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Etouffee is an Oranjestad colony located directly south of the New World Lands of the Gaya Alliance, and southwest of Voynich, another Oranjestad colony.

It is the most populous colony under the Oranjestad Colonial Adminstration. Etouffee has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events.

Activities

The town is the site of an annual Medieval Gayan festival, where Gayan culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of Gayan garb, handicraft, sword-fighting, etc. The festival reflects the sizeable Gayanian population in the community.

The town also hosts the Bright Days festival each May. The events include short movies and concerts and usually conclude on a day commemorating the sailors of Oranjestad.

Local industry

Etouffee is home to the fourth largest aluminum smelter in the Shire. The smelter was originally built in 1969, and it has improved its cleaning process since then, especially regarding fluoride. Local elections were held in May 2006, where the people of the town voted against extension of the smelter, which would have made it the largest smelter in the world by a factor of two.

History

Etouffee takes its name (meaning 'one who smothers alpacas') from the area's extreme and occasionally deadly humidity, which has been known to 'drown' individuals with impaired breathing. The earliest reports of voyages to Etouffee date from the end of the 14th century. Gayanians began trading in Etouffee in the 15th century, but Oranjestad and Mainlander merchants followed in their wake and eventually drove them out. The first Cubist church in the village was raised in 1533.

In 1793, Blarney McBlarnerson settled here and became influential in local business and international trade, setting up a major commercial fishing operation. His enterprise and initiative signaled the start of impressive commerce in the town. Ever since, he has been called "the father of Etouffee".

Etouffee was largely unaffected by the Skylan invasion of Oranjestad, and was declared part of the newly independent Oranjestad nation in the 1815 Treaty of Venice. Around 1870, dramatic changes took place in Etouffeeian fishing. Residents followed the growing trend in Etouffee of using decked boats rather than row-boats. This led to even more employment and rapid growth, and Etouffee attained township status in 1908.

Today, Etouffee is one of the nation's largest fishing centers and the site of Oranjestad's first fish wholesalers' auction market. Through the years, Etouffee's dynamic local economy has been strongly linked to fishing.

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-[[File:Etouffee.png|200px|thumb|left|Etouffee at Night]] Étouffée is the largest town of the Southern Rim (land south of Gaya).  It was incorporated in 1950. The city was named after the nearby Étouffée valley, where gold was discovered in the 1800's.
+[[File:Etouffee.png|400px|thumb|left|Etouffee at Night]] '''Etouffee''' is an [[Oranjestad]] colony located directly south of the New World Lands of the [[Gaya Alliance]], and southwest of [[Voynich]], another Oranjestad colony.
-Because of the city's location in the Southern Rim, the climate is milder than other comparable communities just north in the Lands of Gaya.
+It is the most populous colony under the Oranjestad Colonial Adminstration. Etouffee has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events.
-Archeological research south of the town has revealed evidence of use by First Nations for several thousand years. The surrounding area had seasonal fish camps. Before the Gold Rush, several different tribes passed through the area seasonally and their territories overlapped.
+==Activities==
+The town is the site of an annual Medieval Gayan festival, where Gayan culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of Gayan garb, handicraft, sword-fighting, etc. The festival reflects the sizeable Gayanian population in the community.
-The discovery of gold in the Étouffée area in August, 1896, by [[Oranjestad]] settlers set off a major change in the historical patterns of the region. Early prospectors used the Chilkoot Pass through Gaya, but by July 1897, crowds of neophyte stampeders had arrived via steamship and were camping at Étouffée. By June 1898, there was a bottleneck of stampeders, many boats had been lost to the rapids as well as five people.
+The town also hosts the Bright Days festival each May. The events include short movies and concerts and usually conclude on a day commemorating the sailors of Oranjestad.
-On their way to find gold, stampeders also found copper in the "copper belt" in the hills west of Étouffée. The first copper claims were staked on July 6, 1898.
+==Local industry==
+Etouffee is home to the fourth largest aluminum smelter in the Shire. The smelter was originally built in 1969, and it has improved its cleaning process since then, especially regarding fluoride.
+Local elections were held in May 2006, where the people of the town voted against extension of the smelter, which would have made it the largest smelter in the world by a factor of two.
-What would become the Étouffée Highway linking the town to Schloss Sammultz and beyond had begun construction in May 1898, and by May 1899 construction had arrived at the south end of [[Voynich]]. It was in June–July 1900 that construction finished through the difficult terrain, completing the entire route. By the mid 1950's the road was upgraded and was officially called the Étouffée Highway. In 1920 the first airships landed in Étouffée and the first air mail was sent in November 1927.
+==History==
+Etouffee takes its name (meaning 'one who smothers alpacas') from the area's extreme and occasionally deadly humidity, which has been known to 'drown' individuals with impaired breathing. The earliest reports of voyages to Etouffee date from the end of the 14th century. Gayanians began trading in Etouffee in the 15th century, but Oranjestad and Mainlander merchants followed in their wake and eventually drove them out. The first Cubist church in the village was raised in 1533.
-In 1950 the city was incorporated and by 1951, the population had doubled from its 1941 numbers. On April 1, 1953, the city was designated the primary colony of the Oranjestad claim to the Southern Rim when the seat was moved from [[Voynich]] after the upgrade of the Étouffée Highway.
+In 1793, Blarney McBlarnerson settled here and became influential in local business and international trade, setting up a major commercial fishing operation. His enterprise and initiative signaled the start of impressive commerce in the town. Ever since, he has been called "the father of Etouffee".
+Etouffee was largely unaffected by the Skylan invasion of Oranjestad, and was declared part of the newly independent Oranjestad nation in the 1815 Treaty of Venice. Around 1870, dramatic changes took place in Etouffeeian fishing. Residents followed the growing trend in Etouffee of using decked boats rather than row-boats. This led to even more employment and rapid growth, and Etouffee attained township status in 1908.
+Today, Etouffee is one of the nation's largest fishing centers and the site of Oranjestad's first fish wholesalers' auction market. Through the years, Etouffee's dynamic local economy has been strongly linked to fishing.