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Summer 1125: Sun, Sand and more sand

While the rest of the world goes about its many and varied activities Makmartanes world has become nothing more than one seemingly never ending stretch of sand.

He has been fortunate in having managed to recruit five local tribes to join his army, but the ballista's are proving a real drag to move through the desert and it will be at least another four years before he emerges near Timbuktu. The march has given him more than enough time to consider his options when he does so.

His current plan is to try and avoid Timbuktu and march westwards to the coast. The spy Domnall the Broiss claims that there is another native settlement there which if true could provide Makmartane and his army with a firm base from which to launch any future campaigns.

However, a lot will depend up the reactions of the Portuguese when he reaches Timbuktu. If they prove aggressive then he might be forced to give battle and destroy them and capture the settlement.