>>5459093There's a whole set of problems with this even if it's a nice and cuddly type of fel. This could just as easily be a test by Nalice and co to determine whether Alric is someone they can control with the promises of power or someone that is strong enough to trust in his own abilities. The study of magic takes an enormous amount of time and concentration, it will almost surely demand all of our protagonists time and attention. Even if it were benign and controlled sort of magic, just studying the theory and its application would probably take years and whatever the shortcuts the fel provides cannot be reached without murdering living beings to suck out their life. It is practically a trap option because without meaningful powers a warlock has all the social stigma of being one but none of the advantages of being a capable spellcaster. Last but not least, if we ever get exposed, we can kiss all the goodwill we have built up with the Silver Hand and the Alliance goodbye. In addition to that, we also give Nalice and Katrana leverage to use against us should they want to blackmail us. Push comes to shove, Eligius we can cut off or say we didn't know he studied the dark arts, but if the hammer falls on us, there will be no talking our way out of it. We may as well have tried to abuse nepotism and have Kael or Jaina enrolls us into a legit university for all the good this would do us when it comes to time and effort spent to potential value extracted.
