: Re: How can I handle a powerful mentor character without killing them off? I'm writing a book series that involves people with various superpowers. One of these characters and is more or less the

@Annie587

One important thing to add amidst all the good answers:
Do not forget to let the mentor solve a few problems to show their power.
While you learn about all the great ways to keep him out of the picture in an organic way, keep up the suspense by having him solve some problems.
If the mentor is always out of the picture, he is alive in name only for the story. He cannot solve the key conflict yes but sometimes he will deal with the biggest gun.
Let him be on his way to solve the fight but slow enough to make your protagonists give their all to keep the fort until he arrives. Let him be a deus-ex-machina once in a while so it is okay to keep him sidelined other times.

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