I'm assuming that making our own magical artefacts to trade, if we get a mage on staff capable of doing so, is outside the scope of the quest - that this is more trading stuff we acquire but don't want rather than an encouragement to set up an enchantment-production line.
If that's what you're primarily after, Amos seems more likely, given what is likely to fall under "Considered Contraband in Araby" and that he's a native Nehekharan.
One thing I didn't immediately catch is that Paht calls Amos a long-time pal, which says a lot. They must be immortal or an inherited title.
That is, in fact, quite persuasive! Certainly worth an approval vote... Though originally having a Nehekharan name and being Nehkeharan aren't necessarily the same thing, of course.
This is exactly the attitude that leads to teaching people like Bahr the Betrayer, and being confident that he wouldn't be betrayed in turn. He's completely nonchalant about a simultaneous mutual betrayal and sees it as ending happily.
Still nonchalant, except it's about not being worth enslaving by the Druchii. He's right to be confident about it, but the way he phrases it is just hilarious. I'm interested in voting to make the trip.
It's good to get confirmation that Count Noctilus is still around. I wonder how long it's going to take to defeat him. I just love Paht's attitude about this. It's quite easy to tell where a lot of his students get It from.
That's a Gotrek and Felix reference. I haven't read it though, so I can't say what is up about it. I'm really interested in what sort of artifacts the Serpent Crown is looking to offload. There's an interesting implication that the Serpent Crown isn't even the first time Paht has come across intelligent artifacts.
A mystery! In Total War: Warhammer the Atalan mountains have a dwarf faction and a Bretonnian faction. Though that's probably not being leaned on too much. I'm interested in finding out what he can do and what he is. It's a good point that Paht's use of long-time is saying something. Seems pretty likely that Nehekharan and Vampiric artifacts would count as contraband in Araby.
The throughline to Tazadis from what we have would be the animals. We could set up a second [Trophy/Nation] exhibit alongside our Lustrian one. There's a natural centrepiece for the Tide to pick up for us for such an exhibit in the form of the sleeping merwyrm Silak One-Eye off the coast of Vedenza. Add on the Sea Beast/Norscan exhibit and that's actually a pretty solid set of connected exhibits established for an (Un)Natural History Museum.
