Should I work with it?

First of all, get a proper magician overall and a cheap scrolled magicodar or a clean one. You could also get some cheap scrolled earrings and a decent spiegelmann necklace. Get a deputy star, and sell it for the funds to get this stuff.

Don't go for nightshadow badges or flamekeeper cordons; your genesis won't be strong enough to take them out at a decent rate. How many mesos are you willing to spend on the priest?