N° 3

Hab recht viel angst dass irgendwelche barbaren oder sonst was unsere Dörfer zerstören, daher erstens einen Warriror zur verteidigung und ein zukünftiges Straßennetz für Streitwägen einsätze. Außerdem glaube ich dass wir möglichst schnell und bald die umlegenden Dörfer errichten sollen, sonst bleibt uns kein platz. Minimum ist die nähere Umgebung (Ich hab meine Hauptstadt gerne schön umringt damit nichts passieren kann)


Thucydides notes on Dyarchlesia:

The early years of our people are burdened heavily by the labours of the harvest. Only on occasion do the few select men of the village venture out on journeys beyond the known lands. These warriors amongst men have spread stories of great beasts in the distant lands. These tales told by the old wenches talk of bloody and savage creatures that possess the strength to crush a man of age with only its paws. Our great warriors have shown no fear for these brutes. "But, the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it." (Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War)

While so much can be told of heroic acts within the mystical lands to the east, the hoi polloi (the many in ancient Greek) of Corn Brooke have found the courage the venture from our dwellings in search of new land and hopes. These few have gone to the west, where many believe good earth can be found. I myself can not claim to have been so far as of yet, but the few that travel up the western valley have spoken of the joys of swell crops and plentiful of food. The Dyarch has taken a liking to the our new found faith of Hinduism and has often referred to the lands in the west as the Punjab.

Alas I shall not forget to mention the tidings of our day. New peoples have been heard to the east. Names such as 'mongol', 'persian' and 'french' have been given to these distant souls. I cannot speak of them, as they seem nothing more to me than mere rumours from the mystical lands that have been clouded by the tell-tales of ill minded tongues from the wifery.