Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24942479-20170609093120/@comment-25926288-20170609094359

I sort of thought this, but I didn't want the Apprentice to placed into the "Weird Magic Man that seems powerful, but may not".

The Apprentice may or may not actually have magic, probably does. However, he possesses Merlin's wand and might have done some spell to access Merlin's power, even without the wand.

Ex. The Fairies can use magic with or without their wand. The fairy doesn't need to hold it to access its power. However, it seems that they do actually need to "own" it to actually use its magic. (Or perhaps Fairies stupidly let their wands go and just stand there in awe).