>>5642611The Vardyger returns from up north, having been with his army as they inspected the gate. But he now hears of trouble from the Seawights. They've been blockaded by an organised navy, with big warships and sophisticated weaponry. People which yet again the Hrafnlaun was oblivious to. The Vardyger wonders if his father's efforts were truly worth it, as Astral Projection has only gleamed tiny fragments of knowledge which would be more easily attainable from spies. In fact, the Seawights are becoming more and more powerful, with about zero influence from the Vardyger. This blockade may in fact be a blessing in disguise, as now he has a good opportunity to twist their arm with it.
>Action 1: Develop Composite Bows.While the Seawights are proud fishers, the Landwights are proud hunters. They have struggled to hunt with slings, javelins and bows. The bows have been weak, needing to be small they lack the poundage to pierce an elk's hide, until now. The Landwights have developed a bow of wood, bone and sinnew, which while small, is very strong. The size also means arrows need not be as long, allowing more to be carried and fletching new ones is faster. Though the Wights also make extensive use of copper arrowheads, since they want to guarantee the kill.
>Action 2: Create the Skyseil fleet.With the troubles of the Colourful Isle, the Seawights cannot wait for the Sverre Geirrmann fleet to return. It is strange it hasn't returned, but in it's absence more ships have been built, they just need a captain to bring them together. The arguments begin and soon champions are brought forth to start dueling, only to then step down as the Colourful Lords step forth. The limited period of selling dyes was enough to gain enough wealth to buy a good chunk of the ships of this upcoming fleet. Furthermore, they have a vested interest in beating back the foreign invaders. They use what dyes are locally available to whitewash the sails of this new fleet, it isn't perfectly white, making a cloudy white, and thus that is the fleet's name, the Cloud Sail, or Skyseil, Fleet.
>Army Movement: Explore southwards, along the coast.As the mountain gate has been ensured secure, the Svarthird moves south. There are wide plains beyond the swamps, plains we have only seen from the shore. Besides, there's people on land south of Vettirgard, maybe there's other tribes near them. This is also a unique challenge of logistics, as they need to make camps and forage for such a large force, especially the Trellkrigers, who need areas dedicated to fighting, feasting and... resting. They also need to bring women along to satisfy their war brutes. But the elders can also be more strict on them, as they can flat out execute Trellkrigers if they get too rowdy, because there aren't any fledgelings here, they are all highly indoctrinated.
