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You decide to talk with King Daric about the dwarves.

Very quickly you learn some very important things. The dwarves and Kingdom of Eldrican has had strong mercantile ties since the fall of the various nomadic Khanates in the previous centuries. Much or Eldricanese wealth comes from selling various quality crafts and foodstuffs to the dwarven fortresses dotting the Eldrican border.

King Daric even mentions that his noble father sometimes let out his frustration at your treatment of dwarves, and destruction of one of their citadels, and only because of family ties and good relationship with Methiant, King Elran refused to take sides.

You decide to...

A) Promise to lay off any violence against the Dwarves if that will improve relationship between Methiant and Eldrican.
B) Try to persuade King Daric to see just how violent, unstable and asshole-y the dwarves are.
C) Ask King Daric to help you repair the relationship with dwarves, hopefully by putting you in touch with their mountain leaders.
D) Quietly move on to other topics without saying much.

You decide to continue on.

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Fortunately, no one else bothers you and through the Koi you arrive in Eldrican six days later.


You offer your prayers to the grandiose tomb of Elran III. It is obvious that Daric III was generous to the masons and artisans, as the marble-and-silver sarcophagus laying in a small 'chamber' of tall columns is truly breath-taking.

After that, Daric III shows his generosity as a host and launches a great feast for you, your family and your courtiers.

Very quickly you notice that your son Ustwelf seems to have 'glued' himself to a certain blonde maiden on Daric's side of the table, who seems to be around Ustwelf's age. A quick inquiry with one of Daric's advisors and you learn her identity - it is Deanna, Daric's niece. Her family got into a mess with some unscrupulous shady characters, and that resulted in a blaze that consumed her family house and all her relatives few years ago; since then she was living in the royal palace. She herself is fifteen and is known to have a polite character and aptitude for poetry.

Once the festivities go into their fourth hour, you decide to speak with Daric III on politics, and he is eager to contribute.

"My eastern friend," he begins, "I'm afraid to say that my merchants and my Treasurer aren't quite happy with the money they're making from this trade deal of ketton cloth we send to your Kingdom. I'm afraid that I will have to cancel this agreement."

You decide to...

A) Nod in agreement.
B) Try to negotiate better prices for Eldrican merchants.
C) Mention that King Shapur of Kashites in the east have shown interest in this cloth a while ago.

You decide to visit the capital of Eldrican personally to pay tribute to Elran's leadership.

As the horses file out of the palace, carrying you, your family, courtiers and guards, you think momentarily about how lengthy the rule of Elran was, and of course one can't forget Queen Dogethe who was in power since the days of your grandfather Yoe I.

A week later, while your group is moving through the western part of Methiant, your forward guards fly back to you.

"Sire, there's an angry mob in the nearest village! They seem bent on intercepting you and listing their grievances to you!"

A) "We will evade them, I don't want my wife to be troubled."
B) "Lead them here then, I will talk to them."
C) "Take some soldiers and make sure the villagers behave as we move past it."

Did you agree or disagree strongly with even a single one of the answers, happen? xD

Only with those very few about government regulations ;v

N.15 and ironchop.

You decide that Leath and Ysa will marry, despite all possible objections to this scandalous plan.


A small ceremony there is for marriage of Leath and Ysa. The two are absolutely lost in each other's eyes, and you hear that Ysa is a feisty troublemaker but friend of all peoples that accompanies well Leath's taught propriety and charisma.

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Though the scandalous marriage of a heir to the throne with a lowly commoner girl does not escape the attention of your subjects, unfortunately. Many governors, officers, priests and nobles voice their utter disgust with the decision, and many openly wonder whether you are fit to govern! Those voices are quieted down by your diplomats and envoys, but it's obvious that that happiness and stability of Methiant took a deep plunge.


You hear that King Shapur launched a campaign against the peoples of Shanshan. Apparently his goal is to reclaim lands lost to their rivals few decades ago. Not surprising, this.

Also, tutors and advisors likewise, have little praise for Ustwelf; he didn't excel in any of the fields of study that your courtiers tried to entice him with. All that can be said about him is, perhaps, that he is lucky, having narrowly escaped several standard childhood accidents that would leave others wounded or maybe even crippled.


There's a major reform going up in the north; apparently, the shrewd King Talon of Cydwyl has long been uspet at the state of royal bureaucracy in his Kingdom, even long before his venerable mother's death, and took it upon himself to change things. Even now, rumors say that many old, corrupt, or both, officials and tax collectors are being imprisoned or executed for their laziness, briberies or even treacheries while regiments of educated youths thake their place under new scheme of bureaucratic organization.

It will take a while to kick in, but Cydwyl's interior policies might finally rise to be equal to its glorious conquests of past decades.


Sad news reach your palace on an otherwise lovely midsummer day - Elran III, King of Eldrican, has passed away after a friendly duel with one of his courtiers ended in a wound; the wound was sealed but an infection kicked in, and Elran's body, already in its late sixties, succumbed to fever after three day fight against it. His son and heir, Edin, has become the new King of Eldrican, taking on regnal name of Daric III, and people say he's a skilled duelist and renowned military leader.

While your wife Esta is bawling her eyes out (even after being comforted by you and the kids), you decide that you should...

A) Visit the glorious country along with your family and pay respects to Elran III's grave.
B) Send a delegation of courtiers who will pay respects to Elran III's grave.
C) Send a letter of condolences to Daric III.
D) Move on to more important things.