Oooooh, this is getting even better than I have come to expect from your masterful pen. Okay, not a pen, but still the same thing.
Knowing what I know about Persephone's backstory from Skyrim, I am really looking forward to seeing how this plays out after Agrigento. Do I scent a second story in the making here? Because as I recall it, your original Seven played out over quite a lot of ground, enough for a full novel. And here I see the makings of yet another, just as in depth, if not more, looming in the not so near future.
This is getting really exciting, and I'm looking forward to more!
Oh, and Acadian already put dibs on what is easily my favorite quote regarding who's the best mage in town.