Lisbrough

Lisbrough (/liːz/ /brough/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Morhollow Dutchy, Fenbeckia Earldom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Lisbrough is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lisbrough was founded by Ýal̄ů Dinning, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lisbrough has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 2°C (35°F). Lisbrough receives an average of 232 cm/y (91 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lisbrough covers an area of nearly 271 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 2070 m (6791 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lisbrough was founded durring the early 9th century, by Ýal̄ů Dinning. 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 Ýal̄ů Dinning.

Lisbrough was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lisbrough is no diffrent. The city'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.

Lisbrough is buildings are speckled and packed arround broad cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city'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 city. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Lisbrough's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A quick look in any direction shows Lisbrough is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Lisbrough possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Lisbrough has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Lisbrough 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.

Lisbrough 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.

Lisbrough has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Lisbrough has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Lisbrough 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.

Lisbrough 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.

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

Lisbrough has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Lisbrough possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. Lisbrough's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Lisbrough's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Lisbrough has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Lisbrough has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Lisbrough 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 Lisbrough's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lisbrough has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Lisbrough 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.

Lisbrough 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.

Lisbrough is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Lisbrough'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..

In Lisbrough hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Ramidreju near Lisbrough are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Lisbrough's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Chronomancy 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.

Lisbrough Census Data: Year 2000

24172 of Lisbrough's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1381 work in Agriculture
• 5468 work as Craftsmen
• 1988 work as Merchants
• 3582 work as Service Workers
• 2444 work as General Laborers
• 1007 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3589 work as Civil Servants
• 2055 work in Cottage Industries
• 1357 work as Artists
• 1301 work in Produce Industries

36900 of Lisbrough's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2544 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

Lisbrough's residents established a new industry (32191 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

The the a suit of Jazerant armor of Necromancy, an a suit of Jazerant armor imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Lèli-vedo Îè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

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