Kayse (prime)/5122 WL Town Council Campaign

CANDIDATE: Kayse Thaellian

CAMPAIGN SLOGAN: Planting Hope for Tomorrow

SYMBOL: A white trillium bloom

PLATFORM: Hope Despite Pain

My platform focuses on building up established institutions along with creating new ones. Wehnimer’s Landing is a town of resilience. Hope Despite Pain recognizes Wehnimer’s history--which at times has been traumatic, will continue to move forward and grow. The proposed platform helps ensure hope and prepare for the unexpected. It consists of four initiatives: Trade, Town Defense/Recovery, Arts/Culture, and Beautification Efforts. These topics are not the extent of passions or things I advocate for, but are causes I believe would help Wehnimer’s in the foreseeable future. My initiatives require a village to be successful and appointing people to tasks, roles and groups. As Town Council we can guide these institutions to support these goals for the future and prosperity of Wehnimer’s Landing.

TRADE

It is no secret I assist the Darkstone Bay Consortium and that my organization, the Black Hand Trading Company, works closely with it. Even before the days of the consortium, Mayor Lylia and Mayoral candidate Xorus pushed for increased imports and exports. Soon the city of Ta’Vaalor will be opening a port, with Eastern waterways becoming a quicker and more desirable way to transport goods. Opening up many options to put Wehnimer’s on the map as a bustling trade metropolis. Along with the City-States, our Icemule neighbors have much to offer with the path to the Hinterwilds open, rare gems and hides become more accessible to be distributed to the west and the east.

As town council, I would like to work amicably to build a solid relationship with the consortium to help increase prosperity as well as trade within our walls and with our neighbors, both near and far. The Darkstone Bay Consortium’s mission recognizes the potential and value of Wehnimer’s Landing. I have already begun community outreach on behalf of the consortium to educate and engage our denizens and will continue to do so.

TOWN DEFENSES/RECOVERY EFFORTS

It should be apparent that due to the value, location and history of Wehnimer’s Landing, we will always be under threat. Our enemies grow stronger and develop complex magic, armies, and tactics beyond our means often. Sir Guarrin recently curated a list of ways to increase the defensives of Wehnimer’s Landing. I would like the council as well as other organizations within the town to combine forces and work to see these improvements happen. Along with that, Marshal Stormyrain has indicated a desire to start a war council when we are facing a great threat. I think both of these initiatives would be key to protecting our walls even further.

Many times when our town is invaded, we are left with a mess to clean up. Blood soaks the streets, buildings are burned, families are torn apart. I would like to implement a team dedicated to ensuring we start getting back on track quickly. Cleaning crews to mop the signs of war, carpenters and painters to repatch our scars, and a facility to feed, cloth and support our citizens during any losses.

ARTS/CULTURE

It is no stranger that I have a passion for the arts and history. Our Great Houses and meeting halls are a wonderful example of institutions that keep performance alive. Our museum’s walls hold much of Wehnimer’s history and the library, I feel, has been neglected over time. I very much want to add to the shelves…and additional book shelves. New tomes, volumes, journals spilling stories of our pasts, displaying studies of our colleagues, or even whimsical stories.

I would also love to see festivals celebrating Wehnimer’s, cultural events, and celebrations to highlight the many facets of this frontier town. We have a great abundance of talent within these walls from adventures to Greater Houses to meeting halls to accomplish this.

BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS

As someone who has seen her home planet, Bre’Naere, drained of its natural resources and sucked dry, I think it is essential to give back when it comes to our assets. The kiramon invaded our planet and over time created a barren and unliveable world.

Due to a recent discussion from a Darkstone Bay Consortium event, Perigourd put the idea of replanting trees and monitoring wildlife into my head. As I thought about it more, I realized how quickly we could repeat history if we did not take care of things. I would like to move forward with a group of individuals overseeing our resources so they are not depleted. So that the environs you see now can be appreciated by your children and their children to come.

IN CONCLUSION

All of these causes are of equal importance to me. You may be asking yourself why I have used others’ ideas to build up and create my platform for town council. The answer is simple. I believe to be a strong leader you must listen to others. And sometimes, you will even need to follow. My platform is an example of HEARING our citizens’, allies’, and defenders’ concerns and voicing them to create a stronger and unified Wehnimer’s Landing.