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the White Book of City Athel
Sed et lacus quis enim mattis nonummy
Athel, means ring in dwarven, is the second largest city in the Kingdom of Kel-Kor, which is also one of the major commercial cities in Land Lesno.
The name Athel originated from a myth. A king of old days led the immigrants through here, when they rested by the lake, they already had ran out of alcohols, so the king bent down to drink water, just then king’s favorite ring slipped from his finger and fell into the lake. So the king stopped the immigrants to search for the ring. There’re no record about the ring any more, but it is believed to be the origin of Athel.
There population of Athel is about 17000, 80% of them are dwarves, the second and third races were halfling and gnome.
Layout
Athel lay by eastern side Romek Lake, surrounded by walls. The northern part is the noble part, a moat keep the noble region away from the rest part of city, and common citizens live in the eastern part. The western part “Nish” is known as a business zone because of the Bazaar, which most of non-dwarves live in here and also many dwarven artisans.
Architecture
The city is mainly built of marble with a great variety of engraving, which most about the myth or history about dwarves. Most of them have two flours above the ground and a basement can lead to the underground traffic like the classic dwarven above ground construction. The first flour is used as a store or workshop while the second one is used as a stockpile. Traditional dwarves set their bedroom underground, but the “modern” ones sleep in the second flour like most of the other races.
Like other dwarven city dining rooms, meeting halls, baths and lavatories are built as communal facilities. As well as sculpture gardens, memorial hall, arena and sewers.
There also several non-dwarves architecture, most of them located in the Nish region.
娱乐
艾瑟平民的主要娱乐就是喝酒和跳舞,这里汇聚了各个要塞出产的酒精饮料,包括本地出产的公认最好的朝日啤酒。矮人习惯于日落后聚集在酒馆(有时是酒窖),一边跳舞一边喝下一桶一桶的酒直到醉倒在地,第二天早上再从酒馆的地板上爬起来继续去工作。
贵族的娱乐是进行器械格斗,双方用木质的武器进行室内战斗,直到一方倒下。风琴演奏也是另一项常见的贵族娱乐。
比起矮人粗野的娱乐项目,异族人的娱乐更为丰富多彩。游历矮人王国的游吟诗人们都会经过这里。
每个周末再竞技场会举行一场格斗比赛,异族也可以参加,获胜者将获得欢呼和一个星期的免费酒精。
艺术
艾瑟有最棒的矮人宝石工匠和一流的铁匠石匠。多民族的交流使这里的艺术流派更加多变富有活力。一些非传统的题材在这里被用在了工艺品上,尤其是花鸟题材的作品,常常令精灵都感到赞叹。
军事与法律
艾瑟的主要军事力量是城市民兵,数量大约在100人左右,每十人,负责城市的治安和城防,最高长官由贵族担任。城市民兵统一装备全身板甲和矮人矛斧,肩上披着红色斗篷,少数配备钢弩。领主拥有一支卫队,由参加军事训练的青年贵族组成,人数在30左右,主要负责贵族区的守卫。城市的矮人也从小接受战斗训练,必要时候,青年男性矮人会被组织起来从武器库领取武器,组成一支可靠的军事力量。
与其它地方的矮人相同艾瑟的司法系统比较简单,由大法官负责审判,罪犯一般只会被判为长短不一的监禁,只有少数情况下比如谋杀,那么罪犯会被判决由被害人家属处决。
矮人通常不涉及异族商人的民事纠纷,所以一般由异族们组成的商人工会负责调解仲裁,商人工会也会对市场内的其它一些犯罪行为进行审判,包括盗窃、欺诈,他们的刑罚比矮人更重,罪犯往往要留下一只手作为代价,商人工会也有一支小型的巡逻队负责市场的治安和抓捕罪犯,范围仅限于Nish区。
没有迹象表明城内有有组织的犯罪集团。
外貌与服装
由于艾瑟的矮人基本在地面上活动,他们要比一般矮人要高,城市里也有一些矮人混血儿,主要可以通过瞳色和发色来识别。
市民的服装是多样化的,常常跟随人类带来的流行,几乎每个人都别这胸针,常常是名字缩写或者家族徽章。与其它地方的矮人不同,艾瑟的市民基本不携带任何武器,甚至是手斧。
贵族
饮食
与王国的其它矮人一样,艾瑟的矮人通常在公共餐厅与其它矮人一起用餐,由专门的厨师进行烹饪,得益于频繁的贸易交流,艾瑟的菜肴更为丰富。主要是加入了更多地面上的蔬菜、果实,当地的主要主食是人类带来的黑面包而不是矮人传统的几种地下谷物。另外此地的朝日熏马肉也是一道名菜。
教育
艾瑟的矮人在少年时期就会去某一个作坊当学徒,学习特定的手艺,只要愿意也可以通过服侍贵族或牧师来学习文字或者军事技巧,每个成年矮人都有义务用一半的空闲时间来进行军事训练。
在艾瑟也有许多的异族学徒,主要集中在宝石加工和金属锻造上。
对外态度