An introduction to Ermaneo for those that don't recall, written by the still living most famous diplomay of Habololy:
This mislaid city has a disjointed history made remarkable by the actuality that it has never been subject to the rule of any great nearby nation. It is a place that should I visit again in my lifetime, but decades from now, I would expect to find utterly dissimilar than I found it presently. The lord can control the direction and mood of the city by his fiats. The affluent of the city care not because they profit from the arrangement. The underprivileged of the city care but cannot effect any change.
To be brief, because my writings could within a decade be worthless, the city of Ermaneo is a merchant’s paradise. Coin rules all. The convention of the city is mercantilism. It hides behind worship of the Counsil, which exists but only to maintain control and a ruse for those who would do business with the lord and the merchants…
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I will conclude with the most valuable element to Ermaneo. An event overlooked I believe because of the degradations of the city and its constant change which is worthy of Compture’s love. In that sea of change there is an island of stability. The Festival of Ermaneo is dedicated to the Counsil and the defeat of Amat. Were such an event to be inaugurated today in some other place, it would not take hold. It is stunning that it ever took hold in this isolated city, but it did. Five hundred years in no short time, even for an elf. Despite the danger, the questionable nature of the competitors and the hosts, and the out of control gambling and near anarchic lawlessness that comes with tens of thousands in this place not suited for so many; it cannot be denied that when the winner was crowned and the deities honored, a sense of awe fell over everyone. The deities must enjoy this festival; it is the only conclusion that makes any sense of how it has survived in such a city.
A Guide to the Main Continent
Destroyian High Diplomat Aianna Cadmurren 777A.C.
