Yes

You nod to yourself then and looked to Zazz'raqk, "A good enough of a start. Ghouls can be very useful in expanding our forces. While they will eat into our corpses needed for bolstering our undead, their specialties in combat and murdering can supplement it more than enough. They'll be better at performing missions than the skeletons."

The imp servant licked his lips and smiled at the praise, "My thoughts precisely, Mistress Countess. I can see with a promise of their own cut of the corpses, they'll be eager to go out and collect bodies for us. And if we can reign them in, they would be superb at knocking out and collecting slaves."

"A valid point, dearie." You have to admit, that was a point you hadn't considered. There were clans that preferred to knock out living victims to then have around to feast on for later. If this clan had this tendency, then they would be great at rounding up more slaves to use for labor and sacrifices. They could be a **** that would very much pay for itself.

"Alright, that decides it. I'll have to work to get this clan of ghouls. They're too useful to ignore, and I would like to take the risk of them not being around. Where are these ghouls, anyways?"

The imp continued to smile as he went to fetch your ritual knife and your grimoire for your journey, "They migrated to the crypt city of Alferheim about two days from this mountain, my Mistress. The position of it allows for a major trade city and three farming villages to make use of it. Surely a great feast for such a clan. Though they might have either migrated elsewhere or even have other clan to have territory bouts with. I don't know if their presence was discovered, so the crypt city might still be in use."

"Ah yes, Alferheim. I have been meaning to use it for my own purposes...though I would have only used it for skeletons, and maybe learn to raise zombies, or ghosts, or homunculi. But if there are ghoul clans there, then it could be even more useful." You figured it could be a powerful base of operations for your future ghoul allies. As well as a constant supply of corpses to feed them and bolster your undead forces. However, if any of your operations were discovered, it could lead to hunters trying to quell your endeavors or even the people to stop using Alferheim for burials. Or even worse, could lead to burning of their dead to stop your attempts of making an army.

Well, those were thoughts for later. First you needed a means to ensure you had a reasonable bargaining chip to enlist the ghouls. And there were only two things ghouls were interested in. Corpses and security. They needed to know that joining you meant that they could eat for as long as they want and had the security to feast without being killed, the only risk of **** being from combat.

While you can ensure the security part of the deal thanks to the position of your castle, you needed the corpse bit. Which means, before you even go to Alferheim you'll need a healthy supply of dead bodies to entice them. Which means you'll need to go out on a hunt for victims to slaughter.

Grabbing hold of your knife and grimoire brought over by your sweet imp, you looked down to him with purpose. Attaching the book and knife to your hips, you say, "Go fetch five male slaves and a female ****. The five males will be hauling a cart while the female will be my food source. I shall rouse my Crypt Guards and some archers. You'll be in charge of the castle for the next few days while I work on getting our new allies."

The imp bowed in obedience. You can tell he was sad that he would be without your presence for awhile, but he wasn't about to disobey your orders. After the bow, he then turned around and ran out the room to begin performing the tasks.

This was going to be an interesting first week in this game you have created for yourself.