I agree with other reviewers – interesting so far, but we need and want more. You tell us that the rest is to come, so that’s good.

Faith may be playing a small part in this story, but I really would prefer her to have her correct surname, a view that I would expect her to share. Change it, please?

It has always seemed to me that the Council was a repository for all the worst aspects of the English upper classes (with a few exceptions, I dare say). If the English honours system in this Buffyverse works like the real one, Dame Cleary would never be called that. The system of honours started before people began to bear surnames, so honorifics like Sir and Dame were, and are, attached to first names: so Dame Henrietta or Dame Henrietta Cleary.

I'm pretty sure that Dame Henrietta would give pretty short shrift to anyone miscalling her to her face.

By the way, it’s Wyndam-Pryce, not Windham-Pryce. (I see from WWP’s entry in Wikipedia that he's also spelt Wyndam-Price and Windam-Price. That’s sloppy.)

Please, I mean no criticism. I marvel at authors’ creativity and wish I had any. I am good at nuts-and-bolts work, though, and I try to be helpful.

I like that you show Wesley's change of heart and have him stand up to the council. Not sure where the rest of this will be leading or if I will like the insert character - but the drama and angst here is valid and well done.

Wes was set up to fail. I find it hard to believe that there wasn't a watcher available with more experience.

Wow love this, love Wesley standing up for himself. Love the counsel deliberations and conversation. Can't wait for more.

I always wondered why the Council didn't kill off Faith while she was in the coma. Also why they waited until season 5 to try and patch things up with Buffy. They could have sent someone to negotiate with her early in S4. She had money troubles. Offering her a salary & reinstatement of Giles would have been all that it would have taken, really.

Intriguing, I hope to see more

Interesting premise but it needs more. One thing, Faith's last name is Lehane. It was excusable early on not to know it but at this point it should be common knowledge or at least easy to find out. The only reason to change it is if it is part of a crossover which your story is not.

I wrote this story when BtVS Season 5 was on the air, so I had no idea as to Faith's last name back then. It's not really important for the story, though, as Faith won't play a major role.