>>5477084>>5477096>>5477100>>5477164Our passionate plea does not fall upon deaf ears; the sylvian leadership, a council of their eldest and wisest, admit that there is wisdom in our words. They concede that their action, while they defend it as prudent, was not the best one to take from your perspective, a perspective that is not totally alien from their own. They acted without faith on your part, and that is not what a friend does, and so they make for you a pledge: when you call upon them in a time of great need, they will answer, and trust in your judgement; they will have faith in your alliance, that together you both are stronger. They also concede that they too will call upon you if they truly need it.
Your relation with them has improved, and you can hold them to their oath in the future.
As for the delegates we sent south into the barbarian lands, they return home and prepare defenses. A small force of barbarian scouts arrives, however we are able to ambush and capture them with our new class of warriors; some of their party die in the ambush. The ones that live explain that ever since the death of the Barbarian King, the eight clans have devolved into fighting each other, making war on each other and shedding blood for blood. The tribes raid each other and have grown weak, but one tribe in particular has grown powerful, the one that the king originally hailed from. They are on the cusp of once again taking control of all the clans.
>What is our reaction to this? What of these captured barbarians? 