He ended up taking the classes offered by the Cartographer’s Society. More accurately, he paid extra to have an instructor assigned to him for individual lessons so he could save some time. Zorian was pleasantly surprised by the mage they sent him in response. The young man assigned to him was polite and straightforward in his teaching methods. A welcome reprieve from Zorian’s usual luck with teachers. He only attended three sessions with the man, but that was enough to give him a plethora of mapping spells, not all of which dealt with classical paper maps. Zorian’s personal favorite was a spell that created a miniature illusionary replica of the caster’s surroundings above their palm—that had been fun to play with.
It was tempting to just spend the rest of the restart goofing around wi
