Alms Day

Alms Day is an attempt by Gideon Aurum and the upper class of Aurumburg to give back to the lower classes.

Foundation
In order to foster support from the lower classes, as well as to keep their resentment from causing any uprisings, Gideon created a yearly holiday called Alms day to give some small but meaningful amount of wealth to the lower classes, notably the slums.

Celebration
During the celebrations, Gideon and other notable figures travel around to local businesses and households, delivering small pouches of money and other valuables. Compared to the wealth of the upper class, this value is small, but to the people of the slums, it is enough to keep them functioning.

Many commoners refuse their alms, as they do not like how Gideon uses them as a feel good device. Others happily accept the money, as they would be a fool to turn it down.