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A perhaps derogatory term sometimes employed to describe the communal method of locating and assigning apprentices in the [[Theban Tribunal]] described in [[The Sundered Eagle]] 32. Apprentices when located are surrendered to the Tribunal for education and preparation by the [[Treasury Council]], then during the next Tribunal interested magi not possessing any [[shards]] (unless [[House Bonisagus]] who automatically have the right) may interview the potential apprentices and bid [[tokens]] for them. The highest bid secures the apprentice, who gets to keep the tokens for when they become a [[polites]].