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Master of the Future? The Fugitive...
Yuillegan:
If Cowl isn't Justin Dumorne I will eat my hat.
He doesn't say Dresden, or the Wizard, he calls him Hary. Says he is a pain in his ass. It's familiar, and frustrated. If he were Simon, would he talk like that?
Also, the idea that Cowl has a bolt hole outside of Chicago further lends weight to it. One of Harry's worst enemies, right around the corner. Why would Cowl have that if he were Simon really? He would have places in Russia etc to go to. But Justin has links to Chicago. It's part of the reason Harry is there, I am sure of it. It's certainly where they spent their time together.
My Shadow also has a name - Ash. That's very cool to know.
Best short story he has written yet I think.
And while Master of the Future may hint at time travel, I rather think it has more to do with the Stars and Stones - which Justin had been preparing for long before he met Harry (it's why he chose Harry and Elaine).
If anyone says Justin is dead to me as a reason Cowl isn't Justin...I will eat a shoe. Do better. IF Jim has lied to us (which he does constantly) then Justin isn't dead, and makes him a prime candidate. Even Morgan suspected Justin might not be dead. In-universe hint! Not to mention, Cowl is a necromancer. Justin stole Bob, before he was Bob, a Necromancer's demon. Why? To learn necromancy (among other things). And we have seen Capiocorpus return from the dead, and Cowl too, which they learned from Kemmler (who did it several times over!)
So it seems highly possible Justin either came back from the dead and gave himself a new identity or faked his death with some sort of double...just as Alt-Harry will do in Mirror Mirror.
--- Quote from: Melriken on April 14, 2023, 04:44:08 PM ---Harry is one of if not the strongest wizards of his generation, Justin was aware of that, I don't see Justin making that comment even if he was alive.
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Why not? He totally would want to see how Dresden would have improved. And he wasn't trying to reveal his identity. Not to mention, he had sparred with Dresden in the past (both in practice and one "duel"). I think he was curious to see if Dresden had got any better since, and was mostly disappointed.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Melriken on April 14, 2023, 04:44:08 PM ---Harry is one of if not the strongest wizards of his generation, Justin was aware of that, I don't see Justin making that comment even if he was alive.
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he is NOW. We do not know he was THEN. Michael Jordan is often considered the best basketball player ever. At 15 he failed to make the varsity at his high school. Harry could be strongest of his generation NOW, but not then
Melriken:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on April 15, 2023, 02:05:22 AM ---Why not? He totally would want to see how Dresden would have improved. And he wasn't trying to reveal his identity. Not to mention, he had sparred with Dresden in the past (both in practice and one "duel"). I think he was curious to see if Dresden had got any better since, and was mostly disappointed.
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Justin wouldn't wonder why the Wardens were nervious about Harry... he would chock it up to two things:
1: Harry's well above average (for the council) raw power level.
2: Justin faking his own death at the hands of Harry.
Justin above anyone else would 'know' Harry was strong, but not as strong as the Wardens make him out to be. The comment wouldn't even occur to Justin as cover.
I will eat my hat if Cowl IS Justin... no scratch that, I will go buy a hat and then eat it...
Justin is almost as bad a candidate for Cowl as Nameless is.
Conspiracy Theorist:
It’s likely Justin was working for Cowl, we know Nameless worked with Kemmler, he went to winter but couldn’t take Bob with him without incurring Mab’s wrath, so he handed him off to Justin. Justin may have only joined the Wardens in the first place as Nameless inside man.
Here’s a thought, Nameless betrayed Kemmler to the White Council via Justin getting rid of a major competitor and breaking up the Kemmlerites and setting up his infiltration of Winter. He got what he wanted the Darkhallow from Kemmler handing Bob off to Justin for safekeeping and recruiting Peabody the Erl King expert in his place as his spy in the White Council. This presumes Justin was working for Nameless all along, tipping off Nameless (and through him Kemmler) to keep Kemmler safe until he finished The Word.
Justin was then tasked with recruiting Enforcers /Starborn but things went awry with Harry killing Justin and hiding Bob. Nameless suspects Harry might have Bob, and seeks to confirm this by throwing Sorceror and hexenwulf at Harry to flush this out.
Melriken:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 18, 2023, 12:12:49 AM ---It’s likely Justin was working for Cowl, we know Nameless worked with Kemmler, he went to winter but couldn’t take Bob with him without incurring Mab’s wrath, so he handed him off to Justin. Justin may have only joined the Wardens in the first place as Nameless inside man.
Here’s a thought, Nameless betrayed Kemmler to the White Council via Justin getting rid of a major competitor and breaking up the Kemmlerites and setting up his infiltration of Winter. He got what he wanted the Darkhallow from Kemmler handing Bob off to Justin for safekeeping and recruiting Peabody the Erl King expert in his place as his spy in the White Council. This presumes Justin was working for Nameless all along, tipping off Nameless (and through him Kemmler) to keep Kemmler safe until he finished The Word.
Justin was then tasked with recruiting Enforcers /Starborn but things went awry with Harry killing Justin and hiding Bob. Nameless suspects Harry might have Bob, and seeks to confirm this by throwing Sorceror and hexenwulf at Harry to flush this out.
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I totally agree with this, except Nameless is NOT Cowl.
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