Caerhill

Caerhill (/caerhill/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Kīijinf Jäk Hold, Queoulnia Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Caerhill is derived from the Sylvin language, as Caerhill was founded by Ha̋sh Mb̪f̄kī̌ 'Jasmin Carmen' Rē̌shvoī Rḗ̄ Gawm Monaghan, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Caerhill has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Caerhill receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Caerhill covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4456 m (14619 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Caerhill was founded durring the late 16th century in winter of the year 1489, by Ha̋sh Mb̪f̄kī̌ 'Jasmin Carmen' Rē̌shvoī Rḗ̄ Gawm Monaghan. The establishment of Caerhill suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Caerhill which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Caerhill was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Caerhill 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.

Caerhill is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt cobblestone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Caerhill's size could have. The town's well-designed, yet cheep have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Caerhill is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Caerhill 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.

Caerhill 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.

Caerhill 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.

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

Caerhill possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Town. Caerhill's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Caerhill 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.

Caerhill is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Caerhill's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Caerhill the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Leshy, Leaf near Caerhill are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Caerhill's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Conjuration energies of tier 2 via throat singing.

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.

Caerhill Census Data: Year 2000

359 of Caerhill's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

718 of Caerhill's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 93 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Caerhill's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Caerhill suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Caerhill. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History