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>The civilisation gets +10 Cohesion.
>The civilisation gets +5 Education, Prosperity, Productivity and Security.
>The civilisation gets -10 Equality.
Ten years go by. By this point, more than a generation has passed since the great flood occurred.
With the passage of time and regular commerce and communication between the Croglatol's many villages, the peoples of the great lake bleed together. The old names still persist – northerners call themselves Vubuvic, southerners are commonly referred to as the never-hungry and so on. However, a single culture emerges from this melting pot as the dominant faction in the region.
The deluge has taught the Croglatovic the importance of civilisation and the many factors that separate men from beasts. Records, traditions, laws, economics, and so many other things. All of these aspects are vital to the maintenance of any advanced society and without them, the heart of such a civilisation would cease to function. The chiefdom's heart has a name – Ancron. This significance of this town is drummed into every Croglatovic man, woman and child. Without it, the chiefdom would never have been reborn. Without it, they would be little more than animals, with no purpose in life. Everyone is responsible for the well-being of this settlement, which serves as a sprawling monument to the glory of An, Il, and even the four winds.
Ancron is a proto-city no longer – it is now a true city, with dykes to protect it from any potential flooding and an organised grid of stone structures, with walls of granite and roofs of slate. With every year, dozens of new homes are built to house the traders and artisans who flock to the city with a steady supply of dried legumes, livestock, lumber, copper and stone flowing into Ancron from every corner of the Croglatol. It might not be quite as populous as it was before the great flood, but it is far more organised and efficient.
Yet as the city's importance grows, so too do the demands of its inhabitants – who still call themselves Ancronic. They have little respect or regard for those who supply them with food and resources. It's common for them to speak mockingly about miners, swineherds and farmers, for them to think of these people are dullards who are incapable of more sophisticated work. They are even more dismissive and disrespectful when it comes to their drudges. Slaves are seen as less than human, beasts who have forfeited their humanity by daring to act against the interests of the chiefdom. They are dehumanised, objectified and stripped of every facet of personhood, which are only given back to them when they prove themselves deserving of redemption.
