Mirsim
Sitting on the shore of Lake Valbruna, Mirsim is a colorful city with full windows of colored glass in civic buildings and the homes of the wealthy, and smaller hanging designs of bright glass in many windows. Some artists also seem to make a business of crafting mosaics of small glass chips, as they glitter from the walls of several buildings.
Glass-making is the focal business in Mirsim, and includes stained glass, mirrors, vessels, decorative items of many types, and, of course, window panes. The merchants have also devised excellent methods for shipping such breakable things, although debate still goes on over whether merely washed wool is best as padding or whether it needs to be carded as well.
Another related craft is enameling. The most popular items to enamel are those of copper from Peleth, such as jewelry and the iconic pot-and-cup sets used to prepare and serve cabb’e and other hot drinks. However, enameling is also done on glass items such as vases, containers, and decorative pieces, and of course on gold and silver jewelry and items. Enameled religious emblems from Mirsim were a traditional acquisition for travelers to the city of Tircople, and even though the pilgrim road is rarely traveled these days, devotional emblems for many deities are still made in the city.
Mirsim is governed by a community council of 18 consuls who are elected on a rotating basis of six each year to three-year terms. The presiding consul is elected separately to a four-year term, for a total of 19 council members.
The most-beloved deity in the area of Mirsim is Solanus, goddess of the sun, who shines on all the glass and makes the city beautiful. Also popular is the deity Rhiaan, goddess of air and travel, whose worship was brought from Jaati by merchant devotees. Others worshipped are Telophus, who has in his purview all the elements which go into the making of glass, and Thasizier, a god of protection as well as of magic. The Mah-Barek sect of Marwan has a temple here that is filled with color and song.
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Mirsim, City-State of
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