[b]Arsuron 

Population: 273

	Arsur Coast: 75 (4 in Uaru territory; 1 in Monastic Territory; 2 Illis)
	River Camp: 75 (2 in Rokthan Territory; 2 Illis)
	Lotus Colony: 76 (6 in Soruli Territory; 2 Illis)
        Kanesh Colony: 16 (4 Illis) 
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	Yijen Fork Trading Post: 14 (9 Arsuron; 5 Illis)
	Karom Mission: 8 (2 in Alvith Territory; 2 in Platta Territory)
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[*] Dolphin Domestication: 9/10
[*] Agriculture: 1/5
[*] Bätänjűr (Arsuron Ninjutsu): 5/8
[*] Mathematics: 4/6
[*] Bronze: 2/5 
[*] Organized Religion: 2/7
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[b]The Fruit of the Desert[/b]
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With better architecture arising on land, the Arsuron had developed the chance to expand beyond the shoreline. With that, expansion had begun, settlers moving out into the sandy dunes and inhospitable landscapes. Kanesh (Kanej in the Law Dialect) was the first of these cities, a tiny community, unlike the sprawling cities of the coast, this settlement was like a callback to the days of hunting and gathering; scrounging up rough plants and wild animals. The new settlers made a living hunting artus (Meesk) and arku'ar (thith). Neither was a particularly good source of meat, but it was mostly enough to satisfy the hunger of the 16 residents of Kanesh. Anlam was a young settler, having moved to the arid frontier when not even a fifth of a firog. Life was hard here, but there was something that made it worth the struggle. Anlam would often stop by the small oasises, where trees bearing sweet fruits called dates would grow. The fruits had always been there, since he had first arived. Now at the age of 4 usrog, Anlam had been analysing the tree, learning how they grew and what conditions helped them survive. He wondered, if what he observed of them now is able to be applied to other plants. Another day of resting under the date palms might yet pay off. 

[b]Missionaries[/b]
The Mathematicists had long been an esoteric order; under a new Anfir's orders, with the suggestions of AntekH, the order would begin to spread out. First towards the coast, then outwards towards Yijen Fork. Missionaries became trained, designed to spread the word of mathematics, abet not the same secrets disclosed in the monastaries, but a lightened version that they would understand. Not all appreciated the move to universalism, in an order that was previously initiatory. AntekH, now a longtime resident and a speaker of the Mathematic Order, would defend and destroy any resistance aginst the new Anfir. He would be a defender of thr faith, and a defender of the cheif. 

Those who had made their way to Yijen Fork were greated with meals and supplies, and would be sent north to form a new colony, a mission to spread the Word of Mathematics into unknown territory. A troup of 8 missionaries, dressed in the finest cloth and carrying books of the basics of mathematics and the tenants of the science; each armed with a sword of cast copper. 

Up the river they would travel, to far lands and to spread their knowledge and their new religion. And into new lands they would go. 2 would stay in nearer territory ([@Neruu]; While another 2 would travel beyond and even further north ([@aweirdgamer]). 
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[b]Explorers in Soruli Territory[/b]
[@Diehard243]
The 6 explorers were caught off guard by the sudden arrival of the Soruli. Taking a look at the options before them, 5 of the explorers decided to take turns at the different stations; induldging in what the Soruli had to offer. While the others were taking part in the activities; the leader, a man named Anjar, watched from the sides, observing his subordinates. In particular he was interested in the effects the powder had on one of them.