Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/23/2021 08:28 PM CST
The curtain parts as a middle-aged Human woman storms in. Her grey-streaked dark hair bounces at her shoulders as she pulls off a dripping cloak and drapes it over one arm. She approaches the clerk.

"Did I hear right? Zoluren is willing to recognize me as a citizen of Kaerna Village?"

The unimpressible clerk nods. "Everything has its price, it seems. Fill out these forms." He shuffles some papers and slides some across to the lady without looking up from his own paperwork.

"Bah. The coin flows out on the routes. Trade makes Elanthia turn. This contract ain't nothin' I'll lose sleep over." She pushes the paperwork back to the clerk. "Make it so."

He stamps each of the pages, marking them with the seal of Zoluren. In a monotone drone, he says, "Congratulations, miss. By the power vested in me and in recognition of your commitment to the province, you are now Madam Grooba of Kaerna Village. Your taxes have increased, and we will expect prompt payment when they are due. Safe travels."

He finally looks up, but the woman has already left. A pouch of golden coins sits atop the counter before him.



Happy Tuesday, folks!

This week, Paklin has made an expansion to the titles offered by the Citizenship system! Now, beyond simply being a citizen of a province, you may further pledge to a particular town within the province to unlock an "of (city)" affiliation title. Note that for this initial release, we focused mostly on the more major towns. Several of the clans and smaller areas are not currently supported, but we're looking to do more with those in the future!

The citizenship clerks have been updated with a STUDY to help you navigate their queries, and you can ask about CITY to gain the new title. You may only pledge to a single city at a time, and it's in addition to your "of (province)" affiliation title. Claiming one of these new titles comes with an initial paperwork fee and will increase your monthly taxes as well.

The following towns have been added at this time:

Zoluren
* Acenamacra
* Arthe Dale
* Crossing
* Dirge
* Ilaya Taipa
* Kaerna Village
* Leth Deriel

Therengia
* Fornsted
* Hvaral
* Langenfirth
* Riverhaven
* Rossman's Landing
* Siksraja
* Therenborough

Ilithi
* Fayrin's Rest
* Horse Clan
* Shard
* Steelclaw Clan

Forfedhdar
* Ain Ghazal
* Boar Clan
* Hibarnhvidar
* Raven's Point

Ratha
* (None)

Aesry Surlaenis'a
* (None)

M'Riss
* Mer'Kresh

Velaka
* Muspar'i




If you have any questions, please let us know!

I'm up for next week, and I'll be looking at something related to hunting! New area? Updated creatures? Both? We'll find out in a week!

Zadraes
(for the team!)
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Re: Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/23/2021 08:48 PM CST
Madam Grooba knows what she's about. Great update that I've wished was possible in the past. Thank you!
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Re: Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/23/2021 09:45 PM CST
We hit a small snag that could affect folks with all their affiliation slots filled -- working on a fix! Until it's ready, we've rolled back the change. Will post again when it's sorted!

Zadraes
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Re: Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/23/2021 11:12 PM CST
Allrighty people.

Citizenship affiliation titles are back in play. Go get affiliated!

Cheers,

BrewMaster Paklin
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Re: Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/24/2021 03:07 PM CST
This is a great Tuesday Tiding update, thanks for the work on it GM's!

Before you move on from this, is there any chance the "Horse Clan" option can be revisited? Not that it shouldn't be on the list, but rather, can it be renamed to "Zaldi Taipa" so it is in-line with "Ilaya Taipa" (River Clan) from the Zoluren list?

My reasoning would be that in-game, when you're moving through that area, "Zaldi Taipa" is what you see in the room title, not the common nickname of "Horse Clan".

Thanks again for the update and consideration!

~*~ Kythryn ~*~
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway
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Re: Tuesday Tidings - 53 - Citizenship 02/26/2021 12:20 AM CST
Hey there,

After some internal talk, we have decided to change this. "of Horse Clan" has been changed to "of Zaldi Taipa"

Go explore!

Cheers,

BrewMaster Paklin
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