Below themain hall and the arena leves of the guildhall is the undercroft of
the guild. Here are furnaces and forges of the dwarves, administrative
offices, a shantytown of kobold laborers, and barracks for indentured guild
workers, not all of whom are still alive. On the edge of the kobold quarters,
the guild's chief necromancer Selan has his office.
The area around it is poorly lit, and the kobolds living closest have symbols
 of protection chalked on their walls.

A pair of hooded forms stand by the entrance to the hallway.

I walk over and say to the hooded forms
" 'Ello gents, could either of you direct me to Dagon or Selan?"

In reply to Arvak Garver (msg # 2):

"Dgn?...Sln? Wt hrr."

I stand there for a few moments trying to puzzle out any meaning from his response.
Unsuccessful, I point and gesture at the hall and myself while slowly speaking.
"Is it ok for me to go in?"

In reply to Arvak Garver (msg # 4):

The hooded figure raises his arm, which has a hook for a hand and repeats its
gravelly murmur.
"Wt..hr...ll..gt..Dgn." He then turns and opens the door and
steps through, pulling the door closed behind him.

In reply to undead minion (msg # 5):

The door creaks open once moor, and the hooded figure steps out, followed by a man in a hooded robe carrying a staff.
"I see, you must be the hflng my minion said wanted to see me.
How can I help you? Are you looking to raise a body, or contract to sell
one?"

I perk up at the mention of selling a body.

"I came for neither, but I am interested in the terms of selling a body... Could I make a contract for my own body once I die? Do undead keep their consciousness? Their skills?"

In reply to Arvak Garver (msg # 7):

"As it is legal only to sell yourself when dead, or those with whom
you have made a legal compact, such as a formal company of adventurers, to
discourage stealing or making bodies, plenty of people do, usually to pay
debts. We pay about twenty five Francs for a mostly intact body. The guild
uses reanimates as obstacles for proficiency runs. Generally, they don't
come back with their wits, but it has been known to happen.  Cavill is a rare
exception. My minions have some dim awareness, but don't recall their former
 lives."

"Could I give myself for free and upgrade to better materials to get the 'hope for a second life' package?"

I see Oly and Danos approaching and wave them over.
"These are my associates Danos and Oly."