Hiems

A village located on the south central coast of the Confederation of Sherian.

Description

Serving largely as a center of trade, the small town of Hiems has never contained many more than a couple thousand people, though due to the nature of their village it is not unheard of for the population to fluctuate. The most alluring draw of Hiems are the remnants of the observatories of the ancient meteorologists and astronomers that still stand, though may not always be carefully used, to this day.

History

Hiems was originally founded in concert with the cities of Vers, Autumnus and Aestas during the Second Empire by an astrological and meteorological society that was obsessed with having cities positioned in ideal locations for the study of the stars and weather patterns. The Second Empire had a habit of excessively colonizing newly acquired lands, and along with the other three “weather positioned cities”, Hiems was a product of one such colonization of the newly claimed Phondran Peninsula.

Culture

With heavy arcanic contamination to the north cutting off roads into the rest of Sherian and Medonia, their main source of trade, fallen in the war with the Xet, Hiems is suffering for lack of coin and imports.

Local Government

Hiems adheres to the same government structure as the Aelyrian Empire with a Thane in a position of power in the city.

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Credit

Original write-up by Trinity with additions by Nimh