On an open plain their mobility is a huge advantage. Every single soldier counts as cavalry, being who they are. A modern, academy-educated harpy warmage will run out of mana long before the cervid run out of poorly-trained novice mages to throw into the battlefield. If it comes to a wide-scale battle, it doesn’t matter that their mages are weaker. “Plenty more than any other nation can field. Really, their greatest advantage is their numbers.” Their enchantments are generally of lower quality, as is most of their magecraft. Their bodies also mean that piloting isn’t as easy for them as it is for a harpy or sylph. “Cervid airships, as far as I’m aware, are still two generations behind anyone else’s. Still, they have by far the largest military, though it is also the least advanced.” A lot of wide, barren swatches with nothing but plains and a few forests. They’re stretched thin across most of that though. They nearly have cities spanning the central continent. Regardless of whether a war is started or not, the nation is an issue. “What about the other two? The Trenten Flats and Sylphfree.” And some of the xenophobia has settled down a little.” People have been at peace for a while, they might not want that changed. “Does that make it more or less likely that they’ll want to fight?” Now there are proper airships and new weapons the populations of both nations are quite a bit larger too.” the Nesting Kingdom, that is, don’t think the idea is impossible. “Having fought the sylph before means that we. In practicality, it’s neutral, unclaimed territory.” Right now, it’s ostensibly owned by both sides, with everyone having claims over the same area. Not only for the gold found there, but the ancient dungeons as well. “The Golden Peak is a natural wonder that both of us want. We’ve skirmished against the cervid before, and the sylph are long-time enemies.” She touched the mountain between the two nations. “Against the sylph or the cervid? Definitely. The next country to consider is the Nesting Kingdom.” “It’s an important factor to consider in the grand scheme,” Amaryllis said. The fittest of these are chosen and are raised to become tadpoles and eventually members of whichever family they’re from. They have pools where eggs are laid by the hundreds. “You’ve spent some time in their kingdom, I’m surprised you didn’t know how they’re born.” Their marshland is inhospitable to large troop movements, and the grenoil are capable of having big population booms if they so choose.”Īmaryllis nodded. “Deepmarsh is the smallest of these, but they are well-situated. “The big nations to watch out for are the Nesting Kingdom, Deepmarsh, the Trenten Flats, and Sylphfree.” She tapped each nation’s capital as she named them. If a war breaks out, they might be a source of supplies for the harpy and grenoil, but I don’t think they’ll be any more involved than that.”
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“Mattergrove has economic ties with Deepmarsh and the Harpy Mountains, and deeper ties with the independent cities to its north, but otherwise, I don’t think they have a big enough stake in things to truly get involved. Her talon moved to the west and down, settling over the Seven Points. "I'm afraid you're correct," Amaryllis confirmed. I supposed she was worried about her home. "I'm guessing Mattergrove isn't one of the bigger ones," Awen said, her expression somewhat pained.
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“There are four bigger players here, and quite a few smallers ones.” She tapped at the world map with the tip of a talon, something that I’d noticed she liked doing. “What do you want to explain, and what will we be doing?” It felt like she should have been doing this in the Beaver instead of the Dewdrop Inn, but if Amaryllis thought this was the right time. I don’t have a good lay of the situation either, until then everything I’m about to say is entirely speculative.”Īwen and I glanced at each other, then back to the table. “And maybe snoop about, have some fun? Play tourist.”Īmaryllis huffed, a very particular huff that I think meant something like “this is going to take some explaining.” “Things are more complicated than that. “I thought we just had to deliver some letters,” I said, bunny ears twitching. She slapped her book onto the surface of the room’s dining table, then slid a rolled up map out of her bag and unrolled it.
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“We need to go over everything, then plan out what we’ll be doing while we stay in Goldenalden,” Amaryllis said. Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Four - Game of Groans