Building my kingdom one plot at a time in the Splinterlands realm

Land, land, land and more... land. There is simply not enough land in the realm of Splinterlands and while the development on it is slowly, it is golden real estate in my opinion. I don't have much land as I own just 10 plots, but one of them is a Keep which gets me extra revenue from the "county" it is in. With it I feel like a landlord as I don't need to do much and simply collect tax from that area. And that's quite an amazing use case of passive income and also with that I feel like I am part of some royal guild or line of descendants. And who knows, if this game will live for eternity I might be able also to leave my land as inheritance. That would be awesome, right? 😄

Here is my Keep dominating the winter realm which I am comparing with the North Wall from Game of Thrones. It is a colossal fortification surrounded by solid ice, stone and magic crystals, stretching across the northern border of Praetoria, Broken Lands that keeps out the White Walkers. Without it all the Splinterlands would be a risk and that's where the most fierce warriors are guarding. Nothing passes through this point and the realm can be safe with such a ruler (which is myself). 😊

But as any ruler, I need to feed the army and make sure they have the best weapons. While it pains me, to ensure the safety of the kingdom I need to gather some taxes which are used for fortifications, trainings, recruiting and fighting the good fight. It might seem much, but you cannot put a price on safety in times of war. And Splinterlands conflicts are now more bloody than never.

And as I was looking over the kingdom, I remembered that I also the title for a Shard Mine which was sitting idle. And with all the precious SPS gems laying down in the depths, I've decided to send a team of workers gathered from the 7 kingdoms to play their part and get me those shiny stones. They've started the work right away and within seconds they've found awesome crystals. Besides their beauty, they hide magic powers within so that will only help my fighters to confront the army of the dead. One cannot win with along or just through pure strength as there is dark magic hovering everywhere... and these crystals for sure will help along the way.

Out of my plots at the moment I have guardians in the Keep, miners in the Shard mines and lumberjacks in the woods. But the realm needs much more than that, so I will have to grow my armies and send them in different parts of my lands. That's one thing I will be focusing next and I have also a secret to tell on that. As I've hoarded Chaos Legion packs for so long, I think it is time to unpack them and put the dormant warriors to work. Will see what giant warriors are hiding there, so I hope for some Gold Legendaries along the way that can shake wars and lead warriors towards winning.

Nonetheless I need to get me updated with what's happening in Splinterlands and one dimension is the land. I found since being a child the power of land, owning it, working it and harvesting the results. It is something quite fulfilling and I will try transposing that feeling in Splinterlands as well. Great responsibility comes along with having a Keep and protecting the people in the realm, but with that also some shining gems are keeping the motivation of the kingdom high. Let's see together how much I can expand my kingdom alongside the others in the Splinterlands.