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.
Tropes:
Not all Mentors have the hero's best interests at heart, however...
Susceptible to
Rage Against the Mentor and the
Mentor Occupational Hazard.
