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[Origami_Psycho]

Let's see if we can't try that, but also keep the roads barricaded, seeing as how things are going bad in the other towns.  Also, when going forward, I think we ought to design our city with ease of plague control in mind.
Further, we ought to check on Silverhills, and maybe look into using any abandoned shafts for future plague burials.  Also, try to set up a way to get rid of sewage, we don't want that shit in the streets.  Maybe some shallow covered gutters on the sides of the streets, perhaps?
Also, let's build a park.
EDIT: And continue with expanding our industry base and militia.  Try to diversify a little bit, maybe do some exploratory mining for other minerals.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Oh thank god. Alright, let's get busy. We need to crank up food production something fierce. Maybe send out shipments to the still plague-afflicted towns...

Lets hold off on that till after the harvest and make sure we have enough food for our own people. Not much sense in helping other people avoid starvation by starving our own people!

[kaian-a-coel]

And his name is Mal (Latin? for "bad" or "evil") devious...

French. For "evil", as a noun. (the adjective being "mauvais", meaning both bad and evil)

[GreatWyrmGold]

And his name is Mal (Latin? for "bad" or "evil") devious...

French. For "evil", as a noun. (the adjective being "mauvais", meaning both bad and evil)

Linguistics never was my strong suit.

Anyways, I suggest we see if we can find some way to spread knowledge of the Cure to the afflicted towns. It's nice, and it puts them in our debt. Besides, the big plague-towns are a major trade partner and the County seat!

[Plato Play-Doh]

Send advice to Percival and Denton about how to ward off the plague, talk to the monk about building a church/cathedral in our town. Not only would it increase morale among the people, but assuming this is like the middle ages, most educated people of the time have a background in theology, so it would attract them.

[Gervassen]

Lets hold off on that till after the harvest and make sure we have enough food for our own people. Not much sense in helping other people avoid starvation by starving our own people!

Send advice to Percival and Denton about how to ward off the plague, talk to the monk about building a church/cathedral in our town. Not only would it increase morale among the people, but assuming this is like the middle ages, most educated people of the time have a background in theology, so it would attract them.

+1. I'm deeply ambivalent about venturing outside our lands with even so much as grain shipments. We could easily have a second outbreak, so long as other areas have plague and we allow traffic to them. Additionally, whatever extra food we have is likely to be inconsiderable to such a large city, especially since we are primarily a sheep-herding and cattle town that merely grows enough side crops for its own use. Curbiston is a bottomless pit of need at this moment.

Percival and Denton, on the other hand, I think we can help... If we're careful.

[Gamerlord]

True, but aiding others more will have their people look to us (and our descendants) as protectors and helpers, which could come in very handy.

[Origami_Psycho]

Try to help bail out arthur, send a little food, or something.

[jaass]

We should keep them in a week or two quarantine if we are going to send someone out once they come back.

[Origami_Psycho]

We should keep them in a week or two quarantine if we are going to send someone out once they come back.

I like this idea.
Did we ever construct the quarantine buildings?  Maybe we can do that outside the walls of curbiston, and allow Arthur to funnel the people out into there, slowly but surely.

[Gervassen]

We should keep them in a week or two quarantine if we are going to send someone out once they come back.

I like this idea.
Did we ever construct the quarantine buildings?  Maybe we can do that outside the walls of curbiston, and allow Arthur to funnel the people out into there, slowly but surely.

Curbiston has Gunther there. I'm sure they have been trying quarantine methods, but large communities simply have a harder task in pinning down the spread of disease than small communities.. Arthur may also have lacked our resolve to kill those who broke curfew. Right now, we need to keep that resolve if any Curbiston folk think to escape to Feroshire when they learn that we've beaten the plague. That's partly my ambivalence about helping others right now... it advertises that we are "safe" and refugees could quickly change that status.

[Maldevious]

Year 6, August

Regarding the church: it is assumed that Feroshire has an appropriately sized religious building. I avoid delving too deeply into religion in game, as I have found that it can cause massive derails, unproductive tangents, and hurt feelings.

Another sweltering summer month, and you still focus on the plague gripping the County. You send riders with information on the cures that were found effective towards Denton's and Percival's lands, but find that they are flying the black flags now as well, scaring your riders off. You begin to worry that word will get out that your town is a haven from this disease, and post armed guards on all the roads coming into town with the orders to kill those that won't turn back. You do not want another outbreak.

That being said, the plague has disappeared from your town entirely. Life is getting back to normal. Farming and food production is back to normal, and your harvest should only be slightly below average this year, easily made up by slaughtering a few more sheep or cattle. The tower is finished this month, and you begin to move your supplies in to your designated quarters. The walls should be finished next month, as well.

You are about to send a letter to Silverhills, hoping to inquire as to the use of the mines as a future burial site for plague victims, but are shocked when a small stream of refugees arrive and state the town is abandoned, with numerous dead in the streets. The head refugee says that many of the dead were struck down not by the disease, which was mild, but by panicking citizens driven to riot by the death of a young man breaking the quarantine. A rider sent to investigate corroborates, and informs you that your councillor and head miner, Curtis Stumpf, is among the dead.

You hold the refugees apart from the town for a couple of weeks, to make sure they are not diseased, then incorporate them into the town. You will need to repopulate Silverhills and the mines in the near future if you wish to continue paying for large projects like the walls.

With your gold source cut off for the moment, you hold off on starting another major construction project you had planned, the creation of a series of covered sewers along main thoroughfares. You worry that if you start now, you will lack the funds to see the project through.

Your men stationed as guards on the roads tell you that they have had to kill a few determined refugees who refused to turn back. Word percolates back to you, however, that there are rumors that Curbiston is devastated with the plague, and whispers that the young Count has perished. Your stomach drops after the risks you took to see the boy installed, but you hope that the rumors are just that: rumors.

September beckons, and with it the possibility of cooler weather, which the monk tells you may have an effect on the plague. What will you do, Sir Stone?

Spoiler: "Baronet Samuel Stone" (click to show/hide)

Age: 25 - February birthday
Spouse: Lady Marna Stone - Age 22 - April Birthday
Children: Sir Isaac Stone - One Year Old - March Birthday

Good Health
Excellent Fitness

Literate
Natural Archer
Good Swordswman
Fine Man of the People
Above Average Rider
Above Average Woodsman
Above Average Heroic Combatant (fighting against the odds)
Average Etiquette
Average Lancer
Average Shield User
Average Armor User
Average History
Poor Legal Mind
Poor Rhetoric
Poor Medical Mind

Spoiler: "Equipment and Possessions" (click to show/hide)

Weapons
Militia-grade Short Sword
Fine Longsword
Iron-tipped Lances

Armor
Steel Plate Armor
Mail Shirt
Brigandine Armor
Fur cloak and leggings
Iron Shield
Steel Barding for Destrier

Transport
Felucca
Mottled Grey Hunter
White Destrier

Housing
Fine Quarters in Tower
Brick and Lumber Manor
Fine Furniture
Stag Skull
Bear Skull
Bear Pelt Rug
Falconry Mews
Small Hunting Lodge in Northern Forest

Misc.
Bear Claws
Average Clothing
Silver Sun Necklace with Gold Pendant
Bound New Testament
Book of Laws
Cask of Beer
Stone Weights
Draft of "The Incursion of the Sea Raiders and the Battle of Torchester"

Spoiler: "Feroshire (Capital Town)" (click to show/hide)

Treasury - Medium
282 Citizens

Services and Housing
Nice Communal Housing
Mix of Wood and Brick Housing
Nice Inn
Rowdy Inn
Medium Theatre
Small Courthouse
Small School and Scribe
Communal Cellars

Defense
Wooden Palisade with watchtowers
Stone Tower
Stone Walls (95% complete)
Three longboats
Fake Town for river defense

Trade and Travel
Brick Roads
Large Dockyard
Medium Brick Paved Market
Two-way Ferry
River Parlon (dredged to allow deep draft vessels)
Gravel Road to Carshire
Gravel Road to Silverhills

Industry
Large Clayworks
Smokehouse
Watermill (Lumber Mill and Grindstone)
Growing Medium Shipyard
Brewery
Stables - Large herd of horses
Medium Furniture Workshop

Spoiler: "Your Land" (click to show/hide)

Medium (5x city size) population (Loyal)
River Parlon (fertile banks on both sides, light forest to the north)

Settlements
Feroshire - Your capital
Silverhills - Abandoned village by the mines - Palisade

Farming
Nice parcel farms south of the river (four field crop rotation)
Fair parcel farms north of the river (four field crop rotation)
Fine Communal Farm (four field crop rotation)
Medium Vineyard - Ice wine experiment
Communal Grazing Land
Muddy holes in ground (fish ponds without enough water or fish)

Animals
Grand Flock of Sheep
Medium Flock of Cattle
Average Flock of Good Horses

Defense
Fortified Average Barracks, Armory, and Obstacle Course with Furnaces and Forges
Jousting practice field

Trade and Travel
Gravel Roads
Large Warehouse

Industry
Large Fishing Fleet
Fortified Mines near Silverhills (silver, copper, gold, iron, gems)
Metalworks in Silverhills

Misc.
Trash Pit
Graveyard

Spoiler: "Your Forces" (click to show/hide)

Ranged - Longbows, iron short swords, fur armor, mounts
Two elite Archers
One elite Ranger
Six veteran Rangers
One regular Rangers
Nine veteran Archers
Four regular Archers

Melee - Iron halberds, iron brigandine armor, iron short swords, mounts
Two elite Halberdiers
Eleven veteran Halberdiers
Six regular Halberdiers

City Guard - Short bows / Iron short swords, fur armor, wooden shields
Seven regular Wall Archers
Ten regular Watchmen

Reserve
Mandatory Bow or Halberd Training for Able-bodied Men

Spoiler: "Your people" (click to show/hide)

Skilled Potters
Above Average Jewelers
Above Average Trappers
Above Average Miners
Above Average Horse Breeders
Average Metalworkers
Average Wine Makers
Journeymen Masons
Journeymen Furniture Builders
Journeymen Weaponsmiths
Journeymen Armorers
Novice Siege Engineers

Spoiler: "Nearby" (click to show/hide)

Market Town of Carshire - Gravel Road
Folesden - Land of Count Foles - Downstream
   * Curbiston - County Seat of Folesden
Land of Sir Denton - Upstream
Land of Sir Percival - Adjacent to Sir Denton's land, across the river
Hemswood Abbey - Far Upstream - Known for dark beer
Lands of Duke Erran - Across the river to the north - Used for hunting
   * Torchester - Duke Erran's Capital - Damaged metropolis with a bustling port located on a wide estuary

Spoiler: "Known Lords by Rank and Relationship" (click to show/hide)

King Edward Geronos IV, Lord of the Falls, Keeper of the Flame, Seer of the Dawn - Known

Duke Erran - Fond

Count Arthur Foles - Your Liege Lord - Friendly
Count Gorgan - A fine fighter - Introduced
Count Zanders - Dislike

Sir Derrick Denton - Slightly warm but distant
Sir Alan Percival - Close Friend
Sir Uriel Lope - Count's Marshall - Formal but respectful
Sir Melvin - Lady Marna's brother, Duke Erran's nephew - Close friend
Sir Ivanson - A renowned jouster - Acquaintance

Lady Marna - Wife - Loving
Lady Iris - Lady Marna's mother, Duke Erran's younger sister - Cordial

Isaac Stone - Your First Son - Toddler

Spoiler: "Important Citizens by Occupation" (click to show/hide)

Luther Logan - Sword and Mace - Squire
Fin - Captain of the Militia
Oswald - Ranger Captain
William Dent - Steward, Mayor
Victor Irlof - Master of the Market, Treasurer
Ian Wood - Carpenter, Councilman
Marge Kannity - Brewer
Gunther Agnacious - Philosopher - Tutoring Arthur Foles

Shipwright
Architect
Armorer
Weaponsmith
Horse Breeder
Scribe
Healer
Monk Healer
Wool Merchant

Spoiler: "In Fond Remembrance" (click to show/hide)

Tor - Your first Captain - Killed by the brigand "Ox" in a forest skirmish
Sir Alan - Your first squire - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Sir Blake Denton - Your good friend and confidant - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Count Aaron Foles - Fell drunkenly to his death from the balcony of a whorehouse
"Count" Owen - Executed for "murder"
"Countess" Foles - Executed for "murder"
Curtis Stumpf - Miner, Councilman - Killed in the Sixth Year Plague

[tryrar]

I have an idea: If we can, send the riders back to the towns with black flags and see if we can communicate without entering the towns. I had in mind something along the lines of shouting until they attract someone's attention, yell out they bring news of treatments that appear effective, and throw a note with the details(wrapped around a rock of course) over the walls.

Also, definitely get started on recruiting more miners to repopulate Silverhills. We need more gold and silver minted in order to pay for our sewers

[Origami_Psycho]

I have an idea: If we can, send the riders back to the towns with black flags and see if we can communicate without entering the towns. I had in mind something along the lines of shouting until they attract someone's attention, yell out they bring news of treatments that appear effective, and throw a note with the details(wrapped around a rock of course) over the walls.

Also, definitely get started on recruiting more miners to repopulate Silverhills. We need more gold and silver minted in order to pay for our sewers

We could use semaphore flags.
And in addition to repopulating it we need to get ourselves a new mining consultant dude to be Silverhills mayor.
Also, call up our reserves to clear the town first, and then post the reinforcements at all entrances of both Feroshire and Silverhills.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I have an idea: If we can, send the riders back to the towns with black flags and see if we can communicate without entering the towns. I had in mind something along the lines of shouting until they attract someone's attention, yell out they bring news of treatments that appear effective, and throw a note with the details(wrapped around a rock of course) over the walls.

Also, definitely get started on recruiting more miners to repopulate Silverhills. We need more gold and silver minted in order to pay for our sewers

We could use semaphore flags.
And in addition to repopulating it we need to get ourselves a new mining consultant dude to be Silverhills mayor.
Also, call up our reserves to clear the town first, and then post the reinforcements at all entrances of both Feroshire and Silverhills.

Semaphore only works if both parties understand semaphore before hand. Terms need to be agreed upon, or else we are just an idiot waving flags.