Middley

Middley (/middley / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Yaw̌myáwshy Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Middley is derived from the Sylvin language, as Middley was founded by Giovanni Nelson, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Middley has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°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 12°C (53°F). Middley receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Middley covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3814 m (12513 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Middley was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1290, by Giovanni Nelson. The establishment of Middley was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Middley 's construction back out of the project. Giovanni Nelson pushed on reguardles, and Middley was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

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

Middley is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious cobblestone 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 emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The minimaly adiquite 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.

A look around Middley gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is 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 Middley brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Middley 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.

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

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

Middley 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.

Middley 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.

Middley 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.

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

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

Middley 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 Middley 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Middley 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.

Middley 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

Middley 's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

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

The Leshy, Leaf near Middley are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Middley 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Middley Census Data: Year 2000

473 of Middley 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 101 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 81 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

852 of Middley 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 115 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Middley is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Middley 's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Middley suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the north west face of Mount Horror. the landslide struck Middley , and devastated the community. 174 people, 272 livestock, and 94 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Horror's Fall.

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