308. Dealings I
Year 279
Landas
The Valthorns recruited a sizable group of soldiers and warriors from Landas, many of them from the ranks of survivors during the earlier harsher periods and went on to be fairly high leveled soldiers and defenders of the elven cities were eager to take their skills to other places. Many of these have known a lifetime of fighting and so the sudden end of wars meant they were feeling out of place in a world where there was going to be peace.
Thus they joined the call to serve and fight on other worlds.
Not all, though. There was also those that were more than happy to see the end of the fighting. Strong warriors who finally relished the chance to return to normalcy, and to do what they always wanted to do. Many finally settled down and restarted what they’ve long delayed. Family. Their old family workshops. Rebuilding cities and pursuing tasks their parents or grandparents abandoned when things got bad.
Now, Landas is doing well. The demon king has been slain, and the world began to turn a corner. Things were coming around.
The old cherry tree that once guarded Samuel regained its old strength, and since it didn’t have to store energy to deal with the demons, Cherry redirected their powers towards the rebuilding effort. The old cherry tree had a wide range of forestry related powers, and so used it extensively to rebuild.
Despite these positives, I still expect a few decades before Landas regains some level of normalcy. The world’s population declined far too much.
In terms of population, we estimated it lost 70 to 80% of its population due to the prolonged demon war. But with heavy intervention from the Valthorns, we were helping the repopulation. Children were born, and we ensured they were well supported. The Treeology priests went about blessing many of the surviving youths and even slightly more mature elvish ladies with fertility potions.