>>96047862
Restructured my build. I figured that obtaining the Drowning Scroll *after*, not during, the Shadow Mass Ejection makes more sense. I also explained my choice of first spell to learn and tentatively planned my development in year 2. Lastly, I used https://image-upscaling.net/imageupscaling/ to upscale my image, to amazing results.

>Introduction:
Prison Break
Items: Cheap Clothes, Bronze Knife, Hardened Leather Cuirass
Stats:
Logic: 5

>Event 1:
Shady Merchant
Items: High Quality Food, 1 Coin/Year Outer Ring Tavern-Inn, Cheap Clothes, Bronze Knife, Hardened Leather x4 (Cuirass, Greaves, Gauntlets, Helmet)
Stats:
Logic: 5
Empathy: 2

>Event 2:
Crimson Tide (Scenario 2) (Exotic Body: Female, Age 5)
Items: High Quality Food, 1 Coin/Year Outer Ring Tavern-Inn, Cheap Clothes, 7 Coins (knife and armor sold after obtaining the Exotic Body)
Stats:
Logic: 5
Empathy: 2
Charisma: 0 (Physical Beauty 5)

Lifespan... Being 5 years old doesn't really matter. As a (future) mage with bodyguards, I'm not nearly as reliant on my body as warriors. In fact, training the body from a young age is better long term.

>Event 3:
Baraqu (Female Exotic Body, Known, and Taken In)
Items: Baraqu's Palace Benefits, 9 Coins
Skills: Stealth, Basic Scholarship
Stats:
Agility: 1
Logic: 5
Empathy: 2
Charisma: 0 (Physical Beauty 5)

>Year End Event:
The Shadow Mass Ejection (Sneak Out of Baraqu's Palace)
Items: Baraqu's Palace Benefits, The Blue Tear, 9 Coins
Mutations: The Blue Gift
Spark of Magic: Full Spark

I'll gift healing water to the wives one after another in descending hierarchical order. In addition to assuaging their hostility toward me, it sends a subtle message: "I possess the power of healing. Do not offend me if you wish to benefit from it again."