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'''Title: A Tale of Two Jheloms''' 

'''Author: Adamu Edom''' 

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Many a politician has attempted to tame the beastly and tumultuous nature of Jhelom. Paladins, Warriors, Dragon Tamers, Merchant Princes, Gypsy Duelists...many rise and fall. The violent nature and draw of battle combined with the promise of a mercenaries pay make the Pit of Jhelom an irresistible destination for both the hero and the adventurer.<br>Yet, there is another side to this sprawling walled island, one rarely remembered or spoken of. The hospitality of Jhelom and the peasantry who scurry around behind the scenes, and not just shopkeepers and merchants, but bar maids, farmers, purveyors of animal husbandry, sailors and dock workers too!<br>It seems the overflow of warriors and a custom of commonplace duels have made the cities hospitality the best in all the land. The bar maids are polite, the shopkeepers are honest, even the dock workers are happy to help with an occasional load off a merchants back for free. It seems that it does ring true, that "an armed society is a polite society!"<br>Still a third Jhelom exists, although only related through antiquity and rumor. I speak of New Jhelom or rather Nujel'm as she is called now by her people. The root of this lone Sultanate is rumored to be a colony that sprouted from the city of Jhelom in antiquity. Although it is denied by the Sultan and all the well classed citizens of Nujel'm, the first colonists are believed to have been Gypsy princes who set off from Jhelom after making their fortune.<br>It is not a debate that now, after the destruction of Magincia that Nujel'm is the jewel of Sosaria. Her sprawling city is unbeatably beautiful, rich and decadent. The Sultan lives in an Ivory palace, and even the lowliest home within the city walls is of higher class and wealth that the richest merchant of Britain.<br>Yet in Nujel'm stray not far from the golden footpaths, for the shadow it casts is long and the dark side of the Sultanate lays outside the walls. Poverty and servitude among the poor in ways not seen in Britannia itself since antiquity.<br>The cousin cities, Jhelom and Nujel'm. Paradoxes both.<BR>

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