So instead you put your time towards teaching Panoramia the subtle art of acting mysterious and smug when someone asks questions you don't actually have the answers for, and before long all of Karak Eight Peaks believes that she somehow deliberately created a giant tree as a centerpiece of the inner Karak - possibly as an aid to her future plans of turning the central caldera into grazelands, possibly just to show off.
Biggest treehouse ever? Biggest treehouse ever! If Panoramia wants her own wizard's tower, building onto and around the tree seems the epitome of Ghyran tower-construction. Should we suggest she build a Ghyran/tree-based Karak superweapon? I imagine there might be some dwarves around who would want to fortify it to some degree at least. Though this might make things difficult for the gyrocopters though. Also I kinda want to see Cython's opinion on this Sudden Tree.
The Queen gets right down to business, and the offer she gives you tests your unflappable facade. You'd bought the famously light Ithilmar for its weight in gold, and you're being offered its volume in gold. According to your mental abacus, this equates to a lot of money. You string together enough thoughts to vaguely consider haggling, but though Queen Marrisith is young for an Elven Queen, that still means centuries of life experience to your mere few decades, so you simply accept. That's still a staggering fivefold return on your initial investment.
So ithilmar is about half the density of steel (typically ~7.85g/cm³ or thereabouts), then? If we bought it for its mass in gold and sold it for its volume in gold for a fivefold return, that means it's a fifth the density of gold (~19.3 g/cm³), so it'd be 3.86g/cm³. Neat.
I have no strong opinions on our remuneration unless someone puts forth an interesting write-in.
As to social actions, I have a preference for four:
[ ] Dooming and Quickening
There will be rites and celebrations for Prince Mandred entering adulthood. Be present for them, and perform others that are pleasing to his true patron.
[ ] Entrance Examination
Dragomas is forming a panel of eight Wizards from the eight Orders to determine the most suitable fit for a certain child of nobility. Be the Grey Order's representative on that panel.
Mandred's Dooming and all that is a must; we should be there for our godson. What kind of magical godmother would be be if we don't show up to his important life events to do Mysterious Godmotherly Things? And I'm pretty sure Heidi (as a mother, let alone a politician and schemer) would appreciate us putting in our oar to steer the Joint Advisory Committee on Order Suitability for Royalty in whatever opportune direction. It's the sort of thing that if this quest were written just slightly differently I would expect Heidi to ask us to do so and/or rather like the Eike master decision the Grey Order might give us right of first refusal.
[ ] Initiate
For the first time, a child born in Karag Nar has shown a capability of using magic. It is the duty of a Wizard to ascertain their suitability to join one of the Orders of Magic.
We're the ranking wizard and more importantly the head of the local branch college; I think legal technicalities of being outside the Empire are a bit moot. As someone said, it'd contrast nicely with the above. Plus it's just another bit of the cosmopolitan nature of the reborn Vala-Azril-Ungol that children with magical potential are broadly accepted and cared for.
[ ] Witch Hunter
There's apparently some sort of Witch Hunter snooping around Gretel's lands. She'd absolutely be capable of dealing with it, but you'd be able to do so faster and would have more fun doing it.
This just seems like a fun diversion. If the Witch Hunter is up to no good, we'll have a lot of fun scaring the besigmar out of him and suitably dealing with him. If he's totally on the up-and-up, we'll
also have fun scaring the besigmar out of him and be smug about it. I do really want to see what the reaction of a rank-and-file Templar would be to us (hat and reputation and all) when we're not in the heart of their power and firmly have the upper hand over them.
And any of the following would be neat and interesting, though I really have no firm favorite.
[ ] Swordplay
Test your novel swordfighting style against the swordsmen of Tor Lithanel.
[ ] Niedzwenka
Ask Baba Niedzwenka how she feels about the new Tzar, and about the political landscape of Kislev in general.
[ ] Sarvoi
Try to figure out if the Elves use the same Apparition-based spells that the Colleges do, and find out what the Elven perspective on that sort of thing is.
