I still dont have territory on the island :(
We'll have an update for the map today or tomorrow.
Efforts to expand the trading company's reach to farther tribes are made. Foreign policy is otherwise geared towards the improvement of relations with known foreign tribes.
The efforts work, but success has been limited in the rimlands because of attacks on caravans. The problems are between both League and other tribal caravans. The tribes suggest that secure checkpoints be built for quicker dispatches of guards to combat a hostile response, and allow the guard number to reach 8 per caravan for League efforts. The collaborating tribes request that their number of guards be allowed to match whatever the League brings per caravan.
The rimlands seem to be tough, as many want good relations, but some prefer hostile means of acquiring goods.
Many enlist as bear hunters, and the population of bears goes down. As an added plus, population of deer, elk, trout and salmon go up.
The ban continues his march towards the Enemy capital.
The power struggle for the jakogun king is going to end soon. The two last candidates for the king are Furuya Botan, an rich and powerfull jakogun general, and Murata Kazuyuki, an jakogun nobleman representing the people.
The march is met by no army, but a small task force of bowmen riding on horseback who fire a few shots and run away over the hills, faster than the large military campaign can pursue. A high-ranking officer suggests that the enemy is probably mobile warlord/bandit clans, and it would be best to return to the cities to defend against a raid.
While the army is away, a warring clan raids the capital, stealing goods, and burning half of it to the ground. The gods must have shown some mercy, however, since an incoming squall doused the fire and prevented an easy escape for the raiding party. The ban's remaining domestic forces manage to cut down a good number of men and save some goods before the remainder of the party makes off with what they could.
Death toll: 1,200 military men, 14,000 civilians.
Soon after the Denbasie gains power in St. Alenaburg he forms a Legislature known as the Daprina, and picks around 600 noblemen from around the city, aswell as a small defensive army. Kalikuv, an explorer that works for the government plans to head eastward with around 20 Volunteer Guard (if it isn't east, I mean towards the way Gœðalaussland is.) to find fertile land for their farmers.
The legislature is too bogged down, many legislators argue. Others show disinterest is what they say is an ineffectively large government. Proceedings open to adjust the size to at least a sixth of the current size, many hope for more.
Kalikuv finds forest after forest, much of it littered with stones. Perhaps some root vegetables can be grown in this unforgiving climate.
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