Sound policies were often derived through calm, clearheaded, objective, and comprehensive consideration. Decision-makers also needed experience at the grassroots and middle levels, along with extensive theoretical knowledge. Only by combining practice with theory could they devise the most workable measures.
The administrative team had been assembled, and its first challenge awaited. The staff at Sunfury Spire was beginning to grow, and many elves had also volunteered to apply for positions at City Hall and the Treasury. After they submitted their résumés, the respective departments reviewed them, then sent them to the Mage Tower's chief operating officer for registration before Patrick gave his approval.
The Sun Temple had attracted neither too many nor too few applicants. Every department had begun operating normally, but staffing shortages remained. For instance, there were no managers with the relevant expertise for the Ranger Forces rotating through the area. There were also the nonresident Farstriders. The main Farstrider force led by Alleria generally only came to the Ghostlands when the trolls were active.
Patrick sent word to his family, hoping they would dispatch more family members to join his administration. Although the Cabrolon family had its own Mage Tower and territory in Silvermoon City, they were also on the outskirts of Sunfury Spire, a prime location. By Silvermoon City's standards, the family belonged to the upper-middle ranks and had a fairly large number of followers and dependents.
This time, they had acquired two good fiefs at once, and all the talent the family had cultivated over the years could put their abilities to work on these two new tracts of land.
His Majesty Anasterian had approved Patrick's proposed renovation plan for Sunfury Spire, and the Scholars dispatched by the Royal Family had already arrived at the Sun Temple.
"Lord Patrick, I am Talonikus, chief technician of