"Why should we allow you to take on this task?"<br/><br/>Maybe it's because of your youth, or because you had to re-take the Trial of Judgment twice, or simply because he has someone else in mind, Archmage Orogo seems intent on keeping you at the Academy. Never mind that you were able to easily pass all of the other trials, and that you one of few who actually completed their trials early on in their lives... No, you can see in the set of his jaw that he wants no part of this.<br/><br/>Archmage Jagric, on the other hand, seems to be your fiercest defender.<br/><br/>"<em>Jiai</em>Orogo, surely you must credit the child. She has shown that she is more than capable of performing this task... even if she can be a bit...<em>rash</em>... on occasion..." The old elf smiles disarmingly at her younger colleague, motioning him to sit back down. "Besides, think of it as an occasion for her to better herself. She will have years to travel, to see the world and grow. I think it would be a travesty to deny her this chance."<br/><br/>Orogo looks as if he is about to tell off the older teacher, but he is silenced as the third, and eldest, headmaster speaks.<br/><br/>"My friends, you seem to have forgotten. We are not here to convince each other... the child is here to convince us." Archmage Taikel is old beyond memory, even by elven standards. His eyes have long since clouded, his hair reduced to the faintest wisps of white, and his teeth long since crumbled to dust. He could probably barely light a flame with his spells at this point... but it is his knowledge that the other elves defer to. After all, it is one thing to study the histories of the world, and another to have lived them.<br/><br/>"So then, child... Do tell us. Why should we entrust you with this task, you who have not yet reached eleventy-one?" Beside him, you can see a book, impossibly large, but practically reeking of enchantment. "Why should we send you into the world to fill the Compendium of Beasts?"