battle were not in fact Black Council. It's not hard evidence, but it's something.
But the rest of the theory seems solid. Seems more like a Arthur Langtry-style play.
--- End quote ---
I feel like Langtry being the bad guy is the red herring of the series, and Cristos is the overt bad guy who's so obvious that his importance and relevance is underestimated by everyone.
But then again, I'm in the "Cristos is Cowl" camp, so...
As for the quote, I'd say Cristos did what he could to not get squashed. Maybe not as successful as he'd hoped, but... ;D
Yuillegan:
I know what you mean. But Langtry being defensive doesn't necessarily make him evil, just a bastard. Which I think is probably accurate. I am pretty certain when he dies later in the series (which is almost guaranteed to happen) it will be doing some awesome act to try and protect humanity. He's a bit like Morgan. He looks pretty bad through Harry's eyes. But he is actually trying to protect the mortals the best way he knows how. But I do think he's a bit like Fudge from Harry Potter. He's determined to do things his way until it's too late, and that will cost the world something. But he has his reasons. Not evil, just happens to be taking the wrong path.
Cristos is more complicated than I expected. At first he seems warlike and is called "unpleasant" by Ebenezar, and seems like a serious threat as he deals with a powerful supernatural threat. But when we next seem him he seems more like a greasy, perhaps corrupt perhaps just incompetent, politician. Next we seem him he ends up being friendly with Ebenezar and contributes reasonably to the Battle of Chicago. He mostly just seems like a bit of a fool.
Still, it could all be an act. Perhaps he is more dangerous than we realise. Perhaps he is more malevolent than he appears. But Cristos fought when he could have just disappeared though, or even joined the other team. Hell of an act in my opinion.
If I were to pick someone who is the "obvious" villain choice for Cowl, I would pick Marcone. The only problem with that is that Cowl and Marcone were both at the Raith Deeps.
A far more terrifying background person in the background would be someone like Lord Raith, or Nicodemus. Someone who has taken great pains to hide their magic (if they were Cowl). Both are poor fits though as both don't seem to care to be in the background that much. They're pretty scary anyway (by and large, excusing Lord Raith's present situation and Nicodemus' recent defeats). And Lord Raith was also at the Deeps at the same time Cowl was.
For this reason it's why I think it's someone we haven't met, like Simon or Kemmler (yes he was in that short story but Harry hasn't met him) or Justin (only seen in flashbacks, not actually a part of the series from what we've seen). It could even be one of the Librarians, which would make a bit of sense considering they would be preparing to fight wizards. Father Forthill is also an interesting candidate as he fits a few patterns, but I would have thought Harry would have sensed his magical aura by now. I'll eat my hat if it was Ebenezar. That would make no sense. Alt-universe/TT Harry/Id Harry would make some sense...but Cowl calls Dresden a child. Possible if that Harry was much older than the one he encountered in Dead Beat. But seems a stretch. LtW doesn't make sense, nor does pretty much any other wizard. So I am still leaning on an unmet as yet wizard character. But I doubt we will know until a lot later in the series.
The_Sibelis:
See, I figure Cristo is just an idiot, and PT/BG reinforced that idea to me. Idk he just seems suck up and too into posturing. He's just in the 'game' of politics. I've always thought Langtry was the other traitor. For various reasons, the look he gave Peabody when Harry outted him being the most prominent. That shark look, idk. It reminded me more of him looking at fellow predator whose been injured during a feeding frenzy. He knows Peabody's been had and doesn't want him to mess up and expose him too. He's ready to take him down rather than being bit too.
I've also always had this idea the Merlin, being a titled position and not a name, might have a mantle attached to it, and that mantle might be corrupted already.
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PT/BG also did nothing to lessen my opinion. Most important battle in years and the Merlin is nowhere to be seen? What really could have been going on that half the senior council was absent? Especially if everyone really wanted the eye.
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