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Harry should have trusted Ramirez
Conspiracy Theorist:
Sometimes the things Jim won’t talk about is more significant than what he will talk about. He will talk about the Warden but two, but not Harry’s immediate predecessor.
If Fortier was killed to free up the Wardenship then that changes the perspective of Turn Coat. The plot wasn’t to destabilise the Senior Council at all, it was to access Demonreach. Harry found the who of it, but didn’t have enough information to point to the why of it. The Warden before Fortier is likely a major revelation in a future book, which will recast how we look at several books. Unless it was Kemmler again, coming back to life and regaining the Wardenship with a fresh Sanctum invocation when reaching the island next and finding it vacant. The Senior Council weren’t going to be caught twice like that.
If death frees up the Wardenship killing Kemmler the first time in the 1890’s would have done that. Returning to life may not have guaranteed he regained the Wardenship. His next death occurred near the end of WW2, with his final (so far) death being in 1961. That’s four further deaths between the end of WW2 and 1961. Fortier might have taken on the Wardenship in 1945 rather than 1961, once they realised Kemmler wasn’t staying dead.
Mira:
The only problem I have with your theory is, if Fortier was affected by Peabody's ink like most of the Council, what need was there to kill him? Peabody could simply have manipulated him like he did Luccio to do the Black Council's bidding as far as the island goes. Another unanswered question is, do the Warden activated defenses go down upon the death of it's Warden? I asked that because in Cold Days the island was vulnerable because as we learn in Skin Game some of it's defenses can only be Warden activated, which they weren't in Cold Days..
Conspiracy Theorist:
Older wizards were more resistant, Luccio was vulnerable having been swapped into a much younger body. They didn’t have the time to wait another decade or so for the ink to fully work which may have been the original plan.
By this time Harry had already visited the island for the first time in Small Favour. The Archive was there, all it took was her mentioning this to the Wardens as casual gossip for this to get into the reports filed by everyone (except Harry) which ended up on Peabody ‘s desk, freaking him out worse than if Harry had filed a report.
Harry had already ruined the Darkhallow (where Peabody was referenced, he likely suggested the Erl King as a victim) so rather than wait a decade or more with Harry blundering about in the vicinity Peabody had Fortier killed to free the island Wardenship, only as a consequence for Harry to gain the Wardenship by accident first.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Older wizards were more resistant, Luccio was vulnerable having been swapped into a much younger body. They didn’t have the time to wait another decade or so for the ink to fully work which may have been the original plan.
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I don't think it was ever said how if Fortier was considered an older wizard or not. They should have known about Harry then because it was during Turn Coat that he became Warden. It was mentioned in Eb's journal in Turn Coat, the Merlin realized the implications and wanted Harry put under surveillance, it was almost two years later that the Outsiders with the help of Maeve tried their invasion of the island. You'd think that the Merlin instead of putting a watch on Harry, would have explained what he was in for and the importance of the job, or Eb would have when he escorted Harry back to Chicago after he recovered from his wounds. None of that happened.
--- Quote ---By this time Harry had already visited the island for the first time in Small Favour. The Archive was there, all it took was her mentioning this to the Wardens as casual gossip for this to get into the reports filed by everyone (except Harry) which ended up on Peabody ‘s desk, freaking him out worse than if Harry had filed a report.
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That could have happened, but at the same time Ivy wasn't fully engaged as host, still a little girl. Nothing was written down, we don't even know how much about the island is on paper. The Archive only knows for sure what is written down. Even in his journal, Eb merely hints of meaning of what Harry did and it was dangerous, but nothing about the Warden job. There could be a very good reason for that.
--- Quote ---Harry had already ruined the Darkhallow (where Peabody was referenced, he likely suggested the Erl King as a victim) so rather than wait a decade or more with Harry blundering about in the vicinity Peabody had Fortier killed to free the island Wardenship, only as a consequence for Harry to gain the Wardenship by accident first.
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That is presuming that Peabody knew before hand that Morgan would show up as he was pushing Luccio to murder Fortier, then that Morgan would willingly take the blame for the murder to protect Luccio, then run to Harry to figure it all out. Further then assume that Harry would take Morgan to the island, and further assumed that Harry would do the genis thing for tactical advantage against the Senior Council. Those are a lot of huge assumptions.. Since Peabody went there himself though one of the more dangerous Ways in secret, speaks to him perhaps trying to gain the Wardenship himself, but he was too late, Harry beat him unwittingly to the punch.
Conspiracy Theorist:
Fortier was on the Senior Council, generally they put the ‘Senior’ In Senior Council.
Peabody had wonderful access to the documents of the White Council, his only blind spot was Harry, who didn’t do his paperwork. He likely had access to everything, including the Merlin’s personal intelligence (I believe he was paying Rudy, because everyone competent in Chicago PD had been already bought by Marcone).
Peabody was always a bit of a weakling for the Black Council unless he was setting himself up to be Warden.
Ivy is a Member of the Accords, a mediator called upon by the White Council, so yes they would know Harry had been on the island.
Harry blundered into the Wardenship, it was unforseeable that the murder would result in it, but it did happen, then Harry tells the Senior Council to meet him on the island, Peabody had to wait until he wouldn’t be missed and the Senior Council had left, but must have been frantic.
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