Editing First Elections of Liscor (section)

== Chronology ==
Krshia and Selys brought the idea to Zevara who was also in favor of the elections especially after Selys offered her a few weeks with the [[Heartflame Breastplate]] as compensation.<ref name=":0" /> The idea gained steam as Krshia started speaking to the people of Market Street about the idea of elections. A group of gnolls even pressured Councilmember Stales into agreeing to them. They relied on the racism of never having any gnolls on the council to get him to agree. One of Krshia's earlier speeches was interrupted by [[Lism Swifttail|Lism]] who also talked about running for a seat on the council. He used the principle of keeping the city safe as his initial platform. He also tried to get the [[Liscorian Army]] involved by directly contacting High Command, but did not have much success.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/25/6-28/ Chapter 6.28]</ref>

One of the major issues with the platforms of both Krshia and Lism - besides getting an election in the first place - was funding. They both had radical plans to expand the adventurer's guild and the watch with Krshia taking on the additional platform of expanding the city walls. This all took money which was why Krshia's group approached [[Klbkch]] as a representative of Liscor's [[Free Hive]]. He offered them a 20% discount on building contracts and 2000 gold pieces annually in exchange for allowing more antinium on the [[Liscor's City Watch|city watch]] and guaranteed citizenship for a few select antinium individuals. Klbkch also wanted the rights to further expand the hive and to allow antinium from other hives to visit the Free Hive. Lism got his funding from High Command who did eventually agree to talk to him. They promised funding for the watch and guild as well as an increased military presence to keep the city safe. His major platform though was to keep the antinium and humans as separated from the city as possible.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/29/6-29/ Chapter 6.29]</ref>

After days of pressure, the people managed to pressure or convince 6 councilmembers to say they were in favor of an election and Market Street was abuzz with talk about the upcoming - now mostly confirmed - elections. Lism was losing popularity as his platform kept changing. What he needed was a proper strategy. Luckily for him, he had a nephew, [[Olesm Swifttail|Olesm]], who was the [Strategist] of Liscor. Olesm led him to the idea that Krshia's ideas were popular, but the methods were the sticking point for many people. He agreed to expand the walls, but he got funding from the army and also many of the walled cities. The construction would be done by gnolls and drakes instead of antinium.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/13/6-30/ Chapter 6.30]</ref> Erin got involved as a response to this as she involved some of her acquaintances from [[Pallass]] and to show them around Liscor comparing them to Liscor itself as well as showing the citizens of Liscor what Pallass had to offer.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/16/6-31/ Chapter 6.31]</ref> All of this was to dredge up pride for what Liscor had and to drive a wedge in Pallass' support for Lism.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/20/6-32/ Chapter 6.32]</ref>

Finally, after everyone had made their plays, election day came. The council counted the votes and found that Lism had lost and a total of four gnolls made it onto the council. Finding this result unacceptable, the council altered the process slightly to count the votes not in terms of districts, but as a purely popular vote. The election results therefore brought the following people to Liscor's Council:<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/10/15/6-49/ Chapter 6.49]</ref>

* [[Raekea Silversmith|Rakea Silversmith]] - Gnoll
* [[Elirr Fultpar]] - Gnoll
* [[Krshia Silverfang]] - Gnoll
* [[Lism Swifttail]] - Drake
* [[Alonna Swiftwing]] - Drake
* [[Jeiss Sielmark]] - Drake
* [[Tismel Lischscale]] - Drake + deferential towards old council
* [[Zalaiss Holmfyre]] - Drake + deferential towards old council