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Fistful of Warlocks -- Law Notes

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groinkick:

--- Quote from: jonas on June 23, 2018, 04:07:23 AM ---There's a reason on the White Council Wardens are Garbed in Grey Robes(WOJ!), this is that, they are meant to straddle the line out of necessity.

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Well that could mean they use lethal magic...  It could also be because they kill people (without magic, use sword).  That is the biggest part of being a warden...  Intimidating people from using black magic, capturing warlocks for the purpose of execution, killing warlocks, fighting wars...  Not a whole lot of charity work going on as a warden lol

I mean there is hardly a reason for the Blackstaff if wardens are allowed to violate the first rule of magic whenever they come up against a warlock.  There is also no real reason for swords if again they can just kill the warlock with magic.

Fcrate:

--- Quote from: huangjimmy108 on June 23, 2018, 02:06:09 AM ---There is also that clause of "Self defense". The same clause EB use to bail teenage Harry out of the white council beheading after Harry kill Du'Morn.

Killing a warlock using magic can be considered "self defense""

A warlock is extremely dangerous. Maybe dangerous enough that using magic directly to kill them can be deemed as "Self defense"

I personally won't bother with Luccio's thought too much too much. As long as she only thought about it and does not actually do it, the point is mute. Besides, Harry also burned down Bianca's home and probably a bunch of vanilla along with it and even though Lafortier make insinuations out of it during book 4, the council as a whole does not really take any real action.

This is probably one of those grey areas of the law. The kind of thing you can get away with as long as:

1. you don't do this kind of thing very often.
2. You have a plausible deniability and
3. You have enough clout and status.

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That's a solid argument, I agree with you there.
So Luccio couldn't throw the first punch and roast the warlocks alive, but once the fight started, as there's no reasonable way she could incapacitate 4 warlocks by herself in a direct confrontation; going for the kill seems only sensible, and -more importantly- justifiable.

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