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As for the matter of Bladrek elders who might have survived the deluge, agents of the chieftain and the saint are instructed to seek them out and offer them a particular sort of deal – they shall be given goods in exchange for their knowledge, rather than any material wealth that they produce. Some of the Windborn warriors who pass through these villages are suspicious of the Croglatovic and their prolonged presence in Shagodalek land, but not enough to act on it. They do not risk to earn the anger of Kadrel by harming his favourite pets.
It takes a couple of years of scholars travelling back forth between Ancron and the land that once belonged to the Wingstitchers, but eventually their efforts bear fruit. Schematics are drawn up for sailing boats, written instructions for woodworkers and tailors to follow to the letter, in order to reproduce the winged ships that the Bladrek were famous for. Not only that, but the origin of this pale copper is also discovered.
These elderly Wingstitchers speak of a faraway river known as the Brigatol, along the northern coast of the Grascan. There was a tribe that dwelled there known as the <span class="mu-s">Brydroveg</span>, or the <span class="mu-i">Winterfolk</span>, as the Bladrek called them. The rocky landscape near the river's mouth was rich in a particular sort of metal – arsenic. None of the elders are certain who first experimented with the mixing of arsenic and copper, but the product of such a process is a surprisingly strong alloy, the pale metal known as bronze.
Contact with the Winterfolk has been lost ever since the deluge and it is unknown if they survived the calamity. The only thing that is certain is that there is no other known source of arsenic. If bronze is to produced once more, contact must be made with the Brydroveg – or whoever now occupies the land that they once called home.
By this point, roughly a generation has passed since the reformation of the Croglatovic chiefdom and at long lost, at a ripe old age, Slucatal has died. In fact, almost everyone who was alive during the deluge is quite old at this point. The majority of those who are alive today were born at some point after the great flood, into an age of strife and hardship that they have transformed into an era of prosperity and plenty. The latest generation knows almost nothing of the calamity, beyond the stories told by their elders and the records that have been kept. It is time for the people of the great lake to move on, away from a tragic past and towards a brighter future.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">Ending a Special Situation: The Deluge.</span></span>
Slucatal's replacement as chieftain is Ruglatul, who is a veteran of the many battles fought to reunite the chiefdom, though he wasn't a warrior of any importance back then – he was just a young man, a fresh-faced Truthguard eager to fight for Ancron. Like his predecessor, he can expected to focus on the best interests of the Brulicruvic and to take a more martial approach to any potential issues.
