991 Candidates

Wolfe looked around the room. "And why am I being railroaded into picking two more Pentacles again? I get the part where there is historic precedent, but I'm failing to see the rush."

In response, King Petros laughed, while the Fae all gave him looks like he might be more dense than they thought.

It was one of the Faeries that answered first, naturally.

"You are the closest thing that our world has to a King right now, and you're the best King Candidate among the Rank Eight residents of the world, even if we count the Representatives. 

They're all old and their potential is played out, but you're not even a hundred yet, and you're still growing quickly. Face it, you're going to be the next King. That means you need advisors, and we already went over how it's a great idea to have advisors and heirs.