And they had resources too.
Well... not resources in the traditional sense. They didn't have stacks of timber sitting around waiting to be used. They didn't have livestock ready to fill the fields. They also didn't have warehouses packed with materials, no stockpiles of stone or iron and no carefully preserved supplies left behind by previous Barons.
The storage rooms that should have been full of useful things were mostly empty, swept clean by years of decline and desperate sales.
But they did have something almost as important.
Money.
A lot of money, at least compared to where Percvale had been just a few months ago. Back then, even a few silver coins had felt precious. Now they had gold, enough gold to make things happen. Enough gold to buy what they needed instead of hoping someone would donate it.
