Talk:Volturi/@comment-90.213.230.77-20120331153840/@comment-80.189.71.45-20120402193205

The primary thing about the guard, and thus their worth, would be first and foremost their talents. Secondly, and along with that point, would be their numbers. Say, before the existence of Alec - and I'll get to him in a minute - then the Volturi would doubtlessly rely upon the sheer number of subordinates to fight for them - Caius, Marcus and Aro do not have any offensive power. Even if they were talented in fighting, they might have difficulty with say a potential uprising of let's say 30 vampires who grouped together. Then the size of the Volturi force (and their added abiliities, some of whom have "formidable talents" in offensive skill") would be vital.

Now, since the existence of Jane and Alec - or rather, their joining into the Volturi - it's true they've been pretty much set. Jane gets to use her ability because...Meyer says so (though I doubt Jane would ever complain of that!) but in theory, Alec is pretty much the MOST valuable player in the Volturi force (though in another way, Chelsea could claim for that position too) considering how he's pretty much crowd control, guaranteed. Until Bella showed up. I realise it seems that Alec doesn't do much in the series, but honestly, he probably should have been more prominent.

According to Meyer, they employ humans because...they need to keep up a facade? I don't know how that works. But that would be the answer anyway. - perhaps because the Volturi own so much of the land and buildings of Volterra, so the people would notice if there was nothing going on with those. Hence the Volturi pretend to be some company, or whatever (hehe - like maybe...Evil Co. est 2000 BC). That might work.

Ehhh. I know. It seems silly. They make all the decisions, and the guard listen because of Chelsea's manipulations of their relationships. Why Chelsea stays around as slight second-best beats me, but yeah.