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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 6026230" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Arcata sets about the business of ruling. The first rule of ruling of course; delegation. </p><p></p><p>Bastian moves from being the 'last' Lion to the commander of the Lions. Their first task is to make the Keep habitable and safe, in that order. At first Arcata wants to put Ararach's head out where the banner on the road is, but she changes her mind when advised that such a move might incite the beastmen rather than intimidating them. </p><p></p><p>Sha'ah she offers the position of Master Ranger to, and asks him to choose two men from the ranks that he believes have some promise in that area to work with him and learn from him. Since the beastmen that held the keep apparently were not discriminating about what they ate, there are no existing stores. The rations from the journey are nearly out, so she emphasizes to Sha'ah that if he needs more men, he'll have them. A stone wall with no food behind it is no better than open plains in a siege.</p><p></p><p>She asks Greggory to rejoin the restored Keep as Watch Commander, he and his small crew would be tasked with keeping the peace within the keep walls, and aiding in defense. Since they are familiar with the area around the keep, she asks for their help with procuring food and materials as well, though that wouldn't be their usual job description. In this delicate time though, all hands were needed.</p><p></p><p>Arcata does promise Brother Cormoray a shrine of some kind, once the immediate essentials of food and security are seen to. As the only priest in the walls, he needs no official appointment from her, but when the shrine is built it will be the only spiritual structure anywhere near...making his god the only game in town, as it were.</p><p></p><p>From there it's mostly logistics and planning...balancing the needs of the moment against the likely needs of the future. Resolving the disputes that Greggory and his men bring before her, though with only a relatively small force in the keep, those disputes are not particularly troubling for the moment.</p><p></p><p>The arrival of the merchant gets her attention, not the least of which for the speed at which news has traveled. Arcata goes to the keep wall to see him for herself.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">"Let him in,"</span> she tells the man at the post, then turns to Bastian. <span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">"Keep the men ready for trouble, but lets not be too obvious about it. It's all but certain he's more than what he seems, but that doesn't necessarily make him an enemy."</span></p><p></p><p>Arcata waves Sha'ah over and asks, <span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">"You know something of the fey in these parts, yes? Can you tell if this is one?"</span></p><p></p><p>(OOC - Priorities would be, I would think:</p><p>1) Food and sanitation. We need a place where we can eat, and not get the plague.</p><p>2) Restore the wall. Our own tactics show that that hole makes the keep very hard to defend.</p><p>3) Restore palisade and secure the area around the keep. Ideally more people will be coming, and they won't all fit in the Keep itself. We'll need to be able to protect them, and having housing for them.</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think? Oh, and Arcata casts Detect magic just before this guy comes into the gate, so she can see if he's carrying auras with him.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 6026230, member: 4936"] Arcata sets about the business of ruling. The first rule of ruling of course; delegation. Bastian moves from being the 'last' Lion to the commander of the Lions. Their first task is to make the Keep habitable and safe, in that order. At first Arcata wants to put Ararach's head out where the banner on the road is, but she changes her mind when advised that such a move might incite the beastmen rather than intimidating them. Sha'ah she offers the position of Master Ranger to, and asks him to choose two men from the ranks that he believes have some promise in that area to work with him and learn from him. Since the beastmen that held the keep apparently were not discriminating about what they ate, there are no existing stores. The rations from the journey are nearly out, so she emphasizes to Sha'ah that if he needs more men, he'll have them. A stone wall with no food behind it is no better than open plains in a siege. She asks Greggory to rejoin the restored Keep as Watch Commander, he and his small crew would be tasked with keeping the peace within the keep walls, and aiding in defense. Since they are familiar with the area around the keep, she asks for their help with procuring food and materials as well, though that wouldn't be their usual job description. In this delicate time though, all hands were needed. Arcata does promise Brother Cormoray a shrine of some kind, once the immediate essentials of food and security are seen to. As the only priest in the walls, he needs no official appointment from her, but when the shrine is built it will be the only spiritual structure anywhere near...making his god the only game in town, as it were. From there it's mostly logistics and planning...balancing the needs of the moment against the likely needs of the future. Resolving the disputes that Greggory and his men bring before her, though with only a relatively small force in the keep, those disputes are not particularly troubling for the moment. The arrival of the merchant gets her attention, not the least of which for the speed at which news has traveled. Arcata goes to the keep wall to see him for herself. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"Let him in,"[/COLOR] she tells the man at the post, then turns to Bastian. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"Keep the men ready for trouble, but lets not be too obvious about it. It's all but certain he's more than what he seems, but that doesn't necessarily make him an enemy."[/COLOR] Arcata waves Sha'ah over and asks, [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"You know something of the fey in these parts, yes? Can you tell if this is one?"[/COLOR] (OOC - Priorities would be, I would think: 1) Food and sanitation. We need a place where we can eat, and not get the plague. 2) Restore the wall. Our own tactics show that that hole makes the keep very hard to defend. 3) Restore palisade and secure the area around the keep. Ideally more people will be coming, and they won't all fit in the Keep itself. We'll need to be able to protect them, and having housing for them. What do you guys think? Oh, and Arcata casts Detect magic just before this guy comes into the gate, so she can see if he's carrying auras with him.) [/QUOTE]
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