The discovery of the ancient figurines sparked a debate in the village. The people wanted to know which will be the main virtue in London. Elizabeth gathered all the people, with the exception of the ones on away missions and essential workers. She noticed that a lot of the women are pregnant. With the discovery of farming the tribe have more food than ever, and a lot of women decided to start a family and raise children.
The people from the London clan wanted the village to adopt traditions as the main cultural focus of the tribe. The Nottingham clan wanted liberty. The Coventry clan was split between the supporters of tradition and piety. The York clan and especially George wanted honor to be the main virtue in the small nation. Eli have noticed that the majority of the refugees from the burned village have joined the York clan and were very outspoken supporters of expanding the military, even though they were mainly old men, women and children. If the decision was to be made by democratic elections, the tradition faction would have won. Elizabeth understood the pain and hatred toward the many barbarian tribes which plagued the lands. Her father was killed by one of these tribes. She gave a small speech and then she declared that the main virtue of London will be Honor. Most people trusted her enough and cheered
The next day.
"You didn't approve my last decision, did you," Eli said to Annabell.
"I approve all your decisions my lady. However I wish you ruled the village in a slightly different manner. I think we should focus our efforts in improving the life of the common person, and spend less time in outfitting scouts and developing new weapons"
"You will be happy to know that our next research project will be improving our people tools. And I plan on building a monument"
"No" shouted Annabell.
"Anabell I'm the king"
"I'm really sorry. Can we please train some specialize workers instead of building that monument?" Asked the blonde woman.
"Ok. I will listen to you. This time at least."
The two women invited Henry and Edward to the throne room.
"Ed I want you to start working on your mining and woodcutting tools project," said Eli. "Henry, I want you to train someā¦."
"Sorry for interrupting you my lady, but I have an idea. As you may have noticed our people like these new bows and arrows a lot. They have already began to tell stories of a mighty forest goddess who use these magnificent weapons. Maybe we should build a temple of our new goddess, and she will inspire our people to learn how to use the bow quickly?"
"That's not a bad idea. I want a very big temple"
Annabell coughed.
"Cough. We can't afford to build such extravagant building. Cough hack Cough Not with our limited resources and very small workforce. Cough"
"Annabell. Stop coughing on me. The temple will wait for some time. We need skilled craftsmen and builders first"
A woman armed with spear entered the throne room. She was one of the village militia.
"My lady we have a big problem!"
A big group of men armed with spears and shields and wearing bronze armor were approaching the territory of London. Elizabeth, George and a handful of militia men approached the strangers. Eli was fully aware that she and her men have no chance against these warriors armed with advance weapons.
"We are the English people," she said trying to sound as diplomatic as possible.
"Greetings. We are warriors serving the great lord Hiawatha. We come with peace."
Eli and the leader of the Iroquois warband drank tea in her hut. She manages to learn that he and his men have found their advance weapons in a cache in some old ruins. After the envoy left she gathered her advisors.
"We are in grave danger. I saw them sending a bird with the coordinates of our village to their king."
"I don't think they will attack us," said Olivia.
"We must be ready just in case," said George.
"You are right. These Iroquois shouldn't be trusted," said Elizabeth.
