Clearcott

Clearcott (/clearcott/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Qäzholvoäldrÿ Hold, Nefan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Clearcott is derived from the Sylvin language, as Clearcott was founded by Pogolis Skelly, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Clearcott has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 14°C (57°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Clearcott receives an average of 268 cm/y (105 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Clearcott covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2562 m (8405 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Clearcott was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1089, by Pogolis Skelly. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Clearcott was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Clearcott is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Clearcott is buildings folow an organic layout of broad flagstone streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. 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. Clearcott's millitarily questionable fortifications 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.

Clearcott has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Clearcott ’s existence was once fed by scholarly pursuits. But the income once drawn in by the works of scribes and academics has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the town one can see abandoned schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

Clearcott has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Clearcott. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Clearcott's parks.

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

Clearcott 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.

Clearcott has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Clearcott 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.

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

Clearcott 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 Large Town. Clearcott's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Clearcott's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Clearcott has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Clearcott's natural decorations nor waterways.

Clearcott 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.

Clearcott 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

Clearcott's bank 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Clearcott.

The Giant cockroach near Clearcott are known to be quite timid.

Clearcott's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Clearcott Census Data: Year 2000

491 of Clearcott's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 108 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 45 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

921 of Clearcott's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 122 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Clearcott makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Clearcott is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

The the a pair of gloves of Enchantment, an a pair of gloves imbued with potent amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Clearcott by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History