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DF Spoilers / Re: Carlos and Chandler's mentors
« on: April 17, 2024, 03:40:27 PM »I wasn't thinking of it as a teaching role but more of police function or even a position similar to Mab's but covering magic. Harry would get a limited Intellectus to warn him of major magical threats and events and have the newly formed Wardens as enforcers and the Paranet as the administrative and education arms of his new council/court.
So far as we know, all mantles are constructs, made by an entity for a purpose.
Who could (and would!) create such a mantle?
I suppose the Archive has the knowledge to create it; and there's enough power on the Island to do the implementation... but, why would she? Her Oblivion-War duties are big on secrecy, and adding a new & independent globe-trotting Mantle to the mix looks like a huge gaping OpSec hole...
The Gatekeeper sent Harry that cryptic "black magic in Chicago" message; so he seems to already be capable of doing "black magic scans" & the like (though that could have just been smoke & mirrors, with Mab tipping off the Gatekeeper to feed Harry the bait, so she could reel him in...) .
Also, Harry "I've got Authority Issues" Dresden would himself be a really ironic target for becoming the ultimate Authority Figure on the issue of Magic! (this is not, I should note, any argument that Jim wouldn't inflict such a thing upon Harry!)