G) Prospect further. A very diet, in addition to primitive agriculture, raking in food that needs little preservation, the Saurians finally decide to prospect further into the lands around them. Hopefully a fertile river grounds, with sweet waters. Meanwhile, the Saurians also use their bows and arrows to catch more prey for devouring.

G) Prospect further

C) Improve Infrastructure
I) Diplomagics Again

The landing party of the Cewri, having struck the land of the continent, first surveyed their immediate surroundings. Fortuitously, they the was a considerable forest not far off, which would aid in building up Y Obaith Terfynol. Perhaps, even, settlements beyond the island of the same name—but that was for the future. Their rafts being no great risk, thy left them on the coast—even if they returned to find them gone, they would be no great pain to replace. At the request of one of the elders, they camped at their landing site for one night to observe the Misty Mountain. They didn't think they'd see anything from this distance, but the request came from an Elder.

Trusting that they would be able to forage for their food, and trusting water to brooks and streams, they set off to learn about the continent they found themselves on. It didn't have a name yet—or at least, not in their tongue. One child had said he saw something on the horizon to the east, so they went there first, looking first and foremost for other intelligent life.

Land of Yngvar
Yngviera 001

Prospectors and great number of miners worked diligently within the mountains the dwarves decided to call Yngvar (meaning: protected by Yngvi). They dug deep tunnels both to gather precious minerals and to prepare the mountain to serve as their future home. Dwarves typically built their cities within the mountains, both protecting them and keeping the population close to work in the mines. The seven clans in particular were from the Ironbeard Dwarves, descendants of famous craftsmen and smiths. Leaving all these people with no work was almost a sin. Yet no dwarf could sustain themselves on rocks alone. Down in the valleys Clan Van Riktupp took the responsibility to provide most of the food. The long journey made the dwarves consume most of their precious supplies. Worse, just prior to reaching the shores a large storm wrecked 5 of their ships. Only thanks to the good'ol dwarven toughness that nobody died on that night. Either way it was made obvious they need new sources of food soon. A small group traveled the valleys to source for rich, arable lands. Meanwhile hunters and gatherers explored the forests in search for edible plants and animals to take. Using the only fully intact ship 25 dwarves set to the seas and submerged their nets in order to catch fish. Meanwhile Clan Van Vokkers had the duty to build temporary homes. They gathered woods and stone to construct hovels. They were far from fitting for a proud dwarf but necessity was the king. The seven clans were to build their glorious city of Yngvar but it won't happen overnight.

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Ironbeard Dwarves - The greatest smiths in the lands, capable of crafting anything. Are very sturdy built and withstands quite a punch.

C/F) A wood workshop is established, where the craftsmen of the settlement can be concentrated as well as any higher quality equipment - saws and other tools - that they can make with their somewhat meagre iron supply, rather than spreading the supply thin. Finer planks can be produced for building ships and buildings and their first big project is to build a cog. Being more robust and travel capable than the simple rowing boats used for fishing they will hopefully be able to use the cog to further explore the surroundings of their new home.

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G) Prospect further:
Even though Saurians know that too quick of an expansion brings in disease and illness, they also know that they can find means to offset this biological weakness. A varied diet, herbs and other ways to stay healthy are available to them. The Saurians begin to domesticate animals, realizing some of these creatures are more docile than the beasts of prey in the jungle. Even small, dog or cow like dinosaurs can be bred as farm animals. Not to mention if they could manage finding actual cattle, chickens, etcetera. If not, they could find agricultural treasures in the native life form's animal products, such as Eggs, or even certain hides superior even to Saurian scales as trade, once other races are met. One more thing, the Saurians are beginning to realize that hygiene is even more important than they realize. They begin to wash themselves, four times a week out of practical concerns, and once a week in a ritual honoring Tak, sometimes offering an animal, or, at worst, an enemy, but very rarely did they sacrifice enemies to Tak.

They take sap, from trees, mixing it together with other saps or solutions, such as animal fat, in order to make soap. They apply soap ritualistically one day a week before they are allowed to eat. Lastly, there has been a feud of two families, numbering twenty four people from the entire tribe all at once. The feud has cost the lives of five innocent children.

In response to this incident, both entire families have been offered as a sacrifice to Tak, except for the children, but the lives of the five dead child Saurians were also offered to Tak as a sacrifice. Once the executioner had finished his duty, he committed suicide as a way to restore his honor, also granting himself to Tak. He had a guilty heart.

A,b and c) "Have the druids increase their effort" said the King to his advisors ."We must prepare for anything.We must make these lands fit for defense." He said as he picked up a tasty apples.

"Then my lord let us put more thought and training. Into bows and swords" said Glandur. " we have centuries of advance training my king. Let us apply these skills. Lets us rekindle our glow"

Somewhat moved by his commanders words King Beridan smiled.
"See to it done my son" He finally said. "See to it done"

C) Improve Infrastructure
D) Improve Culture
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You are great Ironbeard dwarves, and as you took your first steps upon these lands, you could almost feel it... It was as if the very land itself told you: There are other dwarves in these realms.

Quickly you put your only operational ship to good use - fishing. It provides a good source of food for your people, and combined with the hunted animals you are able to find in plenty around the region you are quickly fed.

Your scouts are sent out and come to the conclusion that these lands are good for farming. Sure, it's quite hilly, but it should work.

Additionally, your builders construct temporary hovels near the mountains as they start surveying the mountains. It has plenty of caves but the cliffs are steep and sharp.

Results from your scouts sent out into the valley and the forests come next turn.

Population: 152 men, 102 women, 51 children.
Military: - Roughly 40% of adult population.
Food level: - Low
Resources: - Nonexistant
Wealth: - Nonexistant
Trade: - Nonexistant
Growth: - Low
Morale: - Indifferent
Foreign relations: You do not know any other civilizations.

Land of Yngvar
Yngviera 001, Month of Harpa

The dwarves of Yngvar celebrate this joyous occasion for the birth of no less than 5 children under such a short time. This had to be a sign of their god Yngvi's blessing! They were indeed living in the promised lands. Consequently 4 dwarves had already reached adulthood:Vikar Kalfrson Van Jättenstäd, Ragnar Bardason Van Stahlpoler, Jacoliene Kruitdottir Van Riktupp and Vera Lindottir Van Vokkers. They took their place as productive members of the society. Speaking of which, the primary tunnel for the mines was about to be finished. Soon the proud Ironbeards could immerse themselves in their true profession. Same tunnel also made the basis of the complex cavernous system which will be the future Yngvaria. Thanks to the fishermen and hunters from Clan Van Riktupp the dwarves solved their immediate issues with food. Still, if they were to build a great country they need even more. Examinations of the nearby valleys determined they are sufficient for growing corps and other plants. The dwarves had lost more than half of their seeds to the storm but what they have is still sufficient for the job. About a dozen dwarves began preparing the first of farmlands which will feed their entire nation. Yet no proud dwarf could live on plants alone. Their physically active bodies require meat, lots of red meat. As such all the free members of Clan Van Riktupp began searching the neighborhood again, trying to find animals that are worth to domesticate. They'll capture them and make these animals the basis of their livestock. In the future there shall be no dwarven stomach left unattended! Meanwhile some members of Clan Van Vokkers are working to fix the second ship. They gathered wood and collected all the scraps from the 5 other wrecked ships. Hopefully that much would be enough to restore the second ship into a somewhat working condition.

B.) Prepare farms, search for livestock to domesticate (Prep for increasing food)

Other notable actions:
- Celebrating the plentiful childbrith and that four dwarves had reached adulthood
- Mines are continued to be worked on, beginning to take a shape.
- Clan Van Vokkers is gathering materials and working on to fix the second ship

F) Improve resources/technology

One hundred and three logs, Voltus never thought he'd have to count that high, or that numbers so high existed, he had to make up many of them past fifty. The logging had been difficult, as the horses couldn't drag the logs out of the forest, so his men had to pull them out before lashing them to the horses and having them haul them back to the village. By now, the horses had made the journey so many times, the didn't need riders to direct them and returned to the village instinctually, returning after the logs had been cut away from them, allowing the men to chop down more as they waited.

But now, Voltus believed that he had enough logs to complete his vision. To his right fluttered the bird lady, Finch, leader of the bird people who had let themselves be known as the Mordikhar, custodians of the forest. "Why is it that I have been summoned here?" she chirped, looking at people as they stared at her and glaring at them, making them walk away briskly but always looking behind their shoulders, "I do not like being outside the forest."

"I require your assistance Finch," he said, staring at the tides come in and out lazily, "It has something to do with all the wood we have collected."

"Yes that was evident but what is it that you will do with all of it? Make a bonfire?" Voltus chuckled heartily and turned to her, his eyes bright like bonfires.

"We will build something." He grinned widely and she returned the gesture, past memories coming back to her of times long gone.

"You are Trip's son." she said. Voltus was itching to ask what she meant but he knew it was not opportune at the moment, to avoid wasting time. They began to plan, walking a considerable distance from the camp to a flat stretch of sand where they impregnated their ideas onto, tracing lines into the sand to form drawings and images of what this... thing, was to be. By the time the sun had turned red and had started to fall into the ocean, the planning was complete. The structure that they had drawn in the sand was transferred onto a piece of hide, as they wouldn't lose it and Finch and Vis sat by a fire to admire it, even she was impressed by what the human could come up with.

The structure would face the ocean but would not be on the coast directly and most likely a few dozen Cubits away, to where Voltus anticipated the village to rise around it and where sea water deeper down wouldn't be a problem. The shape from above would look like the top of a clam shell, though with no ripples and it would flow smoothly until it kissed the ground; the back portion, where the shell shape tapered it its thinnest would be the entrance and the front part, where the shell shape was widest, would be open to let in the breeze. He had decided that the top structure was to be made out of thin sheets of log, Planks, he would call them, fitted together with wooden pegs. Beneath the structure, the ceiling would have maximum clearance of around 12 Cubits from the ground as it sat naturally, however he would dig down, Making a shallow slope with steps running down the middle and the flanks, starting from an elevated platform at the entrance of the structure. On the shallow slap, much larger, shallower steps would be built for people to sit on, seats. The bottom of these seats would correspond to the halfway point of the shell and it would flatten off for around 10 cubits before turing into a gently curving stage, that went form one side to another, lit by the light spilling down from the wide opening at the front of the shell. In the heights of the shell, a web of rafters would be made from the branches, to accommodate the bird people. The shell, from front to back would be 120 Cubits and at the front 160 Cubits form see to side, making a very large area to view the ocean form the elevated platform at the entrance.

It was a roofed amphitheater and Voltus didn't know it, having built at as such from natural observations of sound in a round slopped valley. However one issue still annoyed him, "How are we to protect the roof from rain and rot?" he asked Finch, who was resting on his lap.

"Use sap from trees, it forms a protective shiny layer on cut parts of trees to stop rot and insects but I don't know how you will get enough." She yawned and pulled her knees to her body, closing her wings around her and falling asleep. Voltus thought for a moment before he got an answer, he would water it down, it formed thick layers anyway and a layer that thick want really needed. He had his solution and when the sun rises in the morning, work will begin.

Note: I will leave how long it will take up to @Chenzor, it's a big project for a people who have never attempted anything like this.

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