I spoke with Curta. She isn't interested in Magister. She would take Spymaster. Since that also uses INT, I think she might be OK for that.
That would mean asking Helena to do something else. Possibly Magister, which can use CHA. If she is a Bard, then she has some arcane abilities, and Magister is also described as being in charge of education. Bards tecnd to be god at knowledge skills, so I think it fits.
Raz, if we can lock that down, then we can get started. You mentioned making some changes to the kingdom building spreadsheet. Can you send me that?
I kind of see Royal Assassin as more of an executioner/enforcer postion, rather than a real sneak around and kill people in the night kind of position. I thought we were asking the Inquisitor to take it temporarily.
In terms of hexes to claim next, I vote for B4. That gives us a third hex of plins, suitable for farming, and brings us one closer to claiming the gold mine. We can move downward from there and eventually calim the stag lord's fort and establish a presence on the lake.
Option two is to claim A6 and then A7 and link up with the road at Fort Serenko.