Coventer

Coventer (/ˈkʌvəntər/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fortnågchÿhb Hold, Magan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Coventer is derived from the Sylvin language, as Coventer was founded by Zëmê O'Hara, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Coventer has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Coventer receives an average of 279 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Coventer covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2220 m (7283 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Coventer was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1374, by Zëmê O'Hara. The establishment of Coventer was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Coventer's construction back out of the project. Zëmê O'Hara pushed on reguardles, and Coventer was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Coventer was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Coventer is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Coventer is was constructed arround several narrow gravel mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Unfortuantly, these peasent-grade 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 Coventer seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. 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

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

Coventer 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.

Coventer 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.

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

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

Coventer 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

Coventer's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Coventer's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Coventer.

The Mud Elemental, Medium near Coventer are known to be quite timid.

Coventer's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

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.

Coventer Census Data: Year 2000

353 of Coventer's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 77 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

746 of Coventer's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 82 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Coventer's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a suit of Jazerant armor of Elven High Magic, an a suit of Jazerant armor imbued with great amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Coventer by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History