The Council is aghast when you announce that you shall personally fight the dragon.
They try to persuade you out of it but you decide otherwise.
Few days later you appear at the gates of City of Blich (or what's left of it) with your royal entourage, and challenge the dragon to a duel!
The Dragon roars in a laughing manner but accepts the duel.
4
You charge against the dragon and poke his leg with a lance, and he breathes fire at your direction. The cloud of flames engulfs your horse and sears your legs and face and hands. You tumble from the horse and then roll away while the few courageous squires pap you with snow to extinguish the flames.
You and your entourage then outrun another fiery breath of the creature, while the dragon roars in amusement.
As you return to the capital, you receive news that the dragon have completely wasted City of Blich and promised to be back later for more 'fun'.
Oh, and your subjects are very angry about how you handled this affair.
804 AD, Midwinter
The population censuses have been compiled; as prognosised during last year's harvest, the population did increase.
804 AD, End of the Year
The advisor arrives to help change your bandages and also present you the Scrolls of Kingdom Status, per usual this time of year:
Happiness: 2
Population: 4
Economy: 4
Army: 5
The advisor sighs and sets the scrolls aside.
"My liege, I cannot help but point out that general mood of the populace is rather low. There have been reports of some peasants turning to banditry and some city dwellers resorting to rioting. We can either turn part of the Army into the city and road guard to reign the unruly subjects in. Or we can thin our Treasury and host some entertaining venues and/or grandiose monuments to strengthen their belief in your rulership."
A) Turn a part of the Army into guards to enhance stability
B) Spend money on venues and festivals to appease the populace
C) Do nothing, as we might find a better way to solve this in the future