the web probably thought to itself "great, now that the chosen one has reached adulthood, I can pass him off to this nearly-omniscient supervillain who has a vested interest in getting him all his marks, that's so much less work for me" and then elias would have plans like "hmm, I need to arrange an end mark, just killing him should work, right?" or "well, the coffin exists, so it'll probably turn up and he'll probably just throw himself in" or "I'm putting all my faith in jared hopworth's ability to correctly interpret and respond to my cryptic anonymous letters."