In the fifteenth century only two sss tribes were left north of the Black Sea. Before the war, four tribes had lived in relative peace with each other. But now, the Hora and Lis tribes no longer existed. Most of their soldiers had died during the war. The survivors and the old women and girls had joined the two remaining tribes after their queens had been killed. Lessja, the Queen of the More tribe, had adopted Martina, the daughter of the Hora queen, whom Lessja had killed during a sword fight. She had taken the young woman under her wing and had taken her to all important meetings, except the monthly meeting with Olenia, the queen of the Richka tribe. The More tribe was slowly recovering from the war, but their army was still weak. Most of their citizens were old women and young girls

