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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rafael Martin" data-source="post: 7834909" data-attributes="member: 6888702">Hello!  This is my second foray into the Random World, and last time I knew I was headed to the northeast.  Okay let’s get random!Random words: village, man, trade, resolution, product, and line.Random number 1-100:  32.Random phrase:  A Dime a Dozen.Village-this land is made up of villages, so it suggests it is small in size.  There could be one big city where most of the trade takes place.Man-unlike Balladra this is a patriarchal and men have the leadership roles.Trade- trading items and goods is their entire economy.  Traders and merchants control the economy and government.Resolution-it is like the Magna Carta.  The Resolution was passed long ago that guaranteed the Händlers rights to buy and sell whatever they wanted without government interference.  Here I assume that this document was created after the previous rulers were overthrown.Product-there are a lot of products to sell and buy there.  Anything, and anyone, can be bought and sold there.  Merchants, called Händlers, control the government.Line-Is there a line that can’t be crossed?  What is The Line?  You can buy and sell anything you want, but you have to pay a 10% tax on the total amount of goods you sell in a year. If you fail to do that you will be punished by the Accounters.  They are fearsome creatures who will get the money you owe to the high merchants in charge.The #32 denotes the number of members on the Händler’s Council.  There is a Zuerst Merchant who manages the council and only votes in the case of a tie.   A Dime a Dozen:  This phrase suggests to me money, obviously, so maybe this is a land where money is very important.  The names of monetary units are descended from the (insert name here) Empire that once dominated this continent and they are still used today. The names of the coins are:  Copper-sepia, Silver-caneo, Electrum-visio, Gold-aurum, and Platinum-flavis.[ATTACH=full]114989[/ATTACH]Name of place:  I am liking the German language for this nation, and the word Handel is the name.  To say that someone is a Händler means he or she comes from Handel or they are a merchant of some sort.  The capital city is named Hafenstadt, and that is where the Händler’s Council meets.  Religion:  Handel is a nation which is dominated by the love of money, and there is a clear separation of church and state.  However, that does not mean that religion is not important.  The biggest church in Handel is devoted to the acquisition of wealth.  The priests of Lucre preach that their god shows his favor by making his worshipers rich.  That includes being born into a wealthy family.  If you die poor, then Lucre will allow you to be reincarnated so you can try again in another lifetime.The Accounters:  they are like the police, judges, jury and executioners of Handel.  They appear as menacing, red robed and hooded men who always appear in groups of three. They have powerful magic that allows them to quickly find, capture and punish individuals who have broken Handel’s financial laws.  They like to make examples out of criminals by removing body parts like hands and feet.  There is one prison in Handel named the Gefängnis where the most dangerous criminals go to be held in torment. [ATTACH=full]114992[/ATTACH] PeopleKonstantin Reinmann is a 60 year old Human and well-known merchant who sits on the Händler’s Council.  He is an incredibly wealthy and ruthless trader who has absolute control of his home village of Ortschaft.  Konstantin is also a cheater, which is considered the worst possible crime in Handel.  He has used dark magic to rip of other traders and hide the evidence from the Accounters.Graddod Gemcutter is a 175 year old Dwarven trader whose family was born and raised in Handel.  He lives in the village of Zwerge, which has the biggest population of Dwarves in the nation.  There have been Dwarves living in Handel since its founding, but they are still looked at as being separate from other Händlers.  Graddod is particularly angry that despite the financial success of his clan he does not have a seat on the Händler’s Council.Angelina Delbrück is a 32 year old Human healer from the village of Heilen, and part of a secret society devoted to women’s right in Handel.  They are called the Gleichheit Society and their goal is give women equal rights in Handel.  Their efforts have been violently opposed in the past, but they continue their work.  Not all men there agree with the misogynistic culture of Handel, and there is hope that one the Resolution will be amended to allow women equal rights.Geography:  Handel is separated from Balladra by the Frontera River along its eastern border.  It is about half the size of Balladra; it’s a little over 100,000 square miles.  Western Handel is mostly dry grasslands, but the east has more temperate forests.  They have warm summers and cool winters with year-round rain. They have small farms and ranches, but mostly they trade for food and supplies.     [ATTACH=full]114993[/ATTACH]Okay this is good for now.  I have two places so far, and I am looking forward to finding out where I am going next.  Let’s find my new direction.  I roll a 5, which means I am headed to the south.  See you next time!</blockquote>

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