"They did some things of great value to me; one of them is owed at least a third of the credit for the fall in spellsilver prices" by keeping Keltham engaged for at least that long. "There is still much of value that can be done for me, but not nearly as easily; on my current shopping list, for instance, are Wishes, and a headband only slightly inferior to mine for a useful research assistant, and a conversation with someone who has travelled the Great Beyond to other worlds, and a Wish wording or set of Wish wordings that'd close the Worldwound, and some skilled high-level adventurers who could help me cleanly handle a succession dispute in my home country of Cheliax. It might be that my favor can be bought with just the the cult in Indapatta, especially if anything comes of it, but a wise person wants more surety than that of attaining anything of particular importance to them."

"They did some things of great value to me; one of them is owed at least a third of the credit for the fall in spellsilver prices" by keeping Keltham engaged for at least that long. "There is still much of value that can be done for me, but not nearly as easily; on my current shopping list, for instance, are Wishes, and a headband only slightly inferior to mine for a useful research assistant, and a conversation with someone who has travelled the Great Beyond to other worlds, and a Wish wording or set of Wish wordings that'd close the Worldwound, and some skilled high-level adventurers who could help me cleanly handle a succession dispute in my home country of Cheliax. It might be that my favor can be bought with just the cult in Indapatta, especially if anything comes of it, but a wise person wants more surety than that of attaining anything of particular importance to them."