The last wasn't impossible. Conrad just had to find and coerce the right sorcerer to do it. He knew that there were only so many in the entire world and all other dimensions who could resurrect beings. And even fewer who would.
As for his captivity - the bottom line was that his brothers were not coming back, or at least, not soon. Not until after a war. If they got out alive. Could the Valkyrie take Mount Oblak? Certainly possible. But it would take time to prepare. Time he didn't have. His blood supply wasn't infinite, and the threat of Tarut weighed on him. Tonight Conrad would get started on his list. When he'd awakened this evening, N