#but emery would fare well mentally I presume

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Hi Quill, I was curious if team Valient had to one vs one their councillor contacts as like a training exercise who do you think would win out of each trio?

Hi Nonsie!! I gotta hit up Shannon for extra council information with all the council related things I'm getting! So this would likely depend on what training they were doing (e.g., mental vs physical altercation with abilities), so I'll try to answer for both.

(I'm considering mental to be skills and physical to be abilities--with occasional thought to weapons--for this, just to make it easier)

Sophie, Bronte, and Oralie: Physically, Sophie has significantly more experience fighting (with weapons and abilities) than both of them and is immune to Bronte's inflicting, so she'd win that. Mentally, she's also got an unfair advantage, however ancient minds are more powerful so Bronte may stand a chance. But Sophie's still the likely victor, she's just too op

Biana, Darek, and Liora: Once again, Biana has a lot more experience in physical training and the advantage of vanishing, so even against two I'd be rooting for her, though Darek may present a challenge since he can phase through any attack. Mentally, depends on the skill. Darek won the splotching match between the councillors, so he may win again there. Liora's a toss up because I don't know what she's capable of, but I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't familiar with many skills. So I don't think she'd win, and instead it's either Biana or Darek.

Dex, Noland, and Clarette: Physically, I'm unsure. Since I'm including abilities, it could really go any way. Noland's voice could incapacitate the other two, Clarette's animals could overwhelm the others, or Dex's gadgets could overpower them. If Noland could be silenced he's out, but Clarette vs Dex is a match that comes down to the situation, I couldn't say who'd win. Mentally I'm going Dex all the way. All the skills he's practiced because of his family? He's gotta have more experience than his contact points.

Stina, Zarina, Alina: Physically, either Zarina or Alina. Stina may be persistent, but she can't stand against electricity and beguiling. I think it would come down to whether Zarina electrocuted Alina first or Alina beguiled Zarina first, just a matter of time. Mentally, I think that persistence is gonna come back in Stina's favor, and she has more recent experience with mental things like skills because she attends Foxfire.

Wylie, Ramira, Velia: Physically, Wylie or Velia. Wylie has the experience and Velia's a guster, which is powerful enough to give her an advantage even without experience. Ramira's vanishing won't do much good in that situation since it'll still catch her. Mentally, I'm unsure. I think it might also be either Wylie or Velia. Ramira doesn't seem opinionated enough to have the strong push needed to win, but Velia might have the kind of strength needed. And Wylie didn't go to Exillium, so he doesn't have the experience some of the other kids have. It seems like a toss up.

Of course, further information about many of them could change this, but I'm just going off what I have access to at the moment! But this is kinda what I've reasoned together, so I hope that answers your question!