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[b]D) Improve Culture[/b]

Dag knew that a fair few of the giblins had escaped the caves, and in truth that made him uneasy. He had half a mind to send men to hunt down those stragglers, not because he felt the need to have even more of the things as thralls so much as because he feared vengeance. In the end he decided against hunting down those fugitives. The giblins had seemed like cowardly creatures so the tribe likely had nothing to fear. Perhaps the giblins would crawl to some other cave far away, or find more of their kind. Dag presumed that this land had more giblins and skraelings than just those that had been hiding in the mountains.

Dag acquiesced when the elders suggested a feast in honor of the goods and their blessings. There was good cause for it, and for the first time in many years the tribe had good mead and an abundance of food. So they had their feast in the great mead hall that gave Dagshall its name, but then the next day Dag went farther.

In a small clearing near the village there was a boulder. Dag decreed that this boulder be turned upright and raised as a runestone that would speak of this victory, and in time be engraved to speak of new victories as well. Near that monument Dag asked the holy men to create shrines to Kjorn and Father Frost. The Godis, as the holy men were called, helped craftsmen make idols in the gods' image. Then the Godis consecrated the ground and laid the first offerings at those new shrines.

When the Godis and the High Chieftain went to sleep later that night, they all half expected the gods to appear in their dreams.

[b]E) Explore[/b]

In time Dag indeed wanted to use the Giblin thralls to help make way for the shipyard, but for now he was more eager to mount an expedition as soon as possible. Though there wasn't much of a shipyard to see or work with, he nonetheless ordered that a single longship be built immediately. With so many hands at work upon it, building a boat wouldn't take long. Dag had selected one man named Yngvar to lead an expedition as soon as the longship was seaworthy. Yngvar was to take a crew with arms and supplies and sail the longship to explore further upriver, for the Iceborn currently knew nothing of what lands were beyond their logging camp.

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-Dag has the feast to honor Kjorn and Father Frost, then also has his holy men shrines to those gods. Both he and the holy men half expect the gods to appear in their dreams.
-Even though the shipyard isn't finished yet, Dag has it delayed so that the tribe and the giblin thralls can build a single longship. A man named Yngvar is to take an armed crew and sail the boat to explore further upriver.
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