Near the end of the reign of Telen, he grew to be very thoughtful and introspective. Much more so than usual, which is saying quite a bit as Telen was well-known for his thoughtfulness and spent much of his time puffing at his pipe, floating about in a cross-legged stance as he considered things maybe even he does not remember...

One day he summoned me aside to speak, and this is more or less what he had to say. "I feel now that a time of change is coming upon the land, and that much of the tradition and culture that has been for so long shall be lost." He felt himself to be the last of the 'Olde Archmages', and I see now that he was more right than he knew.

In this light, he decided that his replacement should be chosen in the old manner, and it was put to the Magii of the Inner Flame to make a vote. All members of the rank of Wizard were eligible to vote, and all of the rank of Warlock or above were allowed to run. I retired the Cerulean Shield of the Knights of Karchan so I could enter the race, and so it began. At this time I can only recall one person running against me, and I regret to say I do not remember whom that was.

Floyd, whom had been my fellow Firstmage under Telen and had been in that Office for a long time, decided to retire as Firstmage and did not run for Archmage. I think he would have been victorious. As it was I had tested and tutored dozens of new mages in my time as Firstmage, and so it is no small wonder I had so many supporters.

I won in a landslide victory.

The next day, trouble began...

In my 'infinite wisdom' I saw that the priests of the guild felt dwarfed by their arcane peers and were relatively unnoticed. I sought to correct this by bifurcating the magic-users into 'sister guilds', the other branch dubbed the Clerics of the Inner Flame Appointing Elwood as the Primus of this new order, a position to be equal to that of a Firstmage, was my next step as I had wanted him for a Firstmage but could only have two. Before this idea could even get off the ground I learned that Elwood was planning to betray my original intent at the behest of unnamed individuals and take the CIF as a guild of his own, along with many MIF holdings and members. After days of working on options with my Firstmages and the Eternals, I had no choice but to remove the very things I had just enacted and ban all who followed Elwood against the MIF from the halls of our guild for all time. This was not in the least the start I desired to my term, but I managed to pick up the pieces and move the guild forward, little the worse for wear.

I kept Furchin, and Estlor, the eldest of Eternals walking the land at that time (save for torko whom should never be bothered with trivial things) around a bit longer and with their help crafted the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution. A large number of MIF were in many guilds and as a result I felt the guild as a whole suffered from their lack of activity much as a plant in need of trimming. I had learned through dealing with Elwood that there were agents of other concerns working within the members, using our secrets and helping those with ill will towards us, and in this way was able to remove much of that influence.

Let me see... I organized spell tournaments with magical items and gold as prizes as had those before me, I inducted new blood into the guild.... To my own credit I instituted the spell grading system used in spell-duels to allow for a tracking of the improvement of a member's skill over time, as opposed to the old system that allowed for high-bias in duels with low spectator-ship.

Zhanos came during this time to plague me as he had all Archmagii before me, and having dealt once before with his evil I challenged him to a duel, knowing that that I had lost the last time I battled him and had only been saved through the intervention of another diety (that's another story for another time). I refused to allow the guild to be put into more strife on my behalf. The battle was long, and held in Hell where Zhanos rules, and only through the power of the Staff of the Archmagii did I survive. It is thanks to this that the Tome of Lost Relics was recovered and added back into our Vault.

After this I sought Karn. As Archmage I had done much I felt would better the guild but still, there remained much in the rest of the land that I believed needed tending and hoped that as spokesman for the most power guild of the mortal lands he would grant me audience. I took from The Vault a few items that I had learned from history texts were in need of some travel, and I began a harrowing trek into the center of this vast land (the arts of flight or other such expedient transportation had forever been out of my grasp).

One day, many months later I found Karn. We spoke for what seemed like weeks but could only have been moments. "I know the things you wish to speak, though you could not have been unaware. You love this land and it's people as I do, and I know you would bring much change if you could." He told me to return to Karchan and so I did.

Deciding upon my return to descend from Office, I chose to appoint Isabo as my replacement. The process of voting that had given me the office was a fair enough system but I felt that the guild would flourish if an Archmage had gained some insight and preparation before taking the office. It did not hurt that she was ready for the it MORE than she wanted to be.

The next day I awoke feeling more rested than any day I could recall before, and arose to find Karn in my abode. It was then that I was bestowed with immortality, and for a time served as the last Deputy of the old order.

Isabo promoted me to the rank of Eternal almost immediately upon her Ascension, and so it was that I was able remain a Magii. Being as I was now immortal and would not have any fear of side-effects of magical experimentation, I chose to take Chronomancy as my second specialty and began my final quest, disappearing for many years as do all Eternals in body if never in soul.