A map would probably help.

At Jim's remark, Shade-Seeker tilts his head slightly, lifting a single finger. "Ah, but that qualifier, 'most qualified,' becomes the sticking-point, does it not? Does a relative newcomer, journeyman-at-best of all but alchemy, truly merit elevation above more experienced, skilled, and powerful mages, simply because he fought necromancers when they did not? Was not the old archmage's demise conveniently timed? And were his final words, to me alone, truly what I have reported?" He lowers his finger, tilting his head the other way and admitting, "these are the questions on some of my colleagues' minds, now the shock has begun to fade. I have the position, but now I must earn it."