[quote=@Disdain]
<Snipped quote by Nimda>

I believe that even if you do not know any others who use your element, if you are judged to ultimately be the best of all of them, you are named the Guardian. I am, or, I suppose, was, the Guardian of Light, and I was named it all of a sudden at a time when it mattered much to be certain about my abilities. I am not sure if it provides a power boost or not.
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There's a council. There's someone who can do it without the help of a council, but Guardianship doesn't matter much now that the Tier System is down. There's nothing to enforce it.