Nemt's North River Expedition

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Folon Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition north of Verronia

Oron 27, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day without incident.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Folon Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition north of Verronia

Oron 28, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day without incident.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Folon Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition north of Verronia

Oron 29, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army continues to march north for another day. On the morning of the 29th, the town of Angenmar Paven is in sight.

The army pauses to await orders from Nemt.

In the meantime, an imperial courier comes up the road from the south and stops to share some news with the army officers.

He says that Lord of the Exchequer Asnalyva ("Baylo") returned to Zekran several days ago and has resumed his duties. He also has begun returning the money from the Imperial Treasury that he removed for "safekeeping" during the rule of Levorek.

[Nemt]

Nemt decides to send some men into Angenmar Paven to secure more food while perhaps having to loot fewer farms and plantations along the way, and ensure merchants they'll be repaid by the army in time.

[Gamemaster]

Gurikan Valen reports that foraging parties have had great difficulty locating food in Angenmar Paven or the farms nearby. Other armies coming through here recently have already taken so much that there is very little left.

[Nemt]

"Maybe we'll have better luck father North" Nemt tells Valen, deciding not to stay in the area long.

ooc: sorry for the delay, I keep thinking I've replied when I haven't

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Folon Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition north of Angenmar Paven

Oron 30, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north of Angemar Paven for a day.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Folon Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition north of Angenmar Paven

Oron 31, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day.

Merchants on the coast road coming from the north bring news that a new tribe of barbarians has crossed the Karak Shan (Grey Mountains) and is pillaging eastern Glantogran province, now defenseless due to the defeat of its garrison by the rebellious Tronds.

The merchants also bring news that an enormous barbarian army of Tronds, Aats, Foerfen and other rebellious tribes and tribes from outside the empire is coming down from the north and is already nearing the city of Trayavix. The merchants say that Kast Vort and Serat Shasa have been put to the torch already and Kast Ulmuk is under seige.

Upon closer inquiry, the merchants will admit they have not been any further north than Bakoya Kajak, but heard these reports from sailors there.

[Nemt]

Nemt assures the merchants anyone taking up arms against the Empire will be killed. "They'd be smart to scatter and run when they see us coming, but even that won't save them" he adds. Nemt does what he can to spread the news, and assures his captains the barbarians may be strong and resolute when attacking depleted garrisons and unarmed imperials, but have not faced anything like this expedition.

OOC: I couldn't remember if this has been covered before, but what word/s do the people in NAE use to refer to the planet?

[Gamemaster]

OOC: So far as you know there is no name for the planet nor anyone who even has the idea that there is such a thing as a planet. People think of the lands as flat and extending either forever or to some distant edge that you could fall off of.

A term that might be useful in the Zekresh language is "dumanorata". It is derived from the Zekresh word "duman" meaning land. The plural of that, of course, is "dumano", meaning lands. As you may know, "orata" means "all" as in "Gurikan Falanorata" meaning "leader above all" and translated as "Field Marshall."

"Dumano orata" meaning "all lands" (adjective after the noun) is commonly simplified into "dumanorata" and used to mean the entire known world.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Tros Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition

Oron 32, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day and passes into Kajakan Tros province. Passing travelers bring news of uprisings by local tribes against the empire in Foerfen province and Glantogran province.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Tros Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition

Oron 33, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day. The weather turns foul. Cold driving rain pelts the troops. Morale drops.

[Nemt]

Nemt takes note of the harsher weather and considers some attempts to get heavier clothing at the next city.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Tros Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition

Oron 35, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for two more days.

[Gamemaster]

Kakajan Tros Province
Zekresh Empire
On the coast road with the North River Expedition

Oron 36, Salgan 2, Adonsik 41 Vylor Cledman VI

The army marches north for another day. Due to aggressive foraging efforts, the army is getting barely enough food, but it is difficult. This same area has been recently pillaged by the passage of other troops.