Okay, explain this sequence of events to me, why going to Sylvania talk with Nyklaus would make Luitpold more aware then talking with Roswita did ?
Luitpold is already aware of the project, we gave him the report and everything
"Disquieting nevertheless. Thank you for your work in this endeavour, Lady Magister, and I task you with continuing it. The benefits you describe are worthwhile, and though I do not like to hear of these hitherto unknown vulnerabilities, I'd much rather know about them now than when the razing of some southern village dooms the continent."
"It is an honour to serve, your Majesty. I will pass word of any further developments via the Supreme Patriarch."
He wasn't as excited about it as he could have been, as his main take away was "Here are several vulnerabilities in the Empire you weren't aware of that need attention"
But he understands what's happening and why it's important, and he gave the explicit order to keep going, so it has his support in broad strokes at least
I get the idea of seeking clout and resources to further the project
The issue is that you are, frankly, going about it in completely the wrong way
Because you seem to be under the assumption that if we build some Waystones in a Province, that Province will necessarily find the project beneficial
Despite the fact that setting up more Waystones in an already well covered area like Reikland will have very minor effects, if any
People who aren't Wizards do not understand magic and the creation of a Waystone is not impressive to them, in and of itself
If you build a bunch of Waystones in the Reikland, which will have limited effect because it already has good coverage, they won't get excited
You've set up a bunch of big magic rocks, and you're saying that these magic rocks are a good thing, but if you can't present a visible benefit that they can grasp to back that up then it's just words
The social benefit and the political benefit are in fact tied at the hip here, because political clout is best gained by building the new Waystones in blighted areas where the Network has been compromised
Because that produces actual, visible results by removing the blight
And that's what you then take to the important people you want to impress to point at and say "so this is what I've accomplished, I'd like some more funding so I can do it in more places"
You
demonstrate the importance and usefulness of the Waystones by erecting them in the places that most need them, that's how you drum up support for it
"The skeletons stopped rising from the dead and taking people every week" is going to sell a lot better than "Ambient magic is down by another 5%"
Erecting Waystones in areas already well covered doesn't produce noticeable gain, and thus doesn't give people a reason to care
