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The Law
Conspiracy Theorist:
Since when did the White Council deign to consult with anyone? They thought all the big bads were already locked away, turns out they missed at least one Titan and a Naagloshii. Morgan’s previous run-in with a Naagloshii should have warned them.
Mab put together the Accords in part because the White Council were shirking their duties and more obsessed with their rogue members as being the biggest threats.
Uriel can do bugger all.
I do wonder though whether they nudged Harry towards Demonreach.
The Otso skull would work as a sanctum for the spirit, and it would pull ectoplasm from the Never Never to give it a body. There are limits, the body will collapse if trapped within a circle, experienced dawn, or tried to pass a threshold, or gets too badly damaged. It’s the same trick Goodman Grey uses to increase his mass.
Bobs Skull is enchanted so he has to obey the current owner. That prevents him running around and doing as he pleases, and I would suspect the enchantment prevents Bob doing this, creating a body which is why he wants his holiday home. Bonea’s skull doesn’t appear to have this control element.
Harry is an unreliable narrator, and thinks Burger King is better than McDonalds. At GP Harry was young, naive and thought the White Council was the centre of everything. Jim would exactly introduce the real identity of Cowl in a Novella, to get a rise out of the fans. See the podcast
morriswalters:
Did I miss something? Bianca got the Atheme from Cowl, Lea got it from Bianca.
--- Quote ---Bianca presented her with a small black case. Lea opened it, and a slow tremble ran down her body, made her flame-red hair shift and glisten. My godmother closed it again and said, “A princely gift. Happily, as is the custom of my people, I have brought a matter of equal worth, to exchange with you.”
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Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on July 09, 2022, 09:10:48 PM ---I'm not sure why she'd react like Harry addressing Marcone as "Sir" at the end of BG was filling in a piece for her if she already knew.
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I just reread that scene, Mab's reaction was approval of Harry humbling Marcone in front of everyone, because it was with a sarcastic tone that he called him, "Sir." Mab was clearly supporting Harry all through that though she didn't say much, she didn't have to, but she seemed to enjoy Harry getting the best of Marcone.
--- Quote ---Bobs Skull is enchanted so he has to obey the current owner. That prevents him running around and doing as he pleases, and I would suspect the enchantment prevents Bob doing this, creating a body which is why he wants his holiday home. Bonea’s skull doesn’t appear to have this control element.
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Bob's skull is a real human skull, or is described as that, the one Bonea lives in is made of wood. One that Harry was attempting to carve for Bob originally.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 10, 2022, 01:23:13 AM ---Did I miss something? Bianca got the Atheme from Cowl, Lea got it from Bianca.
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Of course which would have insulated Cowl from the Law of Winter regarding giving of gifts to Lea if Cowl was subject to the Law of Winter. Otherwise Lea on accepting it from Cowl would have been obligated to Cowl. Bianca was a social climber, the gifts to Lea and Mavra and Ferro were to get them there, at this high profile public event, the benefit that Bianca obtained from giving them. Bianca (and the Red Court) was obligated to Cowl and they paid that obligation off with the attack on the White Council to the Circle timetable rather their own, but then Harry upset things.
The Law doesn’t refer to Chicago legal system, it refers to the Law of Winter principally, and that’s important, it binds the Winter Court only. It therefore makes sense that beyond the major characters we know associated with Winter there is someone else also subject to Winter Law looking for ways to work around it or to break free of it. The actions of Cowl in GP definitely follow that pattern. In DB Cowl is looking for a major power up, one which incidentally would weaken Mab by destroying a very powerful vassal. That’s definitely consistent. In White Night Cowl is behind the White Court breakaway scheme to kill the mortal practitioners and weaken mankind’s link to magic. Cowl does nothing in conflict with Winter Law, it looks to be purely Circle Business, and he uses willing White Court cats paws so initiating conflict between the White Court and the White Council, keeping Winter out of it.
Thats why I think Cowl is Nameless, Jim must be laughing his ass off that the anonymous character who has clearly been keeping himself anonymous throughout the series is in fact Nameless. Nameless himself raises the fact that his lack of a name makes it very difficult for wizards to lock onto him. Cowl was immensely surprised in WN Harry had done so, but Harry could only do so because of Little Chicago, which took a totally different approach to tracking and locating to those normally used (name, blood, personal possessions) .
Mira:
--- Quote ---Of course which would have insulated Cowl from the Law of Winter regarding giving of gifts to Lea if Cowl was subject to the Law of Winter. Otherwise Lea on accepting it from Cowl would have been obligated to Cowl. Bianca was a social climber, the gifts to Lea and Mavra and Ferro were to get them there, at this high profile public event, the benefit that Bianca obtained from giving them. Bianca (and the Red Court) was obligated to Cowl and they paid that obligation off with the attack on the White Council to the Circle timetable rather their own, but then Harry upset things.
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Do you really think Mab would have allowed any of that to go unpunished? Because is Nameless is Cowl then the infected Knife originated in the Winter Court, since though practicing in the mortal world, Nameless is still a part of of it.
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