Hardedge

Hardedge (/hardedge/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Sagemarsh Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Hardedge is derived from the Sylvin language, as Hardedge was founded by Selena Roe, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Hardedge has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Hardedge receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Hardedge covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4348 m (14265 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hardedge was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1424, by Selena Roe. The establishment of Hardedge was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Hardedge's construction back out of the project. Selena Roe pushed on reguardles, and Hardedge was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Hardedge was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hardedge is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Hardedge is is constructed arround a semi-circular restrictive cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these minimaly adiquite are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Hardedge. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them.

Civic Infrastructure

Hardedge has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

Hardedge 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.

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

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

Hardedge 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Hardedge's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Hardedge there is no wind.

The Spider, Skull (Tiny) near Hardedge are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Hardedge's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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.

Hardedge Census Data: Year 2000

307 of Hardedge's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

699 of Hardedge's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 20 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Hardedge suffered the most. Hardedge lost 107 people, 363 livestock, and 67 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Ill Tides.

History