Atonement ideas for a Cleric of Iomedae

[dunebugg]

The background:

The Thassilonian mage in my party acquired a piece of an artifact that changed him, making it so he was healed and damaged as if he were undead. This is not a spell effect, and his physiology has not changed in any way. I'm guessing it would be some sort of permanent SU effect.

The item is..:

Part of the Runelord of Gluttony's phylactery, the Gluttonous Tome.

After finding this out and sharing it with the party, the Cleric of Iomedae (Tyrell) was unsure how to proceed. Iomedae's teachings say that all undead must be destroyed. However, his friend the mage is not undead. Tyrell decided he was not comfortable with preparing Inflict spells to help ensure his mage friend did not perish on the battlefield. He sought guidance via Divination. I had no idea how Iomedae might feel, so I gave him something along the lines of:

Look not into the teachings of your faith, but within yourself for the answer you seek.

Because Tyrell had explicitly stated his unwillingness to prepare inflict spells, I mentally noted THAT would trigger a cutoff of power from his deity (he was insanely worried about upsetting her and kept mentioning potentially needing atonement so I figured it would be interesting to throw in).

After much deliberation, talks of wands and use magic device, he finally resigned to preparing a few Inflict spells. This is his first time abandoning his ideals and seemed very proper for him to require atonement.

Where they are now:

RotRL Spoilers:

The party had just defeated the Grauls at their homestead, and are preparing to retake Fort Rannock. They are in Turtleback Ferry, but there is not likely anybody powerful enough to cast Atonement closer than Magnimar.

The party is about a weeks travel to the closest town that may have somebody of sufficient level to cast Atonement.

How to proceed?
Atonement is freakin' boring. Find somebody who can cast it, and presto-chango everything is restored if you are repentant. I'm hoping to make some goal for Tyrell that would re-prove himself to his goddess, especially considering that now he is level 8, he is becoming one of her more powerful mortal champions.

Important details:
- He has the Squire feat
- His Squire (a Paladin of Iomedae) died trying to prove himself to advance into a real cohort. This will be the first the church has heard of it
- The party is about to (likely) claim a Fort. Maybe he will be requested to take it in the name of the church and develop it?

So, I'd like to hear some ideas on Atonement quests or pledges that you would use on a player in this situation. They should NOT be punishing, this is to help build character (har har).