[M] Yo, I’m gonna be gone for the next 1.5weeks, so this is what Glimmer is gonna do for the time I’m gone. The TL;DR:

• We absorb Mgnamanth and begin to stretch into Avereche, and begin to exert EXTREME control over Owowatis

• We begin two new cities on the Old World

• Religious Resurgence from an ancient Pantheon called Glim

• We look into Alchemy/Chemistry/and those magical stone things

• We begin building a good navy

• Plague gets worse, but by the time I get back it passes.

• The Burgh of Lum is losing power internally

• We’re dealing weapons to both the Salvadarean Rebels and the Salvadarean Government

• Industrialism falters in Rothon, but Kupferwerk got big and IS industrializing.

That’s about it. I’m not typing this on a phone, but if you find a spelling error you can still kindly go fuck yourself.

New Glimmer had grown. It hadn’t grown much, and it hadn’t grown strong. The plague had hit them hard, and many of the old-worlders were dying. And some would argue that the prosperity and wealth that the people promised themselves to be here were just dreams and lies. But there were still one simple fact of Starburst: the sugar must flow.

The Mgnamanth had grown close to New Glimmer, and all too close to that sweet precious sugar. Many had settled down in Starburst, and some had even joined oldworlder families.

But there was still many of the Mgnamanth that wanted both their old nomadic ways and the sugar. The sugar was great to trade, and opened trader possibilities to Owowatis – not only sugar, but also the furs the Owowatis loved and Oxen that were far superior to their goats. Hell, their routes lead deep into Avereche itself, were the gold must flow from. So the deal was simple:

“Join us, let us in all your lands, and in our cities obey our laws, and you will have all the sugar you could ever want.”

[M] We envelop all Mgnamanth lands, and go into Avereche as well, as shown by this map.

Burgher Ezzelio finally returned to terra, and what a glorious thing it was!

He’d prudently taken a pleasure cruise around the same time news of the plague first came to Ottoporto. Plague, war – why would anyone stay on the mainland?

At first, he’d had his yacht anchored off the mainland, waiting for the plague and the war to blow over. But then supplies had run low, and he’d had to find a good place to weigh anchor.

And so, thus, Northern Ottoporto was founded. There was sugar, oxen, and rivers enough. Ottoporto would prosper from its new addition.

[M] We also have this map of new old glimmer.

Hans Groshaas looked out at the expanse. Yes, this was perfect.

A vast forest of trees. He’d managed to secure a sizeable portion of the Pracian Acquisition, and it truly was an expanse. But what Hans saw weren’t trees. They were ships. A thousand ships to trade for Glimmer, serve for Glimmer, and fight for Glimmer. And he would be the seller of them.

Some day, this plague would pass, though now it embroiled Lumino City (as if it didn’t have enough troubles already – what with their failures in the war), and stretched all the way to his Sunport. Managed to make it clear across the continent – a damn shame. But, trade went on – He’d commissioned shipyards on this eastern part of Glimmer, and Limoen in his chair had begun shipping lumber in from Kupferwerk and Goodburgher, from Mezzeline and Lichternich.

The economy would struggle back from the brink of death, though Rothovel’s mines were failing and Rothon struggled forward. But now, with the Pracian Acquisition and the Colony of New Glimmer coming back on its feet, not to mention the “premium” arms and goods being sold to the Salvadarean Separatists, the Government, and even Castrisya…

Yes, it would be very profitable indeed.

[M] COMMENCE FLEETBUILDING! Also, we’re dealing supplies and arms to Salvadareans (on both sides of the civil war) and Castrisya. No. Questions. Asked. Also, Rothon/Rothovel aren’t doing well, but Kupferwerk is becoming a new, better heart of production. Oh yeah, and Lum isn’t doing too well

“Hello, yes. Welcome. Yes yes, please help yourselves. I believe there’s tea and coffee in the back. Please, sit down, get ready. This should only take a moment.”

“Yes, my name is Professor Maxwell Hartmann. I used to teach at the University at Lumino City, but what with the plague and all, Burgher Ardur asked me to stay here. And the company here in the Eisenkastell is better. Oh yes, you’ll find I like my lectures to be far more casual than my counterparts. As for the lecture, this is the Chemistry Briefing course – a brief discussion on what we shall be studying.”

“As many of you know, the things we interact with on a daily basis are made up of other substances. As we continue to break down these things, we can eventually find individual parts of these things that are purest forms of these substances. We call these Elements – this is a fairly old concept. You can find it in the Achintyan scripture, that Achintya made all things from Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. While this is a fairly basic version of the actuality, yes, these are some of the components that make up things.”

“We will be looking into the composition of things for the first four weeks of our fifteen-week course.”

“Afterwards, we will begin to go into the Theory of Fields. In short, a field is an area in which an effect occurs, usually diminishing with radius. In this world, there are many fields. This is a difficult concept to grasp, but we do know of a major spiritual energy field that spans the entire world. Not all fields are world-spanning ones: some of them can be generated by Elements: the Elements that do this the strongest are called Prime Elements, but my research indicates that all elements do this to a very minor degree. We’ll be covering this portion for the next five weeks, and there will be a midterm test afterwards.”

“To extend this, we will be working deeper into fields, especially with leylines. With recent advancements, we have acquired a Galhapernian technology known as the Koumpassu, but we colloquially call it a Spirit Compass. We will be doing labs associated with tracing leylines and detecting foci, you’ll learn what that means, for the three weeks following.”

“Finally, we’ll be working with elements in labs with the final few weeks of our course: we will be doing labs such as creating black powder, working with torque rocks, studying the properties of elements, and most importantly working with Prime Elements. In particular, we will be working with ones known as Ignues and Galacite, which are associated with heat and cold. Or rather, as I believe, heat and lack of heat. Also, I will have a special surprise for the best if my research goes well over the next fifteen weeks. I would hate to spoil the surprise, but ask yourself this: if these two Primal Elements are to be associated with an element, what else could we surmise?”

“That is all for our lecture today, I’m aware it was a short one but expect it to be quite lengthier in the future, I will be listing books to consider studying. All in the Ardurian Library. Oh yes, and our final exam will be a lab comprising all we have learned in these fifteen weeks. I would insist you begin studying now. Thank you, thank you. Any questions?”

[M] Glimmer can into chemistry. Also, we’ll begin working on furthering Prime Elements, Chemistry, and Alchemy.

I see your tired. Your weary. Your sickened. Your sniveling masses that huddle together for warmth. For safety. You make me sick.

We have been beset by the beginnings of the end – war rages across Pangu, pestilence scourges the common man, and we are led by greedy, terrible men who bicker amongst themselves! We look for an answer, and we look to the gods, and we look to our science! But science has given us nothing but more sickness and more sin. ACHINTYA has remained silent. The only thing we have gotten for our efforts has been death and despair!

Castrisya worships Achintya, and they are ravaged without end! Salvadare worships Novo Elefante, and they have endless rebellions! Starburst and Port Aurora follow Carnatak and their own religion of Gold and Profit, and their curses and suffering are without end!

Achintya is not the way, and neither is the heathen Carnatak that our sailors worship! There was a time before the Glimmering hills were torn apart by the sins of Greed, Avarice, Betrayal, and warfare. There was a time when the tribes of Gu knew of honor and brotherhood! And they didn’t worship Achintya or Carnatak, or the ungodly things the “smart” men worship while they hide away from the rest of us! They worshiped the Lady of Light, and let her sunshine warm them while they stood tall and glorious!

An elephant did not create the world, it was a great lady who shaped her people in her image! She who saw the need for purging the ghastliness of death and plague, and greed and war from the lands after the Ancient ones tore the world that came before apart! She who guided us, through strength and kindess! She who is our mother!

It is time we stopped sinning, and praying to wrong gods for answers! We must be born again in the sun and stars! It is time we find the Temple of Glim, and await for the return of the Lady of Light to these lands! Now, before the floods destroy all the sinners in the world! We must RETURN to those ancient days! We must reject Achintya and Carnatak! We must reject sin, and reforge ourselves in glorious Sunlight! We must become as great as we once were, and bask in the glorious Sunlight! We must end our sin, and accept the Glorious sunlight into our hearts!

We are the Tribes of Gu, Denizens of the Glimmering Hills: The World shall hear us, and we follow Glim!

[M] Uh oh! We’ve got a new religion. It has the white symbol we have on this beautiful flag of Glimmer. The City of Dawn converts to this religion, while Port Aurora and Starburst worship Carnatak.