And so began Damian's never-ending mimicry spell tests, conducted on hundreds of animals and monsters at a time. Capturing and transporting these creatures to the capital was an expensive endeavor, but the court's decision-makers were deeply invested in his experiments. They issued a royal decree, compelling the lords of each region to participate. Each lord was required to supply at least two monsters from the dungeons within their seats of power. For regions without dungeons, the task was to capture three creatures from the wild.
An official list of acceptable monsters was maintained, updated weekly with details of which had been procured and which were still outstanding. This initiative inadvertently generated numerous jobs for mercenaries and scholars specializing in the study of animals and monsters. Basically making his name as an eccentric researcher in the eyes of common civilians.
