While Opal was busy in the warehouse, Karl and the Elders were busy making sure that everything was set up for the first day here in the new territory.
They had checked the school, which was running smoothly already, just changing locations and using the new materials that had been provided. But the shops were coming online much faster than the Elders had expected.
With everything destroyed, many of them were short on stock. But everyone kept supplies and some product in their inventory, so they hadn’t lost everything.
The Runecrafters were their next stop, as they needed guidance to be able to effectively use their skills.
Knowing the language could get them a start, but without any leadership, it would be all trial and error to find out what actually worked, and what combinations would lead to desired effect, and what could be left out to save space without losing effectiveness.
And with so little to their names, the Blackwoods Pack needed as much as they could get this month.
It was perfect for everyone, as the New Home also needed Uncommon and Rare Grade items, like they assumed the new Runecrafters would make. It was the most affordable of gear, to fill the trade ships.
Elder Malcolm’s area, the docks and the outlying regions of the Clan Compound, had taken the worst damage of anything during the battle, and while they had made some efforts to repair the area and refloat some of the sunken ships, there was a lot left to do.
With damaged magical ships in the harbour, they couldn’t get anything in or out until they were fixed.
That was a real issue for the "trade" part of the Guild’s name, and there weren’t any suitably deep bays nearby for them to create an alternate dock.
There was a very small one at the former Hyperion Sect’s territory, but that would not keep up with everything that moved through the city. It also would fix the Clan’s reputation as a reliable trading partner.
Technically, they didn’t owe the merchants who lost their ships in the crossfire. They had paid them out of the collected resources of the defeated Clans, but most of the wealth had been looted before they got there.
So, there wasn’t much to go around, and some of the ships had been so heavily damaged that their cargo holds were destroyed.
The Blue Elves had managed to repair and float their ship already, and it had left with most of its supplies intact, suffering only minor losses, beyond a week down and the materials for repairs.
They did plan to return after a trip to an Elven repair facility, where they could get back to full capability. Elder Malcolm didn’t ask where that was, but they likely wouldn’t tell him anyhow. That wasn’t how they worked, and their home base was likely to be a pirate controlled territory. Not somewhere that they could just go and look for a Captain.
If they weren’t ready to receive the Elves when they came back, they would put a new spot on their trade route, and that would cost the Clan a solid customer, who was willing to pay good prices for goods that others in the region weren’t interested in.

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