>>5233136>>5233168>>5233264>>5233297>>5233592"I cannot simply award you such a title now, but your wish is not impossible. Titles of nobility will be handed down at the end of the reclamation campaign proper. That will be either one and a half or two and a half years from now. If in that time you can put forth sufficient merits to be deserving of such a position, I will grant it to you. If you happen to be acquainted with the nobility by then, better still."
With that said, Reynaldo seems to consider his options for a moment before bowing towards you. "Thank you for your offer, Your Highness. I hope that my contributions will noticed, so that I have a position where I can give my all for the kingdom." It seems that he is satisfied with the opportunity to become regain his nobility for now.
The discussion of gifts and rewards out of the way, you speak about Reynaldo's forces for a short time. Their headcount is just over 500 armed men, with some 150 civilians accompanying them to help in managing the camp. Among them only a scarce few can actually be properly communicated with. Reynaldo, his son, his steward, a few locals from the region who joined the group, and a few others besides are the only ones properly fluent in your tongue. Besides those ten or so, less than one in twenty of the others have any skill beyond some scattered words and phrases in your tongue.
The silver lining, if it can be said to be one, is that there are quite a few among your new citizens who are fluent in Ibbiya, the Philosopher's Tongue. The well-educated, mostly. While it's still only a minority of those arriving, it will be a bit easier to communicate with them with, at least until you can make sure they can make out basics commands you issue. ...Although it will have to be done through an intermediary, as the language is unpopular enough here that you have never bothered with it.
Given the difference in language and culture, you make the decision to keep the camps separate for the time being. With unfamiliarity comes conflict, and now is a particularly bad time to invite such a thing, even if it's inevitable in the future. For the time being Reynaldo will be staying a short distance away. If either of you happen to come under the attack, the other will be able to reinforce with only a slight delay.
