The Simulator, Allen's cheat that had kept him alive in Middle-earth, had not been idle over the past six months. After acquiring a fief, however, Allen had stopped starting new identities in Calradia. He was deeply worried that serving another king might leave him fighting himself. Unable to control both sides at once, he would surely end up in a dilemma.
As for playing double agent, Allen knew he was not suited to that sort of scheming. He was better off steadily developing this one territory. Over those six months, Wincord Castle had brought in more than twenty thousand denars, which Allen immediately spent on a considerable quantity of armor for his newly recruited citizen soldiers.
Even with several hundred craftsmen and a steady supply of iron ore, mass-producing armor remained difficult. That was true even of relatively crude armor. Fine plate armor or chainmail was out of the question; Allen's craftsmen simply lacked the skills.
Under Allen's orders, those several hundred craftsmen were therefore making suitable weapons for his citizen soldiers, using the Elves Spear as their model. Spears were fairly quick to make, since they required little iron or smithing expertise. With vast forests at his disposal, Allen had no shortage of suitable timber either. Processing it was merely a little slow.
At Wincord Castle, Allen also had nearly three hundred soldiers and their families under him, totaling roughly a thousand people. They lived around the castle and, under Calradian law, were dependents granted to Allen along with Wincord Castle itself.
After so long under his rule, their sense of loyalty to their lord had grown steadily stronger. Barring any accidents, in another few years, Allen could probably bring them to Middle-earth for a more peaceful life if he relinquished that identity. If he wanted to gain more