Unsolved Mystery Book7 Summoning Outsiders

[wardenferry419]

Who was summoning Outsiders?

[Rasins]

In Dead Beat?  I don't remember Outsiders being summoned in Dead Beat.

[wardenferry419]

I think it was during an off-screen battle and tied to why so few wardens showed up.

[Kindler]

I think it was during an off-screen battle and tied to why so few wardens showed up.

Yeah, it was part of the attack that wrecked the Wardens for a while.

Personally, I think the obvious choice is Peabody.

[Rasins]

Peabody makes sense.

[Avernite]

And the mystery co-conspirator of Peabody, maybe.

[jonas]

And the mystery co-conspirator of Peabody, maybe.

One wonders if cowl and co-conspirator are the same person, who separate ones?

[Rasins]

One wonders if cowl and co-conspirator are the same person, who separate ones?

I initially thought of Cowl, but then remembered that he was in Chicago, and the Outsiders where... elsewhere, in Dead Beat.

[Avernite]

One wonders if cowl and co-conspirator are the same person, who separate ones?

It is possible, but Cristos has also been fingered as the co-conspirator.

[Rasins]

It is possible, but Cristos has also been fingered as the co-conspirator.

I still thing that Cristos is a dupe.  I know, I know, he's senior council level, but I still think he's a power grabbing dupe.

[wardenferry419]

He extorted his way onto Council instead of putting in the years.

[Rasins]

He extorted his way onto Council instead of putting in the years.

Well, he still has some seniority.  He must be older than a majority of the council to even be considered.

[jonas]

Well, he still has some seniority.  He must be older than a majority of the council to even be considered.

They went through pretty much the whole list in SK. Don't think he's that high on it, just more focused on politico's by comparison to others. His 'frontman' position with the lesser represented groups might have a direct effect on that of course

[wardenferry419]

It was what was suggested in TC.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

He extorted his way onto Council instead of putting in the years.

He was a former protege of laFortier, who headed a constituency made up of wizards from smaller countries that IIRC made up about a third of the Council but were not otherwise represented on the Senior Council at all.

So he played fast and loose to get into a position of influence, but whether he is doing that out of lust for power or a genuine idealistic desire to represent and protect the interests of people who are not otherwise represented at the highest levels, is unclear to me.  (I think part of what Jim might be doing with Christos is setting Harry up for an epiphany on the "hey, this is pretty much exactly how what I am doing with the Paranet looks to people who can't see inside my head" level.)