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== '''Donald Morgan''' ==
== '''Donald Morgan''' ==


{{quote| ''"No. I would rather be dead - do you hear me? Be'' dead ''than have you use black magic on my behalf."''}}
{{quote|''"No. I would rather be dead - do you hear me? Be'' dead ''than have you use black magic on my behalf."''}}


A high-ranking member of the Wardens, skilled swordsman and battle wizard, Morgan is introduced as the magical equivalent of a parole officer - his job is to keep an eye on Harry and execute him if he shows signs of having gone back to his warlock ways, a duty Morgan pursues with gusto. Later on that role takes a backseat to {{spoiler|his mastery of battlefield combat as the Wardens go to war.}}
A high-ranking member of the Wardens, skilled swordsman and battle wizard, Morgan is introduced as the magical equivalent of a parole officer - his job is to keep an eye on Harry and execute him if he shows signs of having gone back to his warlock ways, a duty Morgan pursues with gusto. Later on that role takes a backseat to {{spoiler|his mastery of battlefield combat as the Wardens go to war.}}
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== '''Ebenezar McCoy''' ==
== '''Ebenezar McCoy''' ==


{{quote| ''"I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice. It means knowing things no one else does. I told you that it meant you might have to act upon what you knew, and knew to be right, even though the whole world set its hand against you. Or that you might have to do horrible, necessary things."''}}
{{quote|''"I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice. It means knowing things no one else does. I told you that it meant you might have to act upon what you knew, and knew to be right, even though the whole world set its hand against you. Or that you might have to do horrible, necessary things."''}}


An elderly wizard, homesteader from somewhere in Missouri, and the {{spoiler|newest and youngest member of the White Council's Senior Council.}} Harry's mentor and teacher after Justin DuMorne's death. {{spoiler|Also the Council's Blackstaff - the one White Council Wizard in the world authorized to use Black Magic without consequence.}}
An elderly wizard, homesteader from somewhere in Missouri, and the {{spoiler|newest and youngest member of the White Council's Senior Council.}} Harry's mentor and teacher after Justin DuMorne's death. {{spoiler|Also the Council's Blackstaff - the one White Council Wizard in the world authorized to use Black Magic without consequence.}}
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Once held off an entire army of Red Court vampires and outsiders with one on-the-fly ward, preventing the complete destruction of the White Council and Wardens in a devastating ambush.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Once held off an entire army of Red Court vampires and outsiders with one on-the-fly ward, preventing the complete destruction of the White Council and Wardens in a devastating ambush.
** Also gave us the line:
** Also gave us the line:
{{quote| ''Rashid, [[Casual Danger Dialogue|please move forward and prevent]] [[Eldritch Abomination|it]] from disintegrating me, if you please.''}}
{{quote|''Rashid, [[Casual Danger Dialogue|please move forward and prevent]] [[Eldritch Abomination|it]] from disintegrating me, if you please.''}}
* [[Big Good]]: While he rather dislikes Harry, and is generally a [[Jerkass|jerk]], he seems almost singlemindedly devoted to protecting the world from the dangers of [[Black Magic]] and whatever monsters may threaten it.
* [[Big Good]]: While he rather dislikes Harry, and is generally a [[Jerkass|jerk]], he seems almost singlemindedly devoted to protecting the world from the dangers of [[Black Magic]] and whatever monsters may threaten it.
** [[Mysterious Backer]]: He's ''relatively'' more benevolent than other examples, though.
** [[Mysterious Backer]]: He's ''relatively'' more benevolent than other examples, though.
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