Editing Laken Godart (section)

===Volume 4===
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|Laken took the longer ride back to Riverfarm with the two teams of adventurers getting annoyed by [[Beniar]], the leader of the Windfrozen Riders, along the way.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/17/4-19/ Chapter 4.19]</ref> Eventually though, Laken and his group did make it back to Riverfarm to celebrations of its people. Over the following days, Laken made changes to solidify his Empire. Seeing that Prost had become less argumentative and was trusted by the people, he made him his [Steward]. He also learned of a bear cave that had a [[Mossbears|mossbear]] in it. The mossbear almost attacked Laken before he was able to fend it off. This caused Laken to worry about his area of influence and what he would do without his protectors. He got his answer when a [Blacksmith] from a nearby village, [[Helm]], came to Riverfarm looking for help after a recent goblin attack where the goblins had taken his village's food, burned down houses, slaughtered people, and stolen some of their daughters. To help them with this tragedy, Laken offers the safety of Riverfarm to all of [[Windrest]]'s remaining villagers.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/20/4-20-e/ Chapter 4.20 E]</ref>

[[File:Meeting the Unseen by Demonic Criminal.png|left|thumb|300x300px|Mountain City Tribe Goblins meeting the Unseen Emperor, by [[Fanworks/Demonic Criminal|LeChatDemon]]]]<p></p>
Laken needed to be prepared for further goblin attacks, so he got counsel from some of the other adventurers that he'd hired: [[Sacra|Odevig]] and [[Wiskeria]]. The two tell him that there are rumors of a [[Tremborag|Great Goblin Chieftain]] living in [[Dwarfhalls Rest]] nearby. Laken decided to put up pallisades around the village to combat the potential of further attacks. Laken also met with more of his subjects as the people from Windrest made it to Riverfarm such as [[Tessia]] and [[Jelov]] the [Carver]. He also ordered the adventurers to help train his subjects into a militia with a new Skill he'd gotten, [Low-born Militia]. Finally, Laken went once more to meet the mossbear who had attacked him before and leveled in [Beast Tamer] in doing so.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/24/4-21-e/ Chapter 4.21 E]</ref> The goblins started to make themselves known and the village grew more restless over the coming days. Laken had to confront some of his disgruntled villagers and investigate a series of suspicious circumstances that led him to believe that Wiskeria was sabotaging his village. In truth, Odevig revealed herself as the true traitor in the employ of [[Magnolia Reinhart]] and she managed to escape after her secret came out.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/27/4-22-e/ Chapter 4.22 E]</ref>  Soon after, the goblins attacked. Laken made some final preparations by setting out Jelov's totems, so he could see further, but the number of goblins was still too high. Villagers and adventurers started dying in the attack due to the overwhelming strength and number of the goblins. On the verge of losing, he used a new, unique skill <span style="color:#99cc00;">[Undying Loyalty]</span> which caused some people to seemingly come back from deadly wounds and eventually defeat the attacking goblins. All of those he used this Skill on except for Gamel ended up dying, but the casualties were fewer than they could have been. Laken gave Wiskeria a [General] class for her loyalty, and once he was done burying his dead, he was approached by a runner representing Lady [[Rie Valerund]] with letters from others who had heard of the new [Emperor] in Riverfarm. Laken also revealed that he had a mysterious source for many of his innovations that had allowed his Empire to thrive up until now.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/27/4-23-e/ Chapter 4.23 E]</ref>

Days later, Laken is much more established. He had now taken control of some other surrounding villages including Tunslaven and Kiquel. He also gained better control over his mossbear to the point where he was able to ride on the bear through his village. He had begun construction on the trebuchets though they were not in a ready state yet. A representative from Trottvisk offered tribute for protection from goblins as well. Other nearby nobles and merchants also sent Laken gifts as his fame grew. All the while, goblins continued to attack nearby villages and eventually they sent a large force to assault the mansion of Lady Rie Valerund. Laken got word of this and sent his army to protect her.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/15/4-35-e/ Chapter 4.35 E]</ref>
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