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Most esteemed members of the Elder Council, please find below my humble Kingdom report for your insightful perusal. I have collated the matters of interest into a short summary, as I know your time is most precious.

News from Neitiznot:

The previously-discussed construction of additional lumber yards is nearing completion. Some concern was raised with the Isafdarian representative as to the number of local workers who had perished during construction. It seems insufficient patrols were assigned by the garrison commander to protect them from roving ice trolls, resulting in many needless compensation payouts to bereaved families. I have instructed the representative to dock his wages the corresponding amount, by my calculations he can subsist on bread and water and possibly even pay the debt within his lifetime.

As for the underlying cause of the problem, my investigations have revealed that most of our northern garrison had been stationed on Jatizso instead. Fear not, I have successfully suppressed this information so as to keep the angry populace from starting a civil war within our borders. You know how stroppy those Fremennik get about this ‘local rivalry’ thing!

News from Piscatoris Hunter Area:

The representative for Piscatoris assures me that lumber yards in the area should be operational shortly. Although we had strident complaints from some citizens who objected to the ‘spoiling of the idyllic countryside’, a bag of gold each quietened them down nicely. I know it is not my place to offer an opinion as such, but you would think that the safety and security of the Kingdom would be more important than a few trees!

With these lumber yards added to those at Neitiznot, wood production will be increased still further. The economy is humming along splendidly, and we may even be in a position to release some wood for the export market soon.

One area of concern on this front is that the complainers may not have been entirely wrong when they said that we’re ‘killing all the trees, man’. On my recent trip to the Piscatoris region on our way back from the meeting with The Blessed Family, I did notice it was looking rather barren. Perhaps we should redouble our planting efforts sooner rather than later.

News from Tree Gnome Stronghold:

Apparently some Gnomish soldiers were arguing over who got to spend most time in the single coastal lookout tower there. Seren only knows what they were looking out for all the way up there, but I have dispatched funds to build them a second one to humour the little folk. Their cooperation is more important than the cost of another tower, and I suppose it will save us if we get attacked by water-grumkins and sea-snarks!

Fisticuffs aside, our representative with the Gnomes insisted several times that morale was high there and that ‘everything’s, like, wow’. I suspect he was drunk on Gnomish cocktails at the time but his report is probably accurate.

Your faithful servant as ever,

Ailred Binan

Chief Scribe and Administrative Officer

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