The new honor trait that explicitly has 'increased social stratification' as one of its downsides?That said, I can't say this doesn't annoy me; ah well, we'll just have to find ways to open up paths for excellence for all of our citizens. Our new honor trait might even help with that.
Well that settles it for me:
[X] Protect him and have him teach his knowledge (-4 Stability, -2 Legitimacy, -10 Mysticism, -10 Art, -2 Prestige, chance of infuriating the Metal Workers, gain Iron Smelting study chain)