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| Action Id: 3666 | Crisis: | Participants: Athaur, Joslyn, Eshra, Petra, Vano(RIP), Maru(RIP) and Tatienne | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: Jan. 13, 2020, 12:13 a.m. | Public: True | GM: Fabulist |
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Economic Resources: 6620 Military Resources: 2000 Social Resources: 4182 |
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Action by Athaur
For as long as they have been part of the Compact the Rivenshari has had one goal, one dream. To raise from their humble origins as a County to that of a March. They have spent time helping their fealty and working on expanding their own lands and people. Athaur intends to get that final push to grow, especially with the current state of Prodigal and Shav feelings. Their lands have had refugees moving in so he will speak with them. He understands their difficulties with the Compact and the people who are part of it. He used to feel the same. But the world is changing. Dangers are growing and the Shav tribes can not stand on their own any longer. Even all united together it would be a difficult fight to throw off the yoke of the Compact rule. Better to try and change things for the better from within the system. He will accept them with open arms. They will be able to keep their cultural differences should they so choose and he will share with them the ways that his clan was able to thrive in an alliance with the Compact. Yes, many of the members are ignornat and short sighted. But we can persevere against them.
Of course it will also require more buildings. The Rivenshari are not used to have permanent buildings set up. But things change and now they must do so. With the increase in population, people will need homes to live in and places to work. He will oversee the construction in Riva to actually bring the settlement up to a decent sized town.
Action by Eshra
Eshra of course will build their military but where the people are concerned she has other plans. She will walk among them answer questions on life within the Compact. She will tell them the truth, it is not easy. There are those that will look at them and still see them as shav but there is surprises too. There are those that want to see them succeed, want to see them grow and their families thrive. She will tell them how their children will have opportunities that they themselves never had. That there are paths they never considered that can be trod. But most important, she will remind them.. this is their choice. That no one here will force them or allow them to be forced into that choice. If they do not wish it, the Rivenshari will help them to find a new home where they can live their lives as they choose.
Action by Maru(RIP)
Maru will set to helping the people who choose to settle at Riva integrate into the Compact smoothly. Using his decades of experience and expertise at teaching, he'll help them learn about all the ways that prodigals can live within the Compact without giving up what makes them them.
Action by Joslyn
As the Countess Consort of Riva, Joslyn feels responsible for bridging the gap between the prodigal house and the rest of the compact. As a Tor Born woman, she dresses in her familiar southern styles, but respectfully adorns herself with the Rivenshari bells, always showing the proper reverence for the traditions of her husband's people. Joslyn, for her part, spends much of her efforts reaching out to the soldiers, and displaying to them her own brand of military strategy and drills, showing them the strategies of the compact, drilling all of her units in these methods, while also learning from her commanders the ways of the Ravashari, and making sure that everything she does keeps their own past and spirit alive. This is all as a symbol that she stands beside them as a people and that the lands of Riva truly belong among the compact, and that through unity, they grow stronger.
Action by Petra
Recently returned to Arx, Petra has come to help her family in its goals. For her part, she will be doing her best to aid in diplomatic efforts, reaching out to the shavs who are reluctant to join the Compact. She will seek to empathize with them, and gain their trust and confidence by sharing her own experiences of loss, and how the Rivenshari are stronger now for being a part of the Compact.
Action by Vano(RIP)
Vano has spent most of the last year in Riva and has some knowledge as a shaman for the people, so will attempt to use this to inspire his fellow Rivenshari that we need to move forward, that there are too many threats in the present and our past is behind us - we do not forget, but we do not live there any more. If we do not really JOIN the Compact rather than just get dragged along, then we will lose our voice and control of our own destiny, and THAT idea should strike home with most. Athaur's plan to settle and build is good and deserves every effort we can give it.
Action by Tatienne
Having been in Arx for a while now, and having a fair number of contacts across the oathlands from her time as a travelling trade. Tatienne is helping by calling in contacts and negotiating prices to get good discounts on building materials and labour, doing her part to make the resources of her clan stretch as far as she can make them.
Result
Times are changing and Riva must change as well. Buildings are erected, farms are expanded and lumber groves and mines are worked. Athaur’s words of welcome, boosted by Vano’s persuasive arguments and Petra’s empathy, reinforce the trust that those who come and bend knee will still be able to hold onto individual traditions and customs, while adhering to the Faith of the Pantheon and adapting enough to be tolerated within the Compact.
Joslyn’s efforts to blend her fighting tactics with that of the Riva people earns more than a few approving nods, as does her wearing of the bells. Through her working of the market and connections in the area, Tatienne is able to ensure the maximum amount of growth per silver spent.