Baron Kelly, meanwhile, had become someone Annan could recruit. Free City's technology might not support making games yet, but with the baron's abilities, they could build an interactive amusement park first!
As for the fact that he wasn't a good man... If it came down to it, Annan could do what he had done with Griffin: kill the baron to give the nobles of Mond City an explanation, then turn him into a Lich and put him to work in Free City.
The first step was to learn about the baron's past.
The first stop on Annan's "search for inspiration" was the baron's study. The baron had said he could go anywhere, not that he could rummage through everything... but he hadn't objected, so that counted as permission.
Without hesitation, Annan opened the manuscripts on the desk. They were still calculations concerning "logic," though they were becoming increasingly hard to understand. He pulled open the drawers next and looked through some letters.
They were all letters and tokens connected to the Chaos Cult. Finding nothing useful, he tossed them back.
Annan went to the window and looked out at Baron Kelly, who stood in the garden staring at a sculpture whose shape was just beginning to emerge.
Was this supposed to be the woman the baron had never gotten over?
A pity the baron refused to accept a spell like Resurrection of the Dead. Otherwise, they could just pull the girl he had loved in secret out of her grave and settle the matter.
Finding nothing in the study, Annan moved on to the bedroom and checked the drawers and bed.
As Annan ducked down to look under the bed, the baron's voice suddenly rang through the room.
"What are you doing?"
Thud!
Startled into banging his head against the