Because if anyone finds out that he is anointed of Ranald he might lose the right to be Grand prince of Reikwald.
1. As has been stated in the update itself, even Wizard Elector Count is a step in the right direction. Mandred may never become emperor once he becomes a Wizard, but it at least opens the way down the line to go in that direction.
He will, at minimum, have the full support of the Colleges of Magic.
Give him to the grey college and present it as Fait-accompli
but they deal in future-vision, and probability, and that might... be of interest?
Nah, that was just me speculating. Would be one hell of a power move from the Grey college though.
As my knowledge of Mandred is that he's currently into knights riding bold horses and defeating all manner of enemies... Grey, obviously.
He can just be like Panoramia--while his magic is throttled back during the "lazy months," that'd give him time to catch up on the paperwork involved in running the Empire (or province, if he's only EC).
Grey college is fine, until you start getting arcane marks. Forgettable and Untrusthworthy are very bad things to have on a leader.
To be fair, Greys can keep their mouth shut, so if you want to keep it (relatively) quiet, Greys are good choice
Bad idea, now every enemy attacks in winter. That would only work in a peaceful nation.
That could be fun.
