So, in the early history of the OoH game I'm running (currently 801 AD ) the PCs made a deal with a saint for some help they needed. In exchange, the saint asked the PCs to establish orphanages in the pentarchy: Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem and Rome. They'll have to find someone trustworthy to actually directly manage the orphanages, rent/lease/buy land, may have to repair and fix up buildings, and then arrange for funds to be regularly delivered.
What I'm kind of sketchy on is how they would approach the authorities in each city on doing so?
This is a period in which money does not talk very well, and gifted foreigners coming to a city are always going to have a hard time of it. There is also going to be some intrigue with Angels & Demons, prophecy and exploration. Any other suggestions are welcome.
The background:
In previous adventures, they have fought the Order of Solomon and killed about a dozen state sanctioned sahirs. In my game and time period I interpreted the OoS to be wizards in service to the Caliph, with other, independent Sahir's who don't want to be part of the politics of the Caliphate. They have also stopped the Muspelli from trying to end the world twice.
The Muspelli and the OoS worked together to destroy the Order of Hermes - fortunately the PCs covenant is so large that the OoS though t their covenant was the entire OoH. Unfortunately for the PCs, they came back to their covenant after a different adventure, and found their covenant GONE. The two rival groups had worked together to summon a Titan-Aspect to pull the entire covenant into the Magic Realm.
In other adventures, the PCs have encountered a powerful saint who has a knack for finding regios and entering them. So they got help from him to enter the Magic Realm and his price was their aid in establishing orphanages. The saint is looking to find a prophesied child that has a special destiny -if- the saint can find the child in time.
Edit Sept 2015:
I found this book to answer my specific question focusing on the area (Byzantium) & the Time period (800s)
It's called "The Orphans of Byzantium: Child Welfare in the Christian Empire" by Timothy S. Miller
amazon.ca/The-Orphans-Byzant ... 0813213134