[@Willy Vereb]Since Geitumo is so far from the rest of the mainland I'd imagine that there would not be a lot of naval power in the area. The longboats used for inter-island transport are equipped with only a couple of cannon and are otherwise only protected by small arms and mainly use rams for offense. Maybe there would be a few ships in the area from scattered piracy patrols or privateering operations but, for the most part, I doubt there would be a huge naval force awaiting the dwarves at first. Maybe later they would be surrounded by a larger force, as the continental war that is keeping most of Stoludi busy will not involve many of its blue water forces.