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>The civilisation gets +0.05 Technology.
>The civilisation gets +5 Prosperity and Productivity.
Sturdy stone houses or big stone idols would be a waste of this new resource, the leaders of the chiefdom decide. Instead, stone should be used for the construction of roads, to make the use of carts much easier. Both of the warrior castes are left disappointed by this decision, which worries the saint and the chiefdom – they live their lives in fear of these soldiers and the possibility that at any moment, they might use their military might to overthrow them. The only thing keeping these two factions in check is each other.
Thankfully, as primitive roads are laid across the foothills of the Sharoc and along the shores of the Croglatol using slabs of slate, the transportation of ore and stone using carts becomes a great deal simpler. Wheels are broken far less frequently on errant rocks and they become stuck in mud far less often. This leads to a more regular supply of copper, which means more armaments for the soldiery.
However, across most of the Croglatol, these roads aren't off much use. Most of the villages that are built on the shore of the great lake rely on boats for the transportation of goods, and the poorer settlements built closer to the forest's edge are unwilling to invest in slate slab roads – dirt paths are more than good enough for them. For this reason, the building of roads remains limited to the eastern shores of the Croglatol, where heavy goods must be transported and the waterways are sometimes unsuitable.
Twenty-five years pass.
As decades go by, the slaves begin to forget their origins and children with Scagravic heritage grow less rebellious and less likely to end up indentured like their tree-dwelling relatives. The slave population continues to shrink with the passage of time, though it will likely be a while before it drops to a sustainable level.
>The civilisation gets +5 Security.
More importantly, the chiefdom is threatening to collapse under the weight of supporting this military. At this point, the Vuvovic have accumulated the numbers that they always wanted and the Sharovic are close to matching them. There is one soldier for every nine other Croglatovic, one soldier for every five or six able-bodied and working tribesmen.
Quite frankly, these numbers cannot be supported and something needs to be done about them.
The latest chieftain, Prashol, wishes to finish that was started over fifty years ago and wipe out the last of the eastern Scagravic. When that's done, he wants to turn the soldiery on the northern tree-dwellers and enslave the lot of them as well. The most recent saint, Chapradin, is more ambitious. She wants the Croglatovic to be able to acquire precious shell money without relying on trade with a maritime clan. Coastal territory is required, which involves conquering either the Bladrek or the Roguwek.
