Ok, now that sounds more promising. That more important for my char publish the book asap so people learn exchistence of the town and it's heirs and so it may gather some recogniction/fame or curiosity. But trading does not occur until we get the mithril mine going and we need firstly people come to Garados (and I suspect we got lots of fans of Gaius around who aren't even aware town exchists first place).<br/><br/>So I think OOC wise our first priority is to secure aid of dwarven mining engineers to help re-open the old mine and rebuild it back to function. Once mine has been rebuild and revealed it is mithril mine for certain then we can build up foundry/metal melting facilities and then we can hire skilled smiths to do armors and weapons which to arm Garados military or do some profitable trading to neighbhoring kingdoms. Also same go we could ask dwarves advice in building fortifications and such around the city which could stand against both mortal assaults and abyss spawn sort assaults.<br/><br/>But also another option is to go after stabilizing our own source of food by clearing some of the forest and make area for farmland. To ensure good harvests we need druid to cast plant growth regularly or get contact with local nymph whom we can manage to make agreement regarding harvesting forest and it's animals. More so if we get make deal with several nymphs.<br/><br/>Also third option is to arrange marriages to more renown and wellfaring noble houses in campaign setting. Also Garados haves good timber trade already going so that can work the first months off but once city grows it leads to expansion pains and problems like keeping the order (criminal activity growth) and needing before hand planning where and how buildings are build (speaking about city block pattern) and not to mention ensure safety of the roads and that growing city gets food and all supplies it needs for it's folks (and not mention deal how wastes are dealt with).