Doorop

Doorop (/doorop/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Raycrest Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Doorop is derived from the Sylvin language, as Doorop was founded by Zesí Ashley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Doorop has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Doorop receives an average of 199 cm/y (78 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Doorop covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2912 m (9553 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Doorop was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1213, by Zesí Ashley. The establishment of Doorop suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Doorop which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

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

Doorop is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow cobblestone streets which form octogonal 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 posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The town's failry decent fortifications 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 Doorop 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. 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.

Civic Infrastructure

Doorop 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.

Doorop 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.

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

Doorop 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 Small Town. Doorop's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Doorop 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.

Doorop 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

Doorop's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Doorop all of the cats speak in a dead language.

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

Doorop's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sex to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Doorop Census Data: Year 2000

215 of Doorop's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 19 work in Agriculture
• 45 work as Craftsmen
• 18 work as Merchants
• 38 work as Service Workers
• 21 work as General Laborers
• 6 work as Skilled Laborers
• 28 work as Civil Servants
• 20 work in Cottage Industries
• 8 work as Artists
• 12 work in Produce Industries

534 of Doorop's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 56 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Doorop is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Doorop's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History