The two quickly and happily reached an agreement to cooperate. It might have seemed rather casual, but in truth, things had never been that complicated. After all, this world was a feudal society. Within their own territories, feudal lords were basically kings. Often, even a kingdom's king had no authority to interfere with what the various lords did within their own domains.
Naturally, Solam's territory was his alone to govern. What was more, the old Amn Empire that had granted Solam his dukedom had already collapsed. In theory, there was no longer anyone above him to restrain him. Although Athkatla had been the core of the Amn Empire, the problem was that Athkatla had lost all claim to the old empire's territories. The former imperial council had completely vanished, while the current Council of Six had merely been reestablished with the support of the Masked Mage Guild. The two were fundamentally different.
Thus, Solam no longer had a liege lord above him. He was effectively independent, with far greater autonomy.
Oh, right, one thing had been forgotten. Ocasuan and Mother of Mists Island were not included in the cooperation agreement between Solam and Colson. Those two places were simply too important, and Solam could not possibly allow followers of Oghma to enter them so easily. At least until Eilistraee condensed the divine portfolio of "Redemption" and ascended once more, Solam would not allow outsiders near either place.
So Solam decided to use Emmanuel as a pilot project. After all, the dwarves and Tieflings there were also extremely poorly educated. As for Mother of Mists Island and Ocasuan, Solam felt they could wait. It would only be three to five years anyway, so the impact would not be significant.
What was more, they could use the results in Emmanuel to see