"It is Occlus. Your Wardstone remains secure. This is merely a projection."

“Ah, that makes sense.”

She can see cultists start to exit the garrison as they flee in disarray.

“Impressive multitasking.  And they still haven’t organized an assault on the Wardstone?  It seems a bit sloppy, even by the standards of demons.”

"They attempted to do so. Their efforts were disrupted. As I said, their leader is now slain."

“I had gotten reports it was Minagho leading them.  She is a Lilitu, I don’t think Anevia mentioned them because they are so rare.  Lilitu are kind of like extra powerful succubi.  Can you see through your projection?  If it looked like an eyeless succubi that would be a Lilitu.  And Minagho was also a witch on top of that.  Witches are usually mortal spellcasters not demons.  And they have a spell list about halfway between clerics and wizards.”

"That is the one. Her head awaits you in the great hall within."

"I'll look for the head... Minagho is, or perhaps was, a tricky foe, so we need to rule out illusions or a body double or any other deceptions that mean she might still be alive."

"Good fortune in your endeavors. I shall be at the Wardstone."

And the ghost disappears.

Now, she's been keeping half an ear out so she knows there was nothing urgent at the location of her body. But presumably someone may have questions?

"Do you want to explain what that was?  Or at least what you did?  We got as far as figuring out it doesn't show up to detect magic, and certainly isn't a standard spell, although maybe a variant of Astral Projection might look like that?  But no pressure if your techniques are secret to your monk order or something like that."

Anevia is trying to avoid being pushy, an adventurer going with 'I'm from another planet' to avoid backstory questions might also want to keep their spells (or ki techniques, or psion powers... there was a lot of speculation in a very short time) secret.

"This flesh is not all that I am. I simply stepped beyond its limits for a time. Our latest intruder was a lilitu. She is dead now, or thoroughly fled. Terendelev identified her as one Minagho; they are preparing to retake the fortress on the surface."

The spellcaster with the sword that jumped down early exclaims triumphantly. "Told you it was an astral projection!"

The abjurer wizard who offered a communal protection from evil responds. "She didn't actually say that, her description was kind of metaphorical anyway."

Onto more important subjects...

"Can you keep picking off stronger demons at range like that, or is that more of a limited times per day kind of deal?"

"I must know my target. And the chief advantage is in surprise, which is lost when overused."

"Fair enough.  Back to me trying to summarize all the spells?  Or did you sense anything else we should act on?"

The abjurer wizard addresses Darth Occlus.  "I can give a more theoretical overview if you want once you finish Anevia's basic summary.  Like she isn't even mentioning the schools of magic, which even a basic knowledge of can help you guess which spells will counteract which or how certain spells may interact.  And it would help you to guess what other spells or tricks a given specialist might have."

"I do not believe anything else demands our immediate attention."

Then Anevia will finish off describing the relevant 4th circle spells.  She knows even fewer 5th circle spells from memory, but she does know the fundamentals.  Notable spells to Darth Occlus might include Raise Dead (although Anevia doesn't know to emphasize it as notable, if anything her summary is kind of dismissive "it would be pretty handy, but the diamond cost puts it out of range of what most people below third circle can afford, even with insurance schemes or such").

Hm. Does it work on demons? And what makes a diamond suitable for the spell?

"Demons are, like, physically made of soul-stuff or something like, so destroying their body means there is no soul for the spell to grab, so lucky for us it doesn't work on demons.  The diamond just needs to be a certain clarity and weight."

Anevia gestures to indicate the size, it is actually pretty small.

"There isn't a spell for decisively telling in advance, but the Abadarans are consistent enough at appraising diamonds they will give a money back guarantee."

The wizard is listening now and can clarify.  "There actually is a 1st circle spell for aiding in appraisal, but it just moderately boosts mundane ability and skill, and the Abadarans have the tools and training to appraise diamonds accurately and consistently even without the spell.  I've vaguely heard of higher circle spells and rituals to help assess diamonds for use in magic, but appraisal services are reliable enough and the Abadarans usually include confidentiality so I don't think people bother with those approaches much, at least for the standard usages of diamonds."

"Is it required to be cut and polished? Do you know of a reason why a synthetic diamond should not work as well as one naturally created?"

"I don't why that wouldn't work.  If whatever you are thinking of actually works you will probably be the richest person on the continent depending on exactly how you use the knowledge."

"Conjuration doesn't work for making a magically usable diamond, conjurations are usually temporary and have properties that would interfere with using a conjured diamond as a material component.  Most of the workarounds for making a conjuration not temporary don't work for diamonds for a variety of reasons. I have heard of items that can conjure very small amounts of material components for spells in a usable way, but I think it scales in a way that makes that unworkable for diamonds.  Transmutations, same overall problem.  If you know a minimally magical (such that it doesn't run into the problems with using conjured or transmuted materials) alchemical process, what Anevia said, you are basically set to become the richest person ever."

This person is probably confused or something... but if she is somehow right this is possibly the most important conversation he will ever have in his life.

"I have a spell to let us whisper to each other more easily, maybe I should have offered it sooner, but it won't let you and Anevia whisper to each other, just to and from me.  May I cast it on you?"

"Aquilia here is a member of the flaming lance.  I trust him reasonably well... I'm maybe not as sure as I should be for a conversation that is apparently this valuable."  A bit of skepticism leaks into her voice.

It probably won't work, from what Anevia knows, wizards have tried all sorts of nonsense to get more diamonds over the millennia.  Even if Darth Occlus's created diamonds work they are probably super expensive to create or something.

She waves a dismissive hand. "Diamond is merely a crystalline arrangement of carbon. As far as I can tell, you lack the technological base to perform the process of creating synthetics on an industrial scale, and seeing to it personally would be tedious and boring. I've no intent to disrupt your diamond market, beyond perhaps a few created for my own purposes should I come across an amenable fifth-circle caster."