With the Neverwinter incident coming to an end, and Erebes succeeding Lord Nasir as the leader of Neverwinter, all the western coastal areas of Faerûn, with the exception of Waterdeep, have been brought under the direct rule of the empire.
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Especially those small towns that were far less powerful than Neverwinter, after realizing how fragile their own security was without the protection and deterrence of the imperial army, they all gave up their original semi-independent status.
After all, the safety of your own life and property is more important than the pitiful power in your hands.
Some wealthy people who were less courageous even gave up the idea of ​​becoming local emperors and moved their families to live in big cities.
The original manor and old house were left to be managed by housekeepers, or used as temporary residences for leisure vacations and hunting.
In short, Queen Mosala of the Lizardmen indirectly helped the ministers of the West Coast Empire's cabinet a great favor, and successfully transformed the region's originally relatively decentralized lordship into a centralized bureaucracy.
Especially after the large-scale infrastructure investment and secondary planning and expansion of the city were carried out due to the large-scale burning and destruction of the city, as well as the thorough access to the multiple spellcasting environments and magical mysteries that enveloped the major cities in the empire, the entire city of Neverwinter was quite
Get a brand new look from head to toe.
Even the upper ruling class has also completed a major change of blood.
Instead of experiencing a period of depression and decline as many people imagined, it has attracted a lot of talents because it can achieve a class jump.
In addition, the ancient underground city with great research value has attracted hundreds of legendary lichs from the Arcane Order and their disciples.
This group of mages with a minimum spellcasting level of LV9 or above alone has brought unprecedented vitality to Neverwinter City.
Due to the large number of people, a special Offensive Area was formed for just temporary residence.
Many lucky young people who were talented but had no money and no chance to learn magic became apprentices by working as servants for the former.
The famous Neverwinter College was also taken over by the Imperial Ministry of Education, and drastic reforms and expansions were carried out on the original basis.
As a lot of gold coins were poured down, Neverwinter City and the surrounding areas were quickly integrated into a city circle containing hundreds of thousands of people, similar to Waterdeep City.
The most important thing is that the war started by Shar, the goddess of night, the orc god system, the earth spirit system, the spider goddess Rose, the prince of lies Cyric and other evil gods has completely failed.
It failed to gain a foothold in the North, nor did it pose a real threat to the West Coast Empire. Instead, it suffered heavy losses.
Among them, the goblin and orc pantheons contributed the most, and the number of believers killed and injured in Faerûn was at least hundreds of thousands.
Many tribes are even unable to obtain enough food through hunting and plundering because all their adult male warriors have died, and they may die miserably in the coming cold winter.
At this moment, in the mountains of the Spine of the World, a tribe of orcs with their families were marching hard on the rugged mountain road.
The leader was none other than Thrall, who had won the title of Dragon Slayer and great fame in this war.
I saw that he was wearing a strong magic armor peeled off from the dragon knight, and a cold-proof cloak made of winter wolf skin. From time to time, he lowered his head to look at the map he had finally obtained with great difficulty, as if
Think about what your next step will be, and where you will lead these orcs to settle down and build a civilization and country from scratch.
As for the previous chief, Obould All-Arrows, he "accidentally" slipped and fell from the edge of the cliff during the migration process and completely lost his lunch.
Because as Thrall has completely established himself and cultivated his own cronies, he has become completely useless.
However, in order to stabilize the hearts of the tribe, Thrall still followed the tradition of the orcs in this world and accepted the daughters of Obould All Arrows as his consorts.
Obviously, judging from the map, Icewind Valley and Red Glacier further north of the Spine of the World are definitely not suitable for survival and establishment of civilization because they are too cold.
Therefore, if you want to find a suitable home, the only way is to use the passage of the Underdark to move eastward, and go to the Army Grassland on the other side of the Eno Oak Desert to participate in the grand event with Zhentil Castle and the City of Shadows.
After all, chaos is a ladder.
Only in a place that is chaotic enough can you use your ingenuity to draw chestnuts from the fire, and then build a true orc kingdom from scratch.
Of course, if you really can’t stay in Rongma Grassland, continuing eastward into Vasa or Damara is also a good choice.
The former has just ended due to the brutal rule of the Witch King, so it does not have a strong political power at all. Many towns are in a state of independence, and there are also a large number of orc tribes, which are very suitable for conquest and expansion.
In addition, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has extremely cold glaciers to the north. It is geographically very isolated and is an almost perfect place to make a fortune.
The latter has become very weak due to the invasion of Vasa Witch King more than ten years ago. The land is full of various monsters left behind, and there is also an exit connected to the Underdark.
"Chief, are you worried about the future of the tribe?"
A young orc warrior ran over from behind and asked curiously.
Like most of the young men in the entire tribe, he was also attracted by Thrall's heroic appearance when slaying the dragon, and became the new chief's most loyal supporter.
For this reason, he even completely abandoned his belief in the orc gods.
To be precise, the current orc tribe, apart from its race or orcs, no longer has the slightest influence of the orc gods.
The priests and die-hard believers of the latter have been expelled one after another during the migration process, leaving them to fend for themselves in the dangerous wilderness. The rest are basically the new generation who firmly believe that the orc gods instigated themselves to die.
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The chief has a kind of fanatical worship from the heart.
Thrall took advantage of this and successfully allowed shamanism to fill the gap in belief.
At present, several men and women with relatively high perception attributes have become shaman apprentices, and they have obtained divine magic from the connection between nature and the elemental plane.
Their profession is a bit like a combination or variation of soul shaman and druid, but they are still essentially members of the divine spellcasting system.
This undoubtedly makes the young and rebellious orcs believe that things like gods are never necessary. They are just oppressors who enslave their souls in order to gain faith.
It is precisely because of Gruumsh's chaos and evil that the orcs can still only live in a barbaric world outside of civilization so many years after arriving in Faerûn, living a life of eating blood and plundering, without even a decent history.
And cultural inheritance cannot be obtained.
You can only increase your presence by joining the evil army formed by careerists.
Once you fail, you will immediately be beaten and run back to the mountains and forests to live a boring and poor life.
In the past, most of the orcs who even knew the word would never have noticed there was anything wrong with this.
After Thrall, who had received systematic education and had superb political skills, appeared, he immediately began to present facts and reason to the young people to analyze what the orc gods had done in these years, and how they allowed the orcs to survive in primitive, ignorant and...
Lost in savagery.
This was undoubtedly like dropping a fire in a pile of hay, instantly triggering anger and dissatisfaction in their hearts.
So it was inevitable to seize power and drive out the priests of the orc gods and their followers.
Although some tried to carry out bloody suppression, all struggles were in vain before the power of Thrall and Doomhammer.
Taking the death of the former Chief Obould All-Arrow as an opportunity, a seed of division among the orcs in Faerûn has been quietly planted. It will not take long for it to become a deadly cancer that can tear apart the orc pantheon.
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Looking at the admiring eyes of the young warrior beside him, Thrall seemed to have returned to the good times in Azeroth when he led the tribe to attack the shelter to liberate his compatriots and was supported by everyone. A slight smile could not help but appear on his face.
He raised his big hand and patted the other party's shoulder gently and sighed: "Yes, I am hesitating where to migrate to to build a civilization and country belonging to us orcs from scratch. You must know that most of this world
All the land is already owned, so next we may have to start a war to snatch the land from others."
"We are all the most brave and fearless warriors! We are not afraid of war!"
The young orc swore and patted his chest.
Although after expelling the priests and believers of the orc gods, the warriors of the entire tribe dropped from the original six to seven thousand to only more than three thousand now, and the remaining more than forty thousand are basically women and immature children.
But their weapons and equipment, training level, morale, and discipline are much stronger than before.
And because a unified thought and understanding has been formed internally, that is, to abandon the bad habits of the past tribal system and build a country of our own, we are more united than ever.
As the saying goes, nothing can compare with the powerful cohesion that common interests and common ideals and goals can bring.
"I have never doubted your bravery, but many times, realizing our wishes cannot be achieved by force alone. On the contrary, we have to use wisdom and strategy. By the way, are the food supplies enough?"
While saying this, Sal turned his attention to the large carts loaded with various goods pulled by oxen and horses.
The young orc warrior immediately replied proudly: "We have enough food on hand for at least half a year.
Thanks to your wise judgment, you took advantage of the chaos and looted the loot that those ragtag groups had stolen while they were being strangled by the enemy and had no time to worry about anything else.
Otherwise, if you just rely on hunting and fishing along the way to reach your destination, at least half or more of the people will die.
And not only do we have food, we also have enough weapons and armor, so don’t worry.”
"Great. Since food isn't a problem, we can go a little further."
Thrall lowered his head and stared at the map in his hand, seeming to have decided on his destination.
At this moment, the scout walking at the front of the queue suddenly ran back on a warg and shouted: "Report! I found the entrance to the Dark Territory in the mountain stream ahead!"
This news instantly caused all the orcs in the team to burst into cheers.
To be continued...