User blog comment:5dzAfi/New Characters - Opinions (Might contain Spoilers)/@comment-2198466-20120416012003/@comment-1038387-20120425074058

Dan Garrett was the original. And neither he nor Ted was ever Jaime's mentor, as they were both dead by the time he got the scarab. He did use them as "spiritual" mentors, though, with the whole "What would Ted Kord do?" phase.