If a dragon came down and said it was only taking the strongest to be it's master, then set up a tournament, you can bet that Arthur would be all over that. Assuming I still have access to internet when this all goes down, and assuming Arthur doesn't have someone/thing else as his familiar by then.

On that note, Graf, a question of importance. Could one theoretically 'mix' some schools of magic in some way. Say, mixing... let's say fusing the destruction and nature schools to make a spell that, for example, creates vine like plants grow from the ground with bulbs on them that when touched explode violently with ice?

Or is there a council of one hundred and one mages who through a long and winded process decide exactly which school a spell belongs to, decided by vote?