>Copper dragonscale sleeves.

It's not a high bar to clear.

Edit: And to expound on that:

People like different things about the game. To some degree we try to cater to each of them. The flipside to this is that there are probably things that are not achieveable or at least are very hard for any given player. A really poor or uninspired roleplayer is probably not making High Herald. A player who isn't interested in PK is probably not going to make Maran. A player who can only play a couple hours per month probably can't become or stay Emperor. A player who doesn't do much bartering or selling can't get commerce skills.

And, along those lines, there may be the odd quest or edge you just cannot get. There are quests that key off skills people could choose to practice and don't. There are quests that key off kinds of XP you may not have. There are quests that key off PK success. This is one more example of that kind and I don't feel inclined to cater to players who want to skip that requirement any more than I feel inclined to let the players who just want to roleplay a badass paladin but not participate in PK be Captain of the Maran. There's other stuff for you (whoever you are) and there's stuff that's maybe not for you.