Speaking of seafaring peoples, where do you rank the Ibbenese on the world stage? We don’t see a lot of them in the books, but the WOIAF presents them as quite advanced and formidable. I’m not sure if they could win a war, but I always thought they could give the Braavosi a run for their money in a maritime conflict. While the Summer Islanders tend to get the publicity, Ibben’s unified polity, similarly extensive sailing range, and extensive colonies always seemed to be underrated IMO.

I think they’re pretty good at the extremely specialized arts of seafaring in artic/sub-artic conditions. But their hand-to-hand skills don’t seem to be particularly good, so I think they’d have trouble in naval conflicts that involved a lot of boarding. 

So perhaps I’d recommend a Fabian strategy?

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