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Was Ascher telling the truth?
wardenferry419:
Any person with power has the opportunity to abuse that power. The best that can be done is checks and balances and hope the person with the power has corresponding morality.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on December 11, 2017, 05:37:55 PM ---They kill warlocks. Even Morgan didn't just up and execute Dresden when he suspected he was murdering folks with magic. He waited for the council's judgment and tried to get evidence or catch him in the act. If Morgan could do whatever he liked and make a report later or not, Dresden would've been dead in Storm Front.
I think you're confusing the average talent's fear of the Wardens with how they actually operate.
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Morgan was an honorable man who had a near fanatical belief in the laws of the White Council. It's unlikely that every warden has such honor, and belief in those laws. Morgan in some ways is very similar to Michael. Justin was also a warden, he chose to ignore the laws, and abuse his position.
Morgan and Justin were opposite ends of the spectrum. It's probably the case that the majority of the wardens fall somewhere in the middle of usually following the laws, and crossing the line on occasion. Especially if someone they care for, or a fellow warden had been killed recently, and they have had their fill of trying to face warlocks on uneven terms.
Kindler:
On the subject of warden morality, consider the looser conscription standards since the start of the war with the Red Court. Harry mentions that they finished the war with more wardens than they started with because of it, but what kind of people were brought in? The common denominator is that they're capable in combat, not that they're loyal, upstanding citizens; see Dresden's conscription. I find it hard to believe that some of them weren't a little trigger-happy in the magic department.
wardenferry419:
Some of them probably are; but, not all of them. For every happy hunter of warlocks there is a Carlos showing maturity and a whole spectrum of personalities in-between.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Arjan on December 11, 2017, 07:25:26 PM ---When Harry tried to bring in Molly for trial the merlins reaction to was something like "why did you not kill her yet" and "you are wasting time". Even with a warden they do not really trust like Harry the overview is minimal.
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Because she was a warlock.
The paranetters are not warlocks.
That's what it boils down to. The Wardens might be fanatical, but they're fanatical about killing warlocks, not just lopping the heads off any minor practitioner they can get away with.
They don't have a quota. There isn't some "results" leader board they have to keep up on that's going to make them want to kill more people.
In fact, Harry makes it explicitly clear in White Night that the people who make up the Paranet are explicitly under the protection of the White Council. They have a hotline that minor talents can call to get people like Harry to show up. Half the plot of White Night was framing the Wardens because otherwise the minor talents would have been able to call them for protection.
So I don't get it. Why do you seem to think the Wardens are going to look at a list of innocent minor talents and consider it a hit list?
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