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(I'd be more than happy to co-GM, if you'd like my help.

Apologies if this post is a little long, but I have to make up for two months right now.)

1st of Rain's Hand

Cynric had by and large recovered from his injuries, and had gone to Shor's Stone to initiate his plan for a realignment. He had contacted the third in command of the army, Lieutenant Commander Battle-Blood, and offered him Lordship of the village in return for closer intergration with Riften - he would exercise control over most of the town, but construction projects and foreign policy were Riften's domain. The plan was fairly simple - kill the Lord of the village, and then, when the general inherited the village, kill him and his right hand man, leaving the Battle-Blood in charge. It was decided that on the upcoming silver anniversary of the lord's succession, the Lord's meal would be poisoned, and a tragic accident would happen during drill.

5th of Rain's Hand

The Lord of Shor's Stone was holding a banquet at dinner in celebration of his 25th year reigning. Little did he know, his wine had been tainted with a peculiar poison, made from the tongue of a hunger and the flesh of a zombie. When he sipped his wine, he was overcome with an urge to feast, to gorge himself on wine and beef and chicken. The guests, too polite to comment, watched aghast as he wolfed down steak after steak, drunk bottle after bottle of wine. In a few short hours, he suffered from a heart attack and died.

7th of Rain's Hand

The general of Shor's Stone, now Lord General, was training his soldiers in the finer details of ballista usage. He and his second in command watched in distaste as the peasants struggled to hit a target from a hundred yards. They walked up to one of the targets, and examined the bolt which had failed to penetrate it.

"How the hell did they fail to puncture straw?" the second in command asked. The Lord General looked at the bolt which had bounced off before answering.

"The fools put the bolt in backwards," he laughed, secretly hoping he'd never have to fight with these people. "We'd better tell them."

The Lord Captain walked towards the ballista, the second in command right behind him.

"Why are they aiming over here?" the Lord Captain asked. He was willing to put it down to incompetence, but the bolt was pointing directly at him. "Hey-!"

The peasants released the bolt. This one was fitted the right way in. It flew towards the Lord Captain, skewering him and his second in command simultaneously. They were dead before their mutilated corpses hit the ground.

14th of Rain's Hand

Cynric was in the Council chamber, reporting the tragic chain of events which left Battle-Blood in charge of Shor's Stone.

"His claim to Shor's Stone is tenuous," Cynric admitted at the conclusion of his report. "But no one else has any claim, and the villagers want one of their own in charge."

"We should use this as an oppurtunity to take full control of Shor's Stone!" Skuldar exclaimed. "Put someone we have complete control over in charge, and-"

"The villages would object to that," Cynric interrupted. Skuldar glowered at Cynric for the interruption, but Cynric didn't care. "We can offer the new General our support, in exchange concessions such as control over the budget and foreign policy."

"Aye, I think he may be right," Asjath said. "If we put someone else in control, we would face revolt. This way, we get most of the control with none of the disloyalty."

They voted on the issue - Astata, Asjath and Cynric voted Aye, Salma and Skuldar voted Nay, completing the final stage of Cynric's plan.

Treasury Report, Sun's Dawn through Rain's Hand, 5E146

Revenue

City of Riften, Taxation and Tariffs: 240,000 gold

Village of Heatwood, Taxation and Tariffs: 90,000 gold

Village of Shor's Stone, Taxation and Tariffs: 30,000 gold

Expenditure

City of Riften, Maintenence and Soldiery: 150,000 gold

Village of Heartwood, Maintainence and Soldiery: 60,000 gold

Village of Shor's Stone, Maintainence and Soldiery: 20,000 gold

Village of Shor's Stone, Compensation: 10,000 gold

Fort Greenwall, Maintainence and Soldiery: 30,000 gold

Fort Treva, Maintainence and Soldiery: 30,000 gold

Net Income: 60,000 gold

Treasury Balance: 108,000 gold