Recaps

Velin left Windsor Castle to establish a territory at Lake of Star Prayer, where he gathered followers, reclaimed farmland, and uncovered valuable salt and Mithril deposits. When Brandon Hodgson attacked the mine camp, Velin sprang his traps and fought Brandon in the opening battle.

• Velin chose to become a Pioneer Knight, rescued Orlando and Hebrew from slavery, and gathered knights and supplies before leaving Windsor Castle for the frontier.
• Velin reached Graylight Wasteland, survived a bandit ambush, and chose the northwest as his safest expansion route.
• Velin settled near a lake, defeated the Boulder Tribe and nearby goblin tribes, and began reclaiming farmland while organizing his growing territory.
• Velin named the lake Lake of Star Prayer, prepared the settlement for a coming Gnoll attack, and traveled to buy weapons, workers, and Eunice, a Half-elf architect.
• Velin returned with his purchases, formed an infantry unit, began building a castle and mining camp, and ordered artisans to make a ballista.
• Velin discovered Mithril Ore east of the lake and sent Belder to build a guarded camp and begin mining it.
• Brandon Hodgson sent scouts to the mine camp, then marched on it with his forces after Belder wounded one of the reconnaissance squad.
• Velin lured Brandon’s infantry into Belder’s spiked-pit traps, charged the scattered troops, and knocked Brandon from his mount before fighting him with a longsword.

Velin expanded Lake of Star Prayer through victories, new alliances, powerful weapons, and a growing army, then defended it against the Gnolls. He left the territory to save a Legendary Mage, and the stretch ended as Rogus confronted his party while she began to stir.

• Velin defeated Brandon, secured a ransom, and later joined Brian to defeat the allied lords, though Brandon escaped.
• Velin captured the Azure Purple Horses, seized Mountain Copper with Olcott, Edgar, and Brian, and used Seven-Colored Life Flowers to advance and empower his knights.
• Velin discovered and concealed a Teleportation Array, captured two Rock Lizards, and prepared Lake of Star Prayer when the Gnoll army approached.
• Velin’s defenders repelled Rogus’s assaults on the castle, but Rogus escaped east with his surviving Gnolls and Velin set out to intercept them.
• Karak’s forces ravaged Centaur clans after Dallag blamed them for the stolen Mountain Copper shipment, while Ariya was imprisoned by her father.
• Guidance of Fate told Velin that saving a Legendary Mage on Gray Mist Mountain would earn thirty years of protection, and Velin chose to pursue her instead of the returning Gnolls’ supplies.
• Velin found the wounded mage after a Spatial Channel shattered, gave her a Seven-Colored Life Flower, and ordered Raimondo to retreat when Gnolls approached.
• Rogus pursued Velin’s party and confronted him on Gray Mist Mountain as Velin’s Silver Knights prepared to fight and the mage began to awaken.

Velin expanded his territory, prepared for a famine warning, and joined the kingdom’s campaign against the Monster Clans. When the armies split, he stayed in Cadro Province and led troops toward their first Goblin target.

• Anastasia saved Velin from Rogus’s gnolls, then sealed a thirty-year Guardian Contract to protect him and his territory.
• Velin granted Shia private land in the Silver Ice Region, and she created an ice castle and transformed twenty serfs into Ice Elves.
• Velin established a westward pioneering effort, opened trade with Baron Wisk, recruited Duke, and detoured around the demon lockdown in Kent Territory.
• Flora defeated a Half-demon leader, while Velin received a warning that the Famine Cult would bring extreme weather and began stockpiling grain.
• Velin inspected Orlando’s progress, expanded food reserves, and assembled troops for the kingdom’s campaign against the Graylight Wasteland’s Monster Clans.
• At the campaign’s assembly, Velin joined the logistics unit, but chose to stay in Cadro Province when the main force marched to reinforce another defense line.
• Flora took command of Cadro Province’s Defense Force, reorganized its troops, and dispatched Velin’s team to clear tribes near Deer Gate Mountain.
• Velin led eleven hundred soldiers downstream toward a Goblin tribe of about four hundred, while the tribe’s acting chieftain dismissed a warning about activity upstream.

Velin defended Deer Gate South Mountain Fortress from a monster invasion, then returned to Lake of Star Prayer and expanded its people, trade, and industries. He secured new goods from Grey, established potion production and sales, and left Charles facing an apology after Velin’s men seized his property.

• Velin’s force exterminated Goblin tribes before Flora assigned him to combine his troops with provincial soldiers and build border fortifications against the monster attack.
• Velin held Deer Gate South Mountain Fortress against Tatsol’s monster army, and his Command Token froze the monsters after they broke through the defenses.
• After the monster army retreated, Velin returned to Lake of Star Prayer, took in ten thousand serfs, and accepted Kyle’s lifelong allegiance.
• Velin traded seven Seven-Colored Life Flowers with Grey for valuable plants and animals, then returned home with the goods and plans to develop his territory.
• Velin expanded settlements, assigned a pioneer team to open northern land, and inspected ranches and border outposts as he advanced to High-Silver.
• Layla completed the Ice Blue Potion Workshop, and Velin contracted with Hook to supply six thousand bottles annually before selling another two thousand bottles to the Sixteenth Knight Order.
• Velin claimed a canyon for Black Tea Trees, ordered ranches for his new animals, and had Orlando’s men rob Charles’s camp after Charles tried to claim its land.
• Governor Fisk ordered Charles to apologize to Velin, and Kazak arrived with him while warning that Charles would be ruined if Kazak failed to win Velin’s forgiveness.