G-Tech Corporation wrote:Endem wrote:Wow, this has really started moving fast, can I ask for a recap what happened in my part of Europe ( Poland and the Baltic Coast )?
Very little. I think the Nestos folks have formally made contact with the southern parts of the League, but that's all I recall.
What happened was that we got to Gdansk for the amber and seaweed. Then we left and the Vistulan League moved in, essentially taking over Gdansk and the surrounding area on the Vistula. It would be an odd situation. The amber traders on the Vistulan river which go to Gdansk would still be going up and down the river, but they would find themselves in a strange situation as the Cvart and Vistulan League took over. Some of them might flee south to the Imperium or further south to the Cucuteni lands. They came to us first to Varna with amber.
Gdansk controls 90% of the worlds amber supply in real life. It would be a truly odd situation. We tried to get up the Vistula being escorted through freshly conquered territory by silent masked men who tortured people on occasion with acid. When our expedition made it to Gdansk, we found ourselves part of a secretive society which offered us petroleum, seaweed, and amber for our trade goods. It would be a scary enough situation where traders would not be so quick to go up the river again. Trade would be initiated, but it would be the kind of thing where only people with hearts of iron or motivated by high levels of greed would be willing to go there. The most extreme of traders.
I imagine it might be something like a Heart of Darkness type situation where we are entering very dangerous territory. I could imagine one of the traders saying or doing something stupid and simply disappearing. The singular goal with the Vistulans is to get to Gdansk for amber. It is the source for the Amber Road.
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:05 pm
