Huntette

Huntette (/huntette/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fortnågacew Hold, Queoulnia Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Huntette is derived from the Sylvin language, as Huntette was founded by Elenys Harper, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Huntette has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Huntette receives an average of 263 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Huntette covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1416 m (4645 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Huntette was founded durring the late 11th century, by Elenys Harper. The establishment of Huntette was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Elenys Harper struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Huntette as a prison colony.

Huntette was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Huntette is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Huntette is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt packed earth streets which form hexical 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 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 town's frontieer-style defences 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.

Your first impression of Huntette proves to be right on the money. This town is where the rebels chose to settle. Fashion trends are quite simply the opposite of what’s popular in the other nearby communities. THis trend extends everywhere. Things that should be black are white, what would normally be square is organically curved, and what is typically unthinkable for polite society is more than welcome in this public square. Up to the logical limits, of course. There’s no flaying someone alive to eat their skin going on, but the women are dressed a little immodestly, the men are a little more emotional, and the food is all overly complex and terrible.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Huntette 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.

Huntette 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.

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

Huntette 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 Huntette's natural decorations nor waterways.

Huntette 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.

Huntette 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

Huntette's chapel 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 Huntette there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Herd Animal, Sheep near Huntette are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Huntette's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via throat chanting.

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.

Huntette Census Data: Year 2000

420 of Huntette's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 91 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 72 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

918 of Huntette's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 41 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Huntette'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 Huntette suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Huntette is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Huntette, swallowing large sections of the community. Huntette lost 125 people, 231 livestock, and 51 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Grief Swallowing.

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