Enim

Population: 38,000 Area: 38 square km Densely populated city built upon the waters of the Mirrah, Enim is a testament to human ingenuity and artfulness. Enim is the youngest city on Kolse, and, as such, does not have a patron Pontiff. Yet, if asked, any given resident will most likely cite the Iudex as being closest to their ideals. It was built by a divergent group of merchant nobles living in Aram who wished to splinter off of the royal families to seek wealth independently. They came upon a fertile and advantageously located section of Mirrah and decided to break ground. The city quickly became a fishing and trade hub connecting Tinab to the rest of the world. Caravanserai leaders sought out shipping routes through Enim to gain access to the river that connects Mirrah to the sea. With this incredible influx of commerce through the city, Enim became the cultural powerhouse that it is today. While Aram might have the pedigree to back up its claim as capital of Kolse, Enim is doing everything it can to wrench free that crown and claim that seat for itself.

Enim is a city built upon the water and their floating wards and sections show best the astounding feat of engineering that this city represents. Canals serve to connect these sections together and reliable travel between them is dependent on an organized gondola taxi service. This service is owned by a private party separate from the ruling city factions and the merchant's or caravanserai's guilds, and has dug itself so far into the everyday workings of the city that if the private parties controlling it chose to, they could halt basically all internal trade within the city at a whim.

While Enim was developed by a group of merchant nobles from Aram its system of governance is significantly different than its parent city. While Aram sees seats on a governing counsel hand chosen by its aristocracy, Enim holds democratic elections once every 10 years to choose a specific faction to rule over the city. Each section and ward has it's own independent ruling faction that manages the internal workings of that area and whichever faction is currently chosen to rule over the city only acts as intermediary for disputes and deals between different factions.

The current ruling faction is lead by Ignatius Illion from the Haverstock family. The five most powerful faction families in Enim are the Haverstocks, the Segturns, the Eugens, the Purts, and the Keltrys. These families have ruled over their respective sections for nearly 200 years with little incident. While disputes have emerged over that time it seems that most understand that business is best when all forms of trade are open.