Banned
The Lycan Covenant
From the recent reports, Vlath began to consider the Covenant's next move. After spending hours upon hours pondering where next it would be best to focus their attention he summoned each of the Covenant's leaders to the reclaimed stone. Such a request in the cold weather may have insulted leaders of another race but this was not an unusual request for the Voidcaller to make, discussions between the Lycan leadership would often take place around religious sites.
When each of the leaders had assembled Vlath rose to from his kneeling position in front of the stone and turned to speak to each of the leaders "Silentpaw's scouts have given me a wealth of information. To the north lie more stones similar to this one which I must assume have been corrupted by the foul magics of the Young gods. To our west lies a forest which has been our source of meat since we arrived here. Now that the Goldtooths are beginning to provide us with an alternative food source, the lumber camp would greatly aid our efforts and allow us to begin truly establishing our foot hold in this new realm. I have also received reports of mountains in that direction aswell. If you have any other proposals I would hear them now, but the stones and the woodlands are my current focus." Vlath explained to the Lycans surrounding him.
The first to speak up was Basir Goldtooth as he raised a clawed hand to stroke the golden fur on his chin "Hmmm,the woodland would provide us with many raw materials but moving them over the river could problematic, if you would allow us I could have my servants construct a bridge with the first set of supplies from the lumber camp." he proposed before hastily suggesting with a slight bow "Of course the stones are of great importance perhaps I am getting ahead of myself even considering to build a lumber camp before we have reclaimed our lands from the Young gods.
Vlath nodded to Goldtooth's suggestion without a word, a bridge would allow for far easier access to the other side of the river and could be essential for any future expansion on that side of it.
Next Mexi Silentpaw spoke "Voidcaller,with all due respect, there is a abundance of game in those woodlands we are yet to hunt, and Basir's rabbit solution will hardly sustain us. Perhaps when his whelps can figure out how to get rabbits to breed, until then I would recommend allowing me and my hunters to continue hunting in the woodland without worrying about lumber camps disturbing the hunt. Perhaps the large beast tracks we uncovered will solve our food problem." her eyes darted to Goldtooth as she spoke who returned with a irritated growl. Both of pair were rewarded with a glare from Vlath.
"A wise suggestion Silentpaw, however our need for lumber is great. Tracking the the beast tracks your scouts discovered could be of great benefit to us however." the Shadowclaw leader responded neutrally despite his irritation that the pair had allowed their childish bickering to surface in front of him. Finally Vlath turned his gaze to Grash Bloodfang who had not been summoned by the Voidcaller since before the Great Voyage at this point. Even now he opted to stand silently and tower over each of the other leaders as they spoke, his eyes wandering to the stone and back to the make-shift camps as the others spoke.
"My warriors grow restless already. They expected this land to be full of war yet we have not seen another race yet. Lumber for houses and new weapons could be good I suppose." the great brown lycan said with a grunt. The other leaders did not expect much more from the Bloodfang leader, war was always at the forefront of his mind.
After some time debating the group eventually settled on an answer, a joint group of Goldtooth workers and Silentpaw hunters would travel across the river to the woodland. The Silentpaw would continue their hunting operation while the Goldtooth began to assemble the lumber camp. The Silentpaw would be responsible for warding any potentially dangerous wildlife away from the camp and the Goldtooth would agree to replant the seeds of cut down trees so the forest could continue it's existence after it's initial deforestation Vlath also coincided to send a handful of Bloodfang warriors to help in both the defense of the camp and for any manual labor. If all went well the Goldtooth were to also build a bridge to allow for easier transport across the river, if the situation went awry they were to return to Vlath or Goldtooth and report their failure.
As the other leaders were dismissed, Vlath held back and observed the reclaimed stone, he made a quick prayer before finally returning to the village to discuss the nature of these stones with his fellow Shadowclaw.
