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Kirkbride: Created page with "Category: 388YE SpringCategory:Winds of Fortune Ulan glared at the ice bobbing gently in the current near the shore. He picked up a handful of snow, forming it into a rough ball, and flung it at tiny iceberg. He was rewarded with a mournful noise halfway between a honk and a screech. The massive penguin, pale as the ball of frost that had nearly hit it, slid clumsily into the water and disappeared. "Serves you right," murmured Ulan, and then felt a little gu..."

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Created page with "Category: 388YE Spring Category:Winds of Fortune <ic>Ulan glared at the ice bobbing gently in the current near the shore. He picked up a handful of snow, forming it into a rough ball, and flung it at tiny iceberg. He was rewarded with a mournful noise halfway between a honk and a screech. The massive penguin, pale as the ball of frost that had nearly hit it, slid clumsily into the water and disappeared. "Serves you right," murmured Ulan, and then felt a little gu..."

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	It has always been there, north of Sermersuaq, a place of mysteries and secrets. [[Shadow_in_the_grass#Tsirku\|Over the last year or so]], interest in exploring Tsirku has grown significantly in Wintermark over the last year. Partly this is due to the [[Shadow in the grass\|monstrous beasts]] coming down out of the wastes to attack the people of Sermersuaq, sent by the [[Hayaak\|Gryphon Prince]] and [[Agramant\|Blood-on-the-Snow]]. Indeed, in Autumn last year, the [[Senator]] for [[Hahnmark]], '''Bron Dunwolf''' proposed an [[appraisal]] of the [[387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Appraise_Exploration_of_Tsirku\|explore the challenges that would prevent exploration into Tsirku]] but it was withdrawn without being voted on. At the Winter Solstice, the [[Imperial Spymaster]] chose to [[Construct Spy Network in Tsirku\|commission a spy network]] in Tsirku, and everything changed.		It has always been there, north of Sermersuaq, a place of mysteries and secrets. [[Shadow_in_the_grass#Tsirku\|Over the last year or so]], interest in exploring Tsirku has grown significantly in Wintermark over the last year. Partly this is due to the [[Shadow in the grass\|monstrous beasts]] coming down out of the wastes to attack the people of Sermersuaq, sent by the [[Hayaak\|Gryphon Prince]] and [[Agramant\|Blood-on-the-Snow]]. Indeed, in Autumn last year, the [[Senator]] for [[Hahnmark]], '''Bron Dunwolf''' proposed an [[appraisal]] of the [[387YE_Autumn_Equinox_Senate_sessions#Appraise_Exploration_of_Tsirku\|explore the challenges that would prevent exploration into Tsirku]] but it was withdrawn without being voted on. At the Winter Solstice, the [[Imperial Spymaster]] chose to [[Construct Spy Network in Tsirku\|commission a spy network]] in Tsirku, and everything changed.

	At the same summit, the [[Raven_Seer\|mystics of Ishal]] proposed that [[Flight_of_birds#The_Witan\|the witan]] meet at [[Anvil]]. There the folk of Wintermark debated and ~~discused~~ as they did in the old days, settling on a task to set for the mystics. The outcome was a request that they find a way to ensure the scouting of Tsirku would be ''quick and safe''. They accepted the charge, and set out to speak with the folk of Wintermark to find ways to support the scouting attempt. Unfortunately, they quickly realised that the one thing exploration of Tsirku was ''not'' going to be was ''quick'' or ''safe''.		At the same summit, the [[Raven_Seer\|mystics of Ishal]] proposed that [[Flight_of_birds#The_Witan\|the witan]] meet at [[Anvil]]. There the folk of Wintermark debated and discussed as they did in the old days, settling on a task to set for the mystics. The outcome was a request that they find a way to ensure the scouting of Tsirku would be ''quick and safe''. They accepted the charge, and set out to speak with the folk of Wintermark to find ways to support the scouting attempt. Unfortunately, they quickly realised that the one thing exploration of Tsirku was ''not'' going to be was ''quick'' or ''safe''.
	==Scouts==		==Scouts==
	<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo.jpg\|caption='''Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo''', Imperial Spymaster\|align=left\|width=450}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo.jpg\|caption='''Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo''', Imperial Spymaster\|align=left\|width=450}}</div>
	* '''The Imperial Spymaster has commissioned a spy network to explore Tsirku		* '''The Imperial Spymaster has commissioned a spy network to explore Tsirku
	* '''The spy network will not work in the same way that a usual spy network does, and is being referred to as a "scouting network" instead		* '''The spy network will not work in the same way that a usual spy network does, and is being referred to as a "scouting network" instead
	Last season [[Imperial Spymaster]], '''Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo''' [[Construct Spy Network in Tsirku\|commanded]] that a [[spy network]] be built that would allow Imperial scouts to venture into the wastelands of Tsirku. The actual instruction was to build it ''in'' Tsirku but in reality, the majority of the construction took place in northernmost [[Sermersuaq]]. Lodges from which to explore across the border into the wastes were built, and large stocks of supplies set in. These stocks included large amounts of densely ~~nutitious~~ food such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican Pemmican], a drink called ''Bellywarmer'' by the [[Suaq]] in which spirits are boiled with [[Imperial Roseweald]] to make a drink that can be used to treat hypothermia and exposure to the elements, snowshoes, and even some of the light one-person sleds that hunters in northern Wintermark use to drag meat long distances back to their Spring and Summer camps.		Last season [[Imperial Spymaster]], '''Rahmah i Darwisj i Erigo''' [[Construct Spy Network in Tsirku\|commanded]] that a [[spy network]] be built that would allow Imperial scouts to venture into the wastelands of Tsirku. The actual instruction was to build it ''in'' Tsirku but in reality, the majority of the construction took place in northernmost [[Sermersuaq]]. Lodges from which to explore across the border into the wastes were built, and large stocks of supplies set in. These stocks included large amounts of densely nutritious food such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican Pemmican], a drink called ''Bellywarmer'' by the [[Suaq]] in which spirits are boiled with [[Imperial Roseweald]] to make a drink that can be used to treat hypothermia and exposure to the elements, snowshoes, and even some of the light one-person sleds that hunters in northern Wintermark use to drag meat long distances back to their Spring and Summer camps.

	Everything is in readiness now for the first scouts to venture north into Tsirku. Unfortunately, getting any accurate information about the wastes to the north is not going to be a straightforward undertaking for several reasons.		Everything is in readiness now for the first scouts to venture north into Tsirku. Unfortunately, getting any accurate information about the wastes to the north is not going to be a straightforward undertaking for several reasons.
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	The dangers for armies in Tsirku are clear, but the answer ''may'' lie in magic. Just as [[Why Sulemaine Walked Away From The Baker]] protects soldiers from venom and poison, so an enchantment to protect armies from the challenges of the frozen wastes could be created. The Runesmiths of Wintermark have looked into the problem, and it is their opinion that an enchantment incorporating [[Jotra]] and [[Irremais]] would help mitigate both the effects of being in the territory in winter and the problems surviving there. The enchantment would require Spring magic or Winter magic, and would be magnitude 120. It could in theory be lower, but in this case while it would protect from the damage caused by exposure to the wastes, it would still cause the army to require additional upkeep.		The dangers for armies in Tsirku are clear, but the answer ''may'' lie in magic. Just as [[Why Sulemaine Walked Away From The Baker]] protects soldiers from venom and poison, so an enchantment to protect armies from the challenges of the frozen wastes could be created. The Runesmiths of Wintermark have looked into the problem, and it is their opinion that an enchantment incorporating [[Jotra]] and [[Irremais]] would help mitigate both the effects of being in the territory in winter and the problems surviving there. The enchantment would require Spring magic or Winter magic, and would be magnitude 120. It could in theory be lower, but in this case while it would protect from the damage caused by exposure to the wastes, it would still cause the army to require additional upkeep.

	On the other hand, enduring the frigid wastes is exactly the kind of power [[Cathan Canae]] can offer as a boon. The [[Archmage of Summer\|Summer Archmage]] would need to approach her on the matter as part of a [[Archmage#Plenipotentiary\|plenipotentiary]] but the runesmiths agree that the eternal would able to offer aid that achieves the same goal. It would have an assurance, obviously, and the ''Queen of Ice and Darkness'' will want something in return for all that she is generally favourable toward Wintermark. Either approach is likely to require ~~codificaiton~~ at a [[college of magic]], and that will mean either convincing the [[Master of Ice and Darkness]], the [[Dean of the Lyceum]], or an [[Urizen\|Urizeni]] to propose it as [[Doyen of the Spires]]. Or, in the case of the first two at least, ensuring a Wintermark magician holds the title.		On the other hand, enduring the frigid wastes is exactly the kind of power [[Cathan Canae]] can offer as a boon. The [[Archmage of Summer\|Summer Archmage]] would need to approach her on the matter as part of a [[Archmage#Plenipotentiary\|plenipotentiary]] but the runesmiths agree that the eternal would able to offer aid that achieves the same goal. It would have an assurance, obviously, and the ''Queen of Ice and Darkness'' will want something in return for all that she is generally favourable toward Wintermark. Either approach is likely to require codification at a [[college of magic]], and that will mean either convincing the [[Master of Ice and Darkness]], the [[Dean of the Lyceum]], or an [[Urizen\|Urizeni]] to propose it as [[Doyen of the Spires]]. Or, in the case of the first two at least, ensuring a Wintermark magician holds the title.

	It would also likely be possible to use magic to create an enchantment to counter the effects of Tsirku, probably using Winter or Summer magic, but such an enchantment is unlikely to be as effective as simply providing additional prowess to the military unit with existing rituals.		It would also likely be possible to use magic to create an enchantment to counter the effects of Tsirku, probably using Winter or Summer magic, but such an enchantment is unlikely to be as effective as simply providing additional prowess to the military unit with existing rituals.
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	{{Mandate\|mandate=Prosperity says that we should share our bounty with those who are worthy of it, and the heroes who pursue the dream to Tsirku cannot help but be worthy. We send (named character) with 50 doses of liao to urge the farmers and herders of Sermersuaq to support those who risk the wasteland as best they can.\|assembly=Wintermark National Assembly}}		{{Mandate\|mandate=Prosperity says that we should share our bounty with those who are worthy of it, and the heroes who pursue the dream to Tsirku cannot help but be worthy. We send (named character) with 50 doses of liao to urge the farmers and herders of Sermersuaq to support those who risk the wasteland as best they can.\|assembly=Wintermark National Assembly}}

	If this mandate is enacted, it will remove the benefit provided to farms in Sermersuaq by the Smokehouse of Atalaq (it currently provides 36 rings each season to each farm). Instead, surplus provisions suitable for use in Tsirku will be sent to support the scouting network. For as long as these supplies are committed, each season a strength of 500 will be committed to the scouting network.This won't be enough to operate the network by itself, but it will bolster efforts in the north. The smokehouse would remain committed to the exploration of Tsirku until it were completed, or until Wintermark abandoned the effort to do so, at which point it would revert to its normal production. Regardless, this change won't harm the Narwhal's Spear. If the named character is noted philanthropist '''Gisli "Provider" Baerson''', however, one of the best known mediators in the nation, it will also enthuse the mediators of the north to work with the mystics. Together they will find at least one more opportunity to trade or negotiate to gain support for the scouting network or the exploration of Tsirku		If this mandate is enacted, it will remove the benefit provided to farms in Sermersuaq by the Smokehouse of Atalaq (it currently provides 36 rings each season to each farm). Instead, surplus provisions suitable for use in Tsirku will be sent to support the scouting network. For as long as these supplies are committed, each season a strength of 500 will be committed to the scouting network. This won't be enough to operate the network by itself, but it will bolster efforts in the north. The smokehouse would remain committed to the exploration of Tsirku until it were completed, or until Wintermark abandoned the effort to do so, at which point it would revert to its normal production. Regardless, this change won't harm the Narwhal's Spear. If the named character is noted philanthropist '''Gisli "Provider" Baerson''', however, one of the best known mediators in the nation, it will also enthuse the mediators of the north to work with the mystics. Together they will find at least one more opportunity to trade or negotiate to gain support for the scouting network or the exploration of Tsirku

	Neither of these mandates are competing - they can both be raised and enacted during the Spring Equinox.		Neither of these mandates are competing - they can both be raised and enacted during the Spring Equinox.

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Twiggy at 11:44, 10 June 2026