: 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

@Karen856

Some of the greatest people in history have been brought low by some adversity and been unable to rise back up to previous glory. Crippling depression for the mentor might be the answer for this situation. If you are struggling to get out of bed and shower you may not be a reliable force for good. In a good dramatic story this could be triggered by being manipulated to work against their goals/nature, being elsewhere and losing someone important to them, making a wrong decision and getting a bunch of people hurt/killed, coming to the realization that what they are doing is futile, etc.

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