One of the most important details about Chosen Envoys was that they could only be recruited from the dead.
It was impossible for Ves to invite someone like Venerable Joshua to take up residence within his Chosen Courtyard.
The expert pilot would have to die in order to assume his new position!
This instantly made it a lot more difficult for Ves to fill up his Chosen Courtyard. The requirements for candidates to become viable were already extremely harsh.
If Ves had to wait until they were on the verge of death or already deceased but not entirely gone, then he might have to wait for many years until he could recruit his first Chosen Envoy!
The only way for him to increase the likelihood of recruiting Chosen Envoys was to repeatedly send them into battle and hope that they would perish!
That was a completely unconscionable act!
"Ugh, I guess I won't be able to recruit too many Chosen Envoys if that is the case."
