Darius wakes up to a blinding light in his eyes. He frowns as he opens them, seeing a new screen in front of him.

Settlement Taxes

Taxes set at 5% automatically

XP: 750

Currency: 0

100 Settlement points gained.

Level up

You have reached level 4

HP, SP, and MP increase by 10

All regen increase by 4

5 Unassigned attribute points gained

“Well, that’s interesting, I didn’t realize the system taxed people, but it’s certainly useful for me.” Darius says as he sits up and stretches before he gets up from his bed. He looks over and sees that Rinar is already out of bed, so he walks out of the cabin.

He sees that everyone else is up already, and is eating breakfast. He goes over and gets some to eat as well, and once everyone finishes he speaks up. “Okay everyone, I think you all know what to do, same as yesterday, we need to get some more wood, and food. I think a team should set up a well, so that we have clean water, if anyone would like to volunteer for that.” After a few people volunteer to build the well, everyone gets to work.

It continues this way for a week, during which the identifiers of the people living under Darius change to be similar to his, and he finally names the homestead, calling it ColdMist. He also levels up a few times to level 7, putting 6 points in constitution, getting it to 20 and getting him the [Hearty] trait which doubles his health regen. He also put 8 points into his Dexterity and getting him the [Tireless] trait, which doubles his stamina regen. The final 6 points he put into Strength.

Darius checks out how everything is going among his people, having had a well, palisade, and a storehouse built. He checks his status screen.

Status

Name: Darius Martin

Race: Human

Level: 7(48%)

Class: None

Strength: 18

Constitution: 20

Endurance: 13

Dexterity: 20

Intelligence: 15

Wisdom: 22

Luck: 5

Unassigned Points: 0

Health: 160/160 HP Regen: 116/hr

Stamina: 135/135 Sp Regen: 96/min

Mana: 145/145 MP Regen:116/hr

Skills: [First Aid lvl 1] [Basic Survival lvl 2] [Basic Stealth lvl 4] [Basic Weapon Crafting lvl 1] [Basic Spear Use lvl 1] [Basic Beginner Magic lvl 2] [Basic Identification lvl 3] [Basic Sword Use lvl 7]

Spell list: [Fire bolt lvl 4] [Ice shard lvl 1] [Rock wall lvl 3] [Air blade lvl 1] [Arcane shield lvl 6]

Traits: [Patient] [Hearty] [Tireless]

Blessings: Blessing of The Three

As he is checking his status screen he hears what sounds like a scuffle going on outside of the wall. He frowns as he starts to run towards the gate, heading out. He looks around confused, frowning before he sees a familiar person, though they are standing off against one of his people. He runs towards them as he shouts “Stop, stop, they’re okay.”

Both people turn to look at him, seeming to relax a little as he runs up to them. “I wasn’t expecting you back this soon Ashera, nor was I expecting you to try and fight one of my people.”

“Your people?” Ashera says as she looks at him confused. “Well, yeah, this place is mine after all, welcome to ColdMist. We are small right now, but just you wait, we will be big sooner than you think once we get people moving in.” “And you are the leader of these people? You aren’t that strong though.” “Ah, well, here it isn’t really too much about strength, I got a quest to start this place, so I did, I’ll be getting a lot stronger once more people are here too.”

“Huh, and how exactly does that work?” “That’s not something I should say. Say, you wouldn’t happen to know anyone who isn’t happy back in the city would you?” “I might, why?” “Well, you can let they know that they can come here, I’ll get some cabins set up for anyone who comes.” “Doesn’t look like there is much room in there for any more cabins.” Ashera says as she looks around the inside of the palisade. “I can just move it, I have enough points to do that.” “Points?” “Part of the secret.”

“Well, I can probably find a few people.” “Thanks Ashera. Though what brought you out here anyways?” “Well, I wanted to check up on you, and also give you a warning.” “A warning?” “Yes, There was a change in leadership recently, and the new lord is gathering an army.” “Oh, oh crap, they are going to have to come through near here, aren’t they?” “Yes, the path does lead near here, so I suggest you build up your defenses, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few units decide to try and raid this place.” “Thank you for your warning.” Darius says as he nods “I’ll get to work. You can go in and look around, stay for supper if you’d like.” Darius then turns and starts to walk out into the forest.