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Could Marcone have recruited another wizard?
groinkick:
Marcone wanted Dresden to work for him, and it didn't work out. He eventually got Gard. As talented as she is, she still isn't a wizard who has access to different forms of power. Do you think that Marcone may have a wizard on his payroll? If so, who? I'm wondering if Elaine could be.
Mira:
--- Quote from: groinkick on August 29, 2018, 05:46:03 AM ---Marcone wanted Dresden to work for him, and it didn't work out. He eventually got Gard. As talented as she is, she still isn't a wizard who has access to different forms of power. Do you think that Marcone may have a wizard on his payroll? If so, who? I'm wondering if Elaine could be.
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I am sure that he tried, and we may eventually find out that he did...
morriswalters:
Marcone would have whoever he thought he might need. The question is why would he need one?
Mr. Death:
It's certainly possible.
However, I don't see anything to suggest he has -- while Gard might not have the on-the-fly abilities that Harry does, her rune magic seems capable of doing anything else Marcone needs.
Plus, if he had a wizard on the payroll, one would think he or she would've come up as a mention in Even Hand, which has Marcone going through a specifically anti-wizard scenario.
Maz:
I personally think recruiting a full-time wizard isn't exceptionally likely for Marcone for most of the story. Its generally been pointed out that Wizards are 1) extremely rare (I think the estimates are only in the hundreds for 6 to 7 billion humans) 2) long lived and 3) have many avenues for accumulating personal wealth. Working as protection for a human crime boss seems like a very poor proposition. While I'm sure remuneration would be good in such a role for your average human being, its probably not that much for a wizard. Tack onto that the possibility of being killed and unable to take action against the threats as freely as you'd like (being mortal humans). Random consulting is a different story, altogether. Another option would be to grab a non-wizard magic user, which Gard is. They will be more numerous, less options for personal advancement, and not expecting to live forever (hyperbole). Now, in the current timeline of the story, perhaps working for Baron Marcone is a different proposition altogether.
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