Poltax Farinnel

The previous mayor of Farinnel, Poltax Regor Farinnel, sought to expand the settlement beyond it’s borders, wanting to grow into a great city like Kymal or Zephrah. Working discretely at the start of his inherited term, he began to have farmers settle deeper and deeper into the Bramblewoods, using common folk looking for a better life when he could, or paying mercenaries to set up shop when common folk were scarce. The elves of the Bramblewood grew wise to his plans first and, when he refused their cries to stop, they cut off their alliance with the village, retreating into the woods for the last 50 years.

It did not take long after for the townsfolk became irritated with higher taxes and political pressure to stay in their homes, discovering hat Poltax had been emptying the government accounts to establish new farms and keep his expansion scheme in motion. This resulted in higher taxes and questions about the families stewardship of the village itself and a new political movement rose up, calling themselves the Fair Farinnel Group. The Fair Farinnel Group pushed against Poltax’s ever growing tyranny throughout his tenure in office, but made little movement with the people, allowing Poltax to abuse his power in office to take advantage of the people.