Jaina really was capable.
Rowan had never expected Jaina to bring Ansirem over from Dalaran.
As a leading authority on modern arcane scholarship, Ansirem had divided the High Elves' cumbersome magical disciplines into the six major schools of magic and numerous minor schools of magic.
In Dalaran, Ansirem advocated education for everyone. Even ordinary people with no talent for arcane energy could study magic.
However, his proposal to let the lower classes study arcane theory had angered the council's leadership. Gradually marginalized by the Council of Six, Ansirem had become a figurehead for the arcane theory faction, stripped of any real authority.
Throughout Alliance society, studying magic was the fastest way to climb the social ladder. Making education in Arcane Magic widely available clearly did not serve the interests of the upper classes.
Ansirem disliked the Political Struggle among Dalaran's leadership, but he was no fool. He had not openly proposed reforms.
As a representative of the faction that advocated making magic accessible, Ansirem had proposed expanding the development of noncombat magic, bringing products made with Arcane Magic and simple magical production systems into everyday life.
The proposal had gone before the Council of Six: four votes against, two abstentions. The council members were no fools. Forget teaching the public how to use basic Inscription-even drawing the simplest inscription for them was out of the question.
On the market, a single Fireball skill book could sell for a gold coin. Dalaran's arcane theories were worth an incalculable sum. How could they possibly make arcane knowledge available to the public?
Rowan chatted with Ansirem until midnight. Jaina grew too sleepy to stay and went back to bed early.
"Master Ansirem, you're absolutely right. Making arcane theory accessible only threatens the interests of a small minority. But for Alliance society as a