Devaguea looked over the report about the fae and wildlife, and frowned. While he hadn't been planning to expand into the area just yet, Varnhold had a lot of plains he wanted filled with farms first, this was slowly nudging the priority of the western border higher. But for the next couple of months, he had no plans to expand the borders at all.<br/><br/>Then the elves and dwarves showed up, and his plans were very nicely derailed. He looked over the map after talking with both groups, before frowning as he realized he had misremembered the map. They could start ground breaking the elven city today if they wanted, and the dwarven outpost could be gotten too and started the start of next month. Not that he would, but that made a good counter offer for the elves.<br/><br/>He met with both groups the next day, introducing them both and showing the wall map that he used to track his growing kingdom, before pointing out the issues with two cities, including the fact that the elf's requested city would be stuck between the dwarf's request, and one of his already established cities. So he offered a counter offer to both groups. The elves would get a watchtower built next to the ruin that would cycle troops through so they could have protection, but without a city nearby they wouldn't have to worry about how long they took to excavate the ruins. They could take decades and do it completely by the book, ensuring they got everything. And when they were done, the ruins would be dealt with by their leadership, either refurbished into a full fort, or left to the ghosts of the original inhabitants.<br/><br/>The dwarves, however, got a different offer. Instead of them building a city, he would build the city, and they would help with major constructions, turning the city into a masterpiece of construction where the best builders from the nearby nations and his own would come to learn and enhance their trade. The old dwarf outpost would be converted into a second embassy for the dwarves. The changes were minor, but it meant the city answered to him, but the dwarves would be the first to get a second embassy out of it. All major embassies had to be in the capital, so they could talk to him, but openly acknowledged secondary embassies would be a privilege granted only to a few.