Magi

[Ryllharu]

I'm still choosing to trust Mogamett at his words. Aside from viewing goi as cattle, he's a good person. He never seems to lie about anything, even to a person like Aladdin who he is convinced is spying for Sinbad (even if Aladdin is really working for himself). They may have gathered the knowledge from Al Thamen, but again he was betrayed. The terrible things he's done are still solely for the betterment of magicians, and though he helped create the dark metal vessels, he wasn't the one who put them into the hands of manipulated innocents like Dunya or Kassim.

I think Mogamett has faith enough in the power of magicians on their own. What we saw when Titus and Aladdin dueled was proof enough to me that they can stand their own against most metal vessel users. The average magicians can kill dozens of regular soldiers on their own, and the 1st Class kind can stand toe-to-toe with the best fighters. That said, the Fanalis are an entirely different breed of soldier. We've seen what just one can do plenty, and even moreso a properly trained one. These are a dozen or more.

Irene on the other hand...she seems to embrace dark ruhk and dark metal vessels. If the nasty stuff comes out of anywhere, my money is on her doing it, maybe even against Mogamett's orders. I don't think she's allied secretly with Al Thamen, I think she's just drunk on the power it provides.

edit:
I'm actually convinced after this episode and the last that Mogamett has been correct all along. Magicians should never be ruled or governed by non-magicians. Every story we heard from the other students or teachers has been along the lines of, "I was run out of my home by my own family," or "I was used by others for their own personal gain."

Even Yam is being used by Sinbad, willing or no. She's shortening her own life substantially to generate that barrier, when Sinbad can protect the country himself (and on his own!) when he's not too busy running around like an idiot.

There's only two magicians we've seen who haven't been treated like shit all their lives, or used by others for personal gain:

Aladdin, and Baba. That's it.

Even Judal is the way he is because of how his family was treated when he was young (shown in a brief flashback).

It's also worth noting that Aladdin has gotten hot-headed about injustices all over the world...except here. He doesn't argue with Mogamett. Titus does instead. Aladdin can't disagree with Mogamett because he's seen many of the same things.

The only thing Mogamett is wrong about is that goi should be treated like disposable garbage the same way he used to be treated.