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[Haspen]

You decide to wait half a year longer.

979 AD, Autumn

The caravan from Damdamia arrives in your court. The merchants are astonished by the quality of gemstones and are willing to pay a bit higher price than for the dull malachite they were offered prior!

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Unfortunately, while the profits aren't as high as you have hoped, the wondrous glassware makes many a noble and citizen happy in your Duchy.

979 AD, Mid-Autumn

An envoy from the King of Ceodwell arrives for audience with you.

In a long speech, he praises your skill at administration and prosperity of your Duchy, and implores you to share your wealth - or at least grain - with the Ceodwellians, who suffered another bad harvest and are threatened by famine.

You didn't have that much of a great harvest this year, thus you decide to...

A) Give them some money so they can procure foodstuffs elsewhere.
B) -
C) Refuse their request for assistance.

[Swordstar]

A

[VoidSlayer]

D send them hurthlings.

A

[Harry Baldman]

A, gotta spread the wealth around a bit, no? Good relations with Ceodwell will come in handy once the Khanate comes calling.

[birdy51]

A

Not to mention, they are blood to us.

Then again... Who isn't related to us these days? Perhaps the Gubtans...

[Weirdsound]

A

[NUKE9.13]

Sure, why not. It can't hurt to make friends. So long as they don't make a habit of it.

A

[Haspen]

You have some money send to Ceodwell.

979 AD, Winter

An envoy from Damdamia arrives at your court.

"Greetings, Duke of Tven! The fine gemstomes that our traders brought from your lands astonish our people, and many noblewomen and patricians wish to have jewelry adorned with nothing else but these. I have come to inquire whether you would be willing to part with larger amount of these gemstones, and accept our caravans of glassware every year?"

A) "No, thank you, we simply do not have enough to afford annual exchanges."
B) "Well, hmm, well, alright, just let me... let me speak with my... miners."

[Harry Baldman]

B, maybe we could ask the dwarves to pay gemstones every year? If the gemstones are not worth much to them and quite a bit to us, surely at the very least there is some concession we could make to get a steady regular stream of them.

(in the optimal case it turns out that the 'gemstones' are actually just guano or something similar, which shouldn't really impact their value all that negatively)

[NUKE9.13]

Yes... let us speak to the miners.
They won't be mad about us renegotiating their taxes after only a year, right?
Also, we really shouldn't let the Damdamians know where the gems come from. What with their racist attitudes, they'd probably not want them anymore.

B

[omada]

B we should have been more greedy before with the dwarves.

Maybe now they would want to share the profit. They deal with the lizardmen (and that maybe is a expense for then) they mine gemstones and we share the profit.

(I suspect that when the gems get scarce they will leave the outpost behind and fuck us and the lizardmen...

 or use it as a military base against the elves)

[ZBridges]

B

[Haspen]

You decide to call up the dwarves to your court.

979 AD, Midwinter

The delegation of the dwarves arrives at your court. Fat, cloaked dwarves which you assume and believe are the same as the ones who came last year.

"We have heard that you wish to renegotiate our tax once again! Unlike our brethren of Armok, we do not like liaisons renegotiating prices every year."

You explain to them that you wish to receive gemstones every year. They talk betwene each other and murmur in their language.

"Agreed. But you're drawing away considerable amount of profits from us this way. We wish to receive some coinage every two years to compensate for lost profits."

A) "Agreed, just bring your gemstones!"
B) "I cannot agree for that. Though I can send some funds this year as a sign of goodwill."
C) 'No, that won't do it. I don't think I want your gemstones that much."

[10ebbor10]

B

[VoidSlayer]

Wait which B?

B) "I cannot agree for that. Though I can send some funds this year as a sign of goodwill."
B) 'No, that won't do it. I don't think I want your gemstones that much."