New Mille

New Mille (/nu mɪl / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fieldwheat Dutchy, Uldan County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name New Mille is derived from the Sylvin language, as New Mille was founded by Kthelêv Trg̈mênm Skelly, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

New Mille has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). New Mille receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. New Mille covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 8910 m (-13717 ft) above sea level.

Overview

New Mille was founded durring the late 17th century in late winter of the year 1593, by Kthelêv Trg̈mênm Skelly. The establishment of New Mille was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Kthelêv Trg̈mênm Skelly electing to pay people to resettle in New Mille .

New Mille was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and New Mille 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.

New Mille is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt packed earth mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of New Mille 's size could have. The well-designed, yet cheep have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat New Mille 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 town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

New Mille 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.

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

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

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

New Mille 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

There’s a relatively new religion in New Mille which is rapidly gaining power. It might be a sectarian offshoot of a major faith, the unique product of a new prophet, or an outside faith backed by wealthy and powerful foreign supporters. Depending on the demands made on believers, the new faith may be a matter of concern only to the existing clergy, or it might be a major flashpoint for conflict in the community.

New Mille 's garrison 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..

In New Mille all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Squirrel near New Mille are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

New Mille 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 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.

New Mille Census Data: Year 2000

292 of New Mille 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 64 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 44 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

693 of New Mille 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 20 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

New Mille makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century was struck by a great wind storm. A great funnel cloud itself touched down in New Mille , bringing twisting winds which killed 182 people, 234 livestock, and 81 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is generally remembered as the Howling Winds of Torment.

History