Well, I WAS intending for Gear and Treska (The female OC I used in my first post) to defect against Maaba anyway, and possibly confront her directly. I'm not sure if I want them working for the DWMA directly. (Besides, I was sort of hoping for Gear and Zak to becom 'allies,' due to their mutual dislike for Maaba, though that could maybe happen later on in the story or something.....) We could try somthing similar to your idea, if you want....Like, you saving Gear and he helps th DWMA for a whil, before something causes him to leave....