North

NOVEMBER, 17 YEARS AND 5 MONTH UNTIL THE STARSPAWN INVASION

"So they agreed," Cael smiled, rereading the unsealed letter in his hands. "Although the test itself is unnecessary, it's a prime opportunity to visit the Northern Kingdoms. Thank you again, Archbishop, for agreeing to help."

The test Cael spoke about was a test to gain a Mage's Mark of a 7th rank mage. Not every king grew to that level of power. Among those few mages who did, Cael was sure that most simply never got an opportunity to test themselves.

After all, that required three other mages of 7th rank to serve as judges. In Cael's case, these could only be kings of Freistaat and Jotunheim, two most powerful and influential of the Northern Kingdoms.

The rest were inconsequential in comparison.

The third judge would be the Archbishop Dommario II, who scoffed with an air of distaste.