[X][Cycle] Cadyl
[X][Myrlin] Prylake
***
"So are you going to ask Dad now?" asks Wyrn as your lover holds you again her.
"Tonight," you inform her, "I feel that now is the right time. The last few cycles have been good, the shadow monsters have been dealt as has Sangere while we have been prosperous with new discoveries, more iron spears and tools and strong defences for all villages and increasing trade. We can afford a war now to strengthen ourselves in the future."
You can definitely can afford to convince Dad to allow you to conquer another village. Mum has been encouraging trade between Avawyr, Evalon and Prylake and now Seryn's villages while Uncle Evatine has been producing a lot of iron equipment. The Cath Wyrs number in the thousands now with almost all of them being Lyltymar as well while there is over a thousand iron spears to go around.
Plus most of the villages have a wall with Seryn completing most of Sangere's wooden wall this cycle while only Prylake lacks any wall, even a half-completed one. Dad is spreading his influence with shrines in Avawyr, Evalon, Prylake, Bedywn and Sangere while your sisters are handling other tasks quick well.
With the villages being built up, the threats to them are also at an all time low at the moment. Sangere is no longer an enemy, but a friend while the shadow monsters have been all, but wiped out. Seryn is even planning to start bringing villagers to Bedygan to begin repopulating the village. There may be a threat in the west from Caradawg and the other Cynfanor loyalists, but if there is, there is no sign of it and you see no value in needless worrying.
Meanwhile, the local position is unsecure. You have a hostile Belarsa to the west while to the east there is a hostile and isolationist Blawain while the north has the isolationist, but non-hostile Belamour.
You want to bring those three villages under your control, to secure the control of your people. While Belamour might be persuaded to join peacefully as Prylake did, you have no doubts that Blawain and Belarsa will have to be brought to kneel with violence just as with Bedywn, Bedynn and Sangere.
You have no doubt that the Six Villages have enough strength to force Blawain and Belarsa into submission. You outnumbered them in mortals, mages and spirits greatly and they have nothing that is a match for Seryn as no other spirit in the region has become a goddess like she has. The only question is presenting the plan to Dad and getting him to agree to it. You have already approached Seryn and she has agreed to it and while he has not approved of it, Uncle Evatine has not disapproved of it either.
"So what did Arwyn find this year?" inquires Wyrn, changing the subject to break the silence that has fallen between the two of you.
Your sister has recently been rather successful in her explorations over the last few cycles. First it was the Stag Spirit that Dad has recently brought home along with the pool of unknown magical liquid. Next it was the well of power that she found deep within the mountains east of Avawyr, a natural collection of power that a spirit could drink from to increase their own spiritual weight. While Arwyn drink from it when she first found it, Dad has now reserved it for himself.
And now Arwyn has discovered a vein of metal, different to previously discovered ones. It is the sort of thing that Dad or Uncle Evatine or even some Prydymar or Myrymar should investigate. Arwyn just finds the things for other people to deal with.
"Ore of an unknown metal," you tell Wyrn as you glance at her, "Potentially interesting, but not right now. How are the kids doing?"
"Dyrfyn is getting along well with the other kids of the village while Arthyn is showing signs of natural leadership and a tendency for fighting," replies Wyrn, leaning back a bit to give you an eyeful of her buxom, "That girl is almost certainly going to take after me. Evalyn is hard for me to place. She seems to be taking after Eulyn, but I also see signs of you and to lesser extent, myself, in her. Lyndyl and Cyrlyn are both still too young."
"So are we going for another kid this year?" you ask Wyrn.
"Depends if Dad says no or not," answers Wyrn, "If he agrees to your plans, I am going to be by your side and I cannot do that if I got a baby in my belly. But if he says no, then I wish to have another child."
"That sounds fair," you agree, "So what do we do now?"
"Well, I was thinking that we could enjoy the afternoon a bit," replies Wyrn as she gives you a sly smile and her chest enlarges itself by a bit, "A small session of fornicating with each other before you go and speak with Dad."
***
You let out a sigh of relief as you head back to your cave after visiting the shrine. With his avatar out of the village, you to speak with him via his shrine, but the talk went well. With your planning of the potential conquests being fully thought out and completed along with the backing of Seryn and Uncle Evatine, Dad gave his permission.
While he was reluctant to agree to something which would cause loss of life, Dad acknowledged that Blawain and Belarsa were unreliable wildcards that may grow into threats that need to be dealt with and that merely talking with them was unlikely to work.
Combine that with the fact that you had more than enough martial might to bring victory over the hostile and you were his son and proved your character in his eyes, Dad saw no proper grounds on which to deny your request.
Given how the Cold Season has already come, you will need to wait until at least the Growth Season before any conquest can be launched. Which suits you just fine as you will need time to put your plans into action, gather the necessary supplies and rally Seryn and her Cath Wyrs to action.
Now you just have to tell Wyrn the good news.
Cycle 25 Perspective?
[] [Cycle] Wyrn
[] [Cycle] Cadyl
Give Edryd a child?
[] [Edryd] Yes.
[] [Edryd] No.
[] [Edryd] Write-in.
Acquire Seryn's Blessing again?
[] [Seryn] Yes. You will need the advantage that it will provide you.
[] [Seryn] No. You will do this without your sister's blessing.
[] [Seryn] Write-in.
Which village do you bring into the fold first?
[] [Conquest] Blawain. The village in the Northern Hills is isolated and pinned in. With only a single spirit and no mages, you can bring in forces from all sides and surround the village before pressing in.
[] [Conquest] Belarsa. With two spirits with Aspects relating to the local terrain and far enough out that reaching it will not be easy as it is with Blawain, Belarsa will be the toughest village to take. Best to get it done and out of the way first.
[] [Conquest] Belamour. Unlike the other two villages, you do not plan to take Belamour by force, but persuade Trevritine and the Belamourish to peacefully submit just as Prylake did.
