>>5868048>>5868088>>5868242Our settlers enter the lake and start a new settlement in its depths. To our surprise, we find a massive creature within the lake, it seems to be dormant. It is a big humanoid, seemingly made of stone.
We send small delegations to all our new neighbours to see what their disposition is towards us.
The delegation we send to the humans is received cordially.
"Hello, squids. Are you settling in the lake? We call our city Lakeside. We partly rely on fishing to feed ourselves, so we ask you to not overfish the lake. We are in contact with merchants who cross the Endless Wastes, the desert to the northwest of our town. They can procure rare and powerful items from distant lands, for a fee. We dislike the orcs, but we have little reason to attack them outright. We hope we can maintain a peaceful coexistence."
The delegation we send to the dwarven city is followed closely by a bunch of guards carrying warhammers, but has a hard time finding a representative amidst all the people trying to sell us wares. When we do find someone, we are most welcome.
"Hello, squidmen! Welcome to Rockflow! This is the dwarven marketcity! We sell our wares and mostly buy preserved food and booze. Anyone is welcome to sell whatever they want here as well, just rent a stall or a lot to build a shop, paying in preserved food or booze. If you don't have preserved food nor booze, you can exchange something else you have with one of the larger merchants who sell preserved food and booze and then pay us with it. If you have any trouble, call the Hammerguard and they will kneecap the fools who are causing a scene!"
The delegation we send to the temple is welcomed by the priests.
"Hello, weird squids. We are the Keepers of the Shrine. We worship the God of the Lake. In times of trouble, he raises from the lake and defends his people! We have had peace for many years around here. It is all the God of the Lake doing! Praise be the God of the Lake!"
"Does this God of the Lake has a name?"
"Yeah... he has... but if you say his name three times he wakes up, so we don't go around telling people his name."
The delegation we send to the orcs is welcome as well.
"Squidpeople? Weirdest thing I saw all year. Well, this region here is calm. Way too calm. I think they put something in the water. I don't even want to go kill humans! Me, the meanest human killer! I don't advise you to drink this lake water. May turn you into a pacifist. But what do I know?
We have these ten catapults here just gathering dust... we just don't want to attack the human village... not again... the former chief tried and a huge stone golem rose from the lake and squished him. If the humans control that thing, it is better not to mess with them."
> Seems like the place is totally safe, breed like crazy> Maybe the water here isn't safe, maybe the golem poisons it somehow, abort settling here> Engage in further diplomacy with one of the local factions (specify)> Write in 
