[4+1-1] Word of the rich iron deposits in the region spreads and you are able to attract settlers from Elbreth to your own, competing village. Most of the homes are built around a new, small iron mine, but you stand ready to take your cut of the wealth with your taxmen.
The town of Rustrock [can be renamed] is built on Kain's land. It will provide 1 Ducat/year in tax.You reserve a ducat to pay your personal guard's upkeep with. You will be in a position to expand your personal guard by another regiment next year.
Ask the raiders if they'd be willing to waive the tribute for now and instead gain a portion of any money gained later from raids. Also ask them if they know anything about the surrounding area (maybe get a more detailed map). Either way, send small groups of my men into the neighboring areas, including Brighthall and other areas of the Steppes in order to assess the wealth of the area and if there are any armies around that pose a threat.
[6] You're persuasive. Very persuasive, in fact, but not too good a haggler. In your enthusiasm to get them to join up you promise a little more than you might have been willing to give. The raider clans talk amongst themselves and agree that they will help out with raids to the point of lending you a regiment of their raiders each - but they demand a total of
4 Ducats in pay from the raids when they happen. The raiders will join you in the new year.
[5] The raiders explain that the Ztah steppe stretches as far as they are aware to the south and west, and the Eelspine stretches as far south as they know to the west. The Ztah Steppe roughly separates into five provinces; North, South, East, West and Central Ztah (you are in North Ztah). Eelspine borders the Steppe all the way down to South Ztah. Your own scouts into Brighthall report that of the two provinces neighbouring North Ztah (Brightwatch and Silverbark), Brighthall is still maintaining a guard of 1 regiment in Silverbark and 2 regiments in Brightwatch.
((Drua still has the one ducat given to her by the King, I believe. Also, is there an updated map?))
Drua curses angrily, looking over the accounting books with frenzied desperation. She has no luck, finding the totals still add up to debt. She swipes the papers onto the floor, then lets out a long sigh. She still had the money from the King, of course, but that was it. She still had her chests of poisons, potions and herbs and her map-making skills, and the advisor position...A new course of action is plotted out in her head. She would pay off the debt, return the Elbreth regiment back to the rightful owners and update the King on the situation, and then take her new husbands personal regiment on a mapping mission to the north.
Actions: Pay off the debt, return to Elbreth and update the King on the diplomatic mission, then ask the Kings of Miring and Elbreth for funding for a mission to map out Weyburn and beyond.
The King of Miring proves unwilling to expend any money on exploration at this stage, desperate as he is to protect his kingdom.
You pay off your husband's accumulated debts with the last of the chest of funds the King provided you with. You might leave the exact details out of your expense account...
[There may or may not be a map update with the new year - depending on whether I get around to drawing it.]
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