But without the ink it is doubtful that he'd be able to do it.  He didn't do it to Harry mainly because he
never came in contact with the ink.  He should not have been able to go into any wizard mind, even
the young one without them being aware of it.

If I remember correctly though, the ink was meant more for the Senior Council. As they said, the older the wizard, the harder it is to get them to bend. Though it has more to do with the mind being settled in the body, vs the actual age of said mind, hence why Lucio could be manipulated. The ink was there to help him push and nudge the senior council into doing what he wanted.

Plus, remember, the young ones were baptised in fire. They got plenty of education on the hot and heavy evocation side, but they probably skimped out on the mind manipulation portion of the curriculum. And they were just so dang young. They probably had no clue what was going on, since they'd never experienced it before. Most of them were anywhere from 16 to what, 25, maybe 30 for the oldest like Carlos? I'm 24 and I'm still experiencing all sorts of new stuff.

Never underestimate inexperience.

I'm fairly sure the first letter was the one acknowledging Aquitaine as his heir. The "Super Important and Official Letter" as it were. The second recommended his physician and Ehren to Aquitaine.

Like it was said above, the Laws of Magic don't care about Morality, they care about the big things. You can use magic to rob banks, to make fake gold, to do all sorts of skeezy, illegal stuff. As long as it doesn't break the rules of magic, the White Council doesn't care.

They don't do anything about Binder because he didn't break the laws. The circumstances are skeezy, and treading close to the line, but doesn't cross it. However, they do monitor him, as shown by Morgan and Harry's actions and thoughts in Turn Coat.

They got involved in Ascher's case because she killed a man with magic. Without someone to stand before the  Council for her, they don't care about the circumstances. They only care about the end result. She killed a man with Magic.

Just like using the love potion to get with someone is totally wrong and illegal by most mortal laws. But the Council doesn't care about mortal laws. Just like how it didn't get involved in the World Wars, just because someone finds it repugnant and illegal, doesn't mean it is to everyone.

I didn't think so. He stood up to both of the Fairie Princesses and their retinues for a good bit of time. If he was weak to them, I think he'd have gotten dissolved a lot quicker.

First things first: Serack, I love your theory, and the work you put into it.

Second: I just have this image in my head of Harry walking in on Eb working some time traveling ritual, and somehow falling in and ending back in PG and seeing himself driving down the street and not getting hit by another car, freaking out, stealing a car, and hitting himself to keep the timeline going, and then it all just snowballing from there. And possibly fighting off other people that, if he does not do so, will completely rolfstomp PGH because he doesn't see them coming, or isn't prepared to fight them, or just isn't strong enough yet.

The way i wrote it in one of the (many) stories i wrote (and never finished), was give little bits and pieces, then about three chapters in, the character got arrested and the interrogator went through his very long rap sheet and did the whole physical description. Probably not gonna work in most stories, but it fit pretty well in mine.

Good rule of thumb: No food. Ever. Ever. Ever.

Gonna miss you man. But hey, who knows? Maybe we'll run into each other someday. And we can see who is the higher rank!