Lilywych

Lilywych (/lilywych/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in the Weian Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Lilywych is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lilywych was founded by Grakdraetaine Armitstead, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lilywych has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Lilywych receives an average of 262 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Lilywych covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3026 m (9927 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lilywych was founded durring the early 18th century in late fall of the year 1736, by Grakdraetaine Armitstead. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Lilywych was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilywych 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.

Lilywych is buildings are arranged within a network of spacious gravel streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Lilywych's size could have. Lilywych's well-designed, yet cheep has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Lilywych has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. 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. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Lilywych long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lilywych 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.

Lilywych 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.

Lilywych 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.

Lilywych 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.

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

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

Lilywych 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

Lilywych's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Lilywych there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Howler near Lilywych are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lilywych's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves square dance to channel Necromancy energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Lilywych Census Data: Year 2000

336 of Lilywych's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 77 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

719 of Lilywych's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 55 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lilywych makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Lilywych's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History