yes , at least 20-25 ships (I suggested that a couple
of hundred knights were necessary to impress the
westerners).
The wood comes from moon boats freight or from
gathering in the high valleys of the zola fel or from
canny exchanges with the heortlanders factions that
wouldn't mind trading with the Etyries merchants.
I don't think that Lunars needed to conquer all of
heortland. The Country was ripe for conquest since
itwas divided and they had many spies/supporting
factions and tribes (maybe not among the volsaxi) in
the years previous to 1619 already.
The lack of a strategical command in heortland
prevented Rikard or other leaders to grasp what the
lunar were aiming at in late 1618.
So they were taken completely by surprise but the
attck on Karse was a show off:
see, westerners? we are the mighty lunar empire. We
bring men-at-arms and knights and mages out of the sea
from depressed Corflu and debark in your port to bring
death or stability.
Make your choice, wise lords...
Aside: The lunars, They *have* naval skills in the north and mighty riverine fleets. Not such to match Loskalm or Seshnela but enough to impress Karse.
Gian
> For that matter, where did the lunars get sailors
> for
> 20 ships? They have no real navy and certainly no
> navy that knows how to sail on an ocean, as opposed
> to
> a river. Perhaps they were coast-huggers? Or,
> perhaps they hired ships that converged at Conflu to
> pick up troops?
>
>
> =====
> Chris Lemens
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