Today the council room was busier than Havenport's market on the Summer solstice. The King, Admirals, generals, nobles and the leaders of the Commerce guilds poured over the new map. Royal Cartographers did their best to study it and reproduce rough sketches of it when the councillors of Aznavor finally settled down to dicuss what needed to be done. The King had already decreed that a beautifullacquered table figured with the shape of the new continent carved into it was to be made and delivered to his council chambers within a fortnight. Half a dozen scribes noted down all that was being said on the subject of the new world, accounts of this meeting would go down in history in triplicate, two copies would go to each of the port cities and the third would be stored in the Royal archives for generations to come. Aznavor was nothing if it wasn't bureaucratic and efficient. Altaiya Lord of Light,foe of darkness and Mother of the dawn demanded productivity and there was no city more capable to satisfy her demands than Oceansrock.
The council of Aznavor debated for hours about the merits of each potential area of expansion and the possible repercussions each of these may have upon Aznavor's diplomatic standing with the other nations. After a suitable landing site had been decided upon the beacons of the the great Firetower were lit. At night this tower would usually guide merchant vessls into the bosom of the capital's harbour but when it was lit during the day it meant only one thing that the fleet was summoned out of Shipskeep. A few hours later the ships bearing colonists, supplies,tools weapons and soldiers was set on it's way.
Fours swift galleys also bore message to Aznavor's neighbours offering messages of goodwill, gifts of the finest Aznavori Wine and invitations to open diplomatic relations and trade routes to the following nations:
The New Republic of Ostlandet
Azor
Numburg
The Glorious Republic of New Drakran
The council of Aznavor debated for hours about the merits of each potential area of expansion and the possible repercussions each of these may have upon Aznavor's diplomatic standing with the other nations. After a suitable landing site had been decided upon the beacons of the the great Firetower were lit. At night this tower would usually guide merchant vessls into the bosom of the capital's harbour but when it was lit during the day it meant only one thing that the fleet was summoned out of Shipskeep. A few hours later the ships bearing colonists, supplies,tools weapons and soldiers was set on it's way.
Fours swift galleys also bore message to Aznavor's neighbours offering messages of goodwill, gifts of the finest Aznavori Wine and invitations to open diplomatic relations and trade routes to the following nations:
The New Republic of Ostlandet
Azor
Numburg
The Glorious Republic of New Drakran