Harvan and Ghushmaya talk before the Kurrim and you leave for the Haraxan Kingdom again, protected from bandits by having a large enough group. As you descend the plateau into the foothills you are met by the magistrate’s troops and escorted first to the fort and then to Irbuk again, still growing as the temporary capital of the magistrate.
Emissaries from Ghushmaya are presented to magistrate by Harvan, others are sent to other Kurrim communities in the Haraxan kingdom, to seek aid and settlers to make a success of their new city.
In their accommodation in the tents of Harvan, Farshad, Jushuur and Utana sort out some of the recovered treasure. The silvered weapons stay with those that found them, Utana keeps his gilded armour, though it is not suitable for everyday wear. Taking some of the treasure, Utana uses some of his contacts in the suppliers for the magistrates forces.
Trading in some of the treasure buys new fangled ring mail shirts in the Western style, Camels for all the group. New Composite bows for Utana and Jushuur and 12 silvered arrows each.
Along the journey, Harvan consulted with Gunion to try and decipher enough of the bronze, gold and silver books taken from the tomb, but the script, though many of the symbols are known, the concepts they represent are not clear.\n\nHarvan thinks that his mentor and tutor Gahzasad in the coastal city of Biriyan, the one who set him on the path to studying magic, to researching the tomb of Gathpaxpes.
In a fortnight Harvan intends to travel to the west, taking rubbings of the books to a temple where there might be those who can help him decipher the mysteries, and he wishes those who served him so well to escort him.
Utana visits the family estates, and impresses his family with the sight of him in his gilded armour, before packing it up carefully as a spare set of heavy armour. He equips his servant in better gear and the servant uses his back pay to buy part shares in an donkey to work the well drawing in this absence.
Farshad is looking into investment opportunities.
Jushuur sends word back to his family in the Kirim peninsula.