1)Repeated citations state otherwise.
When Fix, a changeling of no magical talent, suddenly has enough mojo to attempt beamspam against Dresden, who is canonically one of the 40 or 50 brawniest wizards in the setting? The well of power in the Mantle runs deep.
2)We dont know what Slate was recruited for, actually. Just what Dresden was recruited for.
3)No, you are misinterpreting that.
What it says is that Knights come and go like paper cups. Thats their lifespan. Because they are mortal, and have to be as a requirement of the job among the immortal Sidhe. Its not the same thing as saying they are disposable.
4)I dont buy that argument.
The statements we see from both Bob and Aurora imply its more than that. The Courts have no issue appointing mortal Emissaries to act for them, and they dont need any particular oomph to do so.
5) And yet, Dresden is the first wizard either Court has recruited as Knight that we know of since Mab and her sister came to power in their respective Courts. Elaine Mallory took refuge with Summer and was never tapped for the job.
And she is just the most recent we know of.
The fact that neither Court appears to prioritize recruiting mortal wizards, or sorcerers, or even mortal talents, appears to suggest that this particular hypothesis does not hold water in the setting.
6) We see Mab talking about what she's looking for at her first meeting with Harry.
Magical ability isnt one of them. When she mentioned possible replacements for Harry if he died, she mentioned his brother the Whampire, with very little magical ability.
That is not true.
There is literally nothing anywhere that I can find that says that Slate was useless. Or bad at his job.
The only information we have is that he was pissed at Maeve.
He wasnt Dresden, but he was a perfectly serviceable Knight until he went rogue.
Kinda is.
Because the Red Court committed to staying out of Chicago after Dresden defeated Paolo Ortega in a public duel.
It was registered with the Accords. Publicly
Its hard to get people to do work for you if you have a reputation for faithlessness with your previous agreements.
They get nervous about getting paid, or being betrayed.
Thats why when the Reds broke the agreement, they sent their own hitters.
They dont have to stack up with those to vastly expand the ability of someone with one to wreak damage.
If a Neverborn or Yama King manages to, say, turn 3x 2-dot Splendors into a 5-dot?
Or to upgrade a 3-dot?
Something like Nicky's plot to start an epidemic in Chicago suddenly becomes a lot more plausible.
