REFUGEVILLE

(You've got a tag error around Zalana's quote.)

A crossbow has a value of 200 crumbits, and we have four? Selling one seems like a good idea to me, then. That would easily let us buy both shrines and still have plenty left over. Buying the journal and smithing manual with the rest seems good.

Thinking our best shrine options are Zalana, Alstalti, and Bidabog - the last one not so much for the direct benefits (though a dragon goddess helping out in battle is certainly cool) but rather because of our existing connection to Rimewulf. Maybe if we worship her we can help the Dragonwolf come into being somehow.

The staircase god doesn't seem very practical right now, we'd need a reliable source of materials. On the other hand, he did ask us to build a shrine to him as soon as we could, and a direct request from a god should be taken seriously.

I suppose Bidabog and Tanggara are the most interesting options from a narrative perspective, Zalana aligns with our principles, and Alstalti is just generally useful. Personally I'm inclined to go for Bidabog and Alstalti at the moment.