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[RPB]

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A somber mood prevails in Antemnon. The quiet signs of bustle and enthusiasm that the young patriarch had raised die down even more quietly. Nonetheless the Asykos set to work diligently, patiently building towards the future.

Although some of the people had been skeptical of the need for weapons development, the new bows Ramades made prove to be a boon. Amnarchis orders a contingent of hunters into the woods, and their early successes bring the prospect of more meat on the table in the future. Amnarchis and Ramades themselves work together in the Halls of Learning, attempting to perfect the engineering techniques Ramades believes may be useful in the pending construction of the New Library.

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated river plains, +4 food)
1 labor: work tile 8 (river forest, +2 food/+1 wood)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried river hills, +2 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 6 (quarried river hills, +2 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
2 labor: build hunter's camp in tile 8 (-2 wood)
2 labor: irrigate tile 2 (plains)
2 labor: research Engineering

Shortfall of 1 food, covered by granary stores

[Nirur Torir]

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1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work tile 5 (+2 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work tile 6 (+3 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work tile 9 (+1 food, +1 wood)
5th laborer work tile 15 (+1 food, +1 stone)
6th laborer work tile 18 (+2 food, +1 wool)
Gross resource intake: +12 food, +2 stone, +2 wool, +1 wood

7th, 8th, 9th laborers build a mushroom farm on river/hill tile 18
10th, 11th laborers work on archery research
Send both military units and both leaders exploring to the west.
Net resources:
12 food - 12 food eaten = 0
2 stone + 1 stone from storage = 3 stone stored
2 wool + 6 wool from storage = 8 wool stored
1 wood stored

Glrk'nr yawned as he watched the laborers work, and those who noticed began working harder. There would be a good harvest this year, enough to feed his growing population. He was personally overseeing the expansion of the mushroom farms. Boring though it was, he couldn't afford to allow mistakes this year. He motioned a messenger over towards himself. "Go tell Xungbubuzka and Stozuagun to take the army out west, looking for anything interesting." The messenger nodded and left.

Four goblins drew near, and one approached hesitantly, kneeling on the ground before addressing Glrk'nr. "Oh Great One, we had an idea for improving your army." Glrk'nr motioned for them to continue. This could ease the boredom slightly; his old whip had broken, and nobody could figure out how to make a replacement that both caused sufficient pain and was durable enough to last a full session. "If we could design a tool to help throw sharpened sticks at our foes, your armies could easily kill many enemies before they even get within striking distance."

Glrk'nr nodded. "Very well, you may use the hall of learning and whatever idle goblins you find to help. Now begone." As they turned and left, he smiled slightly. This day wasn't turning out as bad as he had feared.

[Vanigo]

Neo-Tyrgani

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The shrine access is completed, which does much to restore the spirits of the Neo-Tyrgani. The shrine atop the Citadel has been repaired as well as the builders know how, and if it's not as beautiful as it once was, it's still an inspiration. The populace at large is less inspired by the laboratory being built, but the city's researchers are thrilled by the prospects of new discoveries on the horizon.

Morale increases to 6
Shrine completed
Population grows to 10306
1 food stored

Zefies

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Zefie researchers, struggling to come up with a way to simplify the inefficient and time-consuming barter system, hit upon an interesting idea: what if everyone had as much of everything as they wanted? Unfortunately, implementation proved... impractical. Research continues.
The year is otherwise productive. Sashes, shawls, and cloaks are produced in a wide variety of woven and braided patterns, and are available in three colors: undyed, plain, and natural. Construction of the granary and irrigation go smoothly.

Granary built
Population grows to 12,863
Irrigation completed
2 stone stored
Production bonus! 13 labor available.

Jericho

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The year is a productive one for the Jerrans. A village develops in the woods across the river, providing the city with lumber, and the fishermen in the bay build docks and better fishing boats, improving their catch. They also discover a rich oyster bed that produces fine pearls! An unofficial and disorganized but enthusiastic marketplace develops, where villagers and cityfolk barter their goods. Governer Anselm proves adept at managing this development, smoothing the flow of goods. Finally, a center for research and invention is erected across the street from Reynus's shrine, where the old and wise and the young and enthusiastic alike come to develop their ideas into reality.

Random event: Ability revealed!
    Governer Anselm: Commercial genius (+50% gold income)
Resource discovered: Pearls
    +1 pearls (1 labor turns into jewelry, a luxury good)
2 wool used
Population grows to 11,909
Woodcutters' village constructed
Fishing village constructed
Hall of learning completed
Production bonus! 12 labor available
(You didn't say which tiles you put the improvements in, so I'm just going to guess.)

Asykon

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The Asykos continue their research into new and better machinery. They develop gearing that allows the efficient use of mechanical energy for a variety of tasks, and experiment with new architectural designs. The harvest and construction go as planned.

Engineering researched!
Hunter's camp built
Irrigation built
Population grows to 10940
2 stone, 2 wool stored
1 food, 1 wood used

Zrlv

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The goblins working in the hall of learning are, as they believed, able to produce a useful weapon. The arrows their bows fire are fast and potentially deadly. Unfortunately, they're having some trouble getting the arrows to go where they want them. They're improving, but not fast enough to satisfy Stozuagun.
The explorers head off to the west. They find the mountain range continues and swings slightly to the north, and discover a small forest with a river running through it in the foothills southwest of the city.

Population increases to 11,704
2 stone, 2 wool, 1 wood stored
Cave farm completed

Kurtan
The past few years have been good to your people, which has only further fueled the determination of those who wish to expand. They are ready for your guidance. Lead them to their destiny!
(Also, please name your leaders.)

[Pandarsenic]

... Shit, are the Zrlv the only ones with fewer River Plains than me? Damn it!

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"Almost done with the lab," Dremmeur Sai whispered.

"Almost done," General Shi Shotan agreed, standing beside him. They stared out the window of the Citadel shrine, watching the landscape expand off into the distance.

"We need to find metal so we can make proper weapons; I've ordered some men to open up the Archives again to see what they kind find on the matter."

"We can't leave ourselves so defenseless any longer; we need to develop some kind of militia soon."

"Agreed. Next year, we get to work on the necessary improvements and structures to train our men, no matter what."

"Very well. I'll leave things in your hands and go over our labor plans for the year for now."

"Until next time."

"Until next."

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01. Work 10 (4 food)
02. Work 11 (8 food)
03. Work 9 (10 food, 1 wool)
04. Work 13 (11 food, 1 wool, 1 wood)
05. Work 18 (11 food, 1 wool, 1 wood, 2 stone)
06. Construct Alchemist's Lab (3/4)
07. Construct Alchemist's Lab (4/4) COMPLETE
08. Irrigate 9
09. Irrigate 9
10. Research Mining

[Nirur Torir]

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1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work tile 5 (+2 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work tile 6 (+3 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work tile 9 (+1 food, +1 wood)
5th laborer work tile 18 (+3 food, +1 wool)
Gross resource intake: +12 food, +1 stone, +2 wool, +1 wood

6th, 7th, 8th laborers build a mushroom farm on river/mountain tile 15
9th, 10th, 11th laborers work on archery research.
Send both military units and Xungbubuzka the explorer to the east.
General Stozuagun will idle in town.

Net resources:
12 food - 12 food eaten = 0
1 stone + 3 stone from storage = 4 stone stored
2 wool + 8 wool from storage = 10 wool stored
1 wood + 1 wood from storage = 2 wood stored

Glrk'nr spat on the dead goblin disappointedly, and Glrk'nr began talking to Stozuagun as the crowd of onlookers began to disperse. "I expected Vorsar to actually be able to fight. Why anyone bothers challenging me if they can't fight, I'll probably never know."
"The bows are promising weapons; I want you to oversee their design personally. If those working on them continue to fail, be creative with your punishments. When you see Xungbubuzka, tell him to go looking for anything useful to the east." Glrk'nr motioned over a messenger. "Ensure that the farmers continue their work on farm expansion." The messenger left, and Glrk'nr looked down at the corpse and pulled out a knife. He needed new boots.

[RPB]

River plains, no.

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Preparations at last completed, Amnarchis orders the first stones of the New Library to be laid. Between Ramades's engineering insight, the ample stores of building supplies that have been accumulated, and the thousands of learned scholars eager to contribute, many of the Asykos believe the project may be done within the year.

Elsewhere, of course, life continues as normal. There is a sense of disappointment among those working in the fields and woods at not being involved more closely at such a historic juncture, but the farmers and hunters do their duty without complaint. Some, familiar with Ramades's work, attempt to construct a water-powered mill to put his ideas to use, but with most of the spare labor of the city diverted into construction of the Library they make only modest progress.

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated river plains, +4 food)
1 labor: work tile 6 (quarried river hills, +2 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried river hills, +2 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 8 (river forest w/ hunter camp, +3 food/+1 wood/+1 leather)
4 labor: build Library (consume -2 stone/-1 wood)
2 labor: start building watermill on tile 5 quarried river hills (consume -2 stone/-1 wood)

[mainiac]

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Another good year had brought another joyful festival, richer then that before.  The harvest was plentiful and full stomach and inexpertly brewed moonshine meant merriment for all.  With wealth to spare and no other need for it, the citizens of Jericho had taken to gambling.  A thrilling spectacle emerged as the contests grew ever more audacious.  The most daring and successful players began to square off against each other and excited throngs surrounded their games as they casually banded about the wealth they had earned over the night.
The night drew on and the contestants thinned until only one game remained.  The players were tossing around larger fortunes now then anyone in the town had ever possessed a mere ten years before.  The night erupted with excited screams as the bones fell and the shrewd players won from each other fine garments,  pearls and even entire fishing boats in a single play. 
Finally only two competitors still possessed the nerve to stay.  The shrewd Governor Anselm had amassed himself a small fortune over the course of the night.  His unlikely opponent was a fishing boat captain named Bonnie who had been unknown until she'd made a name for herself that night through her skillful and unpredictable play.
With the field now narrowed to these two, a hushed excitement fell over the entire town as the bones were rattled in the cups once more.  The two wary adversaries judged their rolls and each other.  Anselm offered a bet of three pearls while his face revealed nothing but Bonnie scoffed in reply and tossed into play tokens denoting ownership of two fishing boats.  The crowd roared at this daring offer and even Anselm was momentarily taken aback by the wager.  But he did not even pause for long enough for the excited shouts to die before matching her bet then adding another fistful of pearls to the pile, an offer that left even the impulsive Bonnie in stunned amazement.  The fortune of a dozen lifetimes was now riding on this wager.  Anselm slowly cracked a grin as Bonnie sat pondering the offer before her.  Then in a voice barely above a whisper, Bonnie wagered everything she had won that night.  The crowd was too breathless to even burst with excitement at this point doing nothing more then excitedly murmur and call out to the competitors.  Anselm sat for a moment then gave a sigh of resignation and declined, pushing the pile in Bonnie's direction.
Bonnie's hand sprang forward to intercept Anselm's and with a grin she made a new offer.  Anselm could keep the pearls and fishing boats too in exchange for which he would pledge that the town would build a vessel, a proper ship not seen since before the Age of Ash, with Bonnie as it's captain.  There had been much discussion of such a craft at Brennus' workshop, and so happy shouts went up at the thought of this ship being made.  Hearing the shouts, Anselm decided to humor the request and agreed on the spot to which Bonnie gave a shout of jubilant triumph.  Then she uncovered he cup and revealed the way her bones had been laying the entire time, a meritless roll that could not have won except through a bluff.  The unshakable Anselm gasped in amazement before throwing his head back in amazed laughter at the sheer audacity of this fisherwoman while she leapt up to jump into the celebration of the crowd that was enthralled by their latest hero.

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(I have 1 cloth left over from last turn, right?  Only 1 cloth was needed to raise morale, since excess food provided the other 2 luxury points.)

Tiles worked: 6 labor
3 river hexes (1, 6, (+9 food)
1 fishing village (5) (+3 food, +1 raw pearls)
1 mountain quarry (10) (+2 stone)
1 forest woodcutting village (17) (+1 food, +2 wood)
Total: +13 food, +2 stone, +2 wood

Construction: 4 labor
1 ship (-2 wood)
granary (-2 stone)

Research: 2 labor
Most interested in farming

Morale:
+1 Governor
+1 shrine
+1 luxury
10 luxury from cloth
2 luxury from food

Good from storage:
1 cloth
Goods stored:
1 raw pearls

[Strife26]

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Zefie Advisor A: We were unable to learn trade this turn.
Zefie Advisor B: What’s a turn?
Zefie Advisor A: It’s a construct that we’ve built in our minds, along with other abstract ideas like luxury points, labor units, and morale levels.
Zefie Advisor C: But we can’t get the concept of trade?
Zefie Advisor B: I didn’t do very good in High School Economics, so sue me.
Zefie Advisor D: Do we have a court system yet?
Zefie Advisor A: We’ve never needed one, we’re ‘Genial.’

Alastair: Not much to do this year except grow, I guess. We’ll need to put more people on research though. I want to buy a sword dammit!
Tikhon: And store food sir?
Alastair: That too.

Farm 1, 5, 6 (12 food units)
Farm 8 & 15 (6 food units)
Work 3 & 9 (2 wool + 2 food)

2 => Build Clothes workshop (-2 stone)
Quarry 10 (2 stone)

Make clothes (-1 wool, +1 clothes)
2=> Research Trade (Not Zefie Advisor B)

Zefie Advisor B will work on juggling.

Food (20 food produced)
   -12 basic food
   -2 (2*2 = 4 Luxury)
   6 Stored

Clothes (1 made)
   1 used (10 Luxury)

Stone (2 produced, two used)
   2+2=4-2=2
   2 left

Wool (2 produced)
   1+2=3-1=2
   2 left

Wood (no Change)
   1 left

Clothiers shop made.

[Vanigo]

Neo-Tyrgani

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The Neo-Tyrgani have a fine year. In the spring, a pair of falcons nest atop the Citadel, a good omen that cheers the people. Dremmur Sai's laboratory is completed later in the year, and he sets to work learning what he can of the mountains near the city. The other researchers investigating metal suspect that sources may be found deep below the ground, but, having some experience with flooded quarries, warn that getting at it won't be as simple as digging a great big hole.
Some of the quarry workers report seeing figures skulking around in the mountains, but no hostile actions were taken. The harvest is otherwise uneventful but productive, and as the year ends the people of Citadel are cheerful and optimistic.

Random event: Good omen!
Morale increases to 7 this turn!
Population grows to 10,924
1 wool, 1 wood, 1 stone stored
Irrigation completed

Zefies

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After recovering from the previous year's debacle, Zefie researchers come up with another novel idea: assigning fixed values to certain objects for easy exchange. They come up with a wide variety of types of "currency", but the sheer variety almost makes things worse than they were before - no one can remember if it's three wooden nickels to a sheep tooth or vice-versa, and more than a few denominations prove difficult to store or transport, especially the live bullfrog. They decide that, while the idea is fundamentally sound, a massive culling will be required, and that whatever they use will have to be easy to carry and hard to counterfeit, but can't agree on what exactly should be used.
The good news is, Bea has developed into an absolutely amazing juggler, easily able to keep six or seven live goldfish in the air.
Little else of note occurs, other than a brief run on scarves that inspires the construction of a large number of tailors and weaveries.

Population grows to 13,763
Production bonus! 14 labor available
Clothiers' workshops built
6 food, 1 wool stored

Zrlv

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Xungbubuzka and his scouting force return in the fall with important news: they have spotted signs of a human city to the east. The mountain range heads off to the northeast, and two rivers flow southward through the foothills. A city lies by the second river, built around a ruined tower. While many of the soldiers wanted to attack, Xungbubuzka insisted that they were there to scout, not to fight, and ordered them to remain hidden. He's not sure if they were spotted, but he's quite confident that they were not followed.
The archery researchers, under Stozuagun's watchful eye, perfect their archery in only a couple of months. That done, they spend the rest of the year experimenting with various paints and varnishes to decorate their weapons with. They're particularly fond of coloring the fletching dull red with a blood-based dye they've developed.
No other major developments have occured this year. The farmwork and harvest go as planned.

Population grows to 12,289
Archery researched!
Cave farm completed
1 stone, 2 wool, 1 wood stored

Jericho

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The Jerrans are jubilant as their new ship slides into the bay and begins floating alongside the dock. It's the largest ship they've ever made, and the untried techniques made some a bit uneasy, but it seems sound and seaworthy. Its sailors eagerly begin putting her through her paces. The landbound construction of the granary also goes well, and its builders are justifiably proud of their work, even if it's not as celebrated.
The pearls harvested from the bay are eagerly traded and collected by more affluent citizens, a few of whom manage to make beads of them to wear as necklaces or bracelets - a statement of skill and determination as much as wealth, since stone tools and bone needles make poor tools for the job.
In the fields and the halls of learning, people experiment with ways of improving the harvest by bringing more water to the crops. Several promising approaches present themselves, but none are truly practical as of yet.

Population grows to 12,742
Production bonus! 13 labor available.
Granary built
Galley built (1m/3/5/2)
1 wool, 1 pearls stored

Asykos

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The library is completed even faster than Ramades anticipated, and scrolls soon line its shelves. Its contents are far less complete than the Great Library, of course, but they are also far more accessable and applicable to modern problems. The Asykos are confident that their new library will aid their research significantly. The watermill, while promising, is not completed this year.

Population grows to 11,377
Library completed
2 stone, 1 wood spent; 1 leather stored

Baneriant
The people of Ragt'ich are restless. Local raiding has been extremely poor in recent years - it seems all the easy marks have either died or fled. The good news is, the lack of recent disasters have allowed the government to become relatively stable, and the people's restless energy could probably be directed to some useful - or profitable - endeavor. Where you lead, they will follow. Or maybe they'll stab you in the back instead.
(Remember, you've only got 9 labor.)

[Nirur Torir]

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1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work tile 5 (+2 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work tile 6 (+3 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work tile 9 (+2 food, +1 wood)
5th laborer work tile 15 (+2 food, +1 stone)
6th laborer work tile 18 (+3 food, +1 wool)
Gross resource intake: +13 food, +2 stone, +2 wool, +1 wood

7th, 8th laborers build a hunter's camp on forest tile 9 (-2 stone)
9th laborer creates bows (-1 wood)
10th, 11th, 12th laborers work on literacy research
Send both military units and both leaders exploring to the south.
Send a few goblin messengers east, to establish contact with the humans.

Net resources:
13 food - 12 food eaten - 1 food wasted = 0
2 stone - 2 stone used + 4 stone from storage = 4 stone stored
2 wool + 10 wool from storage = 12 wool stored
1 wood + 3 wood stored - 1 wood used = 3 wood stored

With Glrk'nr's troops assembled before him at his shrine, along with many other goblins, he started his speech: "The Age of Ash is over. The disasters have ended. Remember back to it, and think. Being goblins, we were turned away by our former enemies, left to die. We have survived, and it is our duty to revive our once great society as we see fit. Had we not been so bent on destroying them, we would have had an easier time surviving."

"The rumors are true; we have found a city of humans. We stand now at the crossroads of our future: Will we go back to our old ways and destroy them, or will we forge a new legacy for goblinkind?" The crowd erupted briefly into voicing their opinions, but were silent once more when Grlk'nr continued.

"I say we show these humans another side of goblins. There will be other, more worthy foes in the future. If we attack them, we could destroy them, yes. If we attack them, what happens if a stronger foe emerges while we are busy with them? No, we must make peace with these humans. Perhaps we could even learn something from them." The crowd began discussing the speech amongst themselves as Grlk'nr left.

--------------- Later that day ---------------

"Stozuagun, you know better than anyone that even if we wanted to, we don't have enough troops to do more then harass them. The troops doubtlessly still want to fight; take Xengbubuzka and go fight the wolves to the south again. Hardly a fun fight, but they should be happier after killing the animals that beat them before -- if they're still even there. If you can capture some wolf pups, all the better. I have a plan" The general nodded discontentedly and left.

Glrk'nr beckoned towards a messenger. "Bring me the goblins who were in charge of inventing the bows, I have a special task for them." Glrk'nr watched the messenger leave and looked at another messenger. "Nolsumunuklat, I've been watching you, and you seem to share my beliefs towards the humans. Take a few friends and go east. I want you to make contact and learn what you can about the humans." The messenger smiled and left, while Glrk'nr continued trying to figure out how to draw words. Surely the ones who invented bows would be able to help.

[RPB]

Spoiler: Story (click to show/hide)

Amnarchis the Sage addresses a crowd of several thousand in the city forum. Behind him loom the doors of the New Library. Like the rest of the architecture of the Asykos the building eschews ostentation, but its simple utilitarian design is impressive in its own austere way.

"My friends. Brothers and sisters, fellow children of Antemnon. Today is a day of momentous import. We have labored five years and endured many trials. Now the results of our diligence stand before you."

"We of the Asykos have always looked to the past, but now the time has come that we must look to the future as well. With the help of our friend Ramades we have built walls and ceilings, but the Library is not yet complete; a library is made of more than stone and mortar. We have painstakingly transferred what we could from the remains of the Great Library as well as our own records, but many of the shelves of our New Library remain bare. It is up to us to fill them."

It is a task that the scholars of the Asykos take to with diligence and enthusiasm. With the newly available resources of the Library at their disposal, they return to work on their various own pet projects they had shelved while priority had been given to the immediate needs of the Library's pending construction.

Elsewhere, the Asykos mark another quieter victory. With construction of the library completed, Ramades is free to lend his expertise to the attempt at engineering a watermill.

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated river plains, +4 food)
1 labor: work tile 2 (irrigated plains, +3 food)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried river hills, +2 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 8 (river forest w/ hunter camp, +3 food/+1 wood/+1 leather)
5 labor: research in library, no priorities
2 labor: finish building watermill on tile 5 (quarried river hills, again use 2 stone/1 wood)

[Luke_Prowler]

John looked through the records, meeting minutes, and budgets of the last administration. Much of it looked like scribbles and drawings of women in various kinky outfits and poses, the rest showing a spiral of debt and extortion. He swear, if they weren't already dead, he would have them thrown off a cliff.

As the new leader shifted through the various paperwork (if you can call it that), two set of foot steps could be heard down the hall. Either they are his advisors, or someone decided to knock him off early. Eh. Looking up from the pile of a-waste-of-paper, stood two people, General Jennifer "Call me Jen" Renin, A childhood friend, and Governor Richard Gampo. Richard was also Governer during the last rule as well, but he was out of town when the riots began. John wondered why he was still alive, but a worker is a worker.

Jen glanced at records, and her nose wrinkled "Perverted old men"

"Hey" Richard yelled in his defence

"You are a perverted old man" John agreed. He decided that this was not worth his time, and pushed the rest of the pile into the chute leading to the burner.

"So, as your first year in charge, what are your plans?" asked Jen

"Well" answered John "I was thinking of getting some food to the poeple, most because they would probably die without it.  If there anyone left, I'm sure we can find something form them to do. Agreed?"

Spoiler: Numbers (click to show/hide)

5 workforce to harvest tiles 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 (+10 food, +3 wood, +2 leather, +1 wool)
1 workforce to process wool (-1 wool)
3 workforce will build a wool pasture at tile 5 (-1 wood)
Food Consumed: -10 food
Goods Stored: 2 wood, 2 leather

[Pandarsenic]

Spoiler: Crunch! (click to show/hide)

0: Continue "Mining" Research with Alchemist's Lab manned by Dremmeur Sai
1: Work Tile 9 (3 food, 1 wool)
2: Work Tile 10 (7 food, 1 wool)
3: Work Tile 11 (11 food, 1 wool)
4: Work Tile 13 (12 food, 1 wool, 1 wood)
5: Work Tile 18 (12 food, 1 wool, 1 wood, 2 stone)
6: Produce Wooden Spears (1/2)
7: Produce Wooden Spears (2/2, -1 wood)
8: Produce Warhorses (1/1, -1 food)
9: Produce Military School (1/4, -2 stone)
10: Produce Military School (2/4)

No RP this turn...

[mainiac]

Spoiler:  wetbacks (click to show/hide)

"wetbacks, eh?"
"uppity bunch they is"
"aye, not like us Jerrans"
"eh, they been here a few generations"
"yeah, but they ain't Jerran, Jerran"
"right, they Jerran, Jerran"
"no respect for the old families these days"
"not since Bonnie"
"bint goes and throws a couple bones and now the wetbacks think they own the place"
"they gonna be makin' a shrine to Bonnie next"
"no Reynus, that one"
"nah... Reynus saved this town... all Bonnie did was win some pearls"
"damn pearls... real problem they is"
"ain't that the truth... wetbacks all gettin' rich wit no work at all..."
"not like us bustin' out there on the river all day..."
"they say even the damndest fool wetback can get a fortune"
"eh... not even deserve all that wealth like we do..."
"yah, no work to it at all... fisher one day, swimming in pearls the next"
"that easy, eh?"
"yeah, was talkin' to a wetback who knew a guy got lucky... says there's pearls all over..."
"all them pearls and whatnot... we deserve all that"
"wait, you don't think we should..."
"what... try our luck?"
"sure would like to be rich"
"how hard can it be?"
"and besides, it's a noble callin', fishin', deservin' o riches"
"eh, yeah, thas true"
"metaphor fer life or whatnot"
"aye, I always said the wetbacks is the true soul o' dis 'ere town"
"ya donnae hate the wetbacks and whatnot?"
"oh, aye, I give 'em a hard time, but thas true to the wetback spirit I reckin"
"not cause ya meant it"
"o' course, after all... I figure I got some wetback blood in me"
"could be wit a face like that"
"... yeah, wetback through and through I am, I belong wit me people"
"wit yer people and yer riches"
"tis true, I belong wit riches"
"guess I do too... me father was a wetback"
"well I'll be"
"tis true... guess that makes ya my brother"
"'s'true... I reckon us wetbacks gotta stick together"
"yeah, them townies is all out to get us I reckon... they aint never treated us wetbacks right"
"but we wetbacks stick together"
"drink to that, I recken... to wetbacks and to brothers!"
"yeah! to brothers and to riches!"
"Aye! to riches and to Bonnie!"
"greatest o' a noble people!"

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Brennans writtings:
It seems like the numbers of the tribe sometimes called "wetbacks" exploded that year.  While before they were another tribe, ever since the pearls and Bonnie... Everyone wanted to be a wetback and make a fortune.  The tribes of this city are so intermingled that this first wish probably came true for most of them.  The second wish on the other hand was less likely.  But it seemed like the city was filled to teaming with the proud claimants to wetback hereitage at every turn.  It was almost as if a thousand such people had been created out of thin air and added to the city as if they had belonged all along.  I was glad when the Pearl Queen was finished and Captain Bonnie set forth on her travels, letting the town finally get some peace.

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Ship Orders:
Pearl Queen sets out exploring the coast to the southeast.  It is looking for other settlements, notable resources or good sites for colonies.  If anyone is found, the pearl queen will attempt to make friendly contact.  5 gold worth of nice stuff is brought along so that small gifts can be offered to anyone discovered.

Harvest (8 labor)
Tiles: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17
River plains: 3 labor +9 food
Ocean: 2 labor +5 food +1 pearls
Forest: 1 labor +1 food +2 wood
Mountain: 1 labor +2 stone
Hill: 1 labor +1 food +1 stone +1 wool
Total: 8 labor, +16 food +3 stone +2 wood +1 pearls

Crafting (1 labor)
Cloth workshop (-2 wool +2 cloth)

Research (2 labor)
2 research in agriculture

Construction (3 labor)
-1 bonus labor (BL) (from Mechanics Shop)
2 stone labor (SL)
-1 bonus stone labor (thanks to Reynus)
1 wood labor (WL)
Built:
Woodsman's Village @ 18 (-2 SL -2 stone)
Military workshops (1/2 complete) (-1 BL -1 stone)
Fishing Village @ 16 (-1 WL -1 BL, -2 wood)

Food Report:
16 harvested
14 needed
16 eaten
0 stored

Goods Report:
remaining (changes)
2 pearls (+1)
1 wool (+1, -2)
1 cloth (+2, -1)

Morale: 8
+1 Governor
+1 shrine
+1 luxury
10 luxury from cloth
4 luxury from food

Treasury to date:
Turn 1: 5 (+5)
Turn 2: 10 (+5)
Turn 3: 15 (+5)
Turn 4: 20 (+5)
Turn 5: 21 (+6)
Turn 6: 27 (+7) (-1)

[Vanigo]

Actually, without the Trading technology, you don't collect or use any gold, so you're currently at 0. I'll let you send some pearls along anyway, though.