I'm glad to hear you think I was solid, I totally felt like a waste of skin there towards the end.

The sleek black was the biggest reason, and I completely intended go to hero anyway and learn all I can, but then when I found out I'd inadvertantly locked myself out of one of the area explores that was the last straw when it was the same day that I learned sleeks can be in those areas now.

I used up tons of edge points just before hearing about the sleek attune edges, so that was another frustrating point. I shifted gears back to going for more talks with Padwei, which had been on hold some when I started the sleek search, but I felt like a begger going back to her after so few talks in such a long time. I needed the imm xp for edge points and each pray felt like shaking a tin can on the street.

I was glad to see you get Marshall, and wish I could have made Maran, earning that, instead of getting it given by default after toiling at hero forever was another goal I had and missed out on with this character.

I'll be back with fortress, likely as another conjurer once I do more wand work, hopefully in particular with the non-sleek barriers.