All hail noble ladies and gentlemen!

Since we were trading with other colonies we have to fight with some problems. During the first years there came up some misunderstandings of the interpretation of some contracts and offers came only sparely, but now the limited productionside is a big problem for our colony. In the last few year we actually had never problems that our country is only made up of the colony “Schmiedefeld“ with some fields and hills in the environment. Now we had to learn that the size of our realm is not enough to supply the, in the meanwhile, quite big number of inhabitants with raw materials and then to produce a overrun for our arms production, too. Due to the fact that we had some very good grain harvests in the last years, many people settled down in our country to profit from our food storage. As a result the settler need almost the whole raw material for themselves and there is not much left which can be manufactured in the blacksmith's shops in our country to weapons and suits of armor. I feel that we have to add some surrounding estates to our colony soon. But there is a obstacle. Rumours say that there are living people in this uninhabited areas which have been there before the first colonies were erected in Tamar. It seems that these natives are hiding well, but propably they won't release this part voluntarily. That's why there is only one possibility for us. We have to equip our armed troops with weapons and suits of armor, so they can protect the settlers in the new areas. My master Alberich doesn't feel comfortable with this thought, because he thinks that also the natives have a right of land. But on the other hand we do not have another chance to develop our realm further. Also the other lords of Tamar are thinking about forming troops. We just have to hope that there won't come the day when these weapons will be turned to other stettlers.