"Why not try the methods we use to train dragonhawks first?" one knight suggested. These knights loved the sky. How could they pass up a chance to fly?
"I think that'll work. Give each man a beast Soul Trinket, too, and try the battle pet training methods as well. If that doesn't work, we'll have to ask the Wildhammer Dwarves for advice. Cheat, bluff, swindle-whatever it takes. I refuse to believe we can't put together an Air Force Guard!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said.
An Air Force Guard? What an extravagant lineup that would be! All ten knights flushed with excitement.
"Come on! Let's go see those treasures first." Yu Lin Bloodhawk turned and led them toward the docks to board a ship.
When the ship reached Shalandis Isle, he saw that the once rudimentary dock had already been transformed. Even the medium-sized galleon could berth there now. He also saw several hundred people driving piles. After going ashore and asking, he learned that they were the sailors Thirteen had recruited and the hundred-odd pirate prisoners, all working on the dock.
Thirteen said they had all been sailors and had spent their lives at sea, so they knew docks well. There were plenty of trees on the island; they simply lacked manpower. Otherwise, they could have built something even better.
Short on manpower? That's easy enough to fix. As long as you know how to do it, I've got all the hands you need. I might not have much else, but I've got prisoners to spare. He then asked Thirteen whether he could keep over four hundred troll prisoners under control if they were transferred here.
Thirteen declared with swagger that of course he could. Did his galleon have nothing to say? Were his musketeers just decorations? Weren't these former pirates