Eremiaantelios
Demographics
There are 5,288 households in the town, 74 of which are noble households.
The city has 927 humans, 172 gnomes, 153 dwarves, 151 elves, and 138 holmkins.
Industry & Trade
The medicinal plants, both their harvesting and processing, are the largest industry in this city. Most other industries are there to support that industry.
There are several taverns and inns in the city including The Beloved Goat, a tavern in one of the poor parts of the city.
Guilds and Factions
The hebalist, alchemist, and apothocary guilds are the most powerful in the city. However, there always exsists a tention between the alchemist and apothocary guilds with minor disputes often flaring up about perview. Though there has not been a major dispute between the guilds in twelve years. That particular dispute ended with several buildings going up in flames, a number of fines being issued, and several people being flogged in the centeral courtyard. Forty-seven years before that the feud resulted in the collapse of a bridge and the deaths of twelve people.
History
The cultivation and harvesting of night flowering petunias was what lead to the first perminante buildings in this town.
Points of interest
The Enchanting Stone is rumored to have a secret room where the owner, said to be a decendant of the great general, keeps a collection of powerful magical items from the war anceint war between Opelaion and Voleries.
Tourism
About once a month members of the Oracles of the Moon church will debate with members of the Seers of the Divine church. Both churches continue to send promenant members in an attempt to win the debate. Locals treat it like a sporting event - drinking alcohol and cheering for every "hit".
Architecture
The city of Eremiaantelios is built upon the many islands that inhabit that part of the Crystal Stream. Most of the bridges are stone arches curving from one island to the next. The bridges have no railings and are typically only one wagon width in length. Thus most all traffic is oneway and though there are no signs locals will get quick angry at anyone attempting to flaut the established order.
The houses and shops are made of either stone or mud brick with tiled roofs. The buildings will feature either a veranda, deck, courtyard, roof garden, or some combination. Typically the more affluent places would feature a courtyard, while the less well-to-do would have a roof garden and the poor would be packed into an apartment that shared a courtyard. Both courtyards and roof gardens would contain a water feature, though for the poor it was often only a well.
Geography
This town is locaated on the banks of the Crystal Stream with the foothills of the Crystal Highlands boardering the north and west of the town and an open plain to the south and east causing the river to spread over a wide area with little depth. This wetland area has a large number of islands of various size on which a variety of plants grow, including the night flowering petunia.
Climate
This part of the world has only two seasons - the wet season and the dry season. The temperature averages at about 65 degrees Farenheit with little variation throughout the year. The recent high was 83 with the highest remember temperature being 98 degrees Farenheit. The lowest remembered temperature was 46 degrees Farenheit.
The seasons are relatively equal in length. During the winter the rains fall and snow falls on the nearby mountains. During the dry summer the land is saved from draught by the snowmelt from the mountains.
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