Lisgrove

Lisgrove (/liːz/ /grəʊv/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Westerburn Dutchy, Sorough County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Lisgrove is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lisgrove was founded by Mathli Haynes, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lisgrove has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Lisgrove receives an average of 242 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lisgrove covers an area of nearly 267 km² (106 mi²), and an average elevation of 2130 m (6988 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lisgrove was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1458, by Mathli Haynes. 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 Mathli Haynes.

Lisgrove was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious packed earth streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Lisgrove, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The Relic of the World That Was has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Lisgrove 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 city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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.

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

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

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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.

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

Lisgrove has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Lisgrove 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. Lisgrove's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Lisgrove possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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 Lisgrove's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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.

Lisgrove 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

Lisgrove's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Lisgrove rainbows form quite often above the Large City.

The Herd Animal, Sheep near Lisgrove are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Lisgrove's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via 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.

Lisgrove Census Data: Year 2000

24149 of Lisgrove's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1422 work in Agriculture
• 5493 work as Craftsmen
• 1916 work as Merchants
• 3667 work as Service Workers
• 2404 work as General Laborers
• 993 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3402 work as Civil Servants
• 2232 work in Cottage Industries
• 1353 work as Artists
• 1267 work in Produce Industries

34015 of Lisgrove's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 5057 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lisgrove is a major trade hub, connecting several important cities or resource production areas. It’s probably at an important river juncture, ancient crossroads, or occupying the only safe path through some perilous wilderness. Its position may be important enough that it can survive on trade alone, despite being unable to feed itself with the surrounding land. Such hubs are usually heavily garrisoned by the lord who profits from their tariffs and taxes.

Due to a magical anomaly, Lisgrove is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Lisgrove was attacked by members of a peasant revolt. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Lisgrove lost 244 people, 116 livestock, and 64 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 56, when members of Lisgrove's militia enacted an operation to destroy a particular enemy war supplies. The operation was complicated by a natural disaster interrupted the operation, shattering unit cohesion. The conflict ended with the defense of the bridge against a siege, which ended in defeat for Lisgrove's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Lisgrove's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History