Pikulia

Pikulia is a town founded by Pikulasty located in the middle-north of Adaen. It's the oldest town in the country.

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Founding and Beginings
Pikulia's founders are mostly unknown aside from Pikulasty, who is the current Mayor, they came from North-Eastern Rathnir. After a long journey, an empty patch of savannah was found alongside a river, and constructions began on the Town Hall. The building was made on a steep hill, which resulted in the building getting razed and built over several times, while the hill was progressively flattened. At the time Pikulia has also developed a small farm to feed it's population, but the main source of income was mining, which soon became it's only source of income.

Pikulia Nowadays
In the Modern times, Pikulia is undergoing rapid development, various new roads and apartments are either completed or are being built, and the once hilly land is now completely flattened, Pikulia is also farming spices, creating animal farms, and trading materials with other towns.

What is Pikulia known for?
Pikulia is known for it's unique History, as it's the oldest Town in Adaen, Pikulia has seen many of the old founding towns of Adaen crumble into nothingness, and the newer towns under Huitcan and later Adaens control spring up. Pikulia has maintained a unique plan of development, typical for the old Towns, that is, the "Town" was mainly composed of one, usually large building, which sole purpose was to maintain the Population and serve as a defending point (They were usually castle-like structures with lots of greenery inside). Pikulia has somewhat deviated from that, intoducing a home that rather serves as a nice look in order to attaract new citizens, however it's main purpose still remains. Pikulia has also introduced farms, which are by now relocated further away by the river, they were also a key part of the Old Towns, however those were small and used only for feeding their residents. Pikulia has grown theirs in order to sell some of the crops and spices, taking advantage of it's unique placement on a savannah by the river, surrounded by a desert, meaning it's capable of producing many types of spices.

Probably the most notable thing for Pikulia is it's involvement in outside affairs, mainly in the State of Adaen and nearby Towns. Despite it's small size and a small population, Pikulia impacted Adaen many times, creating lots of mining tunnels that span under other Towns lands back when they didn't even exist yet. Pikulasty, the Mayor, was also a part of the Government of Adaen for a long time, and is still a very influential Citizen in the State, often impacting decisions of other notable People.

Outside affairs and Conflicts
Over it's long history, Pikulia has been involved in disputes with it's neighbours, the first one being with the now abandoned Fort Goliath. The conflict was started by Pikulia finding gold deposits under the town, which it couldn't mine, the dispute never involved others because of lack of communication between towns inside Adaen at the time, Fort Goliath was eventually abandoned and the gold was mined.

The second dispute took place while Pikulia was beginning to expand it's claims, creating houses, roads and farms, however, at the same time it's much larger neighbour, New Chalon has also started to build houses and farms near Pikulia's border. Eventually, New Chalonese citizens began building walls on Pikulian territory to try and expand their claims onto the savannah, Pikulia has razed those walls many times and put them in a place that they deemed was the right border. Later on, the walls were completely razed, and a tavern from New Chalon built farms inside Pikulian territory, Pikulasty, the mayor, has claimed to take control over those farms, this also marked the epicenter of the conflict, Pikulia, which at the time had only one citizen, has began contacting the Khan, Hoxi of Kharakesestan, the message has spread and even reached the Tlatoani, meaning that the highest government officials were now involved. Roineur, who was Hoxi of Adaen at the time, had managed to work out a compromise between the two towns, which led to New Chalon retreating it's claims back to the original border and ending the heated conflict.

Pikulia's relations with New Chalon are still bad, this being caused by Pikulasty's distrust in their neighbour, religious differences, and different views on Adaen's future, the distrust has only worsened after a player from New Chalon has became Hoxi due to Roineur abdicating and leaving Adaen, some of Pikulia's mine networks were sealed off by New Chalonese players, effectively forcing Pikulia to change the direction of developing their mines.

The third dispute has involved lands that were not incorporated directly into Pikulia, however the town would still lay claims over those lands. A squatter has been created on the eastern shore, and effectively made itself an island, which Pikulia along with the rest of Adaen don't recognise. Despite the squatter being unclaimed several times, it would appear yet again, and the conflict is still going on.

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Historical Periods of Pikulia
Pikulian history can be split into 3 periods, those being:

- The Early Period (Founding, initial buildings, early development, severe limitations of outside communication)

- The Middle Period (Roineurs reign, stagnation of development, conflicts with other towns, beginning of Hunters reign)

- The Modern Period (Stabilisation of relations, rapid development, Hunters reign)

Due to lacking information, the Early Period and some parts of the Middle Period are subject to speculation and cannot be liably verified.

The Early Period
Pikulia was first founded by Pikulasty around the 27th of July, although most sources have been lost. Pikulasty came from Western areas of Nieden, a subcontinent of Rathnir.

Old Pikulia was, for a long time, a tiny hamlet, only featuring one small house. It was built on a large hill, which today does not exist, shortly after there were signs of farms, a mine was also built under another hill range, North-West of the house. The hamlet would later on feature a Chihuahua statue, made out of stone, it would survive all the way until the beginning of the Modern Era.

Some time after, Pikulasty would raze the small house, made out of cobbled stone and oak wood, and build a larger one. It had a rectangular shape and featured a terrace in one corner, it was around this time that the farms have been developed. The Chihuahua Statue would also be created in the meantime, it's speculated that it served some sort of religious and symbolic purpose, although details are not known. It stood on a pedestal, with an entrance in the front and a hole where gifts were dropped. The 2nd Home of Pikulasty, the picture also features the Chihuahua State, parts of the wheat and cactus farms, a wooden ath onto the home and a wooden bridge (cobblestone would later be added to endure better stability and longetivity).

Another person would also join the town briefly, although not much is known about them, it was a turbulent period and many fights broke out, it is likely that the person was either exiled or executed, and they were never mentioned again.

The town was mostly cut off from the rest of the world, it had limited contact with Huitcan Officials in order to approve of its legitimacy. The situation was even worse in Adaen, as the state had no clear Hoxi (Ruler) assigned yet. Pikulia didn't uphold any significant outside relations, it would gain small profits, which were mostly made from scavenging abandoned towns or expanding the mines in search for Gold and Iron.

The Early Period was the most lenghty one, yet also the most uneventful, with very limited knowledge, only some old Pikulian myths remain.

It was said that, during Pikulasty's voyage to find a home, he'd spot a Chihuahua on a hill, he took it as a sign and built his shack there, establishing the town. The dog would then supposedly lead the mayor to abandoned lands with loot, however it was very occassional.

In order to celebrate the Chihuahua, the stone statue was raised, sacrifices were made weekly, they would usually involve stones or seeds. This would be the starting point of a cult which would survive until this day, being often mentioned, the Chihuahua became a well known symbol that is now the centre point of the Pikulian flag.

The Early Period would see it's end in late December, following Roineurs rise to power and consolidation of the towns in Adaen. It would mark the end to most of the "ancient" Pikulia, which was a peaceful place until the Middle Period, with natural lakes, hills, deserts, rivers, the tall grass humming in the warm wind as the bright sun would shine onto those beautiful lands. Pikulia would hope for a peaceful future, planning many large land gains, however those hopes were quickly dashed, and only warm memories would remain from the times of true Glory.