[center][h3][color=0054a6]The Children of Artemon[/color][/h3][/center]

F) Iron, silver, [i]silversteel[/i], it was everything they could have asked for and more. In sufficient quantities it could fulfill all their needs for tools as well as equipment for their warriors. Out of the silver they can create wondrous items of beauty, both for themselves and as trade goods or idols to the gods. It was a strategic resource beyond anything they had found so far and a group of elf-at-arms were quickly sent to garrison the mine. There can be there no doubt who the wealth of the caves belongs to. Besides, the safety of their miners had to be ensured and they still did not know what had happened to the previous denizens.

The question of sacrifice proved a conundrum for Aleon. The truth is that his knowledge of the implications of the ritual were limited. How long they would be in that form and how much of their former being would remain were questions for which he could find no answer. Even their souls could be at risk dabbling in this magic which they did not fully understand. How could he ask anyone to make such an uncertain sacrifice? To throw away their own being and walk into the unknown?

Furthermore their myths warned extensively about the destructive power of the flames. The legends contain stories of how Artemon had to guard the fires of his forge jealously against those who would use them for murder and mayhem. Among mortals, there was no doubt of the carnage it can bring. A single accident can burn entire cities to the ground and a dry season needs but a spark to devastate an entire countryside. Of course, they had found ways to alleviate these natural catastrophes, but there could be no doubt that power over fire was a terrible responsibility. He had to follow Artemon's example and make sure that it remained in the hands of the just.


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Send guards and miners to begin extraction in the mines
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