Newton

Newton (/ˈnutən / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Woodsilver Dutchy, Liate County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Newton is derived from the Sylvin language, as Newton was founded by Ceratopmalis Kells, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Newton 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 19°C (66°F). Newton receives an average of 184 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Newton covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3578 m (11738 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Newton was founded durring the late 11th century, by Ceratopmalis Kells. The establishment of Newton suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Newton which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Newton was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Newton is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Newton is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of spacious cobblestone 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 is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Newton 's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The top tier civilian fortifications 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.

Newton is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Newton 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.

Newton 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.

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

Newton 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 Town. Newton 's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

Newton 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

Newton 's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Newton .

The Slithering Pit near Newton are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Newton '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 Enchantment energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Newton Census Data: Year 2000

368 of Newton 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 80 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

810 of Newton 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 62 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Newton is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

Newton 's residents established a new industry (400 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Newton 's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History