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Some four hundred and twent two kilometers up river from Colony-1, to the North and off a tributary lay in a hilly region the main town of the Nosqilp tribe. It was large by the standards of the region, having a population of about seven thousand people living in it's rough but serviceable stone and earth walls and was the hub for the other villages of the tribe. It stood in an area of rolling hills where humans made their mark on the land with agriculture. Mostly the usual staples of the region, but also a large number of orchards which were the foundation of the Tribe's trade income. The Nosqilp were renowned for their skills in rubbersmithery. This had brought them both wealth (and a fair bit of unwanted attention from Gosho hosts). In the last couple years this included some strange newcomers known as Infrastructurals. First by merchants like Dloqua of Isntam, who went down river seasonally to sell the town's wares and came to their Colony and latter on they began to come up the river. First with Dloqua on her barge, latter with their own barge.

Like most peoples in the region, the people of the Nosqlip tribe elected their leaders. Every other equinox, each of the tribe's thirteen clans selected a Josruil ('Speaker' in their tounge) for the village council to represent them in the tribe's council, one of which the tribe voted one to be a Yagnalp ('Selected', 'Appointed' or 'One which was agreed upon') to serve as an executive. Folsqan of Kashtiin had been the Yagnalp for six years, mostly because he was good with people. He loved food and drink as much as anyone, as his belly could attest, but he was also generous and was good at putting people at their ease. A few people saw this as merely being a good natured glutton, but that hid an ability to read people and a shrewdness for persuasion, deal making and delegation. In general he was a solid leader. Even so it did not take a great leader to recognize the opportunity that the Infrastructurals presented, even if their orders were odd.

One day an Infrastructural barge came up the river using that strange cauldron thing to push them along. They soon sent out their party, led by a woman clad mostly in black as well as a few porters. They were soon let by the gate and into the village proper. They were strange folk, being pale and with vibrant hair colors. Their leader's was a coppery red which she insisted was it's natural color. Their dress and the language they spoke to each other in were utterly alien to him. They wrote everything down on sheets of a white substance.

"Venerable Yagnalp" she said in an uneasy and heavily accented version of the Delta Dialect "with the command of 'Discovery' we come to trade. To give and take away."

"Well met my dear." He said ignoring the mangling of innocent words with good grace. "Your order has been met and our wares are packed in your boxes." The Infrastructural mostly were interested in rubber hoses and belts made to very specific specifications. They bought regular goods such as shoes, gloves and both varieties of sheaths as well, but they were most keen on those two things. "And you have our payment."

"Yes." The Infrastructural Woman said briefly, not hazarding embarrassment. "All of it for our cargo."

"Excellent!" He said happily. What the Infrastructurals traded for rubber was well worth their oddities. Solid steel armor of exceptional durability, crossbows and crossbow bolts, swords, steel arrowhead, metal pots, rulers, these needle things which always pointed north and other such things. Things that could keep his tribe and it's lands safe at least. "You must be hungry after a long journey! Once your barge is loaded, we'll have you and your men fed and we can talk some more about our next order."

"It are pleasure" she said happily.

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Description
Some four hundred and twent two kilometers up river from Colony-1, to the North and off a tributary lay in a hilly region the main town of the Nosqilp tribe. It was large by the standards of the region, having a population of about seven thousand people living in it's rough but serviceable stone and earth walls and was the hub for the other villages of the tribe. It stood in an area of rolling hills where humans made their mark on the land with agriculture. Mostly the usual staples of the region, but also a large number of orchards which were the foundation of the Tribe's trade income. The Nosqilp were renowned for their skills in rubbersmithery. This had brought them both wealth (and a fair bit of unwanted attention from Gosho hosts). In the last couple years this included some strange newcomers known as Infrastructurals. First by merchants like Dloqua of Isntam, who went down river seasonally to sell the town's wares and came to their Colony and latter on they began to come up the river. First with Dloqua on her barge, latter with their own barge.

Like most peoples in the region, the people of the Nosqlip tribe elected their leaders. Every other equinox, each of the tribe's thirteen clans selected a Josruil ('Speaker' in their tounge) for the village council to represent them in the tribe's council, one of which the tribe voted one to be a Yagnalp ('Selected', 'Appointed' or 'One which was agreed upon') to serve as an executive. Folsqan of Kashtiin had been the Yagnalp for six years, mostly because he was good with people. He loved food and drink as much as anyone, as his belly could attest, but he was also generous and was good at putting people at their ease. A few people saw this as merely being a good natured glutton, but that hid an ability to read people and a shrewdness for persuasion, deal making and delegation. In general he was a solid leader. Even so it did not take a great leader to recognize the opportunity that the Infrastructurals presented, even if their orders were odd.

One day an Infrastructural barge came up the river using that strange cauldron thing to push them along. They soon sent out their party, led by a woman clad mostly in black as well as a few porters. They were soon let by the gate and into the village proper. They were strange folk, being pale and with vibrant hair colors. Their leader's was a coppery red which she insisted was it's natural color. Their dress and the language they spoke to each other in were utterly alien to him. They wrote everything down on sheets of a white substance.

"Venerable Yagnalp" she said in an uneasy and heavily accented version of the Delta Dialect "with the command of 'Discovery' we come to trade. To give and take away."

"Well met my dear." He said ignoring the mangling of innocent words with good grace. "Your order has been met and our wares are packed in your boxes." The Infrastructural mostly were interested in rubber hoses and belts made to very specific specifications. They bought regular goods such as shoes, gloves and both varieties of sheaths as well, but they were most keen on those two things. "And you have our payment."

"Yes." The Infrastructural Woman said briefly, not hazarding embarrassment. "All of it for our cargo."

"Excellent!" He said happily. What the Infrastructurals traded for rubber was well worth their oddities. Solid steel armor of exceptional durability, crossbows and crossbow bolts, swords, steel arrowhead, metal pots, rulers, these needle things which always pointed north and other such things. Things that could keep his tribe and it's lands safe at least. "You must be hungry after a long journey! Once your barge is loaded, we'll have you and your men fed and we can talk some more about our next order."

"It are pleasure" she said happily.

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