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GuiltyConscience: /* Significance */

2026-05-18T18:36:03Z

Significance

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	==Significance==		==Significance==
	Words are like a peddlar's ribbons - pretty and cheap and quickly discarded. But actions echo. As such, [[The_Marches_economic_interests\|~~aldermen~~]] across the Marches have committed to putting their hands in their pockets and contributing whatever they can afford to this project. They're mostly not seeing this as a gift, or as charity, but as recognition of the fact the Marches - and the Empire - prosper when the farmers prosper, and as an investment for the future. Indeed, there has been some talk of "darning the rip" between the folk of the market towns, and the rest of the Marches.		Words are like a peddlar's ribbons - pretty and cheap and quickly discarded. But actions echo. As such, [[The_Marches_economic_interests\|alders]] across the Marches have committed to putting their hands in their pockets and contributing whatever they can afford to this project. They're mostly not seeing this as a gift, or as charity, but as recognition of the fact the Marches - and the Empire - prosper when the farmers prosper, and as an investment for the future. Indeed, there has been some talk of "darning the rip" between the folk of the market towns, and the rest of the Marches.

	Even with the assistance of the market towns, building granaries and seed stores for Bregasland, Mitwold, and Upwold will still require 100 wains of weirwood and 40 wains of white granite, plus labour costs of 35 Thrones. Construction will take two seasons to complete as the Marchers swing into industrious action across their nation.		Even with the assistance of the market towns, building granaries and seed stores for Bregasland, Mitwold, and Upwold will still require 100 wains of weirwood and 40 wains of white granite, plus labour costs of 35 Thrones. Construction will take two seasons to complete as the Marchers swing into industrious action across their nation.

	This is not a small investment - but the impact would be significant.		This is not a small investment - but the impact would be significant.

GuiltyConscience: /* Overview */

2026-05-18T18:35:36Z

Overview

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	Meade has long since grown past the point where it can feed itself. It relies on a steady influx of grain, meat, milk, and cheese not just from Mitwold, but from across the Marches. Its prosperity relies on trade routes supported by well-fed and healthy merchants selling food and metal and wood produced by labourers who are not starving to death. The rest of the market towns are in a similar situation - and recognise a simple truth. When the farmers starve, ''everyone'' starves.		Meade has long since grown past the point where it can feed itself. It relies on a steady influx of grain, meat, milk, and cheese not just from Mitwold, but from across the Marches. Its prosperity relies on trade routes supported by well-fed and healthy merchants selling food and metal and wood produced by labourers who are not starving to death. The rest of the market towns are in a similar situation - and recognise a simple truth. When the farmers starve, ''everyone'' starves.

	Their project will require the support of the senate, and it will not be cheap - but the ~~aldermen~~ of Meade point out that the Marches has sacrificed for the Empire time and again. They are confident the Senate will do the right thing.		Their project will require the support of the senate, and it will not be cheap - but the alders of Meade point out that the Marches has sacrificed for the Empire time and again. They are confident the Senate will do the right thing.

	==Significance==		==Significance==

RichardRaynor at 08:26, 3 February 2022

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:380YE]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:380YE Summer]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<ic>The young lad couldn't look Tess in the face.		<ic>The young lad couldn't look Tess in the face.

Rafferty: /* Resolution */

2018-05-22T17:20:00Z

Resolution

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	==Resolution==		==Resolution==
	The Imperial Senate voted to [[Construct_the_Imperial_Breadbasket\|take advantage of this opportunity]]. Work has already begun on the new granaries, and all the materials have been supplied to ensure its completion. It is expected that the granaries will be complete by the start of the Spring Equinox 381YE.		The Imperial Senate voted to [[Construct_the_Imperial_Breadbasket\|take advantage of this opportunity]]. Work has already begun on the new granaries, and all the materials have been supplied to ensure its completion. It is expected that the granaries will be complete by the start of the Spring Equinox 381YE.

			With the creation of the [[Keeper of the Breadbasket]] in autumn 381YE, decisions relating to this great work would now be made by the bearer of that [[Imperial title]], not the Marcher senators.

Dre at 22:24, 2 April 2018

2018-04-02T22:24:58Z

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	And he nodded, and he tried to say something but she turned back round to the workbench and grunted something, and when she heard the door shut behind him she laid the plane down again and shook her head ruefully, wondering if she had ever been that young and full of foolishness mistook for pride.		And he nodded, and he tried to say something but she turned back round to the workbench and grunted something, and when she heard the door shut behind him she laid the plane down again and shook her head ruefully, wondering if she had ever been that young and full of foolishness mistook for pride.

	He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing ~~it's~~ best to teach him.</ic>		He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing its best to teach him.</ic>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The prime colour of the world\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.		After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The prime colour of the world\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.

Rafferty: /* The effect of the curse */

2016-09-03T17:36:30Z

The effect of the curse

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	===The effect of the curse===		===The effect of the curse===
	The curse, identified as [[Naeve's Twisting Blight]], has already had its effect (reduced production for Marcher farms) and will have faded by the time the Summer solstice starts.		The curse, identified as [[Naeve's Twisting Blight]], has already had its effect (reduced production for Marcher farms) and will have faded by the time the Summer solstice starts.

			==Resolution==
			The Imperial Senate voted to [[Construct_the_Imperial_Breadbasket\|take advantage of this opportunity]]. Work has already begun on the new granaries, and all the materials have been supplied to ensure its completion. It is expected that the granaries will be complete by the start of the Spring Equinox 381YE.

Rafferty: /* Overview */

2016-09-03T17:33:51Z

Overview

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	He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing it's best to teach him.</ic>		He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing it's best to teach him.</ic>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The ~~Prime Colour~~ of the ~~World~~\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.		After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The prime colour of the world\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.

	Then comes the [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|catastrophic news from the Mourn]]. Morale is low, tempers fray. So much loss, and for what? It would be easy to give in to anger, and resentment, and despair.		Then comes the [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|catastrophic news from the Mourn]]. Morale is low, tempers fray. So much loss, and for what? It would be easy to give in to anger, and resentment, and despair.

Rafferty at 17:32, 3 September 2016

2016-09-03T17:32:49Z

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	He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing it's best to teach him.</ic>		He didn't really understand, not yet. But damned if the world wasn't doing it's best to teach him.</ic>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The ~~green world~~\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.		After the [[March on their belly\|disastrous failure of the Autumn harvest]], after a harsh [[March on their belly#Resolution\|winter of tightened belts]] to keep the armies marching, the Spring planting is hit with torrential rains and a vicious blight that devours many of the seeds before they can be put in the ground. While the rest of the Empire is enjoying a burst of [[The Prime Colour of the World\|vitality and fertility]], the [[farm\|farms]] of [[Bregasland]], [[Upwold]], and [[Mitwold]] are once again labouring under the yoke of a vicious magical curse that ruins the crops, saps the life from the beasts in the fields, and spreads sickness and hunger wherever it touches.

	Then comes the [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|catastrophic news from the Mourn]]. Morale is low, tempers fray. So much loss, and for what? It would be easy to give in to anger, and resentment, and despair.		Then comes the [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|catastrophic news from the Mourn]]. Morale is low, tempers fray. So much loss, and for what? It would be easy to give in to anger, and resentment, and despair.

Rafferty at 11:36, 26 July 2016

2016-07-26T11:36:46Z

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	<ic>The young lad couldn't look Tess in the face.		<ic>The young lad couldn't look Tess in the face.

Rafferty: /* Significance */ correcting rings

2016-07-23T22:28:46Z

Significance: correcting rings

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	This is not a small investment - but the impact would be significant.		This is not a small investment - but the impact would be significant.

	Firstly, the presence of these granaries and silos would boost the income of every farm in the Marches. It is estimated that it would provide benefits equivalent to ~~1300~~ rings per territory spread between the farms based there, regardless of curses and other effects that impact their harvests.		Firstly, the presence of these granaries and silos would boost the income of every farm in the Marches. It is estimated that it would provide benefits equivalent to 1080 rings per territory spread between the farms based there, regardless of curses and other effects that impact their harvests.

	Secondly, the presence of this great work in the Empire provides a "safety net" to the Imperial armies. If a nation of the Empire were unable to support their armies (because of a powerful curse or because they had lost a [[territory]], for example), then the [[Commission#Insufficient_Supply\|natural decay]] of all its armies and navies would be reduced by half. The silos could only support a single nation in this way - If a second nation were to have more armies than it could support, then the Marcher senators would need to make a unanimous decision as to which nation to assist (or pass a motion in the Senate). The grain stores would not allow an Imperial nation to build more armies than it can support.		Secondly, the presence of this great work in the Empire provides a "safety net" to the Imperial armies. If a nation of the Empire were unable to support their armies (because of a powerful curse or because they had lost a [[territory]], for example), then the [[Commission#Insufficient_Supply\|natural decay]] of all its armies and navies would be reduced by half. The silos could only support a single nation in this way - If a second nation were to have more armies than it could support, then the Marcher senators would need to make a unanimous decision as to which nation to assist (or pass a motion in the Senate). The grain stores would not allow an Imperial nation to build more armies than it can support.