Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post

Again, you are misunderstanding me. I'm not saying that just anyone can be elected. I'm saying that if Hythlodaeus was qualified to be in Convocation, then that makes it clear that things like magical ability are in no way expected of Convocation members. Hythlodaeus is incredibly knowledgeable and his gift of sight is greater than even Hades', but he's a sub-par mage. We see evidence of this in Hyperboreia when he takes action in order to thwart a serious problem, and concedes that the best way he can be helpful in combat is to shoot arrows because he can see target's weak points. This is not a man being self-deprecating, this is a man who is honest about his limitations. All of which leads up to the singular conclusion that we cannot make the assumption that being on the Convocation requires strength, because if it did then Hythlodaeus would not have been offered a seat..
We know two things:
1) hyth is pretty self deprecating
2) all of his known peers are incredibly powerful - hades and the “just pull it out the underworld lmao” aetherpool, venat and azem who are both significantly more traveled and experienced with combat given their roles, and probably lahabrea who is pyromania incarnate.

If we compare his talent and Eric, the other ancient with purportedly subpar magical ability, we can still say very little. Eric being a product of Athena’s meddling doesn’t help the fair comparison either as you can’t really assume he’s typical. I don’t think it’s particularly fair to use Addidas, Herbert lions or hegemony as points of comparison either given the whole demigod thing.