Hackend

Hackend (/hackend/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Khōktoira Parish, Ubvia County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Hackend is derived from the Sylvin language, as Hackend was founded by Khëî Hazell, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Hackend has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Hackend receives an average of 243 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Hackend covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5352 m (17559 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hackend was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1123, by Khëî Hazell. The establishment of Hackend was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Khëî Hazell struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Hackend as a prison colony.

Hackend was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hackend 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.

Hackend is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of broad packed earth streets which form hexical 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 is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Hackend's peasent-grade are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Hackend shows Hackend 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 Hackend places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Hackend 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.

Hackend 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.

Hackend 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.

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

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

Hackend 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

Hackend's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Hackend's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Hackend every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Herd Animal, Sheep near Hackend are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Hackend's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sex to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Hackend Census Data: Year 2000

392 of Hackend's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 87 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

823 of Hackend's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 63 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hackend's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a bow of Invocation, an a bow imbued with potent amounts of Invocation energies was created near Hǟ Sëz Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History