Vote Gloinar Runehammer in the Marpenlov election
A vote for runehammer is a vote for safty
Defense: More effort will be put into repairing the gap between Upper and lower in order to make defense groups more unified, thus more able to defend and police the city. Arrangements will be made to bring the lower watch to a workable level and work will begin on new defenses and an updating of the old fort will begin to transform it into the lower watch house. The spellguard will also be allowed to take up their old positions in lower monitoring the animatrons. All arrests made in lower will have to be performed in the lower watch house and vice versa unless they are to be tried for capital crimes.
War: The training of the general populace will be a major thing as will be training in what to do if Sanctuary comes under siege as well as shelters being built within the town for citizens to go to for safety and for troops to rally at. All men of age will be draughted into the Sanctuary militia, this will be a standing army that will be used to bolster the defences of the gate in times of great crisis and will be a defensive group, after their two year service all men will be fully able to wield at least basic weapons and effectively use metal armor and shields, they will also be able to survive in the underdark and will get to keep their weapon and armor in order to defend their home if the gate fails. Specialist cores will also train in advanced healing, the use of siege engines, smithing, scouting and other key skills that will aid men to take up jobs after they leave the militia. This will be fully funded under new tax laws that will benefit the town as a whole.
Economics: More effort and a portion of the town’s funds will be put into establishing leather works, cloth mills and slaughter houses as well as into agriculture and herding if suitable locations are found, this will be aided by an active effort to retake more of the old dunwarren, our numbers are growing and we need a place to grow into. Any allies found by the seekers in the past and future will be approached with the prospect of a trade agreement or even of a full blown alliance, though each case will be though out individually.
Discovery: The seekers will also be assigned to not only seeking a way home but to finding and securing allies and trade partners to keep sanctuary safe and healthy. A group to be formed for the sole purpose of discovering the intentions of the svirfs who built the city as well as the great machines purpose, also they will be assigned to discovering more about the history of the chosen and svifs who were here before Breasly founded sanctuary, they will also be aided by the spellguard as well as trained on what is already known of the city, and through this knowledge we might find a way home.
Lower: Lower has been through tough times and I do not know personally how tough it may have been though I do know that it needs fixing, with the treaty already in place efforts will be made to unify these towns of Upper and Lower into the great city of Sanctuary. Work to reopen the docks will begin hopefully meaning new trade options with the kau-toa and others as well as creating a great many jobs and an influx of capital into the area. Work will also begin on the gates and brining lower into a defendable state by the lower watch.
Taxing: New tax laws need to be implemented and this is my proposal: All men who are able to work will be charged a three percent tax on all earnings, this combined with the five percent tax on merchants and the Freelance tax of 700 coin each month payable each election month will go towards the continued safety of sanctuary through the militia and the continued prosperity through the development policy of the docks.