I do think that yearly elections still sound a bit organised. Maybe some areas would have democracy-in-name and others would be straight up most powerful faction sends their bloke to the council?
Effectively what I would imagine happens, more or less. Although I'm imagining a simple system where everyone writes down the name of who they want to be on the Low Council the most, then the top people of each race get in. The poorer areas would definitely have something like that going on, either by paying people to vote for X or simple cheating.
So, two thoughts:
1. Dwarmin was okay with me being a Battle Sorcerer. Should I assume you two other GMs are okay with it as well?
Remind me, what is that again? A UA variant?
2. Fishmine, Farmsvil and Mineton sounds a bit... Not what people would name stuff. Except maybe Fishmine. But then again, I'm not a DM. I guess I should leave it to you guys.
Well, Fishmine was originally supposed to be Fishmire...and the three were all stuff I came up with quickly. They're all compounds--the main industry of the area (fishing/farming/mining) combined with a description of the area (vil[lage], town, mire).
I'm not that good with names. Do you have better suggestions? I'd love to hear them.