This ties in with the absentee warden theory, Fortier may not have been to the island in decades, and Alfred was working to long established protocols.
If he hadn’t visited for decades this would have made it more difficult for Peabody to identify the Warden, especially if Cowl is Nameless
And you lost me...
A bunch of perfectly good Theorizing and then you go and cram in a pet theory...
How does Cowl being Nameless or not being Nameless affect Peabody's ability to identify the Warden who doesn't visit for decades?
Nameless was introduced too late and in a side story, he can't be Cowl.
The empty hallow Harry lays in for his recovery, was Shagnasty's. An empty reticle in an otherwise full room seems odd til you consider where the other one went.
The are no empty hallows, not because Demonreach is full, but because Demonreach grows new ones as needed, and in the unlikely event of a hallow not being needed... it clears them out.
We see Demonreach withdraw the water from trees to get rid of the creatures in the trees, we see a full prison and Harry asks if Demonreach can hold something as big as Ethniu and Alfred says size isn't an issue, so Harry tells him to prepare a cell. Hallows are created at need and if needed destroyed at need. There are NEVER empty hallows. the Hallow Harry was in was Harry's Hallow. it was created for Harry and not seen later during his recovery because it no longer existed because it was no longer needed.