Heirport

Heirport (/heirport/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Munskamad Parish, Hesan County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Heirport is derived from the Sylvin language, as Heirport was founded by Zlkdsmtco Parr, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Heirport has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Heirport receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Heirport covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2418 m (7933 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Heirport was founded durring the early 9th century, by Zlkdsmtco Parr. The establishment of Heirport was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zlkdsmtco Parr electing to pay people to resettle in Heirport.

Heirport was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Heirport is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Heirport is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow packed earth streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Heirport's millitarily questionable fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Heirport has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Heirport’s streets. A look around Heirport has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Heirport long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Heirport 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.

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

Heirport 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.

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

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

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

Heirport 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.

Heirport 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

Heirport's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Heirport rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Skunk near Heirport are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Heirport's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Heirport Census Data: Year 2000

311 of Heirport's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 67 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 51 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

645 of Heirport's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 83 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Heirport possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

Heirport used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Heirport.

The the a mask of Augury, an a mask imbued with notable amounts of Augury energies was created near Heirport by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History