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>our party visits an oracle
>"save the city from the great flood with wooden walls"
>seems pretty clear, the great flood must mean the amassing tribesman from the north
>one party member asks if 'wooden walls' could mean ships
>what? no, that's dumb, a navy won't do anything against the tribesman, there's no bodies of water to the north
>tell king what the oracle said
>convince the king to start errecting palisades
>huge palisades, giant trees driven deep into the earth
>and to try to clear as much of the northern forest to prevent the tribesman from having easy access to material for building siege engines
>months go by, we forget about this subplot
>return to city, with huge palisades now
>so big, the tribesman didn't even consider attacking it, and continued migrating
>we pat ourselves on the shoulders for a job well done after being congratulated by the king
>step outside
>it's raining
>it's raining hard
