Innswell

Innswell (/innswell/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Lehhdeht Hold, Odwea Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Innswell is derived from the Sylvin language, as Innswell was founded by Dyëm Feasey Guest, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Innswell has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Innswell receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Innswell covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4358 m (14297 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Innswell was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1331, by Dyëm Feasey Guest. The establishment of Innswell was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dyëm Feasey Guest struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Innswell as a prison colony.

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

Innswell is buildings are located arround a single spacious cobblestone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Innswell's exceptionaly well made fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Innswell is like looking into a university’s plaza on the day before an exam. People rush about to-and-fro. Discarded scrolls and quills are dotted around town. In spite of many locals discussing academic topics, there’s little sign of any organized groups for any of that talk. Infact, the town seems disordered in general with everything scattered helter skelter about.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Innswell 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.

Innswell 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.

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

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

Innswell 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 Innswell's natural decorations nor waterways.

Innswell 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.

Innswell 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

Innswell's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Innswell most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Tooth Fairy near Innswell are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Innswell's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Innswell Census Data: Year 2000

403 of Innswell's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

793 of Innswell's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 104 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Innswell is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Innswell is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Innswell 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 Innswell lost 220 people, 278 livestock, and 97 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 60, when members of Innswell's militia enacted an operation to locate a particular solgiers group. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Innswell's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Innswell's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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