Devaguea snorted in amusement, as he pulled the letter out. "Glad most people agree with the rest of the advisors."<br/><br/>He didn't bother including himself in that group, as he was known for his lack of self-preservation instincts. Then the letter unfolded, and his expression crashed harder than he did during the fight against Nyrissa's Jabberwock. While he was surprised the other had listed nearly a quarter page of titles for him, including a few things he didn't think needed to be made into titles and a couple that he wished hadn't (seriously, did EVERYONE know him as the Harem King now?), the three pages listing Mengkare's achievements made him roll his eyes. He did frown before moving onto the meat of the letter, wondering if that was something he had missed due to his upbringing, as most dragons seemed to revel in their past glories, as opposed to him who only was concerned about the greatest and most important ones.<br/><br/>Shaking off the irrelevant thought, he perused the rest of the letter, then very obviously reread it several times before frowning and shaking his head. "No, I will not be asking him for further advice. What he asks in compensation smacks a little too close to slave trading for me to be fully comfortable, and he also doesn't say WHY he wants them."<br/><br/>The malformed dragon lord shuddered in remembrance, before handing the letter across to Talia. "I have no problems with someone willing to head over there on their own, but I will not directly inquire on someone moving. If anyone wants to be put forward, and they can do well on the Archon Tests, then they will be formally submitted. Naturally, the advisors have all already passed. So if any of them want to act on it, they just have to train up their replacement first."<br/><br/>The Archon Tests were a way for people to jump ranks, but the tests were fiendishly hard, far more than the ranks you were trying for, and someone could only take them once every five years, among other things. The current test format was a test of one hundred questions across multiple disciplines, then two war games on a map against Akiros and Keston, followed by an economic game against Talia and the current Treasurer, followed by a full contact spar against someone that was hand picked to hard counter the applicant's method of fighting. The test taker didn't have to win all of them, but they did have to make a damned good showing, and any weaknesses were grounds for refusal. So far, no one had fully passed, and only Sak'bas and Amvarean had earned a partial pass.