Lionshaunt

Lionshaunt (/lionshaunt/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Mapleedge Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Lionshaunt is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lionshaunt was founded by Glëkê Lowe, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lionshaunt has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°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 19°C (66°F). Lionshaunt receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lionshaunt covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 6264 m (20551 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lionshaunt was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1264, by Glëkê Lowe. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Glëkê Lowe.

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

Lionshaunt is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive baked earthen 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Lionshaunt's robustly designed timber walls 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.

Right off the bat Lionshaunt hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lionshaunt 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.

Lionshaunt 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.

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

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

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

Lionshaunt 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

Lionshaunt's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Lionshaunt.

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

Lionshaunt's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Lionshaunt Census Data: Year 2000

340 of Lionshaunt's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

727 of Lionshaunt's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 68 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lionshaunt is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

The roads leading into Lionshaunt possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

The the a necklace of Elven High Magic, an a necklace imbued with potent amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Liö He̜ Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History