Leeside

Founded: ~457 REM Population: 5,000 Settlement Type: Farming Militia: Vines
As the planet began to unfreeze, a primary concern was resettlement and reducing the overpopulation of Three Streams. In a unanimous decision by the council, the three most prominent families were gifted land on the southern waterways, and citizens paid to resettle in these particular locations. The council wished to preserve the traditional culture of the Gnomes in these cities as Three Streams had been saturated with countless foreign cultures, all blending together during the 500 years underground. Citizens were to construct traditional homes, celebrate gnomish holidays, and reignite the vigor for creating for the pure enjoyment of creation.
This resettlement of the prominent families served an ulterior motive as well. Confinement and resource scarcity had bred division at the heart of society. The three largest factions were thus divided by hundreds of miles and unknowingly still pitted against one another in a contest of invention and cultural preservation. This rival runs strong in the cultures of the cities, sometimes resulting in violence.
As time progressed, each city blossomed, producing abundant crops, yields, and experimental arcane-infused devices that caught the wonder of the world’s population. However, none were so famous as the barrel enchantments, which allow programable flow based on the customer. These barrels can now be found globally.
With ample access to farmland and the use of Leeside Lake for its Barrel Dispersion process, Leeside functions as the primary breadbasket of Irragin. Uniquely situated with a natural land barrier to the south, crops tend to thrive in this location, harvested year-round, preserved, and moved to their final destination via the Irragin Waterways. As a result, the entire community is dedicated to farming or agricultural exportation, with citizens generally happy to provide this vital function for society.
Leeside retains the intellectual rights to the guided item enchantment and outsources barrels in limited quantities to other ruling parties. The desire to understand the process has led to an increase in illicit barrel abductions, hurting the overall purpose of the city. Being caught with such a barrel is now considered a major crime and punishable by the SAP of Ningel.