[ ] You're going to have a rough time explaining your windfall to the Bursars. Better to get that over with.
This suggests a future performing an assignment the Grey Order thinks is suited to you.
I have to admit to being a little frustrated that the Bursars are the only point of interaction that Mathilde considers relevant enough with the Colleges to have an option. They shouldn't be primarily existent to her as a boogeyman or a burden she has to appease- she's part of them! And as was just pointed out, the Empire doesn't even realize what's going on in Karak Eight Peaks for the most part, how significant it is to the Karaz Ankor, or what the changes there will mean to the world economy.
There could easily be a "go meet with senior Magisters, a Lord Magister, or even the Patriarch if you can swing it; give a summary of the campaign results and the dwarf politics that you've have a front-row seat to over the past months, explain the economic and political impact of a resurgent Karak Eight Peaks, and see if you can get support for a larger presence from the Colleges of Magic in the area" option. Or something which builds up the Colleges as a positive force in Mathilde's mind instead of a menacing one.
The Grey College might care about research papers, but they care a lot more about the Empire, and the kind of information on recent events that Mathilde can offer. If she doesn't tell them these things,
they will not find out about them because of how opaque dwarf society is to most and because she had a much better viewpoint than anyone else- they'd be getting months-old rumors by using their usual sources. Also, she may or may not now be the greatest living expert Magister on dwarf politics and society, as well as being the optimal choice for a human-dwarf diplomat in many circumstances. These are things that she should be sharing with them (and showing off for College Favor).
- If there are other significant and publicly known achievements I've missed, let me know.
The early scouting of the tunnel access is the only one that comes to mind, and I've no idea if that's favor-worthy or not. It might just fall under doing our job, similar to how scouting Karag Lhune or Karag Nar isn't worth any favor- getting intel gives nothing, only using it to accomplish things. Is that meant to be intentional (poor rangers, they don't get any respect for their scouting efforts) or is it merely that the acts tend to overshadow the infiltrations which preceded them?
Appropriately using our journeymen falls under commanding them and the favor for that is already accounted for, though I do hope that they're seeing decent favor returns too. Panoramia's poisons and work with rapidly establishing food self-sufficiency in the Karak are less flashy than Mathilde but significant contributions, and I imagine that Johann's work with the artillery is worth some nods. I can't think of anything standout the others did, sadly, but just showing up and helping probably got them a few points.
