Edith Asked the weird guy about his magic powers

"You want to know of my patron? Very well then. Nyarlathotep is the great fiend, the infernal set upon the world in the old days to lash man to strife for all his sins. He is the embodiment of chaos, and the epitome of law. He is an enigma, a paradox of existence. In this reality, both striving for destruction and peace, order and madness, he grants mortals like me his powers. Why even I can not say. As far as I can tell he asks no bargain other than that I seek to grow more powerful. My patron is heresy to the church, and so I am not welcome in many lands where the orthodoxy has set claim. For that I am glad you all took me in. I will make myself useful as your ally. Your foes will know the wrath of my master, and of my dark arts, should they set their sights against the Temple of Magic.