[b]Arsuron 

Population: 330

	Arsur Coast: 87 (4 in Uaru territory; 1 in Monastic Territory; 6 Illis)
	River Camp: 87 (6 Illis)
	Lotus Colony: 86 (6 in Soruli Territory; 2 Illis)
        Kanesh Colony: 31 (4 Illis) 
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	Yijen Fork Trading Post: 16 (10 Arsuron; 6 Illis)
Karom Mission: 8 (2 in Alvith Territory; 2 in Platta Territory)
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[*] Agriculture: Complete
[*] Currency: 2/6
[*] Organized Religion: 6/7
[*] Canal Building & Irrigation: 3/6
[*] Lunar Calendar: 3/5
[*] Proto-Feudalism: 1/10
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[b]Divine Placement[/b]
As religion had begun to become more and more cemented into the very fiber of Arsuron society, the concept of the caste system was beginning to need further justification. People began to wonder, how was this system decided? Who enforced it? Who decided what the castes were? 

Much in like how the Arsuron solved all their problems, they developed a system of hierarchy of gods involving children born of the trinity. 

First born was Kigejükem, the King ; then came Keyéjőrem, the priest; Kitalim, the merchant; Kihuyim, the Warrior, and Kitarasim the Farmer. When the Trinity made the lands for their sons, they also gave them each a mate, from whom a brood of larvae would be born. Fiyam made sure each of the children survived, and named them for the tribes that would descend from them. From these children were born the families of each tribe, and their descendants would forever live out the lives of their ancient ancestors whom had their lives chosen Fiyam himself. 


[b]End of Unity[/b]
It had been 2 usrog since the people of Kanesh had begun the effort to tame and control the environment around them, and the practice in itself was spreading far beyond Kanesh and the increasingly livable lands that the Kanesh Colonists were developing. 

The population was booming, though the problem still remained with water, but only in the harsh deserts where Kansh had been developed; for agriculture was spreading far into the previously settled lands like the Arsur Coast and Lotus Colony, where a culture of landowners was beginning to develop, with people of the ruling caste moving further inland and laying claim to personal plots of land, employing members of the warrior caste to serve under them, and both defend their claim and to try to take over the claim of another when called upon by their employer. In exchange for their service, the warriors would take an oath to the land owner and be provided with a place to live and all the supplies they would need by the wealthy lord.

Of course, the supplies to support ones own personal army is not small, and workers would be needed. And so often farmers and merchants were called to make the lords land their homes as well and to create a sort of self sustaining environment. But time would tell if this kind of way of life would be sustainable, as they began moving further into the desert lands and along the mighty rivers to form colonies and trade. But Labor was in desperate demand, and only one thing would be able to help with it, the acquisition of Slaves. 

[b]The Herenthor[/b]
[@Joegreenbeen]

With the minor distraction of the 3 strange creatures gone for now, the Arsuron could resume the festival once again. The priest resumed washing the statue, that was until they began to hear a great deal of snarling and growling, as if a pack of sand wolves had strayed close to the village. The priests had had enough of this. 

"You, warriors, I want 20 of you to go take care of whatever animal is causing that noise. I want it to be killed and brought back as the sacrifice."

"What if it is not an animal sir? But more of those creatures from before?"

"Kill or capture them, we will figure out what to do with them after the ceremony is finally complete"

And so the 20 Arsuron warriors, clad in leather made from cured Dolphin skin, the traditional red cloak of warriors, and armed with bronze tipped spears and cast swords, began their march down to the source of the noise. Upon finding what they wanted, the Arsuron soldiers took our their spears, arched back and threw them, taking out their swords and charging into the crowd. 

[b]The Soruli[/b]
[@Diehard243]

"If you are comming with us, I must warn you that our land is not as kind or forgiving as yours." Anjar conveyed over to Naho. "It is a harsh land, and death can come at any time." Though Anjar would make sure she was protected by his scouts, he knew that a creature raised in this kind of a land would have a hard time adjusting to the Arsuronic way of life. 

As the traders began to pack up their things to return to Lotus Colony, the injured trader began to protest as he was not yet ready to leave.

"You're staying here" Anjar replied

"What?"

"Yes, it would appear that the Soruli want to exchange one of each other to learn more about us, so you will be our exchange; consider it a vacation."

When he was sure that everyone was back in their canoe, Anjar took the Soruli into his own and began the return to Lotus Colony. The return was easier than the departure, the river flowing downhill and taking them back home with the current. 

[b]The Platta[/b]
[@Aweirdgamer]

When Ansor was convinced that they had picked up on the way of how to draw the shapes, and digs into his cloth bag to give the Platta drawing a book filled with a variety of shapes, conveying many various mathematics formulae and topics related to the science, such as a circle and another circle, who come together into two, who split into 4, conveying the concepts of addition, multiplication and division. There were many more such designs in the book, and Ansor would entrust it to Kifam. 

[b]The Raids[/b]
[@Father Dagon][@Mihndar][@Raindeer]

The rivers leading from the Arsur Coast were filled with boat, loaded with warriors armed to the teeth to go and capture slaves near to the rivers and bring them back to their homes. From this will come their source of easy labor to work on the tracts of land. The plan was simple, the warriors would attack the coasts and take as many hostages as possible, along with valuable loot and materials. They were ready, and prepared for whatever was to come