Hagersung

Hagersung (/hagersung/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Swynmeadow Dutchy, Emada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Hagersung is derived from the Sylvin language, as Hagersung was founded by Snog̈îd Salem, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Hagersung 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 19°C (66°F). Hagersung receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Hagersung covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 7624 m (-17936 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hagersung was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1419, by Snog̈îd Salem. The establishment of Hagersung was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Snog̈îd Salem electing to pay people to resettle in Hagersung.

Hagersung was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hagersung 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.

Hagersung is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad split-log ties streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond 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.

A look around Hagersung gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Hagersung 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.

Hagersung 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.

Hagersung 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.

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

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

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

Hagersung 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

Hagersung'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.

Hagersung's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Hagersung during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Copsewight near Hagersung are known to be quite timid.

Hagersung's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Necromancy energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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.

Hagersung Census Data: Year 2000

339 of Hagersung's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

731 of Hagersung's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 68 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hagersung's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Hagersung suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century after an anomalously snowy winter, runoff from snow-melt caused Pond Komi to overflow its banks and spill into Stream Halisend. The resulting flood was isolated to the area around Hagersung, which was swallowed by the waters for several days. Hagersung lost 123 people, 217 livestock, and 78 buildings in the disaster. The disaster is remembered as the Anguish Drownings.

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