Festival of Lights · Diwali
Wang Yan introduced fishing, pottery, salt refining, and other ways to feed and equip the Fire Tribe, then helped it prepare to defend and sustain a growing settlement. The tribe expanded its training, animal pens, fields, homes, and medicine stores as winter approached, while planning to trade for seeds.
The Fire Tribe used the autumn market to secure food, livestock, skills, boats, seeds, and new members, then reorganized and fortified itself for winter. By the end, neighboring chiefs recognized its rapid growth and worried that the balance of power was shifting.
The Fire Tribe survived its food shortage through farming, hunting, gathering, and trade, then drew hundreds of people from neighboring tribes with its growing prosperity. With the tribe expanded and winter approaching, Wang Yan began teaching symbols and numbers to preserve knowledge and improve management.
The Fire Tribe expanded its farming, defenses, and population as the Wolf Tribe raided neighboring settlements and moved toward its valley. Jianshi’s forces defeated Xueya’s attack, and Jia Li’s arrival opened a new trade agreement for horses and dogs.
The Fire Tribe absorbed refugees, strengthened its defenses and food supply, and drew the Deer and Green Sheep Tribes into its ranks while negotiating trade with the Fish and Pottery Salt Tribes. The arc ended with the tribe developing secret horse tack and fine salt as it prepared to expand its farming and military strength.
Wang Yan and Jianshi strengthened the Fire Tribe with bronze tools, farming, boats, and new recruits as the Wolf Tribe resumed its attacks. After defeating Xueya’s forces and taking in the Bison and White Pig Tribes, the Fire Tribe sought grain from the Fish Tribe while Xueya continued raiding smaller tribes.
The Fire Tribe expanded its fleet, population, food stores, and influence while Xueya rebuilt the Wolf Tribe and moved against the Pottery Salt Tribe. The arc ended with Jia Li’s allies preparing to defend their camp as Xueya paused to reconsider his attack.
The Wolf Tribe attacked the Pottery Salt Tribe and raided neighboring tribes, while Jianshi and Yan secured a major grain agreement with the Valley Tribe. The Fire Tribe returned with grain and expanded its population, industries, and northern defenses.
Yan expanded the Fire Tribe’s fields, fleet, and northern outpost while exploring upstream and arranging trade. Xueya then built a growing force by raiding and coercing small tribes, drawing the neighboring powers toward a wider conflict as Yan sheltered refugees and Jianshi prepared to march north.
Jianshi and Yan helped unite the surrounding tribes to defeat Xueya’s main force, then brought thousands of refugees into the Fire Tribe and expanded its settlements and workshops. The arc ended as Yan oversaw a martial tournament meant to test the growing tribe’s warriors.
Yan won the Fire Tribe tournament, then secured a major grain agreement with the Valley Tribe and led a recruitment journey that brought about fifteen thousand people to the Fire Tribe. The arc ended with the newcomers settled across former tribal camps and the tribe expanding its fields and preparations for their arrival.
Yan secured a major grain trade with the Valley Tribe, strengthened ties with the Fish Tribe, and watched the Fire Tribe launch its first ten-thousand-jin ship as it prepared for future threats. Meanwhile, Xueya rebuilt the Wolf Tribe through brutal raids and forced submissions, ending with plans to attack three more tribes.
Xueya expanded the Wolf Tribe’s power through northern raids, then withdrew to High Pointed Mountain after clashing with Junfeng. Meanwhile, Yan helped the Fire Tribe grow through migration, grain trade, and diplomacy, leaving a possible secret alliance with the Valley Tribe under discussion.
Yan and the Fire Tribe led an alliance that drove Xueya’s Wolf Tribe from its stronghold and brought its neighboring tribes under Fire Tribe protection. The Fish Tribe agreed to join the Fire Tribe in spring, while nearly six thousand migrants from four tribes arrived and their chiefs pledged their service.
The Fire Tribe brought in thousands of migrants, expanded its farms and workshops, and secured grain and trade ties while preparing for future threats. Yan’s river journeys won commitments from the Orange River and Red Flower River tribes, pushing the Fire Tribe’s population above one hundred thousand.
The Fire Tribe reached one hundred thousand people, expanded its fleet and harvests, and brought in new communities through trade and resettlement. Meanwhile, Xueya rebuilt the Wolf Tribe through violent raids, leaving it poised for further conflict as Yan began gathering thousands of new arrivals.
Yan secured a secret military alliance and bronze trade with the Valley Tribe, then returned to oversee the Fire Tribe’s preparations for relocation and possible conflict with the Tiger Tribe. Meanwhile, Xueya led the Wolf Tribe remnants through a violent campaign that swelled their ranks to two thousand before turning toward Great Rock’s vassals.
Xueya’s Wolf Tribe raided Great Rock’s subordinate tribes and fought the Great Boulder Tribe, while the Fire Tribe expanded its population, shipping, and trade with the Valley Tribe. The arc ends with Jianya arriving at the Valley Tribe with the fleet for another grain exchange.
The Fire Tribe expanded its fleet, grain stores, population, and network of outposts while honoring its trade alliance with the Valley Tribe and preparing for rising regional threats. The arc ended with Jianshi moving the administrative center to Little Fish River Mouth and setting ambitious plans for settlement and shipbuilding.
The Fire Tribe expanded its river-mouth settlements and fleet while the Wolf Tribe weakened the Great Boulder Tribe and rival powers prepared for war. When the Tiger and Bear Tribes attacked the Valley Tribe, Yan’s fleet helped break their blockade and relieve Little Valley Camp.