Grington

Grington (/grington / [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Town located in Vrotflom Kingdom, Damozajiu County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Grington is derived from the Sylvin language, as Grington was founded by Alisha Crolnie Goodson, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Grington has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Grington receives an average of 128 cm/y (50 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Grington covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 6988 m (-20023 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Grington was founded durring the late 10th century, by Alisha Crolnie Goodson. 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 Alisha Crolnie Goodson.

Grington was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Grington 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.

Grington is is constructed arround a series of premissive gravel mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Grington 's timber-based walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

Right off the bat Grington 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. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Grington 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.

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

Grington 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.

Grington 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.

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

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

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

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

Grington 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

While Grington might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Grington 's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

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

The Brownie near Grington are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Grington 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves creating small tokens to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Grington Census Data: Year 2000

320 of Grington 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 69 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

710 of Grington 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 31 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Grington is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a hood of Enchantment, an a hood imbued with notable amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Gri̽ Zde̜w Ner by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History