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The White Council is Inside-Out
g33k:
What if the White Council is operating in reverse of the way it's "supposed to be"?
What if someone, somehow, erased WC's the "institutional knowledge" and reconstituted it in its modern form?
(Maybe some "temporary measure" was put in place to handle some "temporary" situation, but then those who *like* the power they gained "arranged" for the change to continue, and eventually be made permanent... I dunno)
How "should" it be, under this theory?
Basically -- serving the Warden of Demonreach.
That's right, the Warden. Don't you think it's odd that the same title applies to the WC's enforcement-arm as to the guy in charge of the island? I'm going to allege that -- at this moment -- Harry Dresden is the legitimate head of the WC's "Wardens," exactly the same way a Sheriff is in charge of all the deputies. It's just that the White Council (and the Wardens themselves) have forgotten.
I posit that the ENTIRE White Council exists primarily as support-services for the Wardens. The Wardens are, essentially, the "military branch" of the WC, but (as any military historian can tell you) it takes about 10:1 logistics & support personnel to maintain each soldier in the field.
As I eyeball this, it looks to me like the entire White Council is, roughly, sized to be the non-frontline portion -- the support staff -- for the Wardens.
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Let's take a step back, and look at Merlin -- O.G. Merlin, not the current (or any) holder of the title.
We know Merlin founded the White Council. And we know Merlin created the Prison on the island (now called Demonreach). Ponder those two a moment. And consider importance of what happens on/under Demonreach.
If (as I suggest above) the Warden isn't a coincidental title with regard to "the Wardens" (or vice versa, if you prefer the other order) it follows that "the Wardens" are an accessory organizion of the Warden, and of Demonreach. And then the various non-combatant wizards attached to "the Wardens" are... well... support staff.
But somehow, somewhere, somewhen, things got reversed.
The White Council got turned inside-out.
(OK, I admit that I myself don't find this WAG wholly convincing. I'm dubious Jim Butcher would write the setting such that the ONLY wizards' org was "supposed to be" a vast military magico-industrial complex supporting a doomsday prison... and those are the good guys!... But I find the string of coincidences (outlined above) a bit too coincidental.)
Conspiracy Theorist:
I posited something similar several years ago, that The Warden is actually an automatic Senior Council post.
However to do that Kemmler would have had to be a Member of the Senior Council gone rogue as the WOJ of him being the Warden before the last came after I posited this.
Ed0517:
I will point out though that the head jailor is called a warden, keeping the criminals in.
Also - the Whamps call humans sheep - game wardens control hunting.... protect some wild animals (people)... keep an eye out for new strays (warlocks)?
Both warden for Demonreach and the WC can apply
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 14, 2022, 12:17:54 AM ---I posited something similar several years ago, that The Warden is actually an automatic Senior Council post.
--- End quote ---
I dont know if any jobs are AUTOMATIC Senior Council, other than Merlin, though I can't imagine a non-SC being up to Gatekeeper - that's a full time job. We note Eb was Blackstaff well before he was SC - but that is a sometimes role, not a full job. Likewise, how often would Harry HAVE to go to the island. Honestly, not how often he tells his new fiancee he has to go to work.... ;)
Basil:
I'm not sure that I buy a loss of institutional knowledge in the White Council -- at least in terms of the way it operates. After all, Langtry, Listens to Wind and McCoy were kids during the French and Indian War / Seven Years War (1756) and have had birthdays in four separate centuries. Ancient Mai is even older still. Rashid might be the oldest human, given that he lives in a time dilated parallel dimension near the Outer Gates. I'm pretty sure I read a WoJ that he ran around with Muhammad.
In Wizard terms, the Fall of Constantinople is only two Wizard generations ago; Charlemagne four generations; Julius Caesar is only seven.
Given Wizard secrecy, it's easy to see them losing "tech" that was held as individual trade secrets, but not losing public customs.
That being said, I do suspect that the Warden was once the head of the White Council's police force, aka "The Wardens."
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