The polar opposite of the Treacherous Advisor, the Stealth Mentor is a Trickster Mentor who poses as an antagonist for much of the story but ultimately reveals that all of their actions have been a sneaky way of forcing the hero to become stronger. A subtrope of the Reverse Mole, can overlap with the Mysterious Protector. This character type will inevitably be an Enigmatic Minion to the heroes at [...] [tvtropes.org]