It's quite alright Felicia! Take your time we will still be here ^.^. School and life definitely come first, and good luck with Ely! She is great and totally worth taking your time for lol.
Also on the Judgement, I have come to the realization that I did not put as much information in the Sahova 101 thread as I thought I had, and that has more than reinforced the need for me to go ahead and get a real location write up done for it. So I will start working on it this week! For now to answer your question Mae, the Judgement is basically the entrance exam into Sahova. You have to pass it in order to become and apprentice, and becoming an apprentice is the only way to gain access to more parts of Sahova like the library, Palsa Hydrasa, and other labs
. The Judgement is held in the largest lecture hall on the ground floor of the Gug Andjak. Your review board is made up of 5 Wizards of higher status, experts and higher in their fields, who will watch your demonstration of your abilities and at the end decide if you are, or are not, fit to become an Apprentice. If you pass you will be given a lab to apprentice in, provided a ring for entry into the Sahova, and given a feeding schedule before being introduced to your new master. IF you do not pass you are kicked off the island, unable to redo the judgement until the following season. Now you do not HAVE to become and apprentice. As of Summer 513 Sahova is 'open to the public', in other words they allow Visitors to simply come and see what the island is all about, without any strings attached they can come and go as they please, but they will not get access to the meat of what makes Sahova great unless they become an apprentice. You won't get any magical help from the Sahovan Wizards if you are just a Visiter.
Hope this helps until I get the location write up done!
Mirage