Yllec
Yllec is a village with stone walls but no citadel. The towers around the wall fly banners of Foere and Vourdon, and there is a prominent sign just outside the city gates. The sign reads: “All priests not of Mithras, Freya, or Wise Belon must adhere to the town’s ancient laws, and register with guards at the gate.”
Yllec is very insular; only those of at least half Foerdewaith lineage are acknowledged as citizens. The vast majority (750 or so) of the town’s inhabitants are citizens, and the rest are countryside laborers of “tainted” provincial bloodlines. Many of the citizens speak Gasquen as well as the common tongue, and their sense of superiority is highly obnoxious. One other expression of the militant way the Yllecaines cling to the traditions of Old Foere is their religious rules. The town maintains a small temple to Mithras (War God of the ancient Hyperboreans), which also contains shrines to Freya and Belon the Wise. Clerics of all other gods are barred from the town unless they agree not to speak the name of their patron deities within the walls. The temple priest makes official waivers to this rule on behalf of other gods of the Foerdewaith pantheon, and their clerics are actively welcomed once their religious affiliations are confirmed as orthodox “Old Foerdewaith.” Yllec’s extreme religious bias is not based upon any kind of theological bias; the citizens cheerfully admit the existence and the power of gods other than the ones of Old Foere. They simply prefer that the town be dedicated solely to the specifically Foerdewaith deities, or those (such as Mithras) whose association with the Hyperborean Empire is so ancient that they are considered to be as much a part of Foere’s pantheon as any other.
Yllec is very insular; only those of at least half Foerdewaith lineage are acknowledged as citizens. The vast majority (750 or so) of the town’s inhabitants are citizens, and the rest are countryside laborers of “tainted” provincial bloodlines. Many of the citizens speak Gasquen as well as the common tongue, and their sense of superiority is highly obnoxious. One other expression of the militant way the Yllecaines cling to the traditions of Old Foere is their religious rules. The town maintains a small temple to Mithras (War God of the ancient Hyperboreans), which also contains shrines to Freya and Belon the Wise. Clerics of all other gods are barred from the town unless they agree not to speak the name of their patron deities within the walls. The temple priest makes official waivers to this rule on behalf of other gods of the Foerdewaith pantheon, and their clerics are actively welcomed once their religious affiliations are confirmed as orthodox “Old Foerdewaith.” Yllec’s extreme religious bias is not based upon any kind of theological bias; the citizens cheerfully admit the existence and the power of gods other than the ones of Old Foere. They simply prefer that the town be dedicated solely to the specifically Foerdewaith deities, or those (such as Mithras) whose association with the Hyperborean Empire is so ancient that they are considered to be as much a part of Foere’s pantheon as any other.
History
Yllec is a walled village about 50 miles inside the borders of Vourdon on the South Road. Exiled criminals from the Kingdom of Foere originally settled Yllec when the Duke of Saxe decided to empty the prisons of Saxe in the year 2825. The ragged band of exiles was marched to Olaric where the Count of Vourdon refused them entry but granted them a small patch of land in the north of his domain. After another march of 125 miles, the survivors of the harrowing journey arrived in the relative wilderness of northern Vourdon and were put to the task of building a wooden road-fort on the Count’s behalf. Once the task was completed, they established a small settlement and began farming.
The village eventually grew, being the first settled community in the area, and received a charter to elect their own council and mayor. At this time, Yllec is still a relatively isolated place, but serves as a market town for the surrounding hamlets and villages, along with providing a convenient stopping-point for travelers between Troye and Olaric.
The village eventually grew, being the first settled community in the area, and received a charter to elect their own council and mayor. At this time, Yllec is still a relatively isolated place, but serves as a market town for the surrounding hamlets and villages, along with providing a convenient stopping-point for travelers between Troye and Olaric.
Settlement
Yllec, Village of
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Village
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