[Center][h2][color=khaki]Jørmund[/color][/h2][/center]

"This sudden cold snap caught us completely off-guard." Gringam continued. "Zephyr has never known cold this severe before."

Jørmund looked around as the gnome said this noting the truth to that matter. At least they knew that this was serious.

"And we think it's only going to get worse. Since it's the middle of summer, preparing for cold weather hasn't exactly been at the forefront of our thinking. We need much more wood than we currently have. And enough furs to at least bundle up the little ones in if possible."

"The cold will quickly become irrelevant once the Northmen arrive." Matches asserted then. "It won't matter how warm or how cold the people are if they aren't well trained enough to stand against the raiders."

[Color=khaki]"And it won't matter how well trained they are when the cold saps their strength and they have no food to sustain them."[/color]  He shot back to the Sheriff. While training was important so was surviving the cold. [Color=khaki]"If it is truly going to get worse people will die from the cold before the raiders get here."[/color]

The earth genasi listened carefully as they finished explaining the situation shaking his head at the poor level of fire wood and state of the defenses. [Color=khaki]"You should have had some gather fuel for the fires, others should have been gathering hides and furs for warmth, others still could be fortifying the defenses, all this while training before their work starts and after if need be."[/color] he retorted to the pair rather bluntly. Jørmund did not understand why they relied solely on this Duchess Kamnimail for protection. 

[Color=khaki]"If they are to land in the harbor we will need to force them to land where we want them to. Make them to land in areas where ranged weapons will be to our benefit. It doesn't take much training to drop rocks on people below you. If you can drop heavy enough rocks from above their ships, you can possibly sink some before they land depending on the ship. For other ships if you can set traps in the water to scrape and damage the bottom of the hull it will do the same."[/color] Jørmund grimaced as he realized how much that needed to be done and how little time there was to do it. 

[Color=khaki]"If you are wanting my advice, we should start by splitting the people into groups, those who can fight, those who cannot. From there split them into different roles, gathering fire wood, food hides and furs, and preparing the defenses. Those who can fight will spend at least half their day training. We will also need someone to keep eyes on the horizon so we know when the raiders arrive. Once we can get these things started I think we will have a better chance."[/color]

Jørmund was already starting to wonder how well this was going to go. If this was the Cult of Ice things were likely going to get worse by means of the weather. He wanted to know more about the fleet, he just wasn't sure he could convince either of these two to send ships out to scout or act as an early warning. He also wasn't sure that he would live up to their expectations. Bards had a tendency to spin up extra details, and his home village didn't do much to help with that either. The very least he would do is fight until help arrived, the raiders fled, or the people could safely flee.