Medling

Medling (/medling / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Sagemarsh Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Medling is derived from the Sylvin language, as Medling was founded by Petrina Amory, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Medling 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 18°C (64°F). Medling receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Medling covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3050 m (10006 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Medling was founded durring the early 10th century, by Petrina Amory. The establishment of Medling was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Petrina Amory electing to pay people to resettle in Medling .

Medling was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Medling 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.

Medling is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of spacious baked earthen streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Medling 's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. Unfortuantly, these political statment focused walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Medling has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Medling ’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Medling 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.

Medling 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.

Medling 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.

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

Medling 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 Medling 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Medling 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.

Medling 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.

Cultural Notes

Life is hard in Medling . Its people are impoverished compared to their peers elsewhere. Something is making the locals stay, however, whether fear of the alternative, hope for a better future, or a stubborn attachment to their ancestral lands. Whatver the reason, living in this harsh area for generations has made the people of Medling a notably resourceful and hearty people.

Medling 's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Medling .

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

Medling 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Medling Census Data: Year 2000

429 of Medling 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 93 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 69 work as Service Workers
• 45 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

860 of Medling 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 97 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a great windstorm struck Medling . Its winds were so great they picked up unsecured objects and flung them with enough force to smash brick and skull alike. Buildings collapsed under the gale, burying countless people alive. The storm's devistation was focused on the area arround Medling , which lost 165 people, 297, and 90 livestock in the disaster.. History remembers the strom as The Storm of Doom.

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