>It is the 306th year after slumber.
>It is Summer.
The season begins in high anticipation, for you at least- You are awaiting your meal. It takes a while, about a week after the dragonknight left for her task, due to the many trials. But eventually she returns, bringing in two groups of bandits- Averaging about 30 man, hands tied to their backs and dressed in mostly rags. You ask them if they declined your generous offer. A few reply by yelling proudly in your face that "Yeah, you lizard!", they indeed did. A few others, seemingly only now realizing how grave the situation is try to flee, but it is more then clear that they won't suddenly turn more obedient. And hence as they are instructed to line up, eventually under force a line being sort of formed... You stare at one of them for a while before snapping down, swinging him up, then chewing him down with a single bite. As to be expected, panic breaks out. Though without a single blink the dragonknight guards the only exit, pushing away any that try. You sweep up a handful of the bandits with a single swipe, biting down on them, at which point one of them tries to be brave by kicking your toes. You reward him by stepping on him, crushing most of his ribs as he is held in place. At this point all that is left is mostly panicking bandits, which you slowly pick of one by one. You spend some time chatting with the last one. Before finally grabbing him as well- If perhaps somewhat quicker when you realize the one you crushed previously was still stuck beneath your foot. You lift him up to see him barely breathing. With a little bit of dragonbreath you cook him nicely, eating him as well. A hearty meal, at the very least. The dragonknight bows as the last one is devoured, leaving immediately afterwards. Only to return at the end of the season.
"I have returned my lord."
"I hope you have enjoyed the dinner. And apologize I did not stick around for much longer. But I needed all the time I could gather."
"The bandits may have been more willing after the trial, but they are men of short patience. They lack all capabilities a claw should exhibit. A lot of my time was spent on teaching them the principles they should exhibit, and assuring their loyalty to you before I could even begin with any training in combat and secrecy. Hence I have only been successful in training one of the units my lord. Forgive me."
"The other unit however, has sworn allegiance to the kingdom. While I cannot guarantee they will not turn back on the path of banditry, they have certainly improved their behavior. Their fate lays in your hands."
"I could also continue my training on the one unit I have trained. Now that I have been able to discipline them, I am hopeful I can teach them some of the claw techniques."
>The Dragonknight has trained one unit of common troops.
>The Dragonknight's patience remains elevated.
>The prisons are filled with one group of bandits.
The Magister enters the resting chamber, looking far less pleased then he did previous time. On a serious tone he reports. "As you demanded from me, I sent someone that was willing to try and convince the rebel tribes to come back to the capital... I suppose I have no other choice but to admit you were partly right in your benevolence my lord. At least one of them came back."
"However, the fact the messenger I sent didn't only serves to prove my point right." He finishes in annoyed tone. "They will not listen to reason. Most of them, at least."
"Onto better news- I successfully penetrated the Umilicien spies minds... They will now serve our every command my Lord."
"What knowledge they had seemed to also favorable towards us. It appears their kingdom will not dare to do anything for a while. Their sudden attack startled the other kingdoms who made sure to fortify their borders. They dare not move their troops out of their own borders, even if the odds of an unprovoked attack against them seems very unlikely. We hardly were friends with any of his neighboring kingdoms, after all. Luckily, it seems Darilcoth hardly was too."
"As for you my lord... They seemed very much aware you were still alive. They were only doubtful about the fact whether or not there were any attempts to free you, and more importantly whether or not those were successful. I believe we are shortly approaching the point where it will become obvious to everyone what the answer to that is."
"In fact... While... Working on the spies, I noticed something over sea. It appears a ship is trying to make land on our shore. Carrying no flag no less. I thought I should mention that."
>The Magister has converted one unit of spies to your side
>The Magisters patience remains high.
>A ship has been spotted nearing the coastline.
The artisan comes back in, excited at first, though staggering as he is face to face with you once more. With a little bit of hesitation he looks up at you and speaks - You can see that whilst it appears he still fears you, the task he was allowed to do has made him gain some more trust in you.
"M... My lord." He stutters. "I have set out the task you wanted me to do, and... I am very happy to report it went better then I could have hoped. Then again the populace was more then happy to help out with the task. There is still... Dissent of course my Liege, but I believe these events have tempered their moods."
"Temporary shelter is in place for everyone. Actual housing will slowly return, starting with the nobles... Once you reappointed them that is my liege. Some of... The older nobles are having some internal conflict. They all believe there might be some way they could gain your favor and hence remove one of the other families from being nobility. Feuds do not die easily, after all."
"A- Anyways. Considering the farms, there was so much more I wanted to do. I had ideas for it, but I just did not have enough time to put any of them into full execution. Regardless, with some minor improvements on the farms I foresee we should have enough food in storage to survive the winter my Liege. If only barely."
>The artisan provided housing and some minor farm improvements.
>The artisan fears you!
>The artisan trusts you.
>The artisans patience is typical
>The city lays in ruins!
=>The city has been provided with shelter.
=>Key structures remain ruined.
=>The castle is in state of disrepair.
>You are trapped!
>Rhenovia may desire your land!
>Food will (barely) last through winter.
>A ship with no flag is approaching shore.
>The Dragonknight is available.
>The Magister is available.
>The Artisan is available.
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Sorry it's only up now guys. I really wanted to still get this up Friday, but only barely lacked the time to do so. Oh well.