Ilmington

Ilmington (/ilmington / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Akeladi Hold, Nefan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Ilmington is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ilmington was founded by Micropera Humphries, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ilmington has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°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 6°C (42°F). Ilmington receives an average of 214 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Ilmington covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2612 m (8569 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ilmington was founded durring the late 11th century, by Micropera Humphries. The establishment of Ilmington was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Ilmington 's construction back out of the project. Micropera Humphries pushed on reguardles, and Ilmington was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Ilmington was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ilmington 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.

Ilmington is is constructed arround a semi-circular spacious cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. 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. Ilmington 's frontieer-style defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Ilmington is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Ilmington 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.

Ilmington 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.

Ilmington 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.

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

Ilmington has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ilmington 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 Ilmington 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ilmington 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

Ilmington 's garrison 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 Ilmington all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Udaeus near Ilmington are known to be more aggressive than normal.

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

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.

Ilmington Census Data: Year 2000

406 of Ilmington 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 69 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

893 of Ilmington 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 26 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ilmington is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Ilmington sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Ilmington is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the an amulet of Illusion, an an amulet imbued with notable amounts of Illusion energies was created in Ilmington by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History