Jelvik



= Jelvik =

Overview
Jelvik is a town founded on October 18th 2023 by SemiCylinder, Govprime, Neothebum, Endossi, and TheRexGamer4Real. It is a large town within the borders of Fjellheim, located in Trädvik province. It borders the towns of Hainstone, Minas Frost, Elysium, Obigrad, Mytharos and Lirzho. The city is currently being ruled by Varin Yelhorn (SemiCylinder) with Erik Bellefield (Zoomy1006) serving as his second in command. As of a recent census, 53.1% of Jelvik follow Cervonism, 18.8% follow Pheyism or another Sonderian religion, 15.6% follow the Church of the Violet Sun, and 12.5% follow the cult of the bed.

History
The Sonderian people, now known as Sonderian-Fjellis or Jelvians, migrated from Serafini after given permission by King Boar of Fjellheim to settle in a barren snowy tundra. Most Sonderians immediately moved in, and established the Jarldom of Jelvik, with Varin Yelhorn as the town's first Jarl.

Endossi's Attempted Coup
Endossi, one of the town's founders had grown tired of SemiCylinder's absolute rule, so him along with Daviyd_ called for a vote to overthrow the Jarl, and replace him with a dual monarchy. The vote failed, and most of the players supporting the dual monarchy either became inactive, or moved back to Serafini.

Initial Expansion
After the government dispute was over, the city now had room to expand. Many new players began joining the town. Within a week or two, Jelvik had a fort, a town hall, a storage room, a post office, a library, and many houses. Many notable players began to join the town at this time, and Jelvik began developing relations with the rest of Fjellheim. Castonia in particular had helped Jelvik develop infrastructure.

MithrilMask and Cervonism
Right as Jelvik started developing, the traveling Cervonist prophet MithrilMask held a sermon in Jelvik. This brought tons of people, mainly Cervonists to Jelvik, and many of them chose to stay. Before long, the majority of Jelvik had converted to Cervonism. This eventually resulted in the Jarl converting, and making Cervonism the town's official religion.

Elections
Shortly after this, the Jarl had become a bit busy, so he opened up elections for the city's Regent. The Regent served as a second in command and took care of the city when the Jarl was not online. Two players: Zoomy1006, and MisterXxX10 both announced their campaigns. Zoomy's campaign was focused on building the city's walls, as well as focusing on the individuality of all players. His running mate and primary supporter was TheToxicMelon, the head of the Jelvik infantry. Mister's campaign focused on the collective Jelvian identity, and building up the military. His running mate was CrazyC9446. After a day, and 35 votes, the election results were finally read. Zoomy won with 71% of the vote, and Mister got 29%. Zoomy thus became the first Jelvian Regent.

Blowup
Shortly after the elections took place, Jelvik began to experience a golden age. Tons of new people joined every day, with tons of new buildings. The city expanded both in territory and population. Trazc, the builder of the giant Jelvik market, began building the industrial and commercial district of the city with the help of Zoomy. Ollie0 built an inn to house new players. A giant Cervonist church was constructed for future sermons. Right before the one month anniversary of the city, the Jelvik discord hit 100 members. One the weekends, the town averaged thirty people logging in every day. Jelvik merged with the neighboring town of Barak Seilin, doubling it's land area. The town is currently the largest in Fjellheim with 115 people trusted in the claim, and 135 in the discord.

Expansion
As Jelvik grew, it rapidly began to expand outwards. This expansion was originally fueled by Hobbitcraft, the leader of the farming district. Under his reign, the first seeds of the farming district were sewn, and a windmill was built. Most of the terrain was wild, though, and nobody was a permanent resident. However, a new player named PUFFerfish would show up in early November, breathing new life into the farming district. In one day, he managed to turn the farm from a stack of seeds casually placed around the windmill into an industrial-sized farm, capable of feeding the population of Jelvik. In turn, he given a free house, pictured just to the right of the farm.

During this period, the shed (pictured to the top of the farm) was built by PUFFerfish as well as the barn (pictured to the left of the farm) by Hobbitcrab. However, after a convoluted scandal, Hobbitcraft was banished from Jelvik and the control of the farming district was given to PUFFerfish. Under his leadership, people began settling the outskirts of the farm, public housing was constructed, and infrastructure was built and expanded upon.

Government Structure
The town is officially a Semi-Democratic Jarldom. The Jarl is the highest position and town mayor, which is currently ruled by Varin Yelhorn (SemiCylinder). Many other positions however, are either elected or appointed, and can be achieved by any player. The Regent is the second in command of Jelvik and is currently held by Erik Bellefield (Zoomy1006). The current heir to Jelvik is Thorstein Ill-Luck Yelhorn. The leaders of all the city's districts serve on the Town Council. The current royal family of Jelvik is the House of Yelhorn.

Layout
The City is organized into seven different districts, who each have a respective leader. All of these leaders serve on the Jelvik Town Council. The yellow district, is a private thanedom headed by Tylerbailey05. The gray district is the new housing area and the former town of Barak Seilin headed by TheToxicMelon. The purple district is another thanedom headed by TheRexGamer4real. The orange district and original town of Jelvik is headed by SemiCylinder. The red district and the new urban area is headed by Zoomy1006. The blue district is Outer Jelvik and is technically part of Novareach. This district is headed by Astorasun. The green district is the farming district and is currently ran by PUFFerfish1918.