Emeraldcord

Emeraldcord (/ˈɛmərəld/ /kɔːd/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Fairlight Dutchy, Swalehore Earldom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Emeraldcord is derived from the Sylvin language, as Emeraldcord was founded by Zlêlêl Slater, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Emeraldcord has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Emeraldcord receives an average of 122 cm/y (48 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Emeraldcord covers an area of nearly 271 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 3810 m (12500 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Emeraldcord was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1224, by Zlêlêl Slater. The establishment of Emeraldcord suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Emeraldcord was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Emeraldcord is no diffrent. The city'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.

Emeraldcord is buildings folow an organic layout of narrow flagstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The city's robustly designed timber walls have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look arround Emeraldcord reveals an abundance of 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 city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Emeraldcord possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

Emeraldcord 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 Emeraldcord. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Emeraldcord's parks.

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

Emeraldcord has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Emeraldcord 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.

Emeraldcord has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Emeraldcord 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.

Emeraldcord 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.

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

Emeraldcord has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Emeraldcord 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 City. Emeraldcord's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Emeraldcord possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Emeraldcord has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Emeraldcord has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Emeraldcord 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 Emeraldcord's natural decorations nor waterways.

Emeraldcord has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Emeraldcord 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.

Emeraldcord 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.

Emeraldcord 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

Emeraldcord's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Emeraldcord.

The Atomie near Emeraldcord are known to be more aggressive than normal.

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

Emeraldcord Census Data: Year 2000

24470 of Emeraldcord's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1466 work in Agriculture
• 5571 work as Craftsmen
• 1948 work as Merchants
• 3580 work as Service Workers
• 2511 work as General Laborers
• 1006 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3579 work as Civil Servants
• 2153 work in Cottage Industries
• 1351 work as Artists
• 1305 work in Produce Industries

37604 of Emeraldcord's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1919 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Emeraldcord 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

Emeraldcord used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Emeraldcord.

The the an Ailette of Augury, an an Ailette imbued with potent amounts of Augury energies was created in Ē̌ler Váynerä Gaw̋lē by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

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