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[Nirur Torir]

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

[No Change] 1st laborer works irrigated plains/river tile 1 (+4 food)
[No Change] 2nd laborer works forest/river tile 2 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 3rd laborer works plains/river tile 3 (+3 food)
[No Change] 4th laborer works forest/river tile 4 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 5th laborer works horse farmed plains tile J (+2 food, +1 horses)
(Potential 13th laborer works forest tile B for +1 wood and +1 food)
Gross resource intake: +13 food, +2 wood, +1 horses

6th, laborer, 2 horses irrigate plains/river tile 3 (-2 horses)
7th, 8th. 9th laborers finish library (-2 wood)
10th, 11th, 12th laborers research Thaumaturgy

Army orders:
1st Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison Hanging Wheaton and Hillskald.
2nd Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison Hanging Wheaton and Hillskald.
3rd Magernian Garrison (Wooden Javelins, wooden shields) - Guard capital.

Current ruling council (Mostly to make writing turns easier for me):
Abalaj - general during battles
Callainra - governor
Deidra - high commander
Eric - sage
Falran - in charge of construction projects

Luxuries:
Governor = +1 morale
Spirituality (x2) = +20 luxaries = +1 morale
7 total morale

Net resources:
13 - 12(13) food eaten + 2 food in storage = 3(2) stored
2 wood produced - 2 wood used = 0 stored
1 horse produced + 1 horse stored - 2 horses used = 0 horses stored

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Arcane City Council Chambers
The high-mages convened. Callainra spoke first. "The year went well for the city. Our food reserves continue to grow, although our wood production remain marginal. I propose we send some laborers over to the nearby villages to construct civic works and improve their way of life. It is our duty as the larger power to send aid to those less fortunate."

Abalaj stood in annoyance, and answered with anger. "Civic works!? We should be conquering them! They are weak, their lands ripe for the taking. I may be outvoted there, but you would waste precious time on nothing."

Deidra responded once Abalaj sat. "He's right. We simply don't have time to build infrastructure for less civilized people. We should be focusing on building our military might, to defend ourselves from any bandits that might be out there. Falran, how's the library coming along?"

Falran stood and answered apologetically. "I'm afraid it's not ready yet. It was nearly done, but I had an idea for making it bigger, and it won't be usable for at least another year. I'm sorry."

Callainra spoke calmly, her face not revealing her emotions. "Stop apologizing for everything. A bigger library will remain useful for longer.
   I thought my idea would be outvoted, but it would still be nice to show our goodwill to those in need. If there are no complaints, I suppose we'll plan for the future and continue to irrigate land."

Having discussed the issues for the year, the vote was held. The library would be completed, irrigation projects would be undertaken, and Eric would direct his research efforts towards thaumaturgy.

[Vanigo]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Small beard-like creatures? That's kinda surreal. Oh, and what exactly happened with the local raiders who were quick to capitulate?)

The council sat, listening to the messenger's report on the southern lands and what the expedition had found there.
"And so, we expect to be able to reach the dwarven settlement sometime this year, assuming the captured raiders' reports are accurate."
"Thank you, Sergeant. We will discuss your report, and have a message to send back by the day after tomorrow. Until then, you can rest in the city."
The soldier nodded briefly, and left the councilors to their work.
"Well," Brachon said, "Seems like nothing's changed regarding the dwarves. The plan is still to make contact and see if they're hostile or just desperate, agreed?"
Murmurs of agreement swept the room. It had been agreed last year that desperation could be forgiven, and a profitable trade agreement possibly forged. If the were just plain mean, a military solution would probably be necessary. Until this could be determined, no offensive actions would be taken.
"Good. Any other issues?"
"We should get in touch with those priests, if only to be neighborly," Kierna said. "I'm interested to hear what they have to say about the gods and our new world, as well."
"And there's no sense leaving that gold lying around; we should send someone down to pick it up," Telven added.
Brachon frowned. "Come to think of it," he said, "where the devil did they come from? This place seemed untouched by mortal hands when we got here."
"Maybe there was civilization here a few centuries ago?" someone opined.
"We'd see ruins if that were the case."
"Probably someone from our world took them through a rift, then realized they were useless in the wilderness."
"Should we take them, then?"
"Eh, anyone dumb enough to bring gold instead of something useful is probably dead by now anyway."
After some debate, the council decided to send the dwarves south to make contact with the priests and secure the gold.
"Now, then, on to the next order of business. Kierna, how's the memorial tree project coming?"
"Pretty well, all in all. It's still hard to make contact with the local trees, but marking a grave is about as simple as these things get..."

6) Work 1, 2, 3, 5, A, C (15+1 food, 2 wood, 1 leather, 1 fur)
1) Make clothing
2) Build hunting camp in C
2) Build tombs
2) Research construction, maybe literacy

Send javelineers and leaders further south to locate and make contact with the dwarves
Send dwarf raiders south to pick up gold and make contact with priests

[Enzo]

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Remove extra worker from Clothier duty.
Continue working tiles + Clothiers Workshop (8 Labour, +13 Food, +2 Cloth, +2 Wood, +2 Stone)
Research Archery (2 Labour)
Construct Military Workshop (2 Labour, -2 Stone)
Both units patrol/explore

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The Hall of Learning was low and broad, like the hardy trees that built it, with several small studies connected to a large unfloored atrium in the center. It was here the druids cultivated small patched of herbs for their research, and it was here Roughback sat, hunched over and stiff with boredom. He was tasked with the observation of a single IceWolf, leashed in the center of the open room. He was the only adult IceWolf the Yeti rangers had managed to capture, and had fought long after it's pack had been driven back. It took at least a half dozen Yeti's to subdue it, and that was after it's ribs had been broken with a barrage of rocks. The druids suspected it was the packs alpha, too stubborn to flee and too strong to die.

The pups they caught were barely old enough to survive on their own, very little of the environment could be learned from them. They had to be fed and looked after, but could also be trained. This one, however, was quite the opposite. Any attempt to break his will had failed, and his keepers had nicknamed him StrongBite because, well, the name was apt.

It was suspected that the wounded canine, with sufficient observation, may direct the Druids to the medicinal qualities of certain herbs - at least, that was the explanation RoughBack was given for his task. But the wolves were apparently strict carnivores. RoughBack had been watching StrongBite for 3 full days, starving him, and the wolf had not so much as sniffed a herb in the garden. RoughBack tossed him a scrap of Shark meat in pity, which StrongBite snapped out of the air, and resolved to speak with BriskFoot.

[Iituem]

Spoiler: Arcane City (click to show/hide)

Thaumaturgy successfully researched.
Library completed.

Eric's boots clattered softly across the new polished stone floors of the Magernian Library.  All about him, scholars and students were busy filing scrolls into pigeonholes for sorting, reference and review, activities to which he nodded approval.  Up ahead though, in the circular atrium of the building, was the demonstration that fixed his interest most of all.

It was not a spectacular demonstration, as such.  One of Eric's more talented research masters was levitating a pebble at about eye level, just as Eric himself had done during the wizarding trial nearly two years before.  Just next to him was a small table upon which rested a translucent blue crystal, about half the size of a fist.  A small sack sat next to the table, largely empty but with a handful of similar crystals at the bottom.  Eric approached and nodded to an assistant standing near the sack with a scroll and a pen.

"How are we doing?" he asked.

"About three hours now," the assistant replied, scratching her ear with the tip of the quill pen, then gestured to a nearby hourglass.  "We did the third turn maybe ten minutes ago."

"Impressive," Eric mused.  "How much mana did we go through?"

"We're onto the third sack now, but that's the last one.  We'll probably have to call it quits in the next five minutes."

"What?" Eric exclaimed, then frowned as he did the calculations.  "Okay, so that's... three shifts of ten students channeling power into those crystals for eight hours each, for three days.  You're telling me we went through thirty days' of mana collection just holding up a pebble for three hours?"  The assistant spread her hands.

"Master Eric, the human body is not designed to extract power from the environment.  We're not made to collect mana, so of course the process is going to be inefficient.  But frankly, we're still bounds ahead of where we were in what we can actually accomplish now.  Even the weakest fireball will probably go straight through one of those sacks in an instant; but it will work."  Eric put his hand over his eyes.

"Can you at least try and concentrate the crystals to be more portable?  Those sacks are going to be bloody unwieldy to carry around."

"Of course, Master."  The assistant glanced down to the table, where the blue crystal had dwindled to a tiny chip.  She picked up one of the fist-sized crystals from the sack and placed it on the table as the chip vanished into thin air.

New Building: Mana Collection Station
2 wood/stone, 2 labour
Each labour working the station generates 1 mana per turn.

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The State of Arcane City, a city of the Republic Of Magernia

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (worked plains): 4 food per annum, irrigation
2 (worked forest): 2 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked plains): 4 food per annum, irrigation
4 (worked forest): 2 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
5 (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
6 (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
8 (fallow lake): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (worked forest): 1 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
C (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
D (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
E (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades
F (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (worked plains): 2 food and 1 horses per annum, horse farm
K (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow lake): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Hall of learning (staffed): 90 research per annum
Granary (passive): no production per annum
Shrine (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Tombs (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum
Library (unattended): no production per annum

We are undertaking no projects.

We have a population of 13021.  There is 13 labour available and morale is at 7.
The city requires 13 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 15 food, 3 wood, 1 horses, 90
research and 2 spirituality.

We have 4 food and 1 wood in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 spirituality and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: arcane city conscripts, arcane city conscripts 2
and arcane city conscripts 3.


MAGERNIA SOUTH

It is 100 LI from Arcane City.

It contains 0 stone.

Stationed here are arcane city conscripts and arcane city conscripts 2.

This region is mostly hills.

Hanging Wheaton is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 wool
1 food
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of republic of magernia.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Hillskald is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
3 wool
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of republic of magernia.
Ready Cash: ¢500


Spoiler: Su'Talan (click to show/hide)

Dwarven raiders pick up gold stash, mostly in the form of odd, impressionistic statues and art objects of unrecognised make.  They report a sense of unease in the area where they found them, half-buried in the mud, but little else.  Raiders also pick up one of their old stashes of loot - several chests of furs in southern su'talan.  They return them to the city, but have to make a second trip.  During the second trip they encounter traders with bags full of more of the strange statues and, giving in to traditional dwarven impulses, slaughter them to a man and steal the gold.  They do bring it back, though.

The priests are another matter entirely.  A collection of no more than thirty or so humans in a large wooden building, they appear to devote their time and effort to the worship of a well.  They proclaim that the old gods are gone and forgotten in this new world, but that guidance from the divine can still be found.  Curiously, they claim that their well is such a source of guidance and that dreams are more common around it.  A few interested citizens journey to see them, because some people will believe anything, but most are understandably skeptical.

The priests do provide an offer.  If the city is willing to provide help expanding their little shrine into a true temple (effectively a small village for pilgrims), they will offer their guidance teaching the city's residents of the spirits, an act they promise will help ease the difficulties of urban life.
Offer: Bonus to researching 'Animism' in exchange for 3 wood.

While travelling through the coppering hills (naming reasons), the rangers discover a strange series of smooth, oddly-shaped stones atop one of the hills.  The stones are large and polished like those found on a beach, though how they got atop the hills is anyone's guess.  The rangers find them very aesthetically pleasing, though, giving an odd sense of spirituality, so they pack them to bring home.  They find a small vein of tin amidst the heavy copper deposits in the region, making a note to send someone to extract it later.  The local villages here and in the mountains are primarily dwarven.

In the higher mountains of Wendall's Crags, they stumble upon another deposit of haematite, as well as some local fur traders, who agree to travel to Su'Talan and sell their furs for money (2 furs traded for 2 wealth).  Finally they reach the dwarven township of Wendward.

Much smaller than Su'Talan, the dwarves in Wendward do not respond with open belligerence at the approach of the rangers, but are unwilling to let them into the city.  A small deputation is sent inside to discuss (including the leaders) and emerges safely later.  The brief, terse meeting reveals that the dwarves have as much idea of the origins of the rifts that saved them as the Su'Talanese do, but their own situation is much the reverse of Su'Talan's; they have ample access to stone, iron and copper in the mountains, but no reliable source of wood.  The Wendan dwarves indicate a willingness to work out a trade agreement to begin relations, but state their willingness to defend themselves if necessary; wars between the elves and dwarves were a significant part of the end times of the old world.  You recognise a few of the faces amongst the two battallions guarding the town; the raiders overpowered on the way to the mountains made it back first.

During the return journey the rangers discover a small patch of very fertile land in the Merkan Expanse, grazed by the little merkans but with a curious plant.  After a little cautious experimentation, they realise it to be tea!  They mark this down for later transport, but do not manage to complete crossing the expanse by the end of the year due to time spent exploring the hills and mountains.  The leaders are sent ahead with a light guard and manage to return.

Gain 4 wealth from exploration/raiding, trade 2 wealth for 2 furs.
Net gain to city: 2 wealth, 2 furs.
Construction researched
Hunting camp and tombs completed.

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The State of Su Talan, a city of the Su Talan

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
2 (worked plains): 3 food per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked plains): 3 food per annum, no upgrades
4 (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
5 (worked plains): 3 food per annum, no upgrades
6 (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
8 (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
C (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood, 1 furs and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
D (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
E (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
F (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
K (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Shrine (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Hall of learning (staffed): 60 research per annum
Leatherworkers' workshops (staffed): 2 clothing per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum
Tombs (passive): 1 spirituality per annum

We are undertaking no projects.

We have a population of 13516.  There is 14 labour available and morale is at 8.
The city requires 14 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 15 food, 3 wood, 3 leather, 1
furs, 2 spirituality, 60 research and 2 clothing.

We have 3 wood, 6 leather, 28 wealth and 2 furs in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 furs, 2 spirituality and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: su talan rangers and dwarven raiders.


SU TALAN SOUTH

It is 100 LI from Su Talan and 100 LI from Merkan Plains.

It contains 0 spirituality, 0 furs and 0 wealth.

This region is mostly wasteland.

Lightbridge Down is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
6 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500


MERKAN PLAINS

It is 100 LI from Su Talan South and 200 LI from Merkan Expanse.

It contains 0 wealth.

This region is mostly plains.

Oakskill Ley is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Light Market is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Watercloth is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500


MERKAN EXPANSE

It is 200 LI from Merkan Plains and 100 LI from Coppering Hills.

It contains 2 bronze and 2 iced tea.

Stationed here are su talan rangers.

This region is mostly forest.

Vole Market is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 wood
1 food
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Lightplight Cross is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 wood
1 food
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Darkcloth Bridge is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 wood
1 food
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Darkstone Rock is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 food
They are indifferent to, are cautious about and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500


COPPERING HILLS

It is 100 LI from Merkan Expanse and 100 LI from Wendall'S Crags.

It contains 0 spirituality and 2 tin.

This region is mostly hills.

Awlbrook Market is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 wool
0 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Owlbrook Leigh is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
1 wool
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Tailwell Market is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 wool
1 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500


WENDALL'S CRAGS

It is 100 LI from Coppering Hills and 0 LI from Wendward.

It contains 2 iron ore.

This region is mostly mountain.

Owltone Moor is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 stone
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Tail Chase is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 stone
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of su talan.
Ready Cash: ¢500



Spoiler: Noble Tundra (click to show/hide)

No real progress was achieved this year in research, but during forays into exploration the yetis journeyed east along the coast, discovering a small number of independent yeti villages that, due to their isolationist nature, had been completely unaware of Whitehill's existence these past few years.  A large herd of longhaired frost goats were discovered rambling along the coast as well and collected for transport back to the city.  Journeying north, the yetis discover the start of a ranging, snow-covered pine forest they name Pinevale, as well as more occasional yeti outposts in the woods.  They also find a large number of what appear to be solid gold statues half-buried in the ground, several of which have tree roots growing around them.  The statues all take non-specific geometric forms, many asymmetric but nevertheless aesthetically pleasing.

The icepups and their handlers make contact with more isolated yetis along the western coast, but meet a rare sight in a small caravan of yeti adventurers.  The adventurers have a number of strange beasts the handlers recognise from tales of myth, so-called 'horses', which the adventurers claim they found to the far north where the ice thins.  The horses do not survive well in the cold, so the handlers decline a trade, but instead send the adventurers back to the city to be feasted (-1 food), something that engenders a deal of goodwill in the local yeti villages - or would have, if there were any.  The western coast appears to be completely untouched.  The handlers also find a vein of copper ore in a rocky outcropping, which they extract with the aid of the icepups as work dogs, and to their great surprise a small deposit of tin as well, not far from an abandoned forge.  The forge appears to be of yeti make, in a village that is now completely abandoned, but there are stacks of bronze ingots in the smithy's storehouse.  The icepups run into another pack of icewolves, but unlike the tamer pups the wolves are largely starving and desperate.  The better-fed pups hound the wolves, picking off the weakest members until at last one of the handlers manages to strike down the alpha, subduing thepack.  The weakened wolves submit to the handlers to be sent back for training, dragging the ingots of bronze with them.

The icepups travel north to a wide stretch of tundra, where they encounter more horse-peddling traders.  In the hope of successfully gaining goodwill, these traders are also sent back to be feasted by the city (-1 food again).  Fortunately, the so-called Blanche Plains are surprisingly well-settled by sparse but communicating villages of yetis, including a large community around the village of Bridge Leigh.

The yeti explorers return to Whitehill to sell the herd of goats, then venture back to Pinevale in search of the golden hoard.  While trekking through the forest they are set upon by icewolves, sustaining light wounds before finally overcoming them.  With not enough yetis willing to handle or house the captured wolves, the yetis opt to slaughter the majority rather than risk later retaliation, leaving a handful to flee back into the wild out of respect for nature.

Interestingly, the yetis track the freed wolves back to a den in the woods, a natural cavern of sorts filled with yet more of the mysterious gold statues.  They pick up the gold and carry it back, but along the way run into more yeti adventurers, this time offering ingots of pig iron.  The traders agree to sell their iron back at Whitehill in exchange for a couple of dozen baskets of new clothing.  The yetis return with their golden prizes by the end of the year, but must wait until the worst of the winter snowstorms clear before setting out to retrieve the second stash of statues.

Whitehill has reached its unit limit until Trade is researched.

Gain 2 wool, 1 tin ore, 2 bronze from exploration.
Loss 2 food from stores due to feasting.
Trade 2 clothes for 2 iron.

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The State of Whitehill, a city of the Noble Tundra

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
2 (worked tundra): 2 food and 1 iced tea per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked tundra): 2 food per annum, no upgrades
4 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
5 (worked ocean): 3 food per annum, fishing village
6 (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (worked ocean): 3 food per annum, fishing village
8 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
C (worked forest): 1 food and 2 wood per annum, woodcutting village
D (worked hills): 1 food, 1 wool and 1 stone per annum, quarry
E (worked hills): 1 food, 1 wool and 1 stone per annum, quarry
F (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
K (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Granary (passive): no production per annum
Clothiers' workshops (staffed): 2 clothing per annum
Hall of learning (staffed): 60 research per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum

We are undertaking no projects.

We have a population of 13140.  There is 13 labour available and morale is at 8.
The city requires 13 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 13 food, 1 iced tea, 2 wood,
2 wool, 2 stone, 2 clothing and 60 research.

We have 5 food, 2 wood, 2 stone, 6 wool, 2 tin ore, 2 bronze, 2 copper ore, 2
wealth and 1 iron in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 iced tea and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: whitehill yetis, whitehill icepups and whitehill
icepups 2.

WHITEHILL

It is 200 LI from Whitehill Straits, 100 LI from Blanche Plains, 100 LI from Whitehill Coast West, 100 LI from Pinevale and 100 LI from Whitehill Coast East.

Stationed here are whitehill icepups 2, whitehill icepups and whitehill yetis.

This region is mostly urban.

It is the site of a city.


WHITEHILL COAST WEST

It is 100 LI from Whitehill, 224.0 LI from Whitehill Straits and 77.0 LI from Blanche Plains.

It contains 0 copper ore, 0 tin ore and 0 bronze.

This region is mostly coast.

It is an untouched wilderness.



It is 100 LI from Whitehill, 77.0 LI from Pinevale and 224.0 LI from Whitehill Straits.

It contains 0 wool.

This region is mostly coast.

Softvale Mark is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Volestone Leigh is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Mokepath Step is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Palebridge is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Bridgevale Down is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500


BLANCHE PLAINS

It is 100 LI from Whitehill, 77.0 LI from Whitehill Coast West and 77.0 LI from Pinevale.

This region is mostly tundra.

Greywell Ley is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Palebrook House is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Bridge Leigh is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Molebridge House is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500


PINEVALE

It is 100 LI from Whitehill, 77.0 LI from Blanche Plains and 77.0 LI from Whitehill Coast East.

It contains 2 wealth.

This region is mostly forest.

Awlpale Step is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 wood
1 food
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Volestone is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 food
1 wood
They are indifferent to, are barely aware of and are unafraid of noble tundra.
Ready Cash: ¢500


WHITEHILL COAST EAST

It is 100 LI from Whitehill, 77.0 LI from Pinevale and 224.0 LI from Whitehill Straits.

It contains 0 wool.

This region is mostly coast.

Softvale Mark is a free community that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
4 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Volestone Leigh is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Mokepath Step is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Palebridge is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
2 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500

Bridgevale Down is a free village that bows knee to nobody.
Current Stocks:
3 food
They are unaware of any large civilisations.
Ready Cash: ¢500


[Nirur Torir]

((I rejoice at the turn, yet am saddened by so few active players. This was exactly what I was hoping for with Thaumaturgy, too.))

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

[No Change] 1st laborer works irrigated plains/river tile 1 (+4 food)
[No Change] 2nd laborer works forest/river tile 2 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 3rd laborer works plains/river tile 3 (+4 food)
[No Change] 4th laborer works forest/river tile 4 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 5th laborer works horse farmed plains tile J (+2 food, +1 horse)
Gross resource intake: +14 food, +2 wood, +1 horse

6th laborer partially builds woodcutter's camp on forest/river tile 2 (-1 wood. 1 resource remains.)
7th, 8th laborers build a mana collection station (-2 wood)
9th, 10th, 11th laborers research trade
12th, 13th laborers research Transmutation

Army orders:
1st Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison province of Magernia South.
2nd Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison province of Magernia South.
3rd Magernian Garrison (Wooden Javelins, wooden shields) - Guard capital.

Current ruling council (Mostly to make writing turns easier for me):
Abalaj - general during battles
Callainra - governor
Deidra - high commander
Eric - sage
Falran - in charge of construction projects

Luxuries:
Governor = +1 morale
Spirituality (x2) = +20 luxaries = +1 morale
7 total morale

Net resources:
14 - 13 food eaten + 4 food in storage = 5 stored
2 wood produced - 3 wood used + 1 from storage = 0 stored
1 horse produced = 1 horse stored

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Arcane City Council Chambers
The council watched with rapt attention as Eric used a mana crystal to levitate a pebble. When the crystal was used up, Eric spoke. "The research was marginally successful. They take an obscene amount of time to make for the mana they store, but they are an acceptable first step."

Abalaj responded, slightly annoyed. "You spent over three years of research to bring us barely usable mana crystals? At this rate, we'll be overrun by barbarians long before we even have the ability to light a fire, let alone destroy them."

Callainra answered him. "And three years ago you could barely hold a small rock for two minutes. I see much potential in these crystals. The citizens have started complaining about being forced to use a basic barter system, perhaps these could be used as currency. They're certainly better then the uselessly soft metals commonly used in the old world."

Deidra- "I like it. The troops are loyal, but not having any wages is taking a toll on morale. How difficult are these to make?"

Eric- "We went through 30 days worth of crystallized mana with three hours of levitating a pebble. We'll need a dedicated facility and a sizable portion of the population working at it."

Callainra frowned, thinking hard. "We have enough food, and it's a better use for our people then making weapons. The citizens are wondering when the next tournament will be, but I think we can delay it a year to utilize these crystals."

Falran- "Um ... We're always short on wood, I'd like to ... I mean, it would be good to build a woodcutter's camp to increase our wood harvests. Please."

Deidra- "Magic takes priority, I think."

The vote was held. Use of the crystals as currency was agreed on by all. Work on a mana construction station would begin immediately, and a woodcutter's camp would be built if there was time.

[Vanigo]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Aramis and Cariphon, along with their retinue, had made good time coming back to the city, arriving in mid-winter.
"Good to be home, eh, councilor?" Cariphon remarked as they approached the outskirts of town.
"Indeed. Wouldn't want to stay away too long; you never know what's going to come up while you're gone."
Cariphon glanced over at his nominal commander. Aramis viewed him as a specialist with little interest or aptitude outside of wilderness work, and Cariphon was perfectly happy to let him keep on thinking that, even if he did get a bit condescending now and then.
"Well, I guess you might say that. Me, I'm just happy to be able to try the latest brews. That river rye beer was only moderately bad when we left; I can't wait to see what they've done with it since then."
"Can't say I won't be doing the same. I'm more interested in that redberry wine, though."
"Well, you go your way, I'll go mine, and we'll compare notes, then."
Aramis began to agree, but Cariphon was already gone.
The redberry wine, Aramis found, was harsh and astringent, with a slightly rank aroma and a bitter aftertaste. He'd have to drink it anyway, he decided. He was a councilman, after all, and there were appearances to maintain. Wouldn't do to drink beer.

Cariphon, for his part, set off to talk to Kierna rather than sampling the brewers' latest efforts. He found her easily enough; she spent much of her time in the grove. She looked up at his approach, and greeted him warmly.
"Cariphon! Welcome home! How was your journey?"
"Well enough. Little villages all over the place, as it turns out. All refugees like us, it seems. How have things been here at home?"
"Fairly good. We've set up the beginnings of a burial forest outside of town, and we made contact with those priests south of here. They're clustered around what they say is a sacred well; I'd like to find out if they've learned anything about the water spirits of this world."
"Sounds good to me. You figure anything out about those statues?"
"Not a clue. We can't fathom how they could be the only signs of civilization around here."
"Hmmph. That's a shame. Well, I've been meaning to go try the latest beers."
"Definetly do so. They've gotten quite good. We can talk more later."
"Until then."
Cariphon smiled and headed off.


7) Work 1, 2, 3, 7, B, C (13+1 food, 4 wood, 3 leather, 1 furs)
1) Make clothing
3) Research literacy, maybe animal taming
1) Make spears
If I can get the stone back to town in time:
    3) Build stone circle
Otherwise:
    2) Build granary
    1) Make backpacks
Bring first unit back to town (If possible, swing out west to explore another region on the way)
Raise another unit, equip it with spears, and send it south to pick up tin from Coppering Hills (give them backpacks, too, if they were made and grab some bronze)
Send 3 wood to the priests
Offer wendward 1 wood for 1 stone

[Enzo]

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Whitehill has reached its unit limit until Trade is researched.

...Research Trade (3 Labour)
Continue working tiles + Clothiers Workshop (8 Labour, +13 Food, +2 Cloth, +2 Wood, +2 Stone)
Assign extra clothier for this turn (1 Labour, -2 Wool, +2 Clothing)
Construct Wooden Shields (1 Labour, 1 Wood)
Recruit another unit of yeti, give shields
Yeti + Icepup - continue patrol
Yeti 2 + Icepup 2 - get statues
Continue feasting as necessary

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

BriskFoot watched the festivities with a tinge of melancholy. He should be happy, of course, with the Noble Tundras successes in the previous year. The expanding stockpiles and increasingly common feasts were of as much benefit to him as the next Yeti, but he could not seem to ignore the fact that it was all gained without the aid of a single Druids Grove. The fisheryetis have learned to harvest these seas, the rangers have tamed the beasts, but Briskfoots driuds have still failed to make any strides in their research of the lands flora. There had been some talk of replacing him, he knew, but no member of the clan has been noteworthy enough to warrant a nomination.

Briskfoot walked across the clearing, slowly approaching the large golden statues arranged in the center of the celebration. Discovered the previous year in the wilderness, they were well made but clearly not of Yeti design. From what he had heard of their excavation, they were also very old, from a civilization fallen long ago - or perhaps one they have yet failed to encounter.

A large, poorly postured Yeti stomps up quite ungracefully behind Briskfoot and clasps a hand roughly on his shoulder. Briskfoot turns his head, only slightly startled, to see a broad ranger grinning at him like a fool. His name was QuietArm, Briskfoot remembered (although he could not recall them ever having spoke), and he was noticeably inebriated, clutching a wooden mug of liquor in his free hand.

"Aye tharr, if it aren't tha Breeskfoot hamself, enjoyin' mah shinies from'r little trip upta tha nerth!" QuietArm manages, now leaning a significant amount of his weight against BriskFoot. "Ees shiny, aren't not? Also big." QuietArm waves his free arm for emphasis, splashing a portion of his booze against the base of the statue.

"Ees shiny, and..." QuietArm trails off, before breaking into abrupt laughter, patting BriskFoot on the shoulder and stumbling away.

Friendly fellow, BriskFoot thought, glancing at the base of the statue now stained with drink. He could see several small saplings sprouting out from beneath it. The first thought to cross his mind was that the haulers had placed the statues without care. But as he leant to examine closely, he could see that they were of a species unfamiliar to even him, and growing almost visibly as he watched them. He allowed the joy to wash over him for a brief moment. There was a secret to charming this land, and the statues - or at least their creators - held it.

[Iituem]

6 A.C.

Spoiler: Su'Talan (click to show/hide)

New rangers find a small deposit of haematite in a low hill in southern Su'Talan and drag it back before venturing forth for the tin.  A deposit of tin was actually found in the Merkan Expanse whilst travelling, not far from the store of bronze.  The new rangers loot the bronze and start to make their way back, but do not manage to get out of the expanse by the end of the year.

The original rangers return, but the stones are of no use for construction.  Wendward willingly trades 2 tonnes of stone for lumber instead, allowing completion of the stone circle.

The city government finally manages to collect the varied writing systems within Su'Talan and agree on a formalised system of writing.  The rest of the year is spent educating enough of a portion of the population to achieve true literacy.

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The State of Su Talan, a city of the Su Talan

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
2 (worked plains): 3 food per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked plains): 3 food per annum, no upgrades
4 (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
5 (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
6 (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
8 (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (worked forest): 1 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
C (worked forest): 2 food, 1 wood, 1 furs and 1 leather per annum, javelin hunting camp
D (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
E (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
F (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
K (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow wasteland): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Shrine (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Hall of learning (staffed): 90 research per annum
Leatherworkers' workshops (staffed): 2 clothing per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum
Tombs (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Stone circle (passive): no production per annum

We are undertaking no projects.

We have a population of 14489.  There is 15 labour available and morale is at 9.
The city requires 15 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 14 food, 4 wood, 3 leather, 1
furs, 2 spirituality, 99 research and 2 clothing.

We have 4 wood, 7 leather, 34 wealth, 1 furs and 2 iron ore in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 furs, 2 spirituality and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: su talan rangers, dwarven raiders and su talan
rangers 2.


Spoiler: Republic of Magernia (click to show/hide)

Both trade and transmutation successfully researched!
Mana collection station completed.

Abalaj limped through the crowded, busy halls of the city library, sneering distastefully as the throng of inhabitants.  As part of Eric's continuing efforts to 'research' proper economics, the whole academic complex had been given over to what could be lightly termed a bazaar and accurately termed a nightmare.  Citizens were yelling and bartering left, right and centre, accompanied by the crowing of poultry, the creak of furniture and the continual soft clinking of the newly minted mana crystal coins from the collection station.  Despite the apparent chaos of the situation, Eric's reports to the council indicated nothing but success in the venture; apparently the man was some sort of economic genius.

Abalaj shoved his way through the crowd to a secluded wing of the library, inhabited only by a handful of rather shabbily-dressed scholars inspecting a few freshly-made shields taken from the garrison stores.  He put his hands on his hips.

"Well?" Abalaj demanded.  One of the scholars hurried up.

"Ah, Master Abalaj," the scholar smiled wanly.  "It is always a pleasure to see you, of course.  Without your patronage we should never have made this much progress.  As you know, we made several requests to the council for funding, but-"  Abalaj waved his hand.

"I honestly don't care.  You said you had something that would ensure I stay in power in the next trial?"  The scholar grinned, nodding enthusiastically, but did not move.  The councillor sighed and tossed a small pouch onto the table, thin blue discs of crystal spilling from the mouth.  The scholar's grin widened and he beckoned Abalaj over to one of the shields, picking it up.

"As you can see here," he said, "a perfectly ordinary shield.  Or is it?  Please note the runes of binding around the edges.  Reynault, the pebbles, if you will!"

Another of the scholars picked up a handful of pebbles and began tossing them at the shield.  The pebbles struck the shield and bounced away with little noticeable effect.

"I know what shields do, Merrin," Abalaj said flatly.  The scholar held up a hand and placed a few of the crystal coins in holders cut into the back of the shield, fixing them in place and then running a thumb over the circle of runes.  Reynault began throwing them again.

This time, the pebbles began bouncing away at odd angles, sometimes with more energy than they had been thrown with.  Abalaj frowned and peered at the circle of wood.  Every time the pebble struck it, a very faint shimmer appeared over the surface.

"Deflection charm, you see?" Merrin called out from behind the shield.  "Very basic elementalism, but thanks to the crystals we can power them without exhausting the man carrying them.  The charm detects a strike, then creates a very localised vortex, enough to make blows glance rather than-"

Merrin screamed and brought the shield to his left, only just intercepting the path of Abalaj's dagger.  The blade hissed softly across the shield's covering, sliding as if the surface was covered with an extra, oily skin.  When Abalaj drew back, only a faint scratch showed on the surface.

"Yes," he murmured approvingly.  "Yes, I think this might just do."


Leader Ability Unlocked:  Midas Touch (+50% revenue from taxation)
(Activates next turn.)
New Item:  Deflection Charmed Armour (+1 to defence of base armour type), cost 1 mana on top of base armour/shield cost.

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The State of Arcane City, a city of the Republic Of Magernia

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (worked plains): 4 food per annum, irrigation
2 (worked forest): 2 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked plains): 4 food per annum, irrigation
4 (worked forest): 2 food and 1 wood per annum, no upgrades
5 (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
6 (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
8 (fallow lake): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
C (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
D (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
E (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades
F (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow plains): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (worked plains): 2 food and 1 horses per annum, horse farm
K (fallow forest): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow lake): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Hall of learning (staffed): 90 research per annum
Granary (passive): no production per annum
Shrine (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Tombs (passive): 1 spirituality per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum
Library (staffed): 60 research per annum
Mana collection station (unattended): no production per annum

We are undertaking the projects of upgrade 2 woodcutting village.

We have a population of 13802.  There is 14 labour available and morale is at 7.
The city requires 14 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 14 food, 2 wood, 1 horses,
150 research and 2 spirituality.

We have 5 food, 1 horses and 6 wealth in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 spirituality and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: arcane city conscripts, arcane city conscripts 2
and arcane city conscripts 3.


Spoiler: Noble Tundra (click to show/hide)

Trade successfully researched.

Passing through the Blanche Plains, the yeti explorers successfully overcome another group of ravenous icewolves, beating the youngest down for capture.  Another of the strange collections of golden statues was found in their lair and duly gathered for transport back at a later date.  They additionally meet a group of leather merchants, who willingly trade them a tons for a double consignment of wool.  There is some belief that the merchants got the better deal, so the second set encountered were politely sent back to be feasted but not bought from.

The initial expedition through the Driven Expanse west of the Blanche Plains proved uneventful, save for discovery of a community of yeti villages who freely presented the explorers with a gift of several boxes of iron ingots.  Travelling north to the cold but fertile plain of Ruffield, the explorers find a malachite deposit as well as running into more of the horse traders (sent back to be feasted as per protocol).  Journeying west toward the edge of the expansive pine forest of Ruffwood, the yeti explorers realise they lack the supplies to make the journey all the way back to Whitehill and so take refuge in the community of Tailley Leigh.

The icepups and their handlers travel straight to Pinevale along with the groups of yetis and icepups retrieving the statues from the region and travel eastward, north of the coast, into the forest in a region they term Pinecrest.  Discovering a wild patch of iced tealeaves (duly looted for transport home), they are also able to secure a trade for some processed copper from local merchants, albeit at the cost of two tons of whitehill textiles.  The icepups travel north into the thick of the forest, where a subtle change in tree species causes them to name it Cedarbreach.  Amusingly enough, traders in Cedarbreach then try to sell them clothing, so they are sent back to be feasted for the sake of relations with the locals instead.  The icepups and their handlers just make it back to the city with their cargo of tea before the year ends.

The second set of yetis travel north through Ruffwood to collect the ore deposits located in the region.  The exact details of what happened are difficult to describe, as only one yeti managed to escape the ambush, but he reports a troop of well-armed, well-organised spearmen of a hairless, yeti-like race of smaller size, equipped with broad wooden shields like their own.  The spearmen were able to press the yetis with sufficient attacks to wound several and eventually force a retreat into concealed pits.  The remainder were then rounded up, but their fate is unknown.  The survivor managed to make it to the unit of yetis stationed in Tailley Leigh to deliver the message, but the yetis there were too worn from travelling to conduct more than a cursory search for the spearmen.

The icepups originally sent to retrieve the golden statues travel out to retrieve some of the resources in the Driven Expanse and collect all the lost iron as well as hunting several valuable furs from the region.  They get as far as the Blanche Plains on their retreat before heavy snows make further passage impossible.

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The State of Whitehill, a city of the Noble Tundra

Our demesnes are as follows:
0 (fallow urban): no production per annum, no upgrades
1 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
2 (worked tundra): 2 food and 1 iced tea per annum, no upgrades
3 (worked tundra): 2 food per annum, no upgrades
4 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
5 (worked ocean): 3 food per annum, fishing village
6 (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
7 (worked ocean): 3 food per annum, fishing village
8 (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
A (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
B (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
C (worked forest): 1 food and 2 wood per annum, woodcutting village
D (worked hills): 1 food, 1 wool and 1 stone per annum, quarry
E (worked hills): 1 food, 1 wool and 1 stone per annum, quarry
F (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
G (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
H (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
I (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
J (fallow ocean): no production per annum, no upgrades
K (fallow tundra): no production per annum, no upgrades
L (fallow hills): no production per annum, no upgrades

We have the following buildings:
Granary (passive): no production per annum
Clothiers' workshops (staffed): no production per annum
Hall of learning (staffed): 90 research per annum
Military workshops (passive): no production per annum

We are undertaking no projects.

We have a population of 14083.  There is 15 labour available and morale is at 9.
The city requires 15 food to survive.

Expected production for the year (before costs) is 14 food, 1 iced tea, 2 wood,
2 wool, 2 stone and 99 research.

We have 1 food, 3 wood, 4 stone, 2 wool, 1 iced tea, 2 tin ore, 2 bronze, 2
copper ore, 10 wealth, 1 iron, 1 leather and 1 copper in storage.

We will set aside up to 2 iced tea and 2 clothing for luxuries.

We have no equipment in storage.

We have the following units: whitehill yetis, whitehill icepups, whitehill
icepups 2 and whitehill icepups 3.



Territory Statuses are now being added to O.P.

[Nirur Torir]

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

[No Change] 1st laborer works irrigated plains/river tile 1 (+4 food)
[No Change] 2nd laborer works forest/river tile 2 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 3rd laborer works plains/river tile 3 (+4 food)
[No Change] 4th laborer works forest/river tile 4 (+2 food, +1 wood)
[No Change] 5th laborer works horse farmed plains tile J (+2 food, +1 horse)
Gross resource intake: +14 food, +2 wood, +1 horse

6th laborer finishes building woodcutter's camp on forest/river tile 2 (-1 wood)
7th, 8th, (14th) laborers produce mana
9th, 10th, 11th laborers research conjuration
12th, 13th laborers research metalworking
Enchant 3rd Magernian Garrison's shields (-1 mana)

Army orders:
1st Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison province of Magernia South.
2nd Magernian Conscripts (Unarmed) - Garrison province of Magernia South.
3rd Magernian Garrison (Wooden Javelins, wooden shields) - Guard capital and get shields enchanted (-1 mana)
4th Magernian Scouts (Unarmed) - Join the army, then scout eastwards

Current ruling council (Mostly to make writing turns easier for me):
Abalaj - general
Callainra - governor
Eric - sage
Falran - in charge of construction projects
Gralth - Abalaj's lieutenant.

Luxuries:
Governor = +1 morale
Spirituality (x2) = +20 luxaries = +1 morale
7 total morale

Net resources:
14 - 13(14) food eaten + 5 food in storage = 6(5) stored
2 wood produced - 1 wood used + 0 from storage = 1 stored
1 horse produced + 1 horse stored = 2 horses stored
2(3) mana produced - 1 mana used = 1(2) mana stored

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Arcane City Council Chambers, evening
Callianra began the meeting when the high-mages were seated. "Our citizenry is pleased with the progress of magical research, but they want another election contest. I'd rather not repeat the last one, are there any ideas for a better test of skill?"

Abalaj rose to speak. "What about a contest to see who can create the best protective enchantments in an hour?"

Callainra nodded as Abalaj sat. "Yes, that might work. We might even devise a better way of enchanting them. If we do that, I think tomorrow morning would be best, so none of the challengers gets any bright ideas about designing one beforehand."

Deidra looked at Abalaj suspiciously, but spoke in agreement. "I see no better alternative, so I'll vote for it." The others agreed as well, not noticing Deidra's suspicions.

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Temporary fairgrounds on the eastern outskirts of Arcane City, the next morning
Thirty contestants sat in a line, each with a wooden shield and a small pouch of mana coins. Behind each of them was a wooden stand. Once their hour of work started, Abalaj worked confidently, his week of analyzing the shield well spent. Of the other four high-mages, Eric was working quickly, and Deidra seemed unsure of where to start.

An hour passed, and a judge shouted out: "The hour is up. Cease working and prepare your shields." Each contested put their shield in a small slot on a stand. Thirty farmers approached, each with a bag of rocks. Each threw one one at a shield. One exploded when struck, while three shields fell over. Another volley of rocks, and two badly inefficient shields fell over after exhausting their mana. After a few more volleys, six shields remained. None of the high-mage's shields had yet fallen. Another volley, and Deidra's fell. Five remained. The new high-mage looked about smugly.

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Arcane City Council chambers, later that day.
Callainra started the meeting, while Eric was deep in thought while busily writing something unintelligible about conjuration down on paper. "Deidra served us well as a general. The military shall miss him greatly, as shall we. Welcome to the council, new high-mage. What is your name, and what are your specialties?"

The newest member glanced first at Abalaj, then chuckled as he address the council. "I am Gralth. I wish to command the military, as Abalaj's lieutenant."

Callainra raised an eyebrow, but Abalaj answered before her. "Very well, you shall be my lieutenant."

Falran obliviously spoke before Callainra could object. "That seems to be over? I'd like to finish the woodcutting camp, if that's okay."

Abalaj spoke calmly. "Yes, that's a good idea, we need more resources. After that, we should expand our military soon. I think we should figure out a way to make weapons out of the copper in the hills south-east of Arcane City. Eric?" He scowled at Eric's non-responsiveness. "Eric! Hey!"

Eric looked up. "Oh? Yes, I'll put some researchers on it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish these calculations."

Gralth spoke eagerly. "We should further scout the area around Arcane city, there could be bandits nearby."

Abalaj grinned. "Excellent idea. We should also conquer the villages we know about, and produce more mana."

Callainra was still trying to get her thoughts together on just what was suspicious about Gralth's familiarity with Abalaj, but her train of thought was lost by the interruption. "What? No. We cannot attack them. They're almost loyal to us."

Gralth retorted with a simple "Afraid?"

Falran responded with annoyance. "Er, she's right. I see no need to attack them. I was talking with an envoy the other day, and we had a facinating talk on the implementation of -"

Abalaj interrupted him. "Bah. Fine. We'll find somebody else to test our armies on."

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Magical Cheese Tavern, later that evening.
Abalaj and Galrath shared a fine drink in celebration.

[Enzo]

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Construct Fishing Village on Tile 6 (1 Labour, -2 Wood)
Construct Wooden Spears (1 Labour, -1 Wood)
Construct Shrine (2 Labour, -2 Stone)
Assign worker to Tile 6 (1 Labour, +3 Food)
Continue working tiles + Clothiers Workshop (8 Labour, +13 Food, +2 Cloth, +2 Wood, +2 Stone)
Research Archery (2 Labour)

All units return to village, guard against potential raiders
Equip Yeti's with spears

Continue feasting as necessary

Attempt to trade stone at low-low prices if approached, otherwise no trading this turn.

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

RoughBack stepped into the humble meeting hall for the first time in his life, certain he would be paralyzed by anxiety were he not trembling with excitement. StrongBite the wolf lay just outside, raising his head to growl at any that passed by, but obediently staying in his place. The canines wounds had long since healed but the damage was permanent, when he moved it was always in a forced, uneven gait. In their time together, StrongBite had developed a begrudging loyalty to RoughBack. Perhaps the wolf recognized Roughback as the one who lobbied for his release, but more likely he recognized the yeti as his sole provider of food. Regardless or reasoning, when the wolf was finally allowed to return to the wild he opted instead to stay by RoughBacks side, as he has been doing ever since.

It was for this RoughBack had been nominated, much to his surprise, as the representative for a new clan of Yeti: the Kennel Keepers. Apparently the animals affection for him was interpreted as a natural aptitude for the work, instead of simple luck and circumstance. RoughBack suspected he was the youngest Yeti ever assigned such a position, and a tinge of resentment could be detected in the eyes of some council members as he sat in their circle. None said a word, however, possibly all too aware of his companion just outside.

He was not the last to arrive. The council waited in silence until SwiftFur the fisheryeti strode through the door, late from surveying production at the docks.

"Well!" SwiftFur gasped, breathing heavily from his trek, "I see you were all kind enough not to start without me." He said it with a tinge of irony, knowing full well why he was assigned to the docks construction. He lowered himself to sit, scowling.

The meeting started without any introductions, with SoftClaw describing their recent trades with neighbouring villages in her usual slow but eloquent fashion. The whole affair seemed rather halfhearted to RoughBack; ruminations over potential trade-routes, the recently encountered hairless raiders, village infrastructure and labour distribution, with extended pauses and SwiftFurs crass objections throughout. BriskFoot, the head of his former clan, spent the time fidgeting in apparent disinterest and glancing towards the exit, uncommon for someone usually so collected. Adding an extension to the existing Kennels was briefly suggested, which RoughBack politely declined, suggesting it be discussed again when the bitches were old enough to breed.

RoughBack hadn't been sure what to expect of this meeting, but it certainly hadn't been this. There was no decisiveness, no passion, except SwiftFur of course, who had an apparent passion for being contradictory. But RoughBack knew, from the glances the others had been giving him, that this was not the time to have his opinions heard. He would have many more chances, many more long meetings.

[Vanigo]

(Hey, I did get that bonus to Animism, right?)

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The Grey Pine wasn't much of a tavern, really. It was a single room with a bar at one end, a fireplace along one wall, and mismatched chairs scattered around the room. But none of the taverns that had sprung up since beer worth drinking had become available were much better, and so the Grey Pine was reasonably popular, especially with the dwarves living in the city. Trade with Wendward was sporadic, but the Grey Pine had imported dwarven ale more often than most places in Su'Talan. Today, it did not, so the room was relatively quiet.
Dael and his dwarven friend Rakke sat along the south wall, drinking and chatting about the military's latest manuvers. Dael had a pint of local beer, and Rakke was drinking deeply from a tankard roughly the size of his head.
"Na, lad," he said, licking foam off his moustache. "They be sending us south to guard the bloody wasteland."
"Down by that well, you mean?"
"Aye, that's the one. S'pose they want ta impress the locals. Dunnae why else they'd be sending more than just us down there."
"Well, they do want to keep an eye on you, after what happened with those traders..."
"Bah. An' why shouldn't we have taken their gold? Brought it back here, even!"
Dael let the matter drop and took another sip of his beer. It was an old argument, and not likely to be settled tonight.
"So where are you headed?"
"We're exploring up north. Council wants to know what all's around us."
Rakke opened his mouth to reply, but was interrupted by a chair smashing on the wall a few feet from him, as a brawl broke out. This happened fairly often, which was why the chairs were mismatched.
"Ah, well, I'm out of here," Dael said. "See you later?"
"Aye, later," Rakke replied, as he drained the last of his tankard in preparation to hit people with it.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

6)Work 1,2,3,5,7,C (15+1 food, 3 wood, 3 leather, 1 furs)
1)Make clothing
3)Irrigate 2,3,5
3)Research animal taming, maybe animism and/or druidic techs
2)Start building library
Send leaders and rangers 1 exploring north along the river
Bring rangers 2 back to town, then garrison Su'Talan South with rangers 2 and raiders
Raise another unit of rangers and explore west, then return