Giving Thanks: Settlers Edition!

[Seikatsukira]

Giving thanks,
All of our hard work has paid off; it took us since we were kids to save up enough money to build our guild hall. But now it’s done; now we have a place to gather and talk with our friends and relatives. No longer will we have to communicate through the mail; hoping and guessing when the next letter will arrive. As if having a new guild hall wasn’t enough of a gift in itself; we actually finished the building before thanksgiving. This year’s thanksgiving will be the best ever; friends, family, and everyone else on the island will be feasting at the guild hall!

[Zaoula]

Thank you for a Thankgiving gift and for all of your job. I appreciate the time I past in the game, in my retreat they give me a usefull sensation.

[Lady_Arrianna]

I am thankful that at last I can finally make a post in these forums!

Well, enough of that, for now anyway. Here is what I am truly thankful for this holiday season. As a new settler to this wonderous land of abundance, I am thankful for all the pumpkins that Elliot the Pumpkin Master allowed me to harvest so our army could obtains it's long awaited Grim Reaper. He has been an awesome general leading his fearless troops to battle against violent Pirates and crazy cooks. He has brought back much granite and other loot as well.

I am thankful for the wells that produce water so that I am not thirsty. I look forward with anticipation to when we can finally get a watermill on our island so there will be an abundance of water for everyone.

I am thankful for the brewery that makes our brew and gives us something to wet our whistle! Can't wait to get that Friary before long either. No more running out of our brew then. You know how thirsty some of those recruits are.. won't name any names though, lol.

I am also thankful for all the bread that my wheat fields have produced that allow our army to keep recruits for our brave generals.

I am thankful for all the wild animals that wondered around this island just waiting for the hunters to bag them for the great holiday feast that the whole island partook of.

I am also thankful for the people at the stables who train the horses for our cavalry dudes. They seem to be working overtime lately. I see horses in abundance now at the stable. Maybe the stable master will be willing to sell some to the settlers so we can harvest more types of fields other than just wheat. It would be nice to have other types of farms other than just wheat. Cotton would be good. We could make textiles! Well, on to the next thing I am thankful for.

I am thankful to all our hard working settlers who work in the mines and weaponsmith shops. Mining is such a dangerous job and I am glad they are willing to do it. Without our ore miners and weaponsmiths, we wouldn't have our weapons to keep us safe.

I am thankful for the butchers that produce the necessary sausage, the bakers who produce the bread, and the fishermen who catch the fish for Aunt Irma's baskets. Without our butchers, bakers, and fishermen the production ratios on our buildings would be much slower.

I am thankful for the Mayors House and all the storehouses that are on the island so all of us settlers have a safe place to store all goods.

Lastly, I am very thankful I have the opportunity to wish each and everyone of you at Blue Byte and all the players a wonderful and happy holiday season. Thank you for fixing my account!!

[Drake1231]

I am thankful of all of my guild members and my fellow settlers but most of all, I am giving thanks to bandits for letting me defeat them and taking their treasure.

[RMK4]

The life of a settler is not always joy and laughter. It has been a difficult work starting from nothing as a pioneer on this island. We started with just a handful of people, the simplest of resources, and enemies on every side. It has been a long haul to get to our first Thanksgiving on the Island.

I do have friends that have set out as settlers and just given up. I travel to their islands to see wasteland, empty fields, abandoned mines and gloating enemy camps. I cannot imagine the heartache of having to return home with dreams of settling the wild land dashed to pieces. Thus I am very grateful for a mayor who has stuck with the plan and we are advancing with him. There is nothing so satisfying as a job well done, a goal accomplished, and fresh hope at seeing the promise of a new land becoming fruitful.

We have seen many of our young men serve our country to their ultimate demise. I have neighbours everywhere that have sent their sons and daughters to defend the land against the savage thugs, rangers, deserters, stone throwers, skunks, and witches that wander the islands. There is much sorrow at having lost one child but today we live in peace and have given that gift to many other islanders as well. What a serenity to have an island free from enemies.

I walk the paths and roadways of our island and I don't see a huge city but I see the individual contributions of many of my friends and fellow settlers in making Kingsland a great place. It is a team effort and I appreciate the farmers, the loggers, the munitions factory worker, the craftsmen, the miner. All of these wield their trade to make a great island.

Thanks, fellow traders, fellow settlers. May your next year be every bit as prosperous and full of happiness.

Joe Average

[Meretoria]

A Settler's Thanksgiving Prayer
In this bountiful season, we give thanks for all the fruits of the earth and the ability to harvest them: for the crops ripening golden in the fields, for the silos full to bursting with golden grain, for the animals that live in our woodlands and the hunters that hunt them.
We give thanks for the green woods that are self-renewing, for the pine trees that feed our fires and the hardwoods that can be shaped into weapons.
We give thanks for the minerals in the earth and the miners who delve to bring them into the light.
We give thanks for the foundries, and for the fact that they don't pollute our air too badly.
We give thanks for the luxurious homes we live in and for the companionship of our friends and families.
We give thanks for the army that keeps our homeland safe, that keeps it free of bandits and pirates.
We give thanks that our explorers always manage to bring home building materials whenever we run short and find new deposits when our mines run out. We give thanks for the bountiful fish in our waters and for the men who catch them.
We give thanks for this delicious meal and for the love with which it was prepared. We feel the love all around us, and for that we can never give thanks enough.
God bless this land and all of us.
Amen

[Kingkai33]

i am thankful for building our new town, for all the food and new friends that are moving into our new town. i am also thankful for the oppunity to see our twon grow more and more and for our friendly connections with other towns.

[Shaqweef]

My settlers are thankful for not being born turkeys.

[drago020]

today my settlers are thankful for the turkey there familys that they are safe that they have work that they have a nice open place to live that they have help from every one that they can learn how to hunt cook fight farm and that they have every one as a freind and that even kids have some one to help
but most of all there thankful for comeing and starting a new life and loveing it

[Henshall]

Excerpt from Suzy Settler's diary

Dear Diary
What a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am so excited. A new family moved in next door, in that beautiful noble residence. They must be rich! Anyway, my Mom invited them over for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, the adults sat in the kitchen drinking brew and chatting, and I had their gorgeous son all to myself. He's 17, and soooooo cute! And I am 16, so he's just the right age for me. The way he smiled at me, I think he must like me too.
We made a date for tomorrow. I'm going to show him around the settlement. I'll take him to see some of the industries around the island, and then we'll go up the river and I'll show him my secret place in the woods. Maybe we'll sit on the bank and dangle our feet in the water and let the fishes nibble our toes. I'll pack one of Aunt Irma's special baskets for a picnic. Who knows what could happen.
Mom says we should count our blessings, especially at Thanksgiving, and that's what I am thankful for: a really cute guy who likes me and is rich, too. I'm going to sleep now, dear diary, and I hope I dream of him. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Whoever brought him to me.