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Patrice will make a Man out of You! (patrice_) wrote,
@ 2009-10-15 00:45:00

Current mood:	determined
Entry tags:	horcruxes: death eaters: training, horcruxes: family: laelia's possibilitie, horcruxes: wards: inner circle, horcruxes: wards: lucia, horcruxes: wards: mina, horcruxes: wards: private, horcruxes: women: mina

012; 15 October 1979.
[Warded to Inner Circle]

I have been working on a project with the permission of our Lord and believe it is time for us to all begin to discuss it in more detail.

In short, I have felt that the Outer Circle needs more direct guidance. While most whom have been in His service for longer are well prepared, there are still many who have been within his ranks only a year at most. My proposal to the Dark Lord was that those of us whom are among his inner circle would undertake the training and responsibility of those in the Outer Circle.

It would be our responsibility to keep our eyes on those whom are our Mentees. We would train specifically with them, look for weaknesses, and work to encourage more appropriate behaviour publicly when necessary. Although they would continue to answer to all of us, they would have the direct guidance of one of us in order to settle them and help them best learn to serve His will.

In preparation for this, I have begun working with names and considering how rightly to place these individuals in order to best facilitate their learning. For the moment, I have come up with some initial placements. I am of course, open to your suggestions or improvements. Naturally, all final decisions will be made by our Lord.

[Warded to Lucia]

Will you ensure that Laelia has an appropriate costume regardless of what Mother may or may not have ordered? I am afraid Mother's expectations may be somewhat unlikely.

Also I have business Friday evening; you need not plan dinner for me.

[Warded to Mina]

For Friday:

The Lainsborough off Diagon Alley. 7pm. Give your name to the maitre'd. He will be expecting you.

[Warded Private]

Rabastan Lestrange.

It would actually be a marriage up, he has more maturity on him than Regulus and is a stronger servant to our Lord. I do not know why this is only now occurring to me.

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patrice_
2009-10-15 04:57 pm UTC (link)

I think that generally I agree completely with that. Some additional thoughts:

I believe that in every situation a Mentor's task would be considered first and foremost. In theory we all communicate well enough and frequently enough that we would have no such clashes, but should such a circumstance arise it would be the Mentee's responsibility to tell their non-mentor that they have a task from their mentor and it would be that individual's responsibility then to bring that to their colleague and determine the best course of action.

Additionally, we could make it a standard to ward any task giving assignments to those we are giving it to, as well as to our colleagues within his Inner Circle. Very rarely would their be a situation where we are not all aware of His plans in a matter -- And in those few circumstances where such might occur, I believe we will all be understanding of the need for such discretion -- but this would assist in eliminating any such confusion and present a unified front to the Outer Circle, something I believe is very important.

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	Inner Circle sethlans 2009-10-15 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Those suggestions sound perfectly reasonable. The chances of such discretion being asked of one of us is not great but we must plan for such circumstances just in case He should ask such a thing of one of us. Better to deal with it now than risk confusion or failure in the future. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Inner Circle patrice_ 2009-10-15 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Much is accomplished merely by a united front to those who are less experienced. If we appear to be at odds, they may begin to doubt in his overall plan which is an unacceptable outcome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Inner Circle sethlans 2009-10-15 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Precisely. They look to us for guidance and leadership and we must not be seen to falter publicly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Inner Circle patrice_ 2009-10-15 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	That was my thought as well. I believe if we are in agreement on the distribution, that we should unveil this plan to the Outer Circle this weekend. This will give us all time to enforce new training before the end of the month and thus hopefully ensure our success at that time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sethlans
2009-10-16 03:21 am UTC (link)

That timing is more than acceptable to me. I intend to summon my mentees as a group, observe their behaviour together for a time then interview each separately to determine their strengths and weaknesses. I believe that I shall gain as much out of that observation as I shall from the interviews. I feel it is important that they should be able to work together amicably as a group.

Which brings a thought to mind. There may be more than one occasion in the future where group work is a requirement, either of a single group of mentees or a larger group. I believe it is important to establish from the outset that when we set a group to work together, we expect them to work together. No backstabbing or undermining each other or letting one's ambitions get the better of them. That if one fails, all will have failed.

I will not tolerate petty point-scoring getting in the way of the Dark Lord's plans.

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patrice_
2009-10-16 04:24 am UTC (link)

That sounds like a good plan. In truth we all must work individually but also together as teams, and they do need to understand that what one does, reflects on all. Which, hopefully they now understand more clearly than they might have, but it is worth reinforcing in our training. This is, after all, why we are making this more specific.

I think if there is backstabbing or undermining of each other, that is potential cause to drop within the ranks as much as a failed assignment might be. Even if it does not undermine the Dark Lord's work at that moment and they succeed, the behaviour may do so in the future and so can not be encouraged.

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