As no-one else had risen to lead our people in our first years from awakening from the ice, I, NeOmega, heeded the call for our master Braeden.
Braeden, I knew, loved gold. I dare say foolishly. So for his sake, I convinced our small enclave of people it was better to surrender our extra gold to him. Though I felt it hurt our nationalist sentiment, I also felt the gold was necessary.
Our settlers sought a better spot, where we could reach deer and fish across the sea once frozen. The dungeon we had crept out of filled us all with fear. So we settled our first city, north of it, naming it Garduk. Knowing the foolishness of Braeden, and indeed, my own incapacity for this task, I asked the town to start gathering our elders for advice and knowledge. They said perhaps we should look into controlling blizzards for our gain. I felt, as a hunter, that we should also look into strengthening our numbers of hunters, and develop advanced tactics to capture the wild animals of Erebus. I knew there were going to be many more as the ice receded, and if we could tame them, we could use them to defeat our enemies.
year1:
Year 2, Garduk founded, Elder council started, Blizzard research started, hunting research started.
In the next few year, our scouts and warriors explored our surrounding world, and found a temple, or perhaps a shrine, which glowed within. But perhaps the most disturbing, I met with a woman, whose aura of wickedness can not be understated. Our mutual distrust was apparent. She found me boorish and rude. Perhaps I was, as I knew she would seek the help of the villagers my scouts had reported in the south, and advise them not to help us. And that is just what she did.
Year 5: Met Os-Gabella, saw she would reach the tribal village first.
Unsure what to do, I bid our warriors to return home, but joined our scouts as they pressed further south. What we saw confirmed what our elders had spoken of. Far in the south, were the ruins of a once great empire from the age of magic, around an area of pink crystals, much like some we had seen earlier. The ruts of wheels still carved roads through the frozen landscape. I can only wonder what kind of ruin and war was brought about by those crystals.
Although I knew it was dangerous, my scouts agreed with me to explore the roads and ruins, amongst them, we found people who claimed to be related to the inhabitants of the once huge city. We asked for maps, perhaps any ideas or technologies from the age of magic. They had none. We told them of Braeden, and how he would send armies to crush them if they did not give us what we wanted. They gave us 46 gold, and we spared their lives.
For the next few seasons, we wondered amongst the ruins, searching for gold and lost secrets. All we found were the dead of the age of magic risen again in the form of skeletons, and also began to see orcs scavenging the ruins as well. We decided it was time to try to head home, knowing as the ice thawed, the orcs and goblins would become more plentiful. Indeed, they had. In fact, a runner had reported Goblins had posted a fort right outside of Garduk. This distressed me greatly, but it seemed they were as afraid to enter our lands as I was of the prospect of attacking their stronghold.
Over the next few seasons, I guided my men to scout the hills south of garduk, and find a well defensible spot, where we could keep an eye on the orcs, goblins, and a look out for animals we could perhaps capture. We chose some hills in the south, and dug in, using spears and stockades to help us beset any incoming threat.
I felt our fortifications were strong, and in the 20th season since Braeden began to lead us, it appeared my fortifications and men would be tested by wolves. We taunted the wolves with our cooking meat, and brought them into a trap.
We had a glorious victory. Although it was difficult, and I lost a few good scouts, and the wolves fought ferociously and to the death, so we could not capture them, we had found a ring of regeneration in the stomach of one of the wolves!
turn 20, I switch my scout with warrior, then taunt to try and capture the wolf. I got a glorious victory message, and my scout got a ring of regeneration.
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My original story was advising the next player to taunt, but then I realized I could taunt this turn (never played a foolish leader before, forgot about the taunt) So all I wanted to do was try to capture the wolf, but it turned out way better.
