[X] Reveal the world beyond the Courts, and the limited amount of time you can spend in the Courts, at a time, overall, and on this particular visit. Work out how to best utilize your time for the benefit of all, such as having prepared briefings for when you arrive. Explain your strengths, like personal leadership skills, Charisma, and ability to persuade people, and your weaknesses, like current inexperience with large scale politics and laws of the Courts.
-[X] Offer to talk to the Underwyrms. Perhaps you can persuade them to be more reasonable? They are also your subjects.
This seems like the best option we can provide as a middle ground, setting reasonable expectations for our involvement while still offering to help where we can with an honest assessment of our own strengths and weaknesses.
@DragonParadox, would any of our powers be able to provide life-force to the Underwyrms, or perhaps improve how much they get out of the life-force they are currently offered?
Alternatively, could we offer to summon the Underwyrms in battle and permit them a share of the lifeforce of those slain (and who are wicked enough to deserve having their souls eaten by a beast from hell) as payment, maybe even intentionally venturing out into, say, the Nevernever in "hunting expeditions" against evil entities to start paying them back immediately? Granted, this idea might be dead on arrival as I've no idea of the risk tolerance of these Underwyrms, who probably find their current gig as train guards much safer, consistent, and more reliable than any uncertain offer of rewards in uncertain qualities and quantities - and that in of itself is assuming we can even practically summon them, let alone in sufficient numbers and instances to satisfy even a majority, let alone all of them.
I wonder if perhaps, their image was subluminally inspired by our draconic friend at the Last Station - and if so, might they share some spiritual quasi-heritage with him? Assuming such, perhaps we could arrange for some pilgrimages to the Last Station in Chicago so that they can meet and pay respect to where the Underwyrms and their current roles as guardians of the Wyrm-lines might have at least in part (unwittingly) been derived from or inspired by, as a means of payment at least to more pious Underwyrms?
