The mages in Nott who are willin' to risk portals would only take gold. I mean, far as I know, anyway. I can't think of anythin' else they would want more than money.

[ And she doubts that anyone is just traipsing through Thorne, offering the kind of escape the Summoned got. Those people had exerted a massive amount of magic, and no one has heard from them since. And, at the heart of it, the Summoned are special. Saving a group of people from other worlds, all with a connection to the Singularity, is different than saving random fucking townsfolk. ]

Sure. But I think it's probably more like a serial killer or somethin' pickin' 'em off.