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The Tale of an Industrious Rogue (updated 3-12-2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Cristian Andreu" data-source="post: 6264020" data-attributes="member: 23822"><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px">Part XVII: Matters of Civic Disposition</span></u></strong></p><p></p><p><em>“You can’t just make a city out of nowhere and expect for things to take care of themselves!”</em> Were the Magistrate words. </p><p></p><p>Katapesh was demanding proper recognition of authority and Al’Kaffesh had been instructed to assist the local de-facto governing body –the Saltspit Trading Company- in the proper organization of the city. </p><p></p><p><em>“Districts have to be regulated, main streets named, public buildings designated!"</em> The man was clearly suffering from the lack of tangible bureaucracy in the surroundings.</p><p></p><p>Far more concerned with a fountain that sprang liquid gold, Hassan basically waved him off saying <em>“Magistrate, you can take as much gold from our vault as the strongest man can carry, in exchange of taking care of this whole situation”</em></p><p></p><p><em>“Hold on, hold on”</em> Interrupted Rakhim <em>“This is important. Saltspit is our centre of operations; we can’t just forfeit its administration! What we need here is a city council that will handle the little things, but ultimately reports to us”</em></p><p></p><p><em>"And to our money"</em> Added Jack.</p><p></p><p><em>"And to our money"</em> Agreed Rakhim.</p><p></p><p>It took some debate, but eventually the party agreed to implement Rakhim’s idea: They would form a city council drawn from people they could trust, which in turn would be given the responsibility of managing the day-to-day aspects of Saltspit. </p><p></p><p>And so the <em>Saltspit Metropolitan Council</em> was instituted as follows:</p><p></p><p>-Mahmoud Al’Sherengen (the local kingpin) would be in charge of overseeing commerce/smuggling (there wasn't a particularly clear differentiation between the two in Saltspit), making sure to both attract new businesses and remind them that, while the STC did not actually enforce taxes, <em>"gifts"</em> to the company were a thoughtful and fantastic way to avoid serendipitous encounters with spiked clubs in dark alleys.</p><p></p><p>-Nidaros (a priest from the Church of Desna that was a good friend of the party, especially after they saved him from a cult of man-eaters when they were in level two, though in all honesty, it was them who got him kidnapped by accident in the first place) to take care of social services and public speaking. Despite its utter lack of ethics, the STC knew very well that the key to a community that doesn't kill its overlords with pitchforks is a well-greased and populist propaganda machine (as well as camouflaged clerks equipped with Suggestion wands).</p><p></p><p>-Abdul Bel’Nabir (one of Prince Osman’s most trusted advisors) to take on the adjudication of law. In what could be considered a revolutionary method, the STC offered to pay for lawyer when a poor citizen was accused of a crime and could not afford his own defense. In what could be considered standard STC style, however, said lawyers were often instructed to make sure their clients ended up as slaves.</p><p></p><p>-Iendys Mossburger* (the shrewd but quite clever manager of the local branch of the andoran trading company <em>Thudsucker</em>, dedicated to adventuring gear and the main provider of rope-‘n-caltrops for the party since level one) to oversee urban planning</p><p></p><p>-And Hrulf (the leader of the <em>Brass Legion</em>) to handle leg-breaking.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*: The party met him during one of their first real jobs –they started off as slaves after being captured by gnolls at the start of the campaign when their vessel shipwrecked-, which consisted in bringing him a blue envelope. Mossburger didn’t like blue envelopes</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cristian Andreu, post: 6264020, member: 23822"] [B][U][SIZE=4]Part XVII: Matters of Civic Disposition[/SIZE][/U][/B] [I]“You can’t just make a city out of nowhere and expect for things to take care of themselves!”[/I] Were the Magistrate words. Katapesh was demanding proper recognition of authority and Al’Kaffesh had been instructed to assist the local de-facto governing body –the Saltspit Trading Company- in the proper organization of the city. [I]“Districts have to be regulated, main streets named, public buildings designated!"[/I] The man was clearly suffering from the lack of tangible bureaucracy in the surroundings. Far more concerned with a fountain that sprang liquid gold, Hassan basically waved him off saying [I]“Magistrate, you can take as much gold from our vault as the strongest man can carry, in exchange of taking care of this whole situation”[/I] [I]“Hold on, hold on”[/I] Interrupted Rakhim [I]“This is important. Saltspit is our centre of operations; we can’t just forfeit its administration! What we need here is a city council that will handle the little things, but ultimately reports to us”[/I] [I]"And to our money"[/I] Added Jack. [I]"And to our money"[/I] Agreed Rakhim. It took some debate, but eventually the party agreed to implement Rakhim’s idea: They would form a city council drawn from people they could trust, which in turn would be given the responsibility of managing the day-to-day aspects of Saltspit. And so the [I]Saltspit Metropolitan Council[/I] was instituted as follows: -Mahmoud Al’Sherengen (the local kingpin) would be in charge of overseeing commerce/smuggling (there wasn't a particularly clear differentiation between the two in Saltspit), making sure to both attract new businesses and remind them that, while the STC did not actually enforce taxes, [I]"gifts"[/I] to the company were a thoughtful and fantastic way to avoid serendipitous encounters with spiked clubs in dark alleys. -Nidaros (a priest from the Church of Desna that was a good friend of the party, especially after they saved him from a cult of man-eaters when they were in level two, though in all honesty, it was them who got him kidnapped by accident in the first place) to take care of social services and public speaking. Despite its utter lack of ethics, the STC knew very well that the key to a community that doesn't kill its overlords with pitchforks is a well-greased and populist propaganda machine (as well as camouflaged clerks equipped with Suggestion wands). -Abdul Bel’Nabir (one of Prince Osman’s most trusted advisors) to take on the adjudication of law. In what could be considered a revolutionary method, the STC offered to pay for lawyer when a poor citizen was accused of a crime and could not afford his own defense. In what could be considered standard STC style, however, said lawyers were often instructed to make sure their clients ended up as slaves. -Iendys Mossburger* (the shrewd but quite clever manager of the local branch of the andoran trading company [I]Thudsucker[/I], dedicated to adventuring gear and the main provider of rope-‘n-caltrops for the party since level one) to oversee urban planning -And Hrulf (the leader of the [I]Brass Legion[/I]) to handle leg-breaking. [SIZE=1]*: The party met him during one of their first real jobs –they started off as slaves after being captured by gnolls at the start of the campaign when their vessel shipwrecked-, which consisted in bringing him a blue envelope. Mossburger didn’t like blue envelopes[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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