Clareham

Clareham (/clareham / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Gi̊g Qimi̊gbās County, Loqulate Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Clareham is derived from the Sylvin language, as Clareham was founded by Dhoghirth Härtfewy Stevenson, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Clareham has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Clareham receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Clareham covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5128 m (16824 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Clareham was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1097, by Dhoghirth Härtfewy Stevenson. The establishment of Clareham was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Clareham 's construction back out of the project. Dhoghirth Härtfewy Stevenson pushed on reguardles, and Clareham was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Clareham was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Clareham is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Clareham is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive baked earthen streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Clareham 's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The town's political statment focused walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Clareham 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 Clareham 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

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

Clareham 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.

Clareham 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.

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

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

Clareham 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.

Clareham has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Cultural Notes

Clareham 's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Clareham all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

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

Clareham 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 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.

Clareham Census Data: Year 2000

270 of Clareham 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 54 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 40 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

629 of Clareham 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 57 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Clareham is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

The the a suit of Ring armour of Mysticism, an a suit of Ring armour imbued with great amounts of Mysticism energies was created near Clareham by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History