I would like to note that for grinding Brilliant Souls

Best source I found was conversion of "Memories of Distant Shores"

>>>"Publish a Memoir of Distant Shores

The work is important. Vital, even. But are you in academic good graces?

Your options here will change, depending on whether you are welcome at the university."

>>>Give:

>>>Uncover a cache of souls

You have the diary of a zee-captain from the Iron Republic. Perhaps you can find what he buried in Tyrant's Gardens.

This will always gain you Brilliant Souls

>>>This gives 51 Brilliant Soul per 50 Memories of Distant Shores

Memories of Distant Shores can often be obtained from "Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go" in Spite