Greyfurt

Greyfurt (/greyfurt/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Snowgate Dutchy, Nuea Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Greyfurt is derived from the Sylvin language, as Greyfurt was founded by Ýaykh́ Dale, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Greyfurt has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Greyfurt receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Greyfurt covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4160 m (13648 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Greyfurt was founded durring the early 11th century, by Ýaykh́ Dale. The establishment of Greyfurt suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Greyfurt which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Greyfurt was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Greyfurt 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.

Greyfurt is was constructed arround several spacious baked earthen 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 has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. The cost-cutting-focused defences has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Greyfurt shows Greyfurt as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The town has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Greyfurt places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Greyfurt 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.

Greyfurt 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.

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

Greyfurt possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Greyfurt 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 Greyfurt's natural decorations nor waterways.

Greyfurt 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.

Greyfurt 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

Greyfurt's bank 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..

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

The Doppelrat near Greyfurt are known to be quite timid.

Greyfurt's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Invocation 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.

Greyfurt Census Data: Year 2000

430 of Greyfurt's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 93 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 70 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 69 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

846 of Greyfurt's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 95 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

Greyfurt's residents established a new industry (24091 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

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

History