The Witch and the Lich; Tracking

Credits; Krell, Arcania,

"Alright, so you have a basic idea how a detection spell works, right?"
Krell nodded.  "it's just a spell that does all the forensic work for you.  Tells you whether something is or isn't something else."
Arcania smiled,  "Or someone, yes.  Although in this case you're correct.  Of course, you can't know what you're looking for unless you've encountered the thing.  Otherwise everyone would just detect source of immortality and the whole world would be even more of a mess than it is.  And only those who are what they want to detect can create items that will detect a thing.  In order to create a Lich finding compass, you have to be a Lich with a compass." 
Krell took out a small Universal Positioning System he carried with him.  Kvald had given it to him when he had been made Admiral.  Carefully designed to look like a comapss, but it stored a complete map of everywhere that had ever been mapped.  And it all fit in a little silver inlaid black box.  It had come with a few tracking enchantments; the fleet for instance, as well as the fleets of a few other nations.  He'd added a few detections of his own; the stone circles that dotted the universe from Earth to deep space for example.  It would be a simple matter to add one more color to the legend. 
"Of course, to find a phylactery you need a little bit more.  Discern truth; don't suppose you know the spell?"
He did.  The emperor had not been much of a mage; so he'd had Krell test certain statements made by those upon whom he was not willing to bestow his trust. 
"Yes, I know it.  Let me guess, combine the two and I get Detect True Lich?"
"Well put; I find that one should always start such enchantments with truth and move from there.  The pattern ends the same way regardless, but it feels more auspicous that way."
"That makes sense.  But there's no difference either way?"
She nodded.  ZeeGee growled and he looked behind him.  The, anomaly was probably the right word even if it didn't seem polite, had taken the form of a dog and was staring directly at Arcania.  She stood up and patted him on the shoulder as she walked over to her companion.  He turned back to the table and began sketching out the pattern for Truth.  He could hear her muttering to the shifting anomaly.  They seemed mutually agitated over something, but he couldn't tell what.  Was it something he'd done?  She came back after a few minutes and drew the symbol for a Lich so he could copy it.  Whatever they'd discussed it had clearly not gone her way. 
"What was that about?"
"Krell, ZeeGee seems to have the impression that you be a bit attracted to me."
"Oh.  Well, you're very nice and intellegent.  Perhaps were I alive and younger I might, but certainly not now."
"Would you mind telling him that?  It's really bothering him."  He knew he'd said the wrong thing, but it was true.  No matter how old she might be, he was bones in a robe.  It didn't get any older; not physically.  Yes she was nice, but he'd already met the perfect girl and he'd been at her side when old age had taken her. 
"ZeeGee, I am not attracted to her.  You have nothing to worry about."  It roared angrily.  He wasn't sure if that was it refusing to believe him or just more echoing its mistress' feelings.  Weren't immortals supposed to be serene and passionless? 
"Are you sure you want to put a tracking spell on your map?  It looks like a very nice map and I'd hate to see it ruined."  She sounded colder than before.  He hoped she'd get past it; he couldn't imagine she'd found him very attractive anyways. 
"It's hardly the first."  He activated the symbols and watched them fade into the map.  He flipped it open, now to test it.  "System.  display tracking; royal family." A series of purple dots popped up in the vicinity of Danielland.  "Display tracking; Lich"  A series of black circles popped up.  Two of them matched purple dots perfectly.  So a second member of the family had become a Lich then.  He'd have to find both then and bring Holine's phylactery before her.  He could see a collection of black rings at the palace with one particular pruple dot; she had his on her.  It was only a matter of time now before he could gain his freedom.