~A Mayoral Edict~

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[!] A note is pinned to the Honeyhill Noticeboard. Halflings and their strange ways...

A Mayoral Edict

~Scaring the Gnomes~

As the new Mayor of Honeyhill, t'is time for me to make a few changes 'round here!

 

~NEW ELDERS~

I hereby appoint Dolly Peregrin and Gilbert Bingu as Elders of Honeyhill! May they serve well!

 

~Burrow Obligations!~

To ensure that burrows remain occupied and to keep us busy producing foodstuffs, all burrows must now provide a certain amount of resources to the village as a whole! This ought to serve as a much more rational way to handle burrows, ownership, and evictions without relyin' too much on Elders doing things at their own whims!

 

Every year, each burrow owner must provide one of the following options:

~Eight hay bales, bound with twine

~Twenty four baked potatoes
~Ten pumpkins, larger t'a better

~Sixteen sugar cane bundles

~Four leather hides, preferably tanned

~Eight cuts of meat from any animal

Bigguns do NOT count as animals. Do NOT pay your obligation with anything cannibalistic.

~Eight bundles of wool

~Sixteen wood of any style
~OR a dinner party held in their burrow!

 

If ye be a Gnome, ye are exempt, as are burrow owners who got their burrow that very year. Ye may provide extra resources in advance if ye are to go on travels or adventuring of sorts, up to four years permissible (send me a bird if ye need more leniency!). All of the collected resources will be redistributed back to everyone for use in burrow pantries, parties, and other such matters! The obligations be due after every Sun's Smile ((Sunday)), so get to work!

Spoiler

A simple change to ensure evictions are handled fairly and provide for a bit of RP if anyone wishes to plan dinner parties to avoid taxation.

Obviously evictions won't happen until we run out of spots for new burrows.

~The Importance of Farming~

We shall devote ourselves to the art of farming, as Knox has so willed us. We are to rotate potatoes, oats, and wheat between our three fields and use proper equipment.

 

With this in mind, we MUST acquire the following equipment:

~A proper pony-drawn field harrow

~Better harnesses

~Threshing flails

~Winnowing fans

 

This be the end of the missive! May Knox bless us all!

~Mimosa Applefoot,

halfling and Mayor of Honeyhill.

[!] The notice ends with the flag of the Halfling Republic