Everlaide

Everlaide is one of the largest cities in Ayren. It is entirely integrated, race wise, and prides itself on this fact. It is located in the middle of the incredibly dense, thick Everlaide Forest. A magic powered train allows citizens to travel outside the city and forest, tourists to come in, and resources to be both imported and exported. Everlaide is most well known for being the first democracy on the continent of Ayren.

Government
Everlaide was the first major city to establish a democracy on Ayren. While many others have since followed suit, Everlaide was the first and serves often as a blueprint from other territories wishing to follow suit.

The Everlaide government consists of six elected council members, who are elected on three year cycles with a four term limit. The city is somewhat arbitrarily divided into three regions during elections, and each region elects two council on a ranked voting system. This system has been in place for 98 years.

Prior to the council being instated, Everlaide was a standard monarchy ruled by the Everlaide Royal Family for hundreds of years. The Everlaide family still exists to this day only as a figure head, and holds no political power. It consists of the King and Queen and their two children Azen and Navaara. Bidi Ladove was the first commoner woman to marry into the royal family, and tragically died the night of her wedding.

The relationships between the council and the royal family is highly strained, as the council resents the family's unquestioned and continued social power, while the royal family still resents the council for seizing power. This relationship worsened after the death of Bidi Ladove, as the royal family accused the council of murdering her.

The current members of the council include Trof Sconza and Anil Badia.

Environment
Everlaide is located in the middle of the Everlaide Forrest, and is surrounded on all sides. It was originally established in a naturally occurring clearing, and has been manually expanded since. Dirt roads lead deeper into the forest, but not many travel there.

Mornings are typically overcast and misty, and clear up later in the day. The fall and spring months are heavy with rain, while winters have light snow. Summer are warm, but not too hot.

The train is located to the west side of the city. A river called the Selaphiel is to the east, and is used primarily for fishing and recreationally boating. Mount Elaina is around three days travel north.

The population of Everlaide is steadily increasing, while space is not. There is a movement to expand the city via deforestation, and a counter movement to keep the forest in tack.

Notable Citizens

 * Chom
 * Pirri Samoon
 * Tarla Trieka
 * Council Member Trof Sconza
 * Council Member Anil Badia
 * Prince Azen of Everlaide
 * Bidi Ladove