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Current DR wardens
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Krusatta on March 24, 2016, 01:34:04 PM ---If you turn this around, then the grey cloak becomes significant because of who is wearing it. Not because it is a grey cloak. As an example, the career field I served in while in the military wears a scarlet beret. It is recognizable and significant because of who is wearing it, not because it's a bright red hat.
To use a more extreme example, the swastika is a Sanskrit symbol meaning "lucky or auspicious". But what do you actually think of first when you see one? (Yes, it fits neatly that the Nazi Wehrmacht typically wore grey. Thank you.)
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True. In-universe a gray cloak became a symbol, but I'm not sure that was the intent. When we think about wizards wearing cloaks 1,600 years ago, it doesn't seem significant. I'm sure plenty of people had gray cloaks. Until cloaks went out of fashion, or the wardens made a name for themselves, it still wouldn't be that notable.
dspringer1:
I agree with the others. I am not sure there is any mystical or deep significance to the cloak and the sword wardens wear. I suspect the others are right that the original cloaks were grey to match demonreach (or maybe demonreach is gray to match the cloaks - who knows).
The sword as a distinctive warden identifier seems to be a Luccio invention. She was able to create these really useful swords - so useful that eventually every warden got one. Again - a tradition that just started and went on long enough that it became part of the image of the Wardens.
LOTS of things we do today probably started out as rather arbitrary decisions that everybody copied until it became the WAY IT IS DONE. And often times these arbitrary decisions were not the best decisions long term, but they still stuck. Easy example is the keyboard for typewriters/computers. Original design spaced out the commonly used keys to minimize the chance for the levers to stick. That reason is long gone, but the design is still everywhere. I see grey cloaks and swords as falling into that category.
kazimmoinuddin:
Why is everyone convince that Luccio invented the swords? Sure she is the only one able to make them, but that might just be a matter of skill.
These swords not only acted as foci, they allowed the swords act directly against magic, blocking, cutting, parrying, and other sword moves. Since the first law limits what warden can use in a battle, these swords give a great advantage in fighting other magic users while keeping yo the laws. Without these swords, dealing with magic users will be far more complicated, so they are key to warden duties. Such an advantage would explain how the council maintained its control over wizards.
I wonder if Harry could Mccoys warden sword.
peregrine:
--- Quote from: Krusatta on March 24, 2016, 01:34:04 PM --- As an example, the career field I served in while in the military wears a scarlet beret. It is recognizable and significant because of who is wearing it, not because it's a bright red hat.
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Combat Controller?
Krusatta:
--- Quote from: peregrine on March 25, 2016, 02:21:13 AM ---Combat Controller?
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No. Amtrak.
Sorry, can't help myself. Yes, I was stupid enough to try out in BMT and then dumb enough to pass Indoc, the rest was inertia. Are you AF, also?
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