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Current DR wardens
Beldon:
But are they all or just those that were there?
madness:
It is never made clear.
I got the impression that the wizards who were present at CI composed the vast majority of the wizards who know that Harry is the Warden of Demonreach.
My guess is that maybe half of the Senior Council (3 or 4 wizards) plus another half dozen senior wizards who are in the Grey Council.
Less than a dozen wizards total.
The two highest ranking wardens (Luccio and Morgan) don't appear to have known the truth about the island. So if half the Senior Council and the leaders of the wardens don't even know then it must be one hell of a secret.
Lawgiver:
--- Quote from: madness on April 13, 2016, 12:37:43 AM ---I always got the feeling that the White Council sort of gets the powerful and secret wizard positions (Gatekeeper, Blackstaff, Warden of the Well) chosen for them for multiple reasons.
1) they require unique and uniquely powerful wizards.
2) the White Council hides their existence from its own members so most prospects are those who either stumble upon the positions or seek them out against the will of the White Council.
3) greater powers tend to get involved (the Fates, whoever maneuvered Harry to the island, etc.)
4) the types of wizards crazy enough to willingly take on these roles are not likely to be yes men or strictly uphold White Council doctrine.
If I had to guess I would say that probably nearly as many people had strokes when Eb took up the Blackstaff as did when Harry took up the mantle of the Warden of the Well.
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Good list. I'm most interested in #2. It's an axiom that power rests best in hands that do not want it. Those that want it are far more likely to abuse it. I'd not be surprised if Rashid and Eb got their positions "by accident", meaning they did not seek them out, rather had it thrust upon them, so to speak. The same seems to hold for Harry and DR.
madness:
--- Quote from: Lawgiver on April 13, 2016, 05:30:04 PM ---Good list. I'm most interested in #2. It's an axiom that power rests best in hands that do not want it. Those that want it are far more likely to abuse it. I'd not be surprised if Rashid and Eb got their positions "by accident", meaning they did not seek them out, rather had it thrust upon them, so to speak. The same seems to hold for Harry and DR.
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I agree.
The same could be said to have happened with Harry and the Swords and Harry and the relics from Hade's vault.
It seems as though once you attract the attention of the greater Powers you either get squashed flat or you get co-opted in some fashion by them. Guys like Eb, Rashid and Harry are the rare ones who both caught the attentions of those beings and managed to survive it.
Dashkull:
Interesting thought I just had: If part of DR exists in the never never, would Harry's intellectus of the place carry over? Because that kind of knowledge about the never never, wherever it is, could be a really neat thing to experiment with.
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