I often feel sorry for Saerlund. Part is that my characters (or at least me personally with 4th wall knowledge) align with him politically and his opinions are part of his problems. Another is being put down by his own family. His mother is a clueless idiot but thinks he's possessed or cursed. The mage that his mother has investigating him is a scatter brained dunce. His brother is just a favor-currying sell out, pandering to their mother's puppet-stringed ideas and willing to have his brother k