Festival of Lights · Diwali
Yan strengthened the Fire Tribe’s alliance with the Valley Tribe, expanded trade and territory, and brought fifteen thousand people from the Big Horse River Basin into the Fire Tribe. The arc ended with Yan returning home with another ten million jin of grain as the Valley Tribe prepared for threats from the north.
Xueya secured the Tiger Tribe’s support by submitting the Wolf Tribe and conquering the Great Luwei Tribe, while the Bear and Wolf Tribes prepared to attack the Valley Tribe. Yan oversaw the Fire Tribe’s growing fleet, grain trade, outposts, and migration, and the Horse Tribe agreed to join after the autumn harvest as Jianshi anticipated a clash with the Tiger Tribe next spring.
The Fire Tribe welcomed the Clothing Tribe and prepared for war as the Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Tribes attacked the Valley Tribe. Yan’s relief force broke the siege, after which the Valley Tribe chose to join the Fire Tribe and Xueya seized the weakened Bear Tribe’s camp before fleeing north.
Yan led the Fire Tribe’s expansion as the Valley, Bean, Bear, Greater Qing, and Willow Vine peoples prepared to join, while the Tiger and Wolf Tribes built up their forces. After marrying Qingsui, Yan remained at Greater Qing to escort the Willow Vine people and repel a Wolf Tribe attack.
Yan evacuated the Willow Vine Tribe, expanded settlements and supply outposts, and moved the Fire Tribe’s management center to the Valley Tribe as tensions with the Wolf Tribe and Tiger Tribe grew. The fleet brought Qingye and pregnant Qingsui to their new home, while Yan and Jianshi prepared for future campaigns.
Yan relocated the Willow Vine Tribe, welcomed the birth of his son Yi, and led the Fire Tribe’s forces against the retreating Wolf Tribe. The Fire Tribe captured the Wolf Tribe’s supplies and camps, while Xueya escaped toward Stone Ridge Mountain and Yan pursued him.
Yan led the Fire Tribe to defeat the Wolf Tribe, seize its stronghold, and settle the captured territory. After the autumn harvest, he took the Willow Vine and Great Luwei territories from the Tiger Tribe, then withdrew from its fortified main camp as Jianshi prepared for a renewed campaign.
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