Lionens

Lionens (/lionens/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Wozmuj̼àm County, Qiban Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Lionens is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lionens was founded by Dheingu Snook, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lionens has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Lionens receives an average of 137 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lionens covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2956 m (9698 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lionens was founded durring the late 11th century, by Dheingu Snook. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Lionens was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lionens is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Lionens is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. 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. The town's exceptionaly well made fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Lionens gives you a feeling of distrust and paranoia. Also greed. The locals seem to be very much into scholastic pursuits, based on the hushed, murmured conversations you hear at least. Everyone in Lionens acts like they have discovered something wondrous, and are worried they will endure some horrible fate so another can take what they’ve discovered for themselves.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lionens 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.

Lionens 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.

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

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

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

Lionens 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

Lionens's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Lionens's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Lionens.

The Butterfly/Moth near Lionens are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Lionens's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sex to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Lionens Census Data: Year 2000

369 of Lionens's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

755 of Lionens's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 46 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a bottle of Transmutation, an a bottle imbued with notable amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Liö He̜ Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History