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Justine DuMorne is Kemmler (Theory)

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Con:
Alright so this is my WAG.

I think Kemmler did a body switch into DuMorne at his final showdown.

It would explain how he knew where to pick up Bob from.

Also Kemmler is known to have loyal fanatical followers. Just like he tried to do with Elaine and Harry.

It also fits with Elaine being the leading contender for Kumori. Having been mind wammied enough to have a predilection towards Necromancy vs her good intensions.

It would fit with Jim's cryptic answers about Justine and Kemmler being equally dead:

WOJ: Okay, I just wanna say I finished reading Proven Guilty  just a while ago and I have a real quick question before the serious interview:  "Justin's behind everything, isn't he?"
Justin's dead...look, look...he's dead, he's dead.
Dead, dead?
Jim:  He's dead!
Very dead?
Jim:  D-E-D dead.
Are you ever gonna change your answer, dead?
Jim:  Dead.
2010 Bitten by Books Q&A:
#245 “How dead is Kemmler? About as dead as Justin, maybe?”
Oh, at least that dead.

Mira:
 :-\

On one hand, there is nothing cryptic about Jim's answer, both are dead.. But on the other hand, dead can have different meanings in the Dresdenverse..  It appeared that Harry was dead, but it turned out he was only mostly dead, but in fact was slightly alive.. Murphy is dead, but she went to Valhalla and you know what that means... I'd spell what she is now,but it is too early and I haven't had my coffee yet.. So there is merit in your theory.  ::)

Con:

--- Quote from: Mira on December 09, 2023, 12:26:58 PM --- :-\

On one hand, there is nothing cryptic about Jim's answer, both are dead.. But on the other hand, dead can have different meanings in the Dresdenverse..  It appeared that Harry was dead, but it turned out he was only mostly dead, but in fact was slightly alive.. Murphy is dead, but she went to Valhalla and you know what that means... I'd spell what she is now,but it is too early and I haven't had my coffee yet.. So there is merit in your theory.  ::)

--- End quote ---

;p

Regenbogen:
That's exactly my WAG, too. I'm with you.
Harry never knew the real Justin, because the real Justin was trapped in Kemmler's body, when the White Council defeated him. Kemmler in Justin's body had a little less use of his power, because as we saw with Luccio's new body, age and magical potential matter.

And this is also how "Justin" knew where to find Bob. Because Kemmler hid him somewhere he alone knew.

Kemmler/Justin didn't actually die when he was burned by Harry. I believe he survived terribly burned and soon recovered the use of his body just like Harry recovered the use of his hand. And I think he let himself be defeated by Harry on purpose, because he knew he could recover even in a slightly weaker body. Justin was older and more powerful than Harry when he burned his hand. The healing process might have been quicker. I suspect, he had Elaine extract his burned body and take it to safety so he had time to recover. Or he even let himself be found as a "burned corpse".

This explains, why he is wearing that cowl as Cowl. Not to not be recognised, but to hide his terrible burn scars.

In Dead Beat, Harry sees Cowl's burnt arms when his sleeves slip during the attempted Dark Hallow. And he attempted the Dark Hallow the make up for the power he lost because of the body switch.

vincentric:
Why didn't he take back Demonreach?

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