Hellbrook

Hellbrook (/hellbrook/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Neyunula County, Ubvia County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Hellbrook is derived from the Sylvin language, as Hellbrook was founded by Ardeitulus Cracroft, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Hellbrook 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 24°C (75°F). Hellbrook receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Hellbrook covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5276 m (17309 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hellbrook was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1284, by Ardeitulus Cracroft. The establishment of Hellbrook was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Hellbrook's construction back out of the project. Ardeitulus Cracroft pushed on reguardles, and Hellbrook was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Hellbrook was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hellbrook 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.

Hellbrook is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious cobblestone streets which form octogonal 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 rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Hellbrook's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The town's political statment focused walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Hellbrook has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Hellbrook ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Hellbrook is, in a word, disorder. 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 have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Hellbrook was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Hellbrook 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.

Hellbrook 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.

Hellbrook 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.

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

Hellbrook possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Town. Hellbrook's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Hellbrook possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Hellbrook 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.

Hellbrook 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

Hellbrook's mayor's house 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 Hellbrook 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 Urdefhan near Hellbrook are known to be quite timid.

Hellbrook's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Hellbrook Census Data: Year 2000

384 of Hellbrook's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

851 of Hellbrook's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 25 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hellbrook produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Hellbrook is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the a bow of Augury, an a bow imbued with great amounts of Augury energies was created in Hêkîk-thorê Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History