Mayside

Mayside (/meɪ/ /saɪd/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Westcland Community of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Mayside is derived from the Sylvin language, as Mayside was founded by Lagotes McCauley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Mayside has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Mayside receives an average of 277 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Mayside covers an area of nearly 481 km² (192 mi²), and an average elevation of 3798 m (12460 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mayside was founded durring the early 16th century in fall of the year 1542, by Lagotes McCauley. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Mayside was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mayside is no diffrent. The city'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.

Mayside is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt packed earth mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences 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.

Mayside has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Mayside ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Mayside as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the city brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Mayside possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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.

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

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

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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.

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

Mayside has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Mayside 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. Mayside's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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 Mayside's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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.

Mayside 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

Mayside's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

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

The Dinosaur, Compsognathus near Mayside are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Mayside's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Charm 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.

Mayside Census Data: Year 2000

43212 of Mayside's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2557 work in Agriculture
• 9571 work as Craftsmen
• 3486 work as Merchants
• 6402 work as Service Workers
• 4444 work as General Laborers
• 1782 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6323 work as Civil Servants
• 3942 work in Cottage Industries
• 2396 work as Artists
• 2309 work in Produce Industries

63805 of Mayside's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6830 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mayside's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

Mayside is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Mayside was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Mayside lost 168 people, 326 livestock, and 28 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 110, when members of Mayside's militia enacted an operation to capture a particular enemy war machine intact. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with the defense of the research site against a siege, which ended in victory for Mayside's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Mayside's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History