[X][VANESSA'S PASSTIME] "Archmage Cyril made sure I knew how to sew and mend my clothing, among other skills. I developed a fondness for embroidery during my apprenticeship."
[X][ESSINYA ANSWER] Continuing to serve as a mage for hire to patrons who could afford my services. I had skills in demand, and a woman must make a living.
[X][ESSINYA ANSWER]Eventually? A return to Veldros, letters of introduction to high society in hand, and enough wealth that I could not be so easily ignored again.
[x][ESSINYA ANSWER] I had considered moving to Selissa's capital, Varyos. Merchants and bankers could pay handsomely for divination, and the city is friendly to mages.
[X][ESSINYA QUESTION]"I've never heard of any relative of any Archnecromancer making a foreign marriage pact. Was it hard to convince your father this - laying suit for my hand - was an endeavor worth pursuing