Gilling

Gilling (/ˈgaɪlɪŋ / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Jiopujuke County, Ruwia County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Gilling is derived from the Sylvin language, as Gilling was founded by Hokh́ik Ashley-Cooper, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Gilling has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Gilling receives an average of 275 cm/y (108 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Gilling covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3884 m (12742 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gilling was founded durring the late 11th century, by Hokh́ik Ashley-Cooper. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Hokh́ik Ashley-Cooper.

Gilling was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gilling is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Gilling is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive gravel streets which form a diagonal shaped 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 sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based 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 town.

Right off the bat Gilling hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Gilling is, in a word, disorder. 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

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

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

Gilling 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.

Gilling 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.

Gilling 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.

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

Gilling 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 Town. Gilling 's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Gilling 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 Gilling 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gilling 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.

Gilling 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

Gilling 's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Gilling 's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Gilling tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Human Juju Zombie near Gilling are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Gilling 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 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.

Gilling Census Data: Year 2000

426 of Gilling 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 96 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

906 of Gilling 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 55 (4%) are noncontributers.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Gilling was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Gilling . The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Gilling lost 183 people, 137 livestock, and 66 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 160, when members of Gilling 's militia enacted an operation to secure a particular fortification to utilize it for a specific task. The operation was complicated by an outbreak of plague which struck the ranks, killing many and laying low many more. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Gilling 's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Gilling 's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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