REFUGEVILLE

Man is refugeville looking populated....

Does beg some things to consider tho.

So far we have survived by being hidden and because our town looked on the surface at least decentely like it was abandoned when everyone pulled in the ceilar. That's what protected us from that tree porcelain head abomination who came to harvest the giant soul.

If we install the canon. Hell, just if we keep growing both in impotance and in number as fast as we do... this will be an option for much longer.
Also if we keep growing in population like for example, by accepting all the new slaves we freed, food may become an issue.
Right now I think we should be fine, and some population couldn't hurt. Assuming they even all want to stay here. After all maybe sompe will want to go back where they came from or to the closest bigger villages.

I say we stash the canon in the ceilar for now.
I mean that thing would require a tower or at least elevated position of sorts and some training from the operators to be maned with any sort of efficiency anyway aso untill that's provided and build, the crossbow and mace will do for most threat.
Can the canon fire non metal canonballs ? (stone canonballscan be a thing) that could be good for training or even jsut against softer target to avoid wasting those precious metal shots. (I mean yes metal balls are usualy reusable bu y'know you still gota find them and carry them... heavy heavy.)

I think we could also reinforce the pallisade a bit, just the bottom for starters with some stones. They can be reused and it shoudln't look too consicious.

We may want to talk to the count Artimen about future cooperation:

1) First we should send some message to the Padabon about our little power play. Maybe not give the details (what if the king has spies ?) but a general gist of what we're trying to achieve and the consequences.

Should the animal assassination suceed, it's goog they know about the promess of reform from the Dermilyu, so they can get the word out and peace can be brokered. After all otherwise in the weakened state they are in, some tribes might be tempted to copletely finish the Dermilyus once and for all while they are so weakened.

And if the assassinationa atempt fail... well not only should the good count be assured safe passage if they consider exile, we also ay require assistance in case the kings ever end up at our doorstep with his 30 mercenaries army (.. which honnestly we could probaly take on with the people we have but why risk it ?)

2)If the reformed Dermilyu intend to keep holding the God Box village (or at leat kep it monster free) then perhaps we could install some of our population there as well. The god box village is only a few hours away and has a fully built forge and lobrary building among others. The most interesting is the forge as it's the one who would require the most complex architectural considerations (I mean technically any building can be a library as long as it can hold a couple bookcase, a forge needs some plce for it's furnace and apropriate aeration)
Getting the God box village forge running spares us to have to build one inr efugeville from scratch and the product of the forging will benefit both our peoples, as well as by association probaaly go a long way to help negociating the new peace with the other village. (who may require some convincing about the new found good faith)

3)In general with their numbers decimated and so much of their land covered in Signet agents, and no more armies of slaves to take care of most of the ork,the Dermilyu may want to regroup and rellocate in a few close location. They might even find some of the smaller people can help them and do willingly what they used slaves to do in exhange of protection and the use of their great strength.