Amari Bacci is a wealthy human noble and an investor in the arcane. He knows wizards earn a lot of coin, and he’s looking to dominate the market of magical resources to earn a cut of that money. Amari funded Illumar’s plan to create an arcane workshop powered by “assistive magic,” expecting that the mages would create an intricate system of spells woven together, using spells like unseen servant and similar magic. The last time Amari heard from Illumar was through the casting of the sending spell three weeks ago. Illumar said that the work he had to show off could not be brought down from the mountain. Amari would have to make the climb to see it, but the noble hasn’t heard back from Illumar since and he’s worried. Amari asks the characters to check in on the facility, which is built into a nearby mountain range. He offers 400 gp for any information, with the promise of more gold if the characters return with any recovered research.