Wealth and Soil

Seventy Fourth Hiqba Following the Revelations of Occulem, Third Mahj

As known by those wary of affairs across the western sphere

With the increasingly ambitious and at times aggressive posturing of certain vessels bearing azure sails over the previous months, a greater burden has fallen upon the shoulders of Emir Imadh in his role as Shimeji councillor to maintain the presently thriving state of mercantile on the water against the supposedly unofficial antics of many Ibeshi captains in the surrounding region. The balancing act has blurred the lines between what may very well be sincere manoeuvring by the Sultanate or a resurgence in prosperity as a new generation supplants many of the souls lost in war.

Amidst these happenings there have been sightings of small landings encroaching upon the peninsulas and plateaus straddling the central "iron belt" of Khrom-Vestria, the earliest beginnings of a potential Ibesh settlement to rise within the south as weary sailors and shepherds alike establish crude homesteads and carve out a currently modest presence upon the rocky landscape encouraged by the consistently abundant naval influence through the straits above. These individuals conferring the area its name in the besihc tongue as "Jadria."

As circumstances by comparison to the east remain precarious in continued targeting of Rokkarian ships, the marshland itself has steadied as new hands take up the ploughs of their fathers and others seek their fortune in distant lands. Sultan Nasir rarely stirs himself from management of Ruya, believed to be impatiently awaiting the passing of the royal steward whilst otherwise overseeing the strengthening of the sapphire fleet at anchor. Shipwrights in the city working tirelessly to expand the already significant power afloat with anticipation of future ventures.

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