Norkirk

Norkirk (/norkirk/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Cliffview Dutchy, Kobian Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Norkirk is derived from the Sylvin language, as Norkirk was founded by Dihn Pritchard, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Norkirk has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 2°C (35°F). Norkirk receives an average of 262 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Norkirk covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1920 m (6299 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Norkirk was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1438, by Dihn Pritchard. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Norkirk was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Norkirk is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Norkirk is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow flagstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. 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. Norkirk's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Norkirk's top tier civilian fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Norkirk is like a look into a broken heart. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need. It’s not malicious. Heads are hung. Eyes are empty. Something truly horrible happened here once upon a time and the town never healed.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Norkirk 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.

Norkirk 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.

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

Norkirk 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. Norkirk's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Norkirk possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Norkirk 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 Norkirk's natural decorations nor waterways.

Norkirk 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.

Norkirk 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Norkirk's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is long in Norkirk.

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

Norkirk's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 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.

Norkirk Census Data: Year 2000

411 of Norkirk's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 91 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

812 of Norkirk's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 91 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Norkirk's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a mummified relic of Necromancy, an a mummified relic imbued with potent amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Nör Vlëf Ner by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History