Any great pioneering movement cannot succeed without the support of a powerful regime.
During the Conqueror Period, there was also a phase of expansion.
Pioneers could become Pioneer Lords.
That era was a time of proactivity and progress, and the Black Iron Land still enjoys the benefits brought by that land reclamation.
However, the results of the reclamation were not necessarily good.
The pioneers fought against the heavens and the earth, breaking ground with bare hands.
It is true to say they were indomitable and resolute, true to say they were strong and virtuous.
Although they possessed hunting bows and leather armor, they certainly could not compare to the nobility's fully armored, cavalry spear-wielding Conquest Knights.
Moreover, the nobles did not intend to kill all the pioneers, otherwise, there would be no one to cultivate the land for them—they were focused and only targeted the leaders.
