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« on: October 06, 2019, 09:42:35 am »
Zavas expected this, but he had plans to work with the convent under the cover of other types of magic. After all, not all mages practice the dark arts, and his particular focus was on “Gray necromancy”, not quite willing to bargain with the damned, but knowing enough about souls to bind them back to their hosts, willingly or not.
He knew that Eghis would likely want human corpses, but he also had a plan to bring in income.
He built his tower close to, but not on top of, and ancient burial site, close enough that one could slip out to it and be back in less than a bour even if they had to dig up a body by hand. Meanwhile, he ordered the construction of a hunter’s lodge on the ground floor, both to act as a cover for other, less legal activities and bring in income by getting a small share of meat, bone and the sales from pelts.
A small entry fee from the cultists would help with the purchase of a single slave, of which he would try to find a intelligent one to take on as a personal apprentice. He could open a line of credit if need be, through that was more of a last resort. Eghis would get to teach the cultists, and who would notice if one or two of the crazier or nasty students went missing?
The arrangement is simple: You pull your own weight on labor, and you don’t reveal your craft outside of the tower until you are done. the entry fee covers room and board, and kitchen duty will be volunteer with a cook hired to make sure people don’t burn the place down.
With all that sorted, he began to search for potential patrons, and considering how best to make arrangements with the inquisition to slip under their radar.
