Etetol

Etetol is a costal town in the western part of Vagrigh in the archipelago Kliras. It is owned by the Gatherers of the Past organization, who are most of the inhabitants of the town. Other than being a place for the organization to stay, what makes this town special is that half the town is on solid land and the other half underwater, to adapt for the Siren inhabitants.

The town

While it is called "Ashtarian" it does not mean it is where all Ashtarians live in. The Ashtarian district is the part of the town that is located under water and where all the Sirens of the town live in. It hold some underwater farms and barns for the aquatic animals that the Gatherers of the Past use as helpers in their travels. There is an inn for Siren passersby and a couple of taverns for the ashtarian etetolians.

It is where all the non-aquatic people live in. It has a couple of harbours to hold all the ships from the Gatherers of the Past as well as a shipyard with a ramp to move the ships in and out the water. A lighthouse is found between the harbours to avoid shipwrecks. There is an inn for passersby and a couple of taverns for the ipharian etetolians. South of the town there are some fields and a couple of barns for the farm animals and passersby' animals.

Demographics

Species

37% Zetoni
8% Asheks
6% Others
33% Sirens
16% Kreanes

Age

12% Kids
24% Teens
52% Adults
12% Elders

Profession

63% Gatherers of the Past
8% Lumbers
12% Fishermen
12% Farmers
5% Others

Government

The town is ruled by the two leaders of the Gatherers of the Past and the help of four assistants. The responsabilities of ruling of the town being divided into the two of the leaders.

Ashtara branch - it involves the Ashtarian leader and two ashtarian assistants. They are responsable of the underwater part of the town as well as the incoming and outcoming ships as well as the nearby waters of the town.

Ipharian branch - it involves the Ipharian leader and two ipharian assistants. They are responsable of the terrestrial part of the town as well as the trading and passersbye. Making sure the outskirts of the town is safe is also their responsability.

Anything that affects both parts of the town or different parts that are controlled by the different branches has to be agreed by both branches before being accepted, such as taxes and laws.

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Type

Outpost / Base

Population

280 people aprox

Inhabitant Demonym

Etetolian

Location under

Vagrigh

Owning Organization

Gatherers of the Past

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Trading

As the town is more focused on the objective of the organization, a lot of the basics things to mantain a town alive were overseen, and thus, trading has always been important, although they have been the past years working on becoming an independent town.

Food has been something the town has always needed. A fairly big part of the winnings of the organization has been used to by food for the inhabitants of the town, although with the new underwater and terrestrial farms, the need of buying food has been drastically falling.

In the start, building materials were also highly needed, except wood, as there is plenty of trees near the town. The expenses of buying materials were never too high, as many of them were able to be bought in exchange of wood. Nowadays, while building materials are still needed (although in a lower quantity) most materials required are for the expeditions of the organization.

Most trades happen with other towns and settlements around the islands. Some trades have been able to be done with other Sirens from other places of the oceans. For rarer materials, ships are sent to the south of Emea.

Assorted coin lot by Pina Messina

History

The town was funded a couple of decades ago, originally with only Ipharian people in it, to recover what they saw falling from the sky and then possibly sell it. The organization settled down in where the town now stands as it had good access to the sea and to a section where a lot of things fell down from the sky.

As time passed and they learned about these artefacts and ruins coming from Ashtara, the town invited Sirens to live in the coast of the town, offering help on starting an adequate place for them to live in exchange of them helping on their incursions to visit the ruins. As most Sirens were interested in recovering what once was theirs, they accepted and with their help, the incursions improved a lot.

A scuba diver swims through an underwater cave by NEOM