Roving Clans

Traders, explorers, and adventurers, the Roving Clans are nomadic and mercantile. Traversing Auriga on their great beasts of burden, the Clans bring commerce and hard-headed negotiation to the far corners of the world. The Roving Clans can relocate their cities at will. They tax every market transaction and can ban other empires' use of the marketplace. However, as wise merchants, they will also never decide to go to war.

Lore

Plying roads and sea lanes with skill and courage, they are ever on the lookout for new resources, new products, new markets, and new customers. Wherever the Clans pass, markets spring up, commerce blossoms, and the strange and wondrous goods from the many strange and wondrous peoples of Auriga are traded. The Roving Clans are so entwined in the business dealings of Auriga, that a tiny piece of every transaction somehow makes it into their coffers.

While their preference is for peace and trade, the Roving Clans should not be underestimated in war. With rapid, mounted units giving them an advantage in speed, they make difficult targets and frustrating enemies. Even their great cities can move, perched on the backs of giant Setseke scarabs -- an exploit unmatched by another nation.

Patient, clever, and wily, the Roving Clans bring sophistication -- and manipulation -- to the peoples of Auriga.

Faction Specialties

Name	Type	Effect	Lore
Nomadic Cities	Affinity	Can relocate Cities and ground Districts at will.	By gaining full control of the giant scarabs upon whose backs many tents of the great caravan cities rest, the Roving Clans can move their settlements at will.
Setseke Infusion	Dust Eclipse Effect	During eclipses, provides 20% more health regeneration on units standing on city tiles, and massively buffs Setseke attributes	Setsekes, the giant scarabs that underpin the Clans culture, become invigorated during Dust Eclipses leading to even greater reverence for their powers.
Mercenary Comforts	Trait	-33% on upkeep of privateers Does not apply to mercenaries spawned by converted villages 2x Life on Mercenary +1 Movement on Mercenary	By furnishing their sellswords with opulent digs, mouth-watering delicacies, and extra coin, Roving Clan mercenaries are that little bit extra motivated to perform.
Peace and Prosperity	Trait	Commercial and research agreements are free	Once a peace treaty has been signed, Roving Clans can enjoy Commercial and Research agreements with their newfound partners for free.
Brace Yourself	Trait	+50% Dust from City upkeep during Winter -25% Trade Route Bonus on City Trade Routes during Winter +15% Trade Route Bonus on City Trade Routes during Summer	When the ice and snow come, caravan movement is slowed and the tents of the Roving Clans are exposed to the frigid winds. It is a difficult time; Trade route revenue drops and it is more expensive to maintain cities.
Cuts Both Ways	Trait	Receives 8% Dust of every transaction fee paid by other Empires	Whether another empire buys or sells, the Roving Clans traders will always take a slice of the transaction.
Insider Trading	Trait	Additional information on Marketplace use	In exchange for small "donations", traders in the Roving Clans' marketplaces will give up information on who's buying and selling.
Keys to the Market	Trait	Can use the Market Ban option Prevents being targeted by the Market Ban option	Another empire getting too big for their boots? Perhaps we should ban them from the market and see how they fare then!
Make Trade Not War	Trait	Cannot declare War	The Roving Clans believe that warfare is only for desperate fools; they do not view it as a viable option.
Imperial Coinage	Technology	Unlocks the Imperial Coinage Technology.
Mercenary Market	Technology	Unlocks the Mercenary Market Technology.

Nomadic Cities

Setseke Ho! is a unique Roving Clans construction that turns the entire city into giant Setseke beetle. Similar to Salting the Earth, this allows one to change a city's location, but unlike Salting the Earth, Setseke Ho! will preserve all the city's City Improvements, Districts, and Population.

Like a Settler, the Setseke may settle in any currently unoccupied region. After settling, districts in to the original city may be re-deployed using the Happy Decampers construction, and there is a similar process for special districts like the Altar of Auriga. Re-deploying a district costs 1 turn and no industry. However, at most one district may be re-deployed each turn, making the process more time consuming for larger cities.

Non-district expansions, like resource extractors and watchtowers, will not be picked up by Setseke Ho! action and will instead remain in place. If the region is colonised again the city will immediately gain these previously built expansions for free—even if the region is colonised by a different Setseke or settler, or even by a different faction! This may be used to one's advantage when building a new city: one can settle on top of an extractor to build it for free, then use Setseke Ho! to repeat the process at each point of interest before settling in the final location.

A Setseke counts as a full city for the purposes of the Empire Plan, Luxury Resources, and Expansion Disapproval.

Setseke Infusion

During a Dust Eclipse, the Roving Clans gain two main benefits. First, their cities provide a health regen area - similar to that provided by Watchtowers - that grants 20% health regen to friendly units adjacent to their cities. Additionally, the Setseke unit created from Roving Clans cities gains a massive boost to its base attributes: +430 Life , +80 Attack , +80 Defense , +45 Initiative , and +70 Damage . This boost effectively makes the Setseke one of the most powerful units in the game, and easily the most powerful unit that can be attained in the first three technological eras, due to lack of access to the technologies unlocking the Guardians and higher-tier weapons and armor.

Unique Technologies

Freelance Guards Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Army Action Focus: Privateers		The idea of turning troops not needed for caravan defense into flagless mercenaries is logical. After all, they are needed to protect the Clans' long-term commercial interests.
Effects: Unlocks Privateers Armies composed exclusively of mercenaries can carry a neutral flag, preventing other empires (even allies) from knowing which empire owns them Armies of privateers have an increased upkeep -20% on Heroes and Mercenaries market Buyout cost on empire. +2 Fortification Damage per turn on Mercenary.

Quest Technologies

High Towers Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science	Costs: 400 -2 per		Expertise obtained from the Wild Walkers in matters of architecture and construction materials boosts Science, and the towers themselves increase Vision range.
Effects: +2 vision on city tiles +5 on city Limited to one copy in your empire Wild Walkers hero with Roads of Dust item equipped must be city governor

Traders' Tents Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Trade Routes		The Roving Clans' canny knowledge of goods, merchants, and markets is aided by their specially made tents, within which every whisper and gesture is observed and recorded.
Effects: +50% on city trade routes

Well of Dust Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes	Costs: 1000 -2 per		Part magical and part mercantile, this partially submerged treasury accumulates Dust from whatever source is available. Ruins, ancient mechanisms, markets, caravans, and even the air all contribute something to this storehouse of wealth and magic.
Effects: Requires Right of Way built in the city Requires an income of 100 from the city +2 Trade Routes max on city

Money Talks Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Diplomacy Focus: Trade Routes		Masters of the manipulation of goods and currencies, Roving Clans traders can induce inflationary tendencies in other empires, reducing their trade income.
Effects: Unlocks the Inflation and Inflation Nullification diplomatic declarations. Inflation: Permits reduction of the trade routes income of others empire when in war -50% on cities -50% on cities Inflation Nullification: Permits removal of the trade routes income penalty of other empire when in war

Units

Compared to other factions, Roving Clans units and heroes tend to have increased / movement speed both on the world map and in battle.

Dervish A mainstay of the Roving Clan's hordes, the Dervish excels in rapid and devastating charges that take advantage of its mobility and mass.

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Cavalry Unlocked Game Start Life 100 Defense 34 Damage 24 Attack 20 Initiative 36 Range 1 Speed 6 Battle Speed 5 Vision 3 Cost 80

Charge 2 Fast 1

Kassai Perhaps the most rapid military unit on Auriga, the Kassai move with exceptional speed both in and out of battle.

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Unlocked Era I Life 92 Defense 30 Damage 20 Attack 32 Initiative 26 Range 3 Speed 7 Battle Speed 4 Vision 3 Cost 90

Range Fast 2 City Breaker 2 (Added in ELCP)

Yirmak Though the fast and powerful Yirmak is technically a cavalry unit, its fearsome claws and aggressive nature make it quite effective in melee.

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Infantry Unlocked Era II Life 108 Defense 34 Damage 40 Attack 38 Initiative 34 Range 1 Speed 5 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3 Cost 140

Fast 1 Sweep 1

Setseke Gargantuan beetles developed over the centuries to carry clans, then towns, then cities, these behemoths remain calm; docile, and content as long as they are well fed.

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Cavalry Life 70 Defense 20 Damage 12 Attack 5 Initiative 0 Range 1 Speed 6 Battle Speed 4 Vision 3

Unsellable Relocation Crusher

Heroes

The starting hero for the Roving Clans is Siryi Alastra. A Roving Clans hero can wield a Crossbow (and Shield) or Longbow.

Siryi Alastra From her youngest years, Siryi was fascinated by the concepts of number and shape. Her father was a fruitseller, and every day he would set up a stall brimming with luscious peaches, fairberries, and bright round citruses, with all his wares stacked in clever arrangements. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 92 Defense 34 Damage 34 Attack 34 Initiative 20 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Army Health Boost 2 Dust Efficiency 2 Spying 3

Bazi Safar Bahas Bahas was destined to be a loner. As a child he already disappeared for hours at a time, exploring the land around the clan's encampment or running alongside their giant steeds. After his adolescence those hours stretched into days spent scouting, seeking, and wandering. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 92 Defense 34 Damage 34 Attack 34 Initiative 20 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Army Initiative Boost 3 Dust Boost 1 Spying 3

Illegra Mordicant Born on the back of a great beast of burden during a fierce thunderstorm, Illegra Mordicant was fated to become a leader of men. Brave and shrewd, she first showed her knack for command when the trade caravan of which she was part became split from its jarkar—guard unit—during a sandstorm in the dangerous Adoban Wastes. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 110 Defense 40 Damage 30 Attack 34 Initiative 16 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Army Initiative Boost 1 Army Health Boost 2 Spying 3

Bela "The Bat" Syrav Bela learned young the power of information. An orphan, she survived on scraps and hand-outs she received as payment for ferrying messages between the traders of her local souk. She would watch the recipients' faces with pleasure or darken with worry as they read the notes, and it seemed a kind of magic that marks on a scrap of parchment could have such power. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 110 Defense 40 Damage 30 Attack 34 Initiative 16 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Army Health Boost 2 Dust Efficiency 1 Spying 3

Master Neqra Zeban Blessed with a silver tongue, Neqra Zeban was born to a simple family of spice traders. He swiftly grew the family business thanks to his amazing marketplace spiels which left crowds of onlookers spellbound. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 56 Defense 28 Damage 44 Attack 40 Initiative 12 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Army Initiative Boost 2 Dust Boost 1 Spying 3

Jasah Murdap In Al Quereshi, known as "The Queen of Caravans" and the shining jewel of the Clans' empire, there is one name that cuases more fear in men's hearts than any other: Jasah Murdap, aka The Chained Cleaver. ...

Faction Roving Clans Unit Class Ranged Life 74 Defense 34 Damage 30 Attack 34 Initiative 16 Range 3 Speed 6 Battle Speed 3 Vision 3

Range Last Stand Fast 1 Dust Efficiency 3 Food Boost 1 Spying 3

Roving Clans Skill Tree

Roving Clans skill tree.

Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Assignment
1		Traveling Salesman	Level 1: +2 on terrain with anomaly. Level 2: +3 on terrain with anomaly. Level 3: +3 on terrain with anomaly.	City
2		Feet on the Street	Level 1: +100% Ownership recovery rate on city. Level 2: +50% Ownership recovery rate on city. x0 Expansion disapproval generation on city	City
2		Safe Passage	Level 1: +25% trade route bonus on city trade routes. Level 2: +25% trade route bonus on city trade routes. Level 3: +50% trade route bonus on city trade routes.	City
3		Fast Trader	Level 1: +50% on city trade routes. Level 2: +50% on city trade routes. Level 3: +100% on city trade routes.	City
4		Game Theory	Level 1: +12% Unit cost reduction on city. Level 2: +12% Unit cost reduction on city.	City
5		Black Marketeer	Level 1: Allows the city to create trade routes with empires in cold war or war.	City

Notes

• Though the Fast Trader tooltip states a bonus of +1/1/2 per trade route, this does not appear to be implemented. This is likely a bug.

Faction Quest

Is Dust the goal of life, or merely the best way to keep score? Whichever it is, you are ceaseless in your efforts to understand and acquire it. What better way than to dig into the secrets of the past, and those who first mastered it? The task will be difficult, requiring effort and sacrifice. But then, if it was easy, it would hardly be fun...

1. A Merchant's Tale
	Description
	It has been said, by women and men wiser than myself, that only the gods can know the beginnings and the ends of things, and in claiming to recount a tale one steps upon their all-powerful toes. I dare to say that I have a tale, however, and in the telling of it I hope to offend neither the listener nor the gods, for though there is a beginning, it is you who will see it through until the end. Blessings, then, on the infinitely wise Ràdàt, Mistress of Tered and goddess of Numbers, and the quick-witted Tebadel, Master of Words and god of Commerce, and on their families and on their children, and on you, and on yours. I was born Ahsun ar-Delgùr in the year of the White Sparrow, called Twenty-third Penitence by the Red Wizards or 1647 ASA by the Metal Lords. The fourth son of a fourth son I knew there would be little of my family's fortune for me, so when I was of an age I set out to make my own, armed only with the wisdom of my Clan and the blazing confidence of a youth who has not yet seen great misfortune. I did in time see it; though I will not trouble you with the tales of those years, of the thousands of yerbat I traveled across this amazing world, of the sights I saw, of the wealth I won and lost and won again. Suffice it to say that in the year of the Silent Dove, known as 1675 by the Metal Lords, I founded this city with a handful of troops, seeking to discover the truths behind certain legends.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
It is best to be undisturbed when seeking truths, particularly when they are not underfoot. First pacify the [Minor Faction] villages in the region with the ruins indicated by the Rays of Dust.	1. Make sure all the [Minor Faction] villages are pacified in the region where the indicated ruins lie. 2. Now to delve a bit deeper: Inspect the [Ruins] located in [Region].		Thus the city was founded and my first efforts came to glorious fruition. For, if I was not mistaken, the object that I had discovered would lead me to even greater treasures...
	Reward	1. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 2. Roads of Dust

2. Past, Present, and Future
	Description
	It is said by the sages that any undertaking must balance the influences of the past, the present, and the future. With a city established and troops at my command, I felt the present was more secure than it had been for some time. As for my plans for the future, they depended very much on what I had discovered in the ruins, from the past. For upon Auriga, the past is a weighty thing indeed. The relics I had recovered hinted at something truly enormous - a great complex of wonders and wizardry, hidden somewhere beneath our very feet. Curse me thrice if I did not weep with joy at the discovery! For Dust is not merely our tally and currency; it is stuff that has great power on its own. And should I amass it in the quantities that I saw in my dreams, I was sure that I could shape the very stuff of which our world is made. The ancient whispers and legends I had heard held some grain of truth. But, ah! How much?
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
The relics indicate that a specialized building is needed to investigate the vast riches left beneath the surface of Auriga. And the Wild Walkers have secrets of construction not known to other factions...	1. Get a Wild Walkers hero, equip them with the Roads of Dust manuscript, and them as governor in a city. 2. Build the High Towers City Improvement in the city ruled by your Wild Walkers hero.		As the Clans say, there are too many skills for one person to gather. Gather Dust, instead, and bring those skills to you! And so the Hero was hired, and the building built...
	Reward	1. High Towers 2. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1

2(Alt). Past, Present, and Future
	Description
	It is said by the sages that any undertaking must balance the influences of the past, the present, and the future. With a city established and troops at my command, I felt the present was more secure than it had been for some time. As for my plans for the future, they depended very much on what I had discovered in the ruins, from the past. For upon Auriga, the past is a weighty thing indeed. The relics I had recovered hinted at something truly enormous - a great complex of wonders and wizardry, hidden somewhere beneath our very feet. Curse me thrice if I did not weep with joy at the discovery! For Dust is not merely our tally and currency; it is stuff that has great power on its own. And should I amass it in the quantities that I saw in my dreams, I was sure that I could shape the very stuff of which our world is made. The ancient whispers and legends I had heard held some grain of truth. But, ah! How much?
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
The relics say one must obtain specialized knowledge of the powers of Dust to understand the vast riches beneath the surface of Auriga. And Ardent Mages master Dust in ways unknown to other factions...	1. Make sure you have an Ardent Mages hero in your Empire. Equip them with the Roads of Dust manuscript, and assign them to an army. 2. Search 3 “Temple Ruins” with an army led by an Ardent Mage Hero who is equipped with the Manuscript.		As the Clans say, there are too many skills for one person to gather. Gather Dust, instead, and bring those skills to you! And so the Hero was hired, and the building built...
	Reward	1. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 2. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1

3. The Wealth of Auriga
	Description
	It is said that the open mind profits more than the closed one. Indeed, studies and indications that were brought by these heroes from other nations increased my knowledge of Auriga. And as always, with knowledge, came power. Next we had to divine, and test, and excavate, to understand more of this world and the ways that Dust has enhanced it. For Dust has always been the rhythm and lifeblood of Auriga, as the market is the rhythm and lifeblood of the Clans. And those marvelous resources, the fruit of a world touched by Dust and ancient gods, would certainly have more to tell me...
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
Dust is not the only thing worth studying on Auriga. Gather Strategic and Luxury Resources - both for the wealth they bring, and for the knowledge they may reveal.	Obtain 50 of one Luxury Resource and 50 of one Strategic Resource in your empire.		Laid out like ares on a table, I could feel the Dust resonating through those treasures. The sages map out the ley lines of the world, and the powers that coursed below us.
	Reward	Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 2

4. The Power of Politics
	Description
	It is said that blind greed leads to blind decisions. If I was to be accused of any weakness, it would most likely have been that one. However, regardless of what the rumors whispered, I did not then look kto gather Dust solely to increase my own treasury. Scientists and mystics have always been excited by one curious goal - bringing together enough Dust to create what they called a “critical mass”. It sounds more like a weight problem than a glorious discovery, but they assured me that if sufficient volumes of Dust could be assembled, the magic within it would awaken sufficiently to unlock the echoes from the great Dust labyrinths of the past. But I must not forget my people in my rush to amass this Dust; it would be wise to increase the prestige and influence of my empire at the same time as I increase its wealth.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
Collect a critical volume of Dust to trigger readings in the sages’ mechanisms and resonate with the ancient Dust sources inside the planet. But think of your public image; raise your Influence as well.	For a period of 5 turns, produce 60 Dust and 40 Influence within your Empire.		The power that I brought together inspired fear as much as greed. I dreamed that all of Auriga would be unlocked; the world a great cavern of treasures with the keys in my hand.
	Reward	Traders' Tents

4(Alt). Exploiting Auriga
	Description
	It is said that blind greed leads to blind decisions. If I was to be accused of any weakness, it would most likely have been that one. However, regardless of what the rumors whispered, I did not then look to gather Dust solely to increase my own treasury. Scientists and mystics assured me that the physical anomalies so common across the world were in fact produced by an overabundance of Dust and its marvelous magics. By mastering and exploiting anomalies and gaining prestige, secrets of the planets origin could be unlocked - so they promised - as well, perhaps, as the secrets of my own future.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
Seek out magical Anomalies to learn more of Dust, and gain Influence to more easily execute the next steps.	For a period of 5 turns, exploit 7 Anomalies and produce 50 Influence within your Empire.		The knowledge hinted - as knowledge often does - of greater mysteries. I dreamed that all of Auriga would be unlocked; the world a great cavern of treasures with the keys in my hands.
	Reward	Traders' Tents

5. When All Else Fails
	Description
	It is said that all things come to he who has patience. That, alas, was hardly my most obvious trait. I was learning patience, however, as the unfolding of my great plan had taught me as much about myself as about my world. I urged my followers to move onward, ever onward, as the Clans do. From other people's we had learned of Dust and Auriga, from resources and anomalies we had learned of the hidden magics of the past, and next I determined that we would bring these things together and unlock the greatest secrets of all. The Academy of Teneb stated, without hesitation, that the greatest resonance of Dust from across Auriga lay somewhere beneath our feet. What great labyrinth of the ancients had been built? What strange lode or mine of Dust might exist there? Feverish ideas crossed my mind as my body tossed sleepless during the hot nights. Patience required that I wait, and watch, and observe. But when finally I would once more be able to act, I resolved that I would fall like the fury of a desert storm.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
A region, [Region], is the source of the Dust-laden emissions and resonances measured by your sages. If your dreams of wealth and power are to come true, that region must be under your control	1. [Ruins] have been localized in the region [Region]. Find a way to capture the region city or make sure that it has been destroyed. 2. Raise a Hero to Level 7; they will then have the experience necessary to decrypt the [Ruins] in [Region]. 3. It seemed that something defends this ancient place of power - but that is unsurprising. Destroy the defenders!		I cannot say if it was luck or wit that brought me there, but I found a region echoing with power and magic, full of the strange reverberations of ancient civilizations and abundant Dust.
	Reward	1. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 2. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 3. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1

5(Alt). The Unfortunate Option
	Description
	It is said that all things come to he who has patience. That, alas, was hardly my most obvious trait. I was learning patience, however, as the unfolding of my great plan had taught me as much about myself as about my world. I urged my followers to move onward, ever onward, as the Clans do. From other people's we had learned of Dust and Auriga, from resources and anomalies we had learned of hidden magics of the past, and next I determined that we would bring these things together and unlock the greatest secrets of all. The Academy of Teneb stated, unquestionably, that the greatest resonance of Dust from across Auriga lay somewhere beneath our feet. What great labyrinth of the ancients had been built? What strange lode or mine of dust might exist there? Feverish ideas crossed my mind as my body tossed sleepless during the hot nights. Patience required that I wait, and watch, and observe. But when finally I would once more be able to act, I resolved that I would fall like the fury of a desert storm.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
A region, [Region], is the source of the Dust-laden emissions and resonances measured by your sages. If your dreams of wealth and power are to come true, that region must be under your control	1. [Ruins] have been localized in the region [Region]. Find a way to capture the region city or make sure that it has been destroyed. 2. Raise a Hero to Level 7; they will then have the experience necessary to decrypt the [Ruins] in [Region].		I cannot say if it was luck or wit that brought me there, but I found a region echoing with power and magic, full of the strange reverberations of ancient civilizations and abundant Dust.
	Reward	1. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 2. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1

6. Going Boldly
	Description
	It is said that before beginning any project one should be well supplied with logic, prayer, and luck. Yet only the first two can be controlled by us and for the third, the gods must intervene. And so it was, for me; in one of the old places of Auriga we discovered an ancient mechanism that we called the Well of Dust. It was a thing of glorious complexity; equal parts motionless and mechanical, energetic and inert, enormous nad seemingly simple. The great question, however, was this: Could its functions be reproduced or rebuilt? For if we were to build this mechanism that filtered Dust from the air and the ground, the fortunes that I could have amassed would go beyond the wildest ravings of our most avaricious sellers. In fact, to rebuild this in the mercantile heart of my empire would give me nothing short of a mercantile miracle...
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
In order to understand and reproduce the Well of Dust, our sciences must be highly advanced and the Trade Routes that bring Dust maximized.	1. To begin with, we must research at least 10 technologies from Technology Era III. 2. Develop Trade to identify the best location for the device by having at least 3 Cities bringing each a minimum of 10 Dust from Trade Routes.		We narrowed the possible locations for our Well of Dust. It was time to build, challenging the ancients on their own terms. If the mythical “Dust Fever” existed, I was certainly under its spell!
	Reward	1. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1 2. Mad Fairies Droplist, picks 1

7. Warm Bodies
	Description
	It is said that if willing hands cannot be found, unwilling ones will do. That was the set of my mind at this point in my quest; I refused to be dissuaded or derailed. Perhaps it was indeed Dust Fever; perhaps one day I would be found chattering mad amid ledgers and scrip, seeing thieves and swindlers in every shadow. If that was to be my fate, I though, so be it! At least, first, I would give my people a wonder the likes of which had never been imagined since the days of the ancients. But to build a wonder required effort and time... and labor.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
Your dreams require hands - go and find them among the Minor Factions	Assimilate 3 minor factions with at least 2 villages pacified for each of them. None of these villages must be destroyed.		At that moment my will almost failed. Was I creating the mechanism of my own destruction? Would the Fever take me? Bah! Either it already had, or it never would. I gave the order.
	Reward	Well of Dust

8. Dust from the Wind
	Description
	It is said that dreams are dangerous things, for they drive one to fulfill them at any cost. One could argue that this was indeed my fate; I had forsaken my family and given over much of the ruling of the Clans to others while in the pursuit of my goal. But I saw the final stretch laid out before me, waiting like a well-irrigated caravanserai at the end of a long road of dust and desert. I was prepared to do whatever it would take to reach that terminal step. That, I suppose, is where the ambitions of youth can take you if they are not tempered by wisdom! Though by now my hairs were gray, my beard long, and many rings of gold decorated my scarves and my fingers. Still, I would not stop, nor relinquish my goal.
Summary	New Objective		Outcome
To gain the most benefit from Well of Dust, you must build it in a city in the center of your economic empire. The more Dust and Trade Routes it touches, the greater your windfall!	Construct the City Improvement "Well of Dust" in a city that has the "Right of Way" improvement already built, and generates at least 30 Dust		And so, at last, we arrive here. My machine, my legacy, is complete. Now I retire, and place the future of my people in your capable hands. May Ràdàt and Tebadel guide you!
	Reward	Money Talks, Temple of the Earth's Core

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