Keytoft

Keytoft (/keytoft/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Glassdeer Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Keytoft is derived from the Sylvin language, as Keytoft was founded by Hylocula Keith, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Keytoft has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Keytoft receives an average of 279 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Keytoft covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2598 m (8523 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Keytoft was founded durring the late 13th century in summer of the year 1153, by Hylocula Keith. The establishment of Keytoft was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Keytoft's construction back out of the project. Hylocula Keith pushed on reguardles, and Keytoft was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Keytoft was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Keytoft is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Keytoft is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive 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 sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based 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.

Keytoft is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Keytoft 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.

Keytoft 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.

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

Keytoft 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 Keytoft's natural decorations nor waterways.

Keytoft 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.

Keytoft 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

Keytoft's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Keytoft all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Spider, Assassin (Giant) near Keytoft are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Keytoft's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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.

Keytoft Census Data: Year 2000

470 of Keytoft's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 106 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 67 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

886 of Keytoft's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 117 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Keytoft is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

Keytoft 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 Keytoft.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Keytoft, where it was shared with all. was immortalized in song for this deed.

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