A more experienced advisor or confidante to a young, inexperienced character, particularly to a
hero. Named after Mentor, Telemachus' elderly advisor in
The Odyssey, who was actually Athena
in disguise. Not to be confused with certain
green slug things obsessed with money. See also
Index of Pupils and Protégés.
Tropes:
Not all Mentors have the hero's best interests at heart, however...
Susceptible to
Rage Against the Mentor and the
Mentor Occupational Hazard.
