User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 356: Tartarus Arc, Review./@comment-112.198.64.38-20131020082551/@comment-7418318-20131020113607

But young mages and old mages are just the extremes.

How about getting some middle-aged ones. You know around 40 or somesuch, like Gildarts and Macao (purely from the age side! I'm not say those two should really become councilers, though Macao might actually turn out a decent counciler).

They are less likely to be tempted by the recklessness of youth and have already had time to build up some wisdom, while still being far enough away from the stereotype of the previous councils to be seen as a "fresh wind in the antiquated system".