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Conspiracy Theorist:
Exactly, he didn’t know Harry had Bob but Harry carelessly left him out in Murphy’s, Cowl saw Bob, recognised him and couldn’t believe his luck, he had The Word, without having to retrieve the actual document.
My guess is that people were aware Kemmler had a stash and thought that Bob was part of the stash, so they were looking for the stash rather than Bob specifically, however Justin took Bob on the defeat of Kemmler, (which means Justin and Cowl were not working together, Justin must have been working for someone else) When Boney Tony found the stash everyone was alerted a copy of The Word existed and converged on Chicago.
It is worrying that Kemmler had his stash in Chicago, relatively close to Demonreach and likely birthplace of the Starborn of the next cycle. Unlikely to be a coincidence.
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 30, 2022, 12:33:47 AM ---Exactly, he didn’t know Harry had Bob but Harry carelessly left him out in Murphy’s, Cowl saw Bob, recognised him and couldn’t believe his luck, he had The Word, without having to retrieve the actual document.
My guess is that people were aware Kemmler had a stash and thought that Bob was part of the stash, so they were looking for the stash rather than Bob specifically, however Justin took Bob on the defeat of Kemmler, (which means Justin and Cowl were not working together, Justin must have been working for someone else) When Boney Tony found the stash everyone was alerted a copy of The Word existed and converged on Chicago.
It is worrying that Kemmler had his stash in Chicago, relatively close to Demonreach and likely birthplace of the Starborn of the next cycle. Unlikely to be a coincidence.
--- End quote ---
Has to be a big coincidence doesn't it? After all Kemmler doesn't know where Demonreach is located so stashing his stuff in Chicago was just too lucky :P
morriswalters:
The stash as you call it was hidden somewhere, it doesn't say where. It may have been Justin's from the attack on Kemmler, and the book doesn't speak to the location of Justin's lair. The book suggests that Cowl knew Harry had Bob and he followed him when he had to abandon ship and take Bob away from the safety of his threshold. Here's the relevant quote.
--- Quote ---"You still don't have the Word. How are you going to manage the Darkhallow without it?"
For an answer, Cowl carefully lowered the hammer on my revolver and turned away. And he laughed, quietly, under his breath.
--- End quote ---
This is just after Kumori has taken Bob from the kitchen.
I doubt you'll agree with this but PG and DB are complementary. DB actually gives the reason for the attack on Arctis Tor. And there are at least two ways that Cowl could have known that Harry possessed Bob.
Mira:
--- Quote ---The stash as you call it was hidden somewhere, it doesn't say where. It may have been Justin's from the attack on Kemmler, and the book doesn't speak to the location of Justin's lair. The book suggests that Cowl knew Harry had Bob and he followed him when he had to abandon ship and take Bob away from the safety of his threshold. Here's the relevant quote.
--- End quote ---
Or it could have been a very good guess. Or better yet, like Justin, Cowl may have been a Warden before he went warlock, or he could have gotten inside information from Peabody if he was corrupted that early. If he had inside information, Cowl would know that the Wardens didn't recover Bob when they killed Kemmler. Who that we know of retired not long after that? Justin. Cowl may have known about that as well as know about the adoption of Harry and Elaine and why Justin adopted them. He would also know because of his inside information that after Harry killed Justin and Elaine fled, again no Bob was found. For some reason he didn't believe that Elaine had him, so that would leave Harry. So he had Harry closely watched after that, and after Harry was on his own Bob was allowed out of his skull once in a while on missions.. That wouldn't go unnoticed by Cowl or his spy.
morriswalters:
There are a thousand ways to interpret what happened. So any or all of that could be true. Butcher sketches a story and lets the reader add color and detail with their imaginations.
What the text implies directly is that Cowl knew Harry had Bob and under what conditions Harry would expose him in a way that would let Cowl obtain him. Cowl never sought either of the two books in the same sense as the other Necromancers. As the leader of the Black Council, of who we assume that Peabody is a member, he had access to the source of one of the books, Peabody. There is a antagonist who knew about Bob. Lash.
One of the more interesting things in the book at second glance is how well Lash can manipulate Harry's reality. Harry receives a phone call from her.
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