Everyone has to make a living somehow, even wizards. Since wizards for hire are fairly rare, life should be pretty easy. Except that when you're just starting out you can't afford a tower, much less the land it sits on. You can't afford a wardrobe of fine clothing, or a coach and four and you can forget about servants. So Otheldo bought a wagon along with a team to pull it, then he went out into the world to make his fortune - and discovered that his old mystical progenitor hadn't exaggerated a bit when he said, “Trust me. If it were easy, everyone would do it.”
Everyone has to make a living somehow, even wizards. Since wizards for hire are fairly rare, life should be pretty easy. Except that when you're just starting out you can't afford a tower, much less the land it sits on. You can't afford a wardrobe of fine clothing, or a coach and four and you can forget about servants. So Otheldo bought a wagon along with a team to pull it, then he went out into the world to make his fortune - and discovered that his old mystical progenitor hadn't exaggerated a bit when he said, “Trust me. If it were easy, everyone would do it.”