Camketh

Camketh (/camketh/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Strongwolf Dutchy, Hesan County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Camketh is derived from the Sylvin language, as Camketh was founded by Vúōki̋ch Nībó̄r 'Space Kimber' Bé̄s Ca̋ch Mbōs Hodge Madison, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Camketh has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Camketh receives an average of 143 cm/y (56 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Camketh covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3170 m (10400 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Camketh was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1237, by Vúōki̋ch Nībó̄r 'Space Kimber' Bé̄s Ca̋ch Mbōs Hodge Madison. The establishment of Camketh was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Vúōki̋ch Nībó̄r 'Space Kimber' Bé̄s Ca̋ch Mbōs Hodge Madison electing to pay people to resettle in Camketh.

Camketh was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Camketh 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.

Camketh is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt paverstone streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Camketh's frontieer-style defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A quick look in any direction shows Camketh is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Camketh has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

Camketh 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.

Camketh 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.

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

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

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

Camketh 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

Camketh's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

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

The Weedwhip near Camketh are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Camketh's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Camketh Census Data: Year 2000

371 of Camketh's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

754 of Camketh's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 97 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Camketh has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

The roads leading into Camketh possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

The the a longboat of Truename Magic, an a longboat imbued with potent amounts of Truename Magic energies was created in Camketh by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History