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What the heck was Justin *UP* to??!?
morriswalters:
I wouldn't sell Harry a used car, he'd probably quit making the payments. But is has nothing to do with Lea protecting him. The bargain that has been protecting him was one between Lea and Margaret. We have no idea what that bargain is all about.
So to recap. Harry makes bargains with Lea. Lea sells those bargains to Mab during a power play by Mab. Mab renegotiates and offers Harry a cleaner bargain and works it so Harry owes her three favors.
Lea is still fulfilling her obligation to Margaret to protect Harry as of Changes, after which she has been out of sight.
That is pretty much how it plays out in the books. I would post the relevant quotes but that seems to be pointless. Read Summer Knight it has the gist.
Yuillegan:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 17, 2022, 02:01:31 AM ---Nameless is of course Cowl
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I haven't yet listened or read The Law, but I read some highlights and I didn't see this. Is the Nameless clearly Cowl? I thought the Nameless was a demi-god? Cowl's magic is strong, but Harry makes a point of noting that it isn't "inhuman" which a demigod's presumably would be...
But as I haven't read The Law, I would love some clarification as I quite possibly missed some clues potentially.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on August 26, 2022, 12:37:55 PM ---I haven't yet listened or read The Law, but I read some highlights and I didn't see this. Is the Nameless clearly Cowl? I thought the Nameless was a demi-god? Cowl's magic is strong, but Harry makes a point of noting that it isn't "inhuman" which a demigod's presumably would be...
But as I haven't read The Law, I would love some clarification as I quite possibly missed some clues potentially.
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You are correct, Cowl, from the descriptions of him, powerful, yes, some black magic, yes, but he is no demi-god.
--- Quote ---Lea is still fulfilling her obligation to Margaret to protect Harry as of Changes, after which she has been out of sight.
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I wouldn't say that, in Ghost Story when she and Harry have their little talk, and she helps him to remember, she is still helping him to get information that in the later books his life might depend.
vincentric:
Nameless is an interesting new character but there is nothing to indicate whether he is or is not Cowl.
The only real indications of his actual power are from Bob telling Harry who he is and how Harry probably can't take him and from how he reacts to Mab and Marcone.
As far as magic goes, he never actually does anything in the story besides trade verbal threats with Harry in his office, staying very much in character as a powerful supernatural evil lawyer.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on August 26, 2022, 12:37:55 PM ---I haven't yet listened or read The Law, but I read some highlights and I didn't see this. Is the Nameless clearly Cowl? I thought the Nameless was a demi-god? Cowl's magic is strong, but Harry makes a point of noting that it isn't "inhuman" which a demigod's presumably would be...
But as I haven't read The Law, I would love some clarification as I quite possibly missed some clues potentially.
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Read The Law two important clues are dropped (1) Nameless worked with (not for) Kemmler and was paperclipped into Winter and Cowl was familiar with Kemmler and especially Bob, but dismissive of his students. (2) Nameless was banned from Arctis Tor after the attack in Proven Guilty (he wasn’t at Harry’s birthday party) with the clear implication he was involved. The alleged purpose of the attack was to free the Nemfected Lea, before she could be cured and of course it was Cowl in Grave Peril who infected Lea in the first place with the Athame.
This course of action suggests Nameless has been working inside Winter to undermine it, and therefore the Accords and the Defence of the Outer Gates. Nameless is powerful enough to subdue a Finnish Witch, which in the good old days took three Wardens to achieve, so he is as powerful as at least three Wardens (who are individually considerably less powerful on average than Harry). There is no intimation Nameless is immortal, merely ageless, like many of the Fae, suggesting a power level less than the Winter Lady (the least powerful immortal shown) and that he can be hurt and killed (Harry has hurt Cowl, at least twice) and the Darkhallow would have been a route to full godhood, immortality and power, something both Cowl and Nameless would pursue.
Oh and by the way Cowl’s costume would have been appropriate for a High Court Judge in the UK up to the 1300’s, who indeed wore cowls. Nameless practices as a lawyer in the US a common law jurisdiction derived from the UK legal common law system, so presumably was previously practicing in that system before this. He is a Demi-god of discord after all.
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