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You decide to send some money and supplies to the mines. Restoring them to full efficiency is a priority!
1154 AD, Autumn
News from the Orcworld! The expedition sent to the east have found forests and grasslands, a prime spot for settlers, if you ever consider it. Rolling hills, flowery meadows and rivers full of refreshing water only add to the idyllic landscape!
That's possibly why the previous civilization that dwelled there settled in the region. The expedition found numerous ruins made of greyish bricks and stones. Most of them were overgrown and reduced to rubble, so they must be ancient, but all evidence points to high level of civilization, as some of the ruins were simply huge and definitely keeps, temples and other such ceremonial or governmental structures. No archeological artifacts were found, however; not even a piece of cloth or rusted sword blade.
Beyond the hills and the forests, your scouts saw some vast expanses of plains, and in the far distance of horizon, some mountains.
Scholars and the army members on the other side of the portal-tunnel will be compiling reports for some time now.
1154 AD, Winter
Gemstones arrive at the Treasury.
3to6, 2to3
The miners managed to mine out enough silver to fill half the usual quota. The glassware however didn't fare as good as the last year, and brought only some profits to the royal coffers.
1154 AD, Midwinter
Diplomatic corps have a report for you; apparently, the savage rulers of Albion, the pirate-y nation of bearded sailors and worshippers of the Father Mountain and Mother Sky, have been engrossed with tales of the splendor and wealth of Methiant.
No, no they don't want to plunder you, silly! Their current High King, Asgerr II, is willing to hand his only daughter and fifth child, Herta, as a wife for your son and heir, Llewyn!
A) That's fine, but how can I ever benefit from marrying such distant, heathen royal family? Sorry, gotta turn this proposal down I'm afraid.
B) Our reputation is so far-reaching, huh? Well it would be cruel to disappoint our fanboys up north by refusing the marriage offer!
Gosh, going back through Cyl sure earned a lot of titles.
He used the conquer title, but he earned a bunch of others too. Negotiator, pacifier, something else i don't remember. What a guy.
Ye, you guys were one title away from obtaining 'the Great' title, which supersedes all other titles and grants a global +1 to all personal rolls (letter writing, personal combat, negotiations, army leading, lore knowledge, recovering from wounds, etc etc).