User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 602 - Bane Licking Good/@comment-5592530-20141024092420/@comment-5693502-20141024164507

In terms of power, the Elites are supposed to be (far) superior to all other Sternritters (as noted by Askin's reaction to being promoted). So really the only person you've chosen that could've potentially been an Elite is Gremmy Thoumeaux due to his "The Visionary"; even then, Gremmy wasn't considered 'all there' so I can see why he wasn't an Elite.