As the strongest of the southern Winelords it is our duty to defend our lands against further landgrabs by the newly strengthened Lorent. We fought against Lorent in the Lilac wars and although we did game some minor concessions we of course came out on the loosing side next to the dangerous and powerful Lorent which hates us. The future will be hard and alliances and military reform will be the only shield to protect us. Our true strength lies in our navy and sailing prowess which competes with all of the other reavers states and Venail for supremacy and might. Our nation was founded by the Reaver Derhilde Reaverqueen who used a Lorentish civil war to sieze the territory we now hold. As such there is much resentment and anger between out people and our neighbors. With the discovery of Aelantir we have one of the greatest locations to take advantages of the old Elven lands for profit and power.

Thanks to the Reaver blood in our veins we have a strong naval tradition in our country, you are sure to rule the western seas if you are able to acquire the ports in the south. Many of our historical rivals besides Lorent lie across the sea or ocean so it has been necessary to maintain a strong navy for defense and showing our enemies what happens when they test us. It has been a long time since we used the reaver longships of old that make our nation and with a new age we must be first to newer naval technologies. 

The rediscovery of the old Elven lands lies conveniently right across the ocean from us, it is as though the Gods had intended it for us. We have many sailors and adventurers in our ports and lands that would wish to colonize and settle these lands but before we can be secure in developing a colonial empire we must secure our back from Lorent and others who would seek to take our power before it can shine. The biggest issue to the West will be the Venail who are fierce rivals and will also seek to take back their ancestral lands.

Our Seaflower knights are stronger than most in that they are both sailors and cavalrymen making them far stronger. This is something to build upon but will not be enough as there are all manner of great military powers that will seek our destruction. Lorent is the military superpower of our age and their cavalry are unopposed in quality. This is not a situation we can rely upon our navy to save us from either as they will simply walk across our border. We must reform and expand our military to be their equal if we are to survive, there is much work to do as this has never been our way. Time is of the essence!