Starting Options-
A. Fast Ship: 2
B. Wizard's Guard:1
C. GFC: 3
D. Mystery Portal:
E. White Gold Tower: 5
Additional option in exchange for future favor?
Yes: 8
No:
Actions (Put your name or character's name behind which action they will perform)-
Build the Tower: Mazalmof the Malidictious (crazyabe), Vern (ConscriptFive), Amon Antigonus (Knightwing64), Bartolemproze (Demonic Spoon)
Integrate with the locals/Clear Monsters: Arven (Sudorandom), Wisenwald (Robo), Nota Dr Agon (Voidslayer)
Investigate the Island: Jack The "Magic" Man (Fluffe9911)
Bartolemproze slurps in deep contemplation. "Yessh, the Morning's Glory, while useful, would ultimately be an expendable asset, simply waiting for the next nefarious sea monster to devour it. Better to invest in more permanent options. Like a really fancy tower and the giant crystal to protect it."
"Taking on a debt from the Doge seems well worth it for the benefits we will gain, and having any sort of relationship with a nearby influential ruler is most likely to be a good thing. We will have to get involved in local geopolitics at some point or another if we want to fulfil the purpose of the council in providing a safe haven for wizardkind. Yesh. Certainly the Doge is unlikely to attack us while he still has a debt from us to call upon."
Bartolemproze uses sympathetic magic to form connections with various massive building blocks of the future tower, allowing him to lift them into the air and slot them into place with relative ease. He places various hexes on the outer walls that would curse would be thieves attempting to scale the tower with various deformities, blindness, old age and amnesia.
Assuming the Giant Floating Crystal is approved by the council, Bartolemproze takes care to integrate it into the functioning of the tower itself, allowing the tower to serve as a control/guiding rod for the crystal.