Somehow the shrapnel forum is very hard for me to reach atm. I had a nice reply typed out, with some good tips to help DragonRider with his problems. But my spotty connection ate them.
Let me make just one remark from the larger previous post. Actually I killed your fire king. Twice. Sadly he refused to stay dead. So there is that
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At least in your lands there isn't the constant threat of barbarians messing with your plans
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