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marycatelliA wizard can learn to do a lot of things, even ones that do not seem natural to their character. A knight can do a set of things, determined by the intent of the wizard casting it and their natural character, though much more powerfully. (Unless they are wild, in which it's determined by their character, solely.)
So if you want a lot of people to cast a magical wind, you can teach a lot of people to be very minor wizards. Or you can create a lot of knights to be wind knights. The thing is, how well can you judge their character in advance? Can you ensure that they have the powerset? At least as part of it, though others may vary? Is it just unexpected and rare hidden depths that would throw you off? You don't have psych tests in this world, or even a history of standardized testing, and while there is a history of people with mental powers, they have a long history of being untrustworthy themselves. Worse, people may not be willing to take off their charms of protection against mental powers.
And how much does the wizard influence the effect above and beyond the character's effect? Not to mention what happens when they guess wrong. Do they end up creating a knight of powers they don't care for, a criminal with stealth powers? Just fail? Or create a knight with trivial powers because they are so ill-suited, who can't be created a knight again?
Hmm, the last could be done intentionally. And since there is a character of ambiguous background -- something wrong with her parents' marriage, or maybe her grandparents', so she can't inherit despite royal blood -- I suspect someone would try that on her with a deliberately made mismatch. So would they make a knight of her or a wizard in their machinations?
So if you want a lot of people to cast a magical wind, you can teach a lot of people to be very minor wizards. Or you can create a lot of knights to be wind knights. The thing is, how well can you judge their character in advance? Can you ensure that they have the powerset? At least as part of it, though others may vary? Is it just unexpected and rare hidden depths that would throw you off? You don't have psych tests in this world, or even a history of standardized testing, and while there is a history of people with mental powers, they have a long history of being untrustworthy themselves. Worse, people may not be willing to take off their charms of protection against mental powers.
And how much does the wizard influence the effect above and beyond the character's effect? Not to mention what happens when they guess wrong. Do they end up creating a knight of powers they don't care for, a criminal with stealth powers? Just fail? Or create a knight with trivial powers because they are so ill-suited, who can't be created a knight again?
Hmm, the last could be done intentionally. And since there is a character of ambiguous background -- something wrong with her parents' marriage, or maybe her grandparents', so she can't inherit despite royal blood -- I suspect someone would try that on her with a deliberately made mismatch. So would they make a knight of her or a wizard in their machinations?