Editing Oteslia (section)

== Overview ==
Oteslia is famous for having the best agricultural products in Izril's south.<ref name="6.11">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/04/27/6-11/ Chapter 6.11]</ref><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/18/6-17-s/ Chapter 6.17 S]</ref> They have excellent animal breeds, rich harvests, the best [Gardeners] and a great knowledge when it comes to growing plants, even plants from all around the world.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/13/6-30/ Chapter 6.30], [https://wanderinginn.com/2019/08/17/6-38/ Chapter 6.38]</ref> This fame also extends to Oteslian [Chefs] and their cooking.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/20/6-32/ Chapter 6.32]</ref>

Oteslia is also host to one of the biggest [Druid] Circle in Izril.<ref name="a_meeting_of_druids">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/07/01/interlude-a-meeting-of-druids/ Interlude – A Meeting of [Druids&#93;]</ref> Their chosen representative is called the Earthspeaker.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/05/04/8-21-l/ Chapter 8.21 L]</ref>

Many parts of Oteslia's culture involve gardening and agriculture. The city doesn't use coffins for burials, letting the bodies decompose in soil to grow plants from [[Noelictus]] in their graveyards.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/14/9-28/ Chapter 9.28]</ref>

Oteslia is known for being "soft" and having more care for its residents. It is one of the only Walled Cities with [[Salazsar]] with a formal institution for taking care of its senior citizens, where they form communes that garden and helped care for animals.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/07/04/9-51-z/ Chapter 9.51 Z]</ref> It is one of the only Drake cities that allows its convicts to go outside, instead of keeping them in a cell for the duration of their sentence. Prisoners can tend to gardens in the prisons, though they are not allowed gardening tools they might use as weapons.<ref name=":0" />

Only in comparison with the other five Walled Cities who are even richer, Oteslia is considered to be lacking financial resources.

Oteslia has the highest Gnoll-to-Drake ratio of all the Walled Cities. The city is governed by a "Grand Gardener", or First Gardener.

One of the biggest crime organizations in Southern Izril, the [[Earthtenders]], operates from Oteslia.

By law, every child in Oteslia attends school until they are thirteen.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/11/27/9-25/ Chapter 9.25]</ref>