What Ba Chim's spy tells you about Il Tasi'in Il Tasi'in, a thick-walled town of 3000, is the seat of power for one of the the most isolated of the borderland satrapies of the Scarlet Sultanate. Located on the east coast just after the shoreline turns south, it is a bare 60 miles from the Xobi, the cold rocky southern desert in the Weird. The town which is dominated by the two raised quartz-dome hills called the Teats of Manat was formerly called Manawat and was deeply associated with the worship of that chthonic goddess (who is said to have ruled over fate itself and “sapped the self-will and value of Men”). The ruling satrap is like other borderlands satraps both a highly-positioned courtier and necromancer, an important role in the maintenance of the undead-worked plantation system (more about Industrial Necromancy in a blog post). Ul-Namihirra is generally considered to be a deeply incompetent in both his expected roles but survives politically by his ability to shift...
We already signed a contract with the Fire Dwarves guaranteeing us 35% of mine output. Really what we need is probably to fold them into our broader defensive interests (so that both we're patrolling their village and their fighting types are part of our patrols.)
ReplyDeleteI don't know that we need to have their fighting types as part of our patrols, since a) presumably they want to have all their folks working the mines for full efficiency, b) I think we would want to field them as a full unit rather than distribute them piecemeal amongst our regular patrols.
ReplyDeleteFair enough on patrols. I'm honestly more interested in integrating them further into our organizational structure by whatever means than I am in using them for the specific task of patrolling.
ReplyDeleteBringing a representative into the Clan Ring.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea. Once we get our merc & bear temple situation sorted we should take stock of who all is on the clan ring & whatnot again.
ReplyDeleteThe Rarog's disposition to you seems to be favorable to a longer-term alliance.
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