Benjisway

Benjisway (/ˈbɛnˌweɪ/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Iliqtpososi Dutchy, Ruwia County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Benjisway is derived from the Sylvin language, as Benjisway was founded by Ch́iel̄ Coburn, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Benjisway has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Benjisway receives an average of 186 cm/y (73 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Benjisway covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3552 m (11653 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Benjisway was founded durring the early 16th century in spring of the year 1550, by Ch́iel̄ Coburn. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Benjisway was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Benjisway is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Benjisway is buildings are arranged within a network of broad packed earth streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Astonishigly, the minimaly adiquite are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Benjisway is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

Benjisway has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Benjisway.

Benjisway has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

Benjisway has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Benjisway has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Benjisway has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Benjisway has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Benjisway's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Benjisway has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Benjisway has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

Cultural Notes

Benjisway is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Benjisway's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Benjisway.

The Mud Elemental, Large near Benjisway are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Benjisway's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Mysticism energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

Benjisway Census Data: Year 2000

353 of Benjisway's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

740 of Benjisway's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 57 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Benjisway is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Benjisway suffered the most. Benjisway lost 260 people, 355 livestock, and 69 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Woe.

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