The Need for an Endgame

The elfs and humans discussed the situation and decided to leave two group each of three persons to watch over the area and send word when the meet was about to occur. In the meantime, the elf leader sent word to her people of the alliance she had formed, then went with the humans to their camp. The Elf Wocan(War Leader) would come with the messenger to meet with the human leader and give formal ratification to their treaty and alliance. The Wocan was second in rank only to the Mother Elf, who by tradition, was never allowed to depart the ships, but would accept the Wocan's word, and would welcome the human leader, should she decide to pay a state visit.

As soon as the warriors arrived at the human settlement, they began forming preliminary plans. The Wocan would hear and add input to these plans as soon as she arrived, and then plans would be implemented. All this was necessary since, until now, all of their joint actions had been the quick plans of a pair of junior leaders. Now formal alliance was being ratified. This was especially necessary since, while trading partnerships were common enough, actual treaties of mutual protection and alliance between humans and off-worlders were extremely rare and ground breaking. By everything the humans had observed though, the elfs were a peaceful people who fought only for protection of their interests and those of their friends. These were exactly the kind of people the humans wanted to court friendship with, and where they came from was beside the point. On the elf's part, humans so understanding and accepting were a rarity to be treasured and cherished. This alliance opportunity simply had to be nurtured at all costs.

When the Wocan arrived, she found that the human leader, Anaya, had been busy. She had already worked with the elfen representatives in camp to put together a very ambitious proposal for a mutual defense pact against all enemies who should ever threaten the two of their clans, and an arbitration agreement to intercede on behalf of each other, should either tribe be threatened by a group previously considered friend to the other. This arbitration clause, the Wocan saw as brilliance, and a step beyond anything she had dared to hope for. It cemented a relationship that would bind their two peoples together in a way that they were not even bound amongst their own kind, and was proof positive that Ex-Venusians and Ex-Earthlings could live together as friendly residents of New Earth.