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[Devastator]

Manor, 3000
Fancy bathhouse, 800.  Fancy, but should be able to save on decorations by using some of the unsold ones.
Underground vault, 500.  (steel walls, but I'll let Ekrov handle the magic lock and will be doing most of the custom security.  Also, thin steel walls, as can be magicked up to size.  Need several rooms, though.)
Full workshop, 500.
Stuff, 500.

Total cost, 5300.
-35 for a week of time. (paying two extant guards, paying 2gold/day.  Will start giving them 3 gold/day if they're up for supervising the other guards.)

For simplicities sake is 100/week reasonable for the staff?  A few cleaners, a groundskeeper, a few guards, a cook, etc.

All candidates will be tested with Ekrov's memory viewer, via a drop of blood taken as part of the interview process.  Reject anyone who is a magebreaker spy or a magebreaker, or otherwise some kind of dangerous nonhuman.

Steward will be special.

The best candidate for Steward will be introduced to the Reader's Digest in a private interview, attempting to capture the person, who will then be released and given orders to maintain a normal life, but to do nothing other than come to a fair contract for compensation for the position of steward.  Basically only being captured to ensure complete trustworthiness.

Spoiler: Saeko (click to show/hide)

Invoking Empath

Tall young muscular winged woman with albino skin and black hair and feathers.  Very large elf ears.  Very large wings.  Wearing red cloth armour with a metallic sheen, formed into feather-like scales over the wing-parts.  Wears a cool-looking hornet-themed helmet made of biometal that complements the ears, and has a shaded visor to help protect the eyes.

Str  d8 +3
Speed  d8 +3
Endurance  d10+4
Knowledge  d8+3
Will  d10+3
Senses  d8 +2

68 Mana
58 Thaum

Magic Materials: d12 Disease, d12 Grow, d12 Strengthen, d12 Expand, d10 Permanent, d8 Bird, d8 Force, d4 Ice, d12 Contain, d10 Wall.

Word jades: d8 View, d10 Steel, d10 Speed, d8 Chemical, d12 Acid, d6 Air, d12 Plant, d6 Solid, d10 Wood, d12 Cloth (crystal, not jade)

Engraved words (usable for one thaumic item, or memorizable once) d4 Transmute.

Equipped with steel cloth armour, red with white hilights, and a shield. d8+1 armour, d8 weight capacity.  Magically strengthened and lightened with removable wing covers.  Without covered wings, reduce the weight capacity to d4.
Awesome-looking biometal helmet with shaded visor.
Currently unarmed.

Current enchants: Extremely enhanced hearing.  Consumes gold instead of food.  20 mana in a ring for height to prevent excessive musculature.

13 barrels of magicoal, 3d20+10 pieces each, 3d20 mana each piece.
34 pieces in first barrel.

Familiar.  "Benedict"  Cougar/red-tailed hawk, size of a pony.
Harness for riding and/or baggage.

Str D6
Spd D4
End D8
Kno D4
Will D8
Sen D6

3156 gold

Adamant Weave Backpack, with lightness enchant on contents.
Alchemists Gear
Bioshaper Gloves
Rejuvination Chamber
"Reader's Digest"
Two Machine Guns with lots of ammo.
Adamant Weave cloth, enough for one outfit or two backpacks.
5kg Steel Rod
Doctor's Bag
Surgical Tools

Expensive palace jewelry with simple sky-related motifs.  Lots of rings and necklaces, mostly gold and blue gems.
200 gold of additional gold and precious gems.
Reduced-size core of sparrow thaumic fighter.
Cable-wrapped steel lockbox with radioactive pellet inside.
Alchemy Supplies
Numerous thaumic arms and armour.  Will list after mansion built with an armoury.

Businesses:
Large decrepit building in Galena.
Share in presumptive new Galena mine.

[Devastator]

Saeko, following the bunch of spells, and after enrobing, leaves her inn room and knocks on the door to Ekrov's room.

When he opens it, she grabs him with her wings and sort of tackle-carries him further into the room.

"It worked Ekrov.  Well, mostly worked.  They feel great."

"..and I feel great.  I should have done this sooner."

[syvarris]

Ekrov opens the door looking utterly exhausted, bags under his eyes and his hair in a mess.  He instantly perks up when he sees Saeko, a wide smile appearing "Oh, hi Sae--bwuh?!"

He struggles for a moment after being tackled, but relaxes after Saeko starts talking.  He awkwardly tries to return the psuedo hug, but gives up quickly, his face turning a little red as Saeko holds him with her wings.

"I, uh, see?  You're, you're much, ahh... taller, now?" he says, clearly still frazzled from the surprise tackle.

[Devastator]

"Yeah.. I put some of that in it too.  I mean, I didn't just want to look like a short child with wings.  Plus I didn't want to have to go up to some brute and stare him in the face from a foot below him."

.."anyway" saeko said nervously, as she puts him down and folds up her wings.

"Are you going to be busy tomorrow?"

[syvarris]

He looks over to the side, at a desk where there's a pile of papers next to a smooth metal sphere, and a partially dissassembled robot arm "I was actually going to... Ahh, no, no!  I'm not busy, it can wait!" he says, looking back up at Saeko.  "What did you want from me, Saeko?  You know I'm always happy to help."

[Devastator]

"Well, I'd like to have you try and fix my digestion" She says, as she opens her mouth to reveal the rows of shark teeth.  "These aren't exactly convienent."

"And it doesn't have to be today if you're busy.  Maybe in a few days.  I'd like to get something done that I've been wanting done for a while."

"I'd like to recruit people to build a base of some kind with all that money we raised.  Can you help me with that?"

[syvarris]

Ekrov steps away when Saeko bares her teeth, his face turning a little less red as he tenses up.  "...Yes, yes I should be able to fix that.  Put them away, please?  Thanks, yes, I can fix those for you.  Tomorrow is good!"

He takes a long breath as Saeko talks about recruitment. "Yes, I'm sure.  I was never closely involved with selecting the help, but I do know of some good, trustworthy contacts."  He pauses, looking to the side for a few seconds.  "Though, maybe... I'd rather you went to talk with them.  Without me.  I don't like thinking about those times."

[Devastator]

"Well.."

"I can interview them on my own, but there's one thing I can't do."

She then twitches and touches one of her pointed ears.  This is slightly disconcertingly done by moving the ear more than the hand.

"You see, when we first got back here, to meet with the magebreakers, I overheard something.  One of the other employees was paid to spy on us.  We knew about Zavi, she was obvious, but one of the other workers got a nice bag of gold for telling them what we did on the trip."

"I know you told me to work with them, but that doesn't mean I really trust them.  Do you think you could use your.. memory thing, to check and make sure they don't do that again?  I know you don't want to, but could you just check to see if they're telling the truth when I ask them if they're magebreakers or working for the magebreakers?  Nothing other than that."

"Plus.. well, it'll also tell us if one of them is not human.  I don't want to hire some kind of monster to come live at our home."

[syvarris]

Ekrov's face twists up when Saeko mentions the ferrous memento.  He doesn't respond initially, crossing his arms and considering instead.  After a few seconds, he walks over to the pack that he carries around near constantly, and pulls the sack containing the sculpture out of it.

"...I'm not comfortable with using the Ferrous Memento like that."

He moves to his desk, turning the chair around to face Saeko as he sits down, though he keeps his eyes down on the small sack in his hands.  "Perhaps I could scry instead?  I have human, as a material, I could certainly determine whether an applicant is actually some inhuman monster.  And, I could probably figure out whether the person had dealings with the Mage Breakers!  I've gotten very skilled at scrying, there's not much I can't find out, given enough mana!"

He looks back up at Saeko, his expression still twisted into a grimace.  His words are optimistic, but his face makes it clear he doesn't even believe his own ideas himself.

[Devastator]

"I know you can find out lots of things that way, Ekrov."

"..but I don't know if I'd want you to use mana like that.  You've given me so much already."

"I'm not going to make you do it, but I'm asking you to.  I'd also like to know if they're okay with following slightly strange orders, and well... I trust you for everything involving normal humans, but I don't think you can be sure about being right when magebreakers are around."

"Anyway, thanks for considering.  If you want to help me with scrying, feel free.  The memento just seems so much easier, though, and we can be certain in a way that we can't be any other way."

[syvarris]

"But..."

Ekrov groans, closing his eyes and scowling.  "I hate that you're right.  The ferrous memento is reliable, and free, and easy.  Like too many evil things, it's simply better than the moral choice.  I wish I knew why I made this damned thing!"

He opens the sack, revealing the metal-decorated skull.   He lifts it up in front of him, glaring angrily at it, and for a brief few seconds it seems like he's about to throw it across the room.  Then he hugs it close to his chest, frowning and looking back at Saeko.  "Fine.  It's... you're right, again.  Fine... but I want to warn people.  Tell them we'll be checking their memories to see if they're spies.  Though, then they know there's others out there who would pay them to spy on us.  And right after we did something invasive!  AND then they'd be able to tell the mage breakers that I have this ability, and am willing to use it against them!"  He groans again, shutting his eyes and leaning back.

"...Why did I make this evil thing?"

[Devastator]

"Yeah.. telling them wouldn't help, would it?"

"Well, we could just make it the truth.  We're not going to search through their memories.  We're not going to do anything to them.  We're just going to ask a few questions and check if they're telling the truth or not."

"As for why?  I don't know.  Don't sculptors like yourself just get ideas and then things happen?  Maybe there's a god of statues or something around."

"If there is, we could try to find him and yell at him."

[syvarris]

Ekrov remains silent as Saeko speaks, until she suggests finding the god of statues and yelling at him.  At that, he lets out an involuntary chuckle, and cracks a smile.  He sighs, the smile fading as he opens his eyes and looks back down at the Ferrous Memento.  "Yeah, you're right.  I don't have any real idea where I get the ideas for these, I just... do.  They're works of love, too, I just wish they could match me better.  Like the Universal Lubricant.  That is... pure.  Unlike this."

He turns the skull over in his hands, still frowning and looking forlorn.  "It really would be nice if there's some god out there who chose for me to make such a thing.  At least then, there's a reason outside of myself.  I've always just felt that I made this because it relates to me somehow." he says, venom creeping into his voice.  "Like my noble blood giving me some instinctual desire to control people."

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Name: Eve
Appearance: 4 ft tall female human with long hear that constantly changes color. She always wears a long sleeve shirt and jeans. She has slightly tan skin and green eyes. most of her right arm is made of aluminum, from her hand to her forearm.
Magic path: Servant Sculptor
Mana: 1
Strength: d4
Speed: d8
Endurance: d6
Knowledge: d10
Will: d8
Senses: d8

Ongoing effects: None

Items needed for current Sculpture

1. An arrow, caught mid flight.
2. A piece of Amber containing a living thing
3. A block of Lead
4. A compass
5. Solidified Smoke.

Spirit: A silver quiver with 1 arrow that looks like a rib cage
Spirit Task: Unknown
Inventory: Doctor's bag, Thick fur shirt d4, Thick fur leggings d4, ghost charm, 100 ft of string, a pry-bar, 9 gold’s worth of food and water, Idol of Flux, 15 gold, a silver quiver that looks like a rib cage, a bow, 1 silver arrow, a sweatshirt, a winter coat, a hat, a pair of gloves, winter boots, snow pants, 3 torches, a lantern, food(how much goldsworth so I can add it to the stack I have?) a few feet of rope
Materials: Lightsilver, Silver, Stone, Water, Mercury, Erode, Channel

((sorry for taking so long, Internet went out yesterday))
Greet the spirit and ask it the following question
“Hello. Do you know what happened to the people here?”
If it’s hostile, try dodging its attacks

[Lenglon]

Thank you.
I think I've done all I can then. Once I've seen to everyone and done what I can, make note of anyone that I think is treatable but that I was unable to help ((write down who they are, what is wrong, and what is needed)) and then I'll be moving along.

Spoiler: Nina (click to show/hide)

Name: Nina Morellis
Appearance: A young, red-haired woman, green eyes, somewhat unkempt. She's had Adam for as long as she could remember, and has a bit of a reputation as a harmless nut. The town guard are okay with Nina though, occasionally getting her help keeping a mage secured by having her drain their mana so they can't cast. Since they don't have a proper magehunter available, having a local civilian channeler they can bring in as needed is a big help. And Nina tries to be on her best behavior with them to keep their relations good. Nina herself works as a healer, living out in the poor part of town, and has an erratic schedule based on the needs of those who want her help. so she has a lot of free time, but also gets woken up in the middle of the night a lot. add in Adam's occasional antics and she doesn't get to have a stable sleep schedule.

Magic Path: Channeler, Invoker.

Materials: Sound, Accelerate
Mana: 100

Strength: D4+1
Speed: D6+1
Endurance: D10+1
Knowledge: D8+1
Will: D10+1
Senses: D6+1

Inventory: 25 gold, a few sacks of food, 2 silver, aqua vitae, Backpack, padded cloak (D4 protection, Light armor), doctor's bag, walking stave, Lantern, Medicine backpack, The healer's handbook, Surgeon's Kit, Excorcist's kit, Doctor's Cloak.

Inhabited by a spirit which takes the form of a floating disembodied limb that constantly melts and reforms into other body parts. She calls it "Adam."

Cabal: None at this time.