During the night I must have been dreaming about the food crisis, because I woke up having made two decisions. As soon as I was dressed and sat in the great hall, eating my breakfast, I acted on them. Firstly, I sent a messenger to amend Chancellor Parrin's mission. He was not simply to scout for the enemy dispositions, he was to obtain information about when and how the ripened grain from our former lands was to be transported. Then he was to liaise with Lord Arval in using our light cavalry to intercept it. Assuming we had cleared the enemy from the valley that descended to the farmlands, the way should be open for such a raiding operation. If so, I'd leave the details in Lord Arval's capable hands.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDW04EZl4y
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Secondly, I would ask the Necromancer for a delivery of food on account. I hated having to beg, but couldn't see an alternative. This was a job for Figus, which was a shame, because I also wanted the charismatic Bard to negotiate for the release of the prisoners. They were a burden and as soon as I could get them off my hands for any kind of recompense, the better.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8wIoQjwYb
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While drinking a mint tea (thinking that I'd give a chest of gold for a bag of coffee), I checked for the new supply of ingots. The menu showed me I had 4 now in the stores. The new picks were making a difference but I was slightly disappointed that the daily yield wasn't 5. I allocated 3 to the smithy, to finish off upgrading all the miners and was glad to put aside 1 towards my first trade with the Necromancer.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7djNCn1ZaJ
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Next, I called up my character sheet.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqtvUclxo9
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XP 2,860 (3,200)
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It was heartening to see that my dexterity and charisma had both improved a point. That gave me an insight into the process, in that I'd been exerting myself to the utmost the previous day both to use the Rhino form effectively and to encourage the army. Probably, I'd performed actions that tested them repeatedly or under very great stress. And both were moving from extremely low starting points. There was almost certainly some non-linear progression at work here in that I'd have to do more than one day's activity to increase the higher stats.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jzERIOaVO
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While it was probable that weight training was the likely way to improve strength, how could I exert myself enough to trigger a constitution increase?443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pDTfcq8BN
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Perhaps Carradock Goblinbane would know. In any event, I wasn't going to spend my four attribute points yet. I still had to understand the system better.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0c16w4rXr
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It was time to choose my fifteen new skills and after placing one point in each of the following I felt a real sense of progress: Grapple: action, unarmed attack that restricts opponent if successful; Heavy armour mastery: passive, allows the use of heavy armour; Kick: action, attack enemy with a kick; Medium armour mastery: passive, allows the use of medium armour; Quick draw: action, produce hidden or sheathed weapon; Ride Warhorse: passive, necessary requirement for the use of other skills from horseback; Riposte: action, counter-attack enemy (can only be triggered after a successful Parry); Shield mastery: passive, allows use of all sizes of shield; Wield espadon: passive, allows the use of a double-edged, two-handed sword; Wield longbow: passive, allows the use of longbows; Wield polearm: passive, allows the use of all polearms and spears (not thrown); Wield war axe: passive, allows use of a heavy, two-handed axe.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rli0dWRGc
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Most of the Warlord skills clearly overlapped with other fighter classes as they were all pretty standard, generic ones, but my progression as Warlord had unlocked three eye-catching skills that were likely unique to this path. Battle Cry: action, raises the morale of allies within earshot; Detect Enemy Weakness: action, gain insight as to the extent to which the morale of the target is wavering; Stonewall: action, gain increased AC in proportion to skill level (this skill cannot be higher than Defensive Stance).443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjRfP8kLjo
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Of course I unlocked these with a point in each. Someday on the battlefield, they could make all the difference.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmI2YrJYZC
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I noticed too that (Wis) had appeared beside my first Feat, and I opened that sub-menu.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ1SCOeY26
Charge! All friendly units in the vicinity get a 20% increase to base movement and a temporary 5 hit point increase. Charge! is a wisdom based feat and each point of wisdom above 15 increases the buff by an additional 1 hit point and 1% move. A wisdom of 18 therefore leads to a Charge! with the effect of +8 temporary hit points and +23% movement for all those who hear the call.
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Now that was interesting and gave me pause for a long thought. The attribute points I'd been storing up could make this a powerful area-of-effect buff. If I put all four in Wisdom and hit 20, that would be plus 25% movement and plus 10 hit points to my nearby troops. Considering the basic, level 0 archer had only 5 hit points, that was very appealing. Before I committed myself to this idea though, I needed to test the Feat to see what the reset timer was and how many soldiers it could affect.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeW6wbsaW2
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Very pleased indeed with these set of skills, that reminded me of my Storm Wars days when I had the skills and feats to tank major bosses, I made my way over to the barracks. There was something odd about the behaviour of the people that I passed. A quick check on the people menu told me that an increased happiness score – now up to 21 – might have had something to do with it. But there was something else going on. Furtive smiles. Little whispers to each other and looks at me that were almost sniggers. It felt like I was in fancy dress.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVlthPzrXp
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Carradock Goblinbane was alone at the barracks and on my arrival he saluted me eagerly and said, 'well done sire! Very well done.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGIGh2vnHs
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'And sire. I may only have one arm, but next time I hope you'll take me with you. I can haul on a rope, or help the soldiers get into formation.' His look was earnest, almost pleading.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTgOMRK1cz
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'Consider yourself so instructed, Carradock. You can be my aide-de-camp when we are in battle.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwpPoAhSEv
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'Thank you sire.' His words were heartfelt and the tears in his eyes sincere. Good man.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdhy1i9ZGH
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'Now, let's continue with my personal training. I want to get stronger,' I said, 'and I also want my constitution to increase.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBlW374Guh
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'The first I can help with. The second too, but not so much.' He glanced at me and must have seen a query in my expression, because he continued, 'if you assign soldiers to survival training, it takes three months for them to become hardier.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs801hQ2B7
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'Three months.' I sighed.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPneJjHeIh
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'In your case, it might go quicker; you can dedicate yourself to it. As much as your duties allow.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftBgsnDKgd
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'What does survival training involve?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudF8i2JXCm
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'We go into the mountains and live off the land, building a lean-to, hunting and climbing every day.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwjP7BqjrA
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'Living off the land you say?' It occurred to me I might make a small saving in food requirements to assign some soldiers to this training. And I would end up with better troops. But with the army so tiny, I could hardly afford this measure, could I?443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU26nqksLq
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'Yes sire, it's not the comfortable life a king is used to, no, not by a long way. We'll be hungry most nights. But I believe I see in you a determination that will meet the challenge.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmxldoMtbD
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I caught Carradock's eye and nodded. All the same, there was so much to do here.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uZKa0fkEd
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'What about the strength training?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdaoXkPoHS
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'Much more straightforward, sire. I'll teach you the lifts and you practice them over and over until you are at your limit.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHku6HiX4im
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'Let's begin with that then.' I literally rolled up my sleeves.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrJIewLo4C
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Soon, I was performing a variety of exercises, aimed at strengthening my arms and shoulders mostly, but Carradock also had me work on my legs with simple squats that very quickly became a challenge.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LekrUiXYe
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When I took a break for water, I noticed again the presence of onlooking townspeople, who still had the furtive smiles and almost expectant expressions. Before driving them away to get on with their tasks, I leaned in towards Carradock.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKMMkex6ty
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'Oh,' Carradock had a thin, weasel-like face, more used to scowling than smiling to judge from the lines on it. But now it broke into a broad grin. 'Why sire, it's our new flag.' He pointed with his one hand.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWHwYUI3b
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The flagpole at the corner of the barracks had a green flag that I'd thought I'd seen previously. When the wind picked up enough to lift it fully open, however, I could see that it had indeed changed. The previous symbol had been a white circle of some sort. That was gone. Instead, it showed a galloping white rhino.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTKll2Yrn1
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It was probably out of character as King Carlos but I couldn't help smile. I looked around the square and shared the moment with the people who were there, letting them see I was pleased. Then called out, trying to sound gruff. 'All right, I've seen it. I approve. Now get about your tasks.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2qjS6mu8w
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A couple of hours later, when I was panting from the weight training and sweat was pouring from my body, despite the cool autumn day, a messenger came hurrying to find me. It was a gangly teenage boy who I'd seen around the keep. 'Sire, sire! A ship is making for our harbour.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPd4Gr0I8vt
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'What kind of ship?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVvEWyUn6B
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'A Viking ship!' His eyes were wide with alarm. And my heart lurched too. We had no troops at all in Carrick. Well, a one-armed sergeant, a level three Bard, an over-weight Fighter who couldn't fit into any of the town's armour, and a Sorceress. At least we had Carlena, I hoped her mana was fully restored.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJPEssBIqD
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'Go fetch the Sorceress. Tell her to meet me at the quays. Get someone else to find Figus, the ambassador.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtka5tKovr
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'Yes sire.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3I29TtN9Z
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'Carradock, come with me and bring your sword.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKQdW9B71s
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'Spear, sire. I can still stick 'em with it.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8BxB25AdO
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The quayside of the town of Carrick was a simple affair. One pier of stone stretched out into a grey sea for about thirty yards. In the protection of the lee of the wall bobbed two rowboats that were moored to buoys. It really needed a tower here, to help against invasion. At least we were outside the town walls and could fall back through a portcullis.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1n8d4fddm
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Shading my hand from the reddish sun, I could see the ship clearly enough. A bank of oars on each side; a large, square-rigged sail with a black and white stripe; and the ominous dragon head, facing us, rising up and down as they worked their oars and drove their ship towards us.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgwPqE7g8w
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'What do you know of these people, Carradock?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmd36DskGt
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'Dangerous, sire. Fierce fighters. Robbers. Their land – Jomskar – is north, beyond the Kingdom of Lost Souls. We have a saying, "never turn your back on a Jomsviking", because they'd do you sire. Give you a knock on the head and you'd wake up a slave of theirs.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMaZoFrQsw
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A clatter of boots on cobbles heralded the arrival of Carlena, the boy with her. The Sorceress was in her fighting outfit of trousers and tunic and as she gave me a nod of greeting, she tied her hair up tightly into a bun.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN0iUJcH8p
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I addressed the lad, 'get everyone you can from the town and take whatever helmets and shields we have in the armoury in the keep and hurry to the walls. Try to make it seem like we have plenty of soldiers in the town. And get some people to the portcullis.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVgq3qzId9
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The boy's large Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he swallowed heavily. Then he was off, almost slipping on the cobbles as he scrambled over-eagerly back towards town. This really was a lesson for me. Never to leave the town completely without troops. Hopefully, the infantry that Lord Arval was sending on leave would arrive before nightfall but for now, we were desperately weak. Even this one ship posed a significant threat.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF5MSpnMFz
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'How's the mana?' I asked Carlena.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjOBcXqwoI
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'Full.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e173648dz
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'You're all we've got.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cAfEMpUCQ
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'This I can see.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UbiWExOnY
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I was hoping she'd add something reassuring to that comment. She didn't.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OVJ0W7Q33
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In contrast to the tension of Carlena's stance, the arrival of Figus was almost nonchalant in the confidence of his stride. He was well-dressed in good quality cloth, which was embroidered with intricate patterns based on the interweaving of wild flowers.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCPXbsXLNf
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'Sire.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqNbThERTx
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'Ambassador.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8ZV484JAe
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The four of us moved part way along the pier and stood in silence as the ship drew closer and closer. Seagulls swooped and squabbled and the scent of the ocean was as salty as on Earth. There was an extraordinary difference with my experience of the sea back home though. Here, on the horizon was a line of white mist that sparkled under the midday sun. The edge of the word, presumably.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlNdXUQs0Z
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As the ship came around the head of the pier, I could see the men – and women – aboard. They were long-haired, tall and sturdy. How I envied them their fitness. And to my great relief, they were not brandishing weapons and helmeted up. At the front of the ship, one arm on the fabulously carved prow, was a red-haired woman whose dark green cloak fluttered around her. She caught my eye and gave a shout. 'Hail King Carlos, permission to enter your lands?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW4EZ6BoXn
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'Just you.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKfkUnqJEf
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With that their spokeswoman threw out a coiled rope with considerable dexterity and it was Carradock, despite only having one arm, who caught it and tied it off on a bollard. With an impressively uniform response to a command barked from the man at the tiller, the oars came in and the ship lay easy just a few yards from the pier. The crew were looking at us frankly, with curiosity, and were clearly unafraid.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAgaqzrSCS
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Two planks were found to bridge the gap to us and without hesitation the woman ran across. She was in her thirties; had a wide, attractive face; and brown eyes that shone with amusement, or was it cunning?443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBcc10tOmu
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'I am Jarl Injeborg the Red, here to speak to you on behalf of King Olgrim Beartooth of Jomskar.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJpuMcE5Vi
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She laughed. 'In my land, we greet ambassadors with generous hospitality. No wonder this place is called Greyland. Will we not go to your castle? A room? Some wine? Or mead if you like.' She turned to her crew. 'Ragnald, throw over a bottle of mead.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV81OUyPI4
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One of the Vikings rummaged up a bottle, threw it accurately and Injeborg caught it effortlessly. Again it was an impressive display of skill and the whole crew knew it too, there were grins on all their faces.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H1azJsxSc
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'Suspicious?' She opened her arms wide, throwing back her cloak to show that the only weapon on her was a small knife in a decorated leather scabbard on her belt. Then she dropped the smile. 'If we wanted to, we could cut you down right now.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3rXhZxi7L
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'Perhaps, if you and your ship could survive a level eleven Fireball.' My heart was beating fast, but my voice was steady.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI8zZhDNmv
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A quick flick of her eyes towards Carlena. 'We are here in peace and I am to offer you an alliance.' She paused, expecting perhaps that I would now bring her to a room in the keep for our negotiations.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqpuhr4WhT
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'I'm listening.' And I really was.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzJA2BNlk0
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'Very well, we'll talk out here, in the wind.' Injeborg's long, red hair had several braids, but even so often streamed across her face. 'Recently, King Olgrim had a meeting with King Cillian mac Gille Coemgáin of Rockguard and it did not go well. Knowing he has the stronger army, mac Gille Coemgáin tried to impose tribute on us. And due to adversity and the recent loss of our mines to the frost giants, our king would have agreed. Except that when it came to shaking hands on the agreement, mac Gille Coemgáin instead demanded King Olgrim kiss his foot.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbzk2sBEOA
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'This was in front of the courts of both realms. I was there. And our king said, "are you sure?" Mac Gille Coemgáin just laughed and said, "kiss it", holding his foot out. "Well," said King Olgrim, "it was your request." And with that he grabbed the royal foot and being a big, strong bear of a man, turned Mac Gille Coemgáin upside down. While the ruler of Rockguard wriggled like a frog, King Olgrim kissed his foot, then dropped him on his head.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dfWmGe13E
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'As you can imagine, their courtiers did not take this well. And, to be brief, we are at war.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJEPOkAfTi
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I laughed. 'I like the sound of King Olgrim. Very well. What do you want from us?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPX5ebMGZor
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'Iron. We know you have mines.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzYEijD7gu
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Iron again. I had been ramping production up as quickly as I could but perhaps I could do more. It clearly was a vital resource. Should I reassign people from other jobs? I'd ask Carlena about this later. It seemed that the power of the menus, whether divine or magic, gave the workers the appropriate skills in response to my decisions. But perhaps there would be a cost to reassigning someone, rather than using someone who was currently without a task.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFMGg2cSgO
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'And in return?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcbNBtO7lH
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'Fish. Salted fish. Five units for each ingot of iron.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4b3YZq6zo
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Not as good an offer as from the necromancer but, still, food was food and I wanted it badly. Deliberately slowing down my heart, looking into the distance and the slow movements of the sea, I tried to make my next words as unconcerned as possible.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknBAEon8vE
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'Using your own trading vessels?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdRchZD1I3
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'I'll speak directly and to the point. For every seven units of fish, I'll send you an ingot of iron. Right now, however, I'm very short of iron myself. In two weeks, though, I promise I'll give you twenty if you return with a hundred and forty barrels of fish.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr9Ea47N6f
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She looked thoughtful. 'I can shake hands with you now at six for one. Seven would need me to sail back to King Olgrim. And have you any iron to hand at all? We have barrels of fish with us now. Thirty of them.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY9dmhJcMO
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'You use slaves up in Jomskar?'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgamTGbH5JR
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'We do.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSjnjU1zZB
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'Then I can give you two iron ingots and about fifteen slaves for those thirty barrels.' I was thinking of the four new iron ingots (possibly five) that I would have at dawn but even better of the chance to rid myself of some of the unwanted prisoners. The ones from Southway. I was still hoping to achieve peace with Trolland and their prisoners might be useful.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ibjqwJxgP
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For a moment, there was a silence but for the waves, the seagulls and the creaking of their ship. I tried not to let my tension show, nor stare at the holds of their ship. We really needed those fish.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6aBSdeNtC
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'I will agree if our agreement is six units of fish for each iron ingot after this.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUqoGoVQlL
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I held out my hand and the jarl shook it with a very firm grip. Then she gave me a fierce look. 'This trade is only the start. I can see you are a man who despite appearances is strong at heart. Soon, we will be comrades on the battlefield.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs8oBOZ5bM
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'Perhaps. I am already at war with two kingdoms, however, I make no promises about fighting Rockguard.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd5w92RZXI
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'I understand. Let's drink all the same, to the trade agreement.' Injeborg drew her knife and cut away the wax seal on the bottle. Then she offered the drink to me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwi3mUiI6b
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'After you.'443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFz4B1sz3n
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With a laugh she took a large swig from the bottle, making sure I saw her swallow it. After which I did the same. It was fiery and sweet. Delicious. 'Put one of those bottles into the trade will you,' I said, passing it to Figus who held it for a moment distastefully, then took a modest mouthful and passed it on to Carlena.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHm2NLyKWu
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Injeborg laughed again, white teeth flashing. She laughed easily and while aware that I might have been affected by her obviously high charisma, I had the thought that these people might indeed make good allies.
