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Wizard Academy
toodeep:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 26, 2017, 06:49:32 PM ---It's been about 6 books since the Paranet was founded at the end of WN, which is seven years in-world. As of Chnges, the idea was only starting to very slowly gain steam in the Council; after Changes it lost it's primary advocate on the Council. And part of the lack of support int he Council is likely due to the general Council population's distrust of Harry in particular. On the Paranet's side, it's being run by Elaine, who is not going to go too far out of her way to incorperate the Council in whatever the paranet is doing, especially after loosing Harry's support. Besides, since then the Council has been all but ignoring the US, so the Paranet has been forced to go to Marcone or the White Court for support, while teh Council was focused on the Fomor elsewhere.
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Yes, the paranet is being forced to largely go elsewhere for help, and Elaine doesn't trust the council, but that doesn't stop everyone from knowing that they are the ones to go to if you have talent. When you find someone who was born with the talent to be a member of the council (who doesn't painstakingly set it aside) there are only really two choices - get council training, or go it alone or get it somewhere else. The second has been shown to generally produce warlocks or get humans into trouble with supernatural forces. I think even the paranet or Elaine, if they found a council level talent, would recommend they go join the council. Which means we should be hearing about apprentices being found through the paranet, and seeing an explosion of American (since that is the only area widely paranetted so far) apprentices relatively speaking. But we haven't.
It might be that council level talent is just still so low that the improved levels of council recruitment/detection means finding 2 wizards every ten years vs. 1, and thus the difference won't be noticeable, but considering that Justin was able to find both Elaine and Harry at the same age as Council level talent, seems to indicate that council level talent should be more common than that.
Rasins:
This being the case, you have to wonder how many folks go through life, ever even knowing they had a talent, yet unconsciously using it. Had they had the opportunity to be trained, they might have made even more of themselves from a Council perspective.
dspringer1:
--- Quote ---This thread did make me realize we've seen a problem with the series so far. I mean, Harry helped start the Paranet, what approximately 9 years/books ago now? Sure, it took a few years to take off, but as off the last few books its going strong.
One of its main purposes was to identify upcoming people with talent and get them training, thus increasing the number of wizards and decreasing the number of sorcerers, right? With the population the way it is, shouldn't we have seen some new apprentices taken on by wizards now thanks to the Paranet?
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Yes and No.
Yes - Paranet was set up. Harry has certainly provided some training that is primarily defensive in nature (how to deal with supernatural threats) and it is certain that the paranet made ie easier for minor talents to find other minor talents who can provide some training as well as some collective protection.
No - There has been no serious attempt by white council wizards to engage in any systemic training of minor talents in the paranet. So it has been more "almost blind paranet elders teaching/leading the blind" type training. Probably a few people have been identified/recruited to the white council because of involvement in the paranet, but no extensive testing or training or recruitment has happened. White Council is focused on the war and its own internal conflicts.
jonas:
--- Quote from: Rasins on July 27, 2017, 07:15:23 PM ---This being the case, you have to wonder how many folks go through life, ever even knowing they had a talent, yet unconsciously using it. Had they had the opportunity to be trained, they might have made even more of themselves from a Council perspective.
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Those characters, like Tilly, I find fascinating actually.
Zaphodess:
All the new baby Wardens had to be found somewhere. It's possible that the Paranet actually helped with that. Luccio liked the idea.
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