Heatort

Heatort (/heatort/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Yaw̌myáwshy Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Heatort is derived from the Sylvin language, as Heatort was founded by Vilwiel Sturgess, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Heatort has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Heatort receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Heatort covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6884 m (-20364 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Heatort was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1180, by Vilwiel Sturgess. The establishment of Heatort was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Vilwiel Sturgess struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Heatort as a prison colony.

Heatort was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Heatort 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.

Heatort is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious cobblestone 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 is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The frontieer-style 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Heatort, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Heatort 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.

Heatort 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.

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

Heatort 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 Heatort's natural decorations nor waterways.

Heatort 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.

Heatort 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

Heatort'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.

Heatort's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

=In Heatort when drawing, it's impossible to draw an imperfect circle.

The Church Grim near Heatort are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Heatort's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Abjuration energies of tier 2 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.

Heatort Census Data: Year 2000

493 of Heatort's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 110 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 82 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

911 of Heatort's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 105 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Heatort is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Heatort was attacked by a renegade group of the army. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Heatort lost 210 people, 219 livestock, and 28 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 108, when members of Heatort's militia enacted an operation to destroy or capture a particular enemy warchest. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in victory for Heatort's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Heatort's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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