Devaguea's first month after the attack was mostly spent building the new town of Olegton and getting its stockyard up and running so he could focus on other matters than feeding everyone. At the end of the Lamashan, he headed to Allison's laboratory, where she had been directed to research the cursed ring, though he asked that she using the item in any active spells since they had no idea what the curse on the ring was. Identification, legend lore, asking planar beings if they recognized it, all of that was fine, but anything that tried to actively trace the spell back to a caster or scrying he asked her to not do. He didn't want to set off any traps on the ring, especially since they apparently had enough power to make a ring and mobilize a bandit leader and a troll warlord against him.<br/><br/>Once he did that, he let all of his advisors and companions know that on the first day of Abadius, he would have a meeting with all of them to discuss his future plans, including finalizing positions on both his advisor council and the combat team. He wanted them to decide ahead of time if they wanted to advise on the council, be part of the combat team, or if they felt they wanted out. He added that those that left would be let go with his blessings, though he would ask they stay on until they could train up a replacement they both agreed on, or six months after the meeting, whichever came first.<br/><br/>He also went to Jubiliost, and explained that they had found another area for him to survey, since he had found the dwarven outpost already, though Devaguea would prefer that he came back with his equipment intact that time. He sent the gnome out with a request that he scout the areas west of Varnhold path, and then south on their side of the mountains.