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Survivability
Mortem enhances my durability by letting me create an invisible barrier around myself. The darkstalker version of realm shift allows me to escape into the shadow realm through any pitch black shadow. My shade minions can coat the area around me in pitch black darkness on command, which will allow me to escape to the shadow realm even in normally well-lit areas.
Political Influence
I can easily take control of places of value like hospitals, funeral homes, prisons, and police armories. To do this, I just need to catch the owner(s) of those places when they are alone and force them to accept a blood contract at gunpoint. As an acrobatic (silent) darkstalker who traverses the shadow realm this should be trivial for me. Most people do not believe in magic and would happily go along with my "delusions" if it meant not being shot. Over time I would expand my influence over governments by making forced contracts with powerful people. The following would be my contract conditions.
1. You must never tell anybody about the contract you have made.
2. You must never dabble in magic or seek out a method of removing this contract.
3. You must never tell anybody about me or my allies.
4. You must never attempt to harm or work against me or my allies.
5. You must obey any orders that I give to you.
6. You must answer any questions that I ask of you
7. You must never lie to me
Military Power
I will not personally raise any footsoldiers (armed ghouls). Instead, I will use my magic capacity to raise more wights. My wights will be the ones to raise the bulk of my army. That should allow me to command many more ghouls and shades than my magic capacity alone would allow. With influence over hospitals and funeral homes I will acquire youthful and able corpses. Those corpses will be used in the creation of my wights.
I will strictly control my wights. They will only make ghouls out of the worst kinds of scum, which could be found in the prisons that I control. I will strengthen my shadow guardian by killing the most evil of prisoners. My shadow guardian will devour the ghosts of those prisoners before their ghost has a chance to move onto the afterlife. When I have access to police armories I will be able to equip my ghouls with automatic weapons and SWAT gear.
My wights will serve as platoon commanders. With the ability to summon wisps they will be able to communicate with each other and scout their surroundings. Each one of my wights will have a shadow guardian and a platoon of ghouls and shades. I will control several wights, and so I will effectively have control of a company or battalion of elite soldiers.
Personal Power
I will not risk myself in combat. When I want to destroy something I'll send a few of my wights to get the job done. If I am exposed to danger I intend to escape. However, if backed into a corner I am far from defenseless. My shadow guardian will be powerful and well fed. Mortem allows me to stop time and instantly kill anything that is alive. I can vastly extend my pool of magic power by consuming human blood, which I will have in abundance thanks to my influence over hospitals. I'll have all of the blood packs (mana potions) that I will need to chaincast spells.
Lifestyle
Only the most beautiful women will become my personal artisan corpse maids. I will live a comfortable life alongside these maids while I expand my influence over the world. I will have my shadow guardian, a few shades, and a few wights staying with me for protection.
The majority of my wights will not be by my side. They will be managing sleeper cells of armed ghouls in various human cities while they await my orders. This will let me exert military might anywhere I choose.
I took missions that would allow me to expand my power. I will direct my wights to loot the ruins, slay the lich, and deal with the stone golems in the afterlife while I stay safely behind the lines.