Leafbur

Leafbur (/leafbur/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Foxness Dutchy, Poxeiquian County, within the Norwick Principality.

The name Leafbur is derived from the Sylvin language, as Leafbur was founded by Mandea Zlênmê Cownie, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Leafbur has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°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 11°C (51°F). Leafbur receives an average of 251 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Leafbur covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3274 m (10741 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Leafbur was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1181, by Mandea Zlênmê Cownie. The establishment of Leafbur suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Leafbur which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Leafbur was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Leafbur 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.

Leafbur is buildings are built arround a single premissive baked earthen mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Leafbur's peasent-grade 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.

Leafbur 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 place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Leafbur possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

Leafbur has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Leafbur 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.

Leafbur 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.

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

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

Leafbur 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

Leafbur is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Leafbur's garrison 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 Leafbur sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Gremlin near Leafbur are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Leafbur's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves orgies to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Leafbur Census Data: Year 2000

383 of Leafbur's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

790 of Leafbur's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 88 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a great windstorm struck Leafbur. Its winds were so great they picked up unsecured objects and flung them with enough force to smash brick and skull alike. Buildings collapsed under the gale, burying countless people alive. The storm's devistation was focused on the area arround Leafbur, which lost 264 people, 364, and 46 livestock in the disaster.. History remembers the strom as The Storm of Calamity.

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