Milldeer

Milldeer (/milldeer/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Qîlà Muchû Kingdom, Geea County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Milldeer is derived from the Sylvin language, as Milldeer was founded by Laerguldes Tincknell, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Milldeer has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Milldeer receives an average of 148 cm/y (58 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Milldeer covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 7468 m (-18448 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Milldeer was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1199, by Laerguldes Tincknell. 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 Laerguldes Tincknell.

Milldeer was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Milldeer is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Milldeer is is constructed arround a semi-circular spacious canals mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Milldeer's millitarily questionable fortifications 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.

Milldeer is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Milldeer 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.

Milldeer 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.

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

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

Milldeer has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Milldeer 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.

Cultural Notes

While Milldeer has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Milldeer's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Milldeer rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Phase Flea near Milldeer are known to be quite timid.

Milldeer's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves performance art to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Milldeer Census Data: Year 2000

317 of Milldeer's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 44 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

685 of Milldeer's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 30 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Milldeer is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Milldeer's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

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