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Can a Wizard's Powers be Stolen or Taken permanently?
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: groinkick on June 23, 2017, 08:10:04 PM ---If so it's a secret that anyone with any kind of importance knows. Kincaid knew it. The Red Court knew. I imagine the Mothers know. The only ones who don't are probably just the lowly uniformed.
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It's not common knowledge among the Council. If the masses found out, there could be major backlash. Harry really only forgave Eb because he was his mentor. If anyone else on the Council had it, Harry would be paranoid as hell.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on June 23, 2017, 07:10:50 PM ---Remember that a wizard's power isn't just a tool and a thing they can do. It's not like taking the driver's license away from a drunk, or banning a violent offender from purchasing a weapon.
Magic is part of who and what the wizard is. It's an intrinsic part of them, body, mind and soul. It's their identity, it is synonymous with their self.
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This^^^.
I don't think you can steal a Wizard's magic, leaving the Wizard otherwise unhurt. We know that some creatures can more-or-less eat part of the Wizard, and thus gain at least temporary access to at least some of his abilities, but this tears something fundamental out of the Wizard. It might grow back, but it's not like taking a gun or a knife or a tool away from a person. It's more like cutting off their hand. Cutting off a hand is pretty harmful, even if the person can grow a new hand in time.
JB has said that Goodman Grey could devour Harry's essence like a naglooshi, but in so doing he would absorb so much of Harry that he would essentially rewrite himself into a copy of Harry. You'd have a near-perfect physical, mental, and spiritual duplicate of Harry running around, but Harry would be dead or in a coma or something.
Sacrifice on the Stone Table isn't stealing a Wizard's power, it's killing the Wizard and devouring his essence. Rather a different thing.
Now what probably is possible, though difficult, would be temporarily suppressing a Wizard's power so he can't use it. That's almost surely doable, but it's also probably very difficult to do, hard to make stick, hard to make reliable, and a good deal more trouble than beheading or putting a bullet in him.
I mean suppose someone suppressed Harry's magic so he was essentially a normal man. Would that make him harmless? Well, he could still shoot you, still call in a favor from someone, still sic the Za-Guard on you, might still know some Names that would let him use ritual magic even without his own power, and at any given time he might regain his power. If you were Harry's enemy, it would be far safer to kill him.
LordDresden2:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 24, 2017, 01:40:38 AM ---It's not common knowledge among the Council. If the masses found out, there could be major backlash. Harry really only forgave Eb because he was his mentor. If anyone else on the Council had it, Harry would be paranoid as hell.
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Considering how many people outside the Council know, I find it hard to believe that most of the Council is totally in the dark. They may not know who it is, but I'd bet most of them know that there is one.
peregrine:
If most of the Council knew there was a Blackstaff like that, it would tear itself apart over the hypocrisy inherent in the position.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: peregrine on June 24, 2017, 04:21:46 AM ---If most of the Council knew there was a Blackstaff like that, it would tear itself apart over the hypocrisy inherent in the position.
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Why? I can't bug people's phones, lock people in jail, or hit their car with a missile but governments does it all the time. You don't see American's overthrowing the government because it has powers they don't.
If I was a wizard I'd be glad there was someone who had the power to defend the Council from those who use the laws against it. I'd recognize that there were wizards who violated the laws, giving them great power and making it almost impossible to stop them. The Blackstaff levels the playing field.
It's also not being hypocritical. Dark magic corrupts people, usually causing insanity. So there are laws to prevent it. The Blackstaff is a filter that prevents corruption, and insanity. It's not the same. Also just like a government using powers it's citizens don't have, the Blackstaff is under supervision and cannot simply go about doing these things unchecked which is different than a random wizard violating the rules because they feel like it.
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