I hope so, too. But he must have figured out some way to survive a gold piece at a time. Hopefully nobody decides to ask him to do anything too dangerous to earn one.
Maybe they just wanted an adventure? I'm not Merilwen. I can't talk to the animals.
necropolis-non-sea.
...I guess there is a stable near the mansion. Are you going to take care of them? Clean up, feed them, take them for walks? Whatever it is Oxes do?