Buckfield

Buckfield (/buckfield / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Lochdell Dutchy, Hesan County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Buckfield is derived from the Sylvin language, as Buckfield was founded by Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Buckfield has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Buckfield receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Buckfield covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2580 m (8464 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Buckfield was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1201, by Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond. The establishment of Buckfield was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Buckfield as a prison colony.

Buckfield was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Buckfield is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Buckfield is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious flagstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Unfortuantly, these millitarily questionable fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Buckfield gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Buckfield makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Buckfield 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.

Buckfield 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.

Buckfield 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.

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

Buckfield possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Buckfield 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

Buckfield 's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is recurring in Buckfield .

The Porcupine near Buckfield are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Buckfield 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Buckfield Census Data: Year 2000

346 of Buckfield 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 80 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

752 of Buckfield 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

Buckfield 's residents established a new industry (17084 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

The the a set of armbands of Augury, an a set of armbands imbued with potent amounts of Augury energies was created in Buckfield by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History