North Waltens

North Waltens (/nɔrθ waltens / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Zophtegubu Hold, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name North Waltens is derived from the Sylvin language, as North Waltens was founded by Tsèshë Denwood, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

North Waltens has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°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 7°C (44°F). North Waltens receives an average of 282 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. North Waltens covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3560 m (11679 ft) above sea level.

Overview

North Waltens was founded durring the late 11th century, by Tsèshë Denwood. The establishment of North Waltens suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

North Waltens was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and North Waltens 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.

North Waltens is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt baked earthen streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town lacks any defencive features, though certainly constructing even a simple fence or digging a ditch is at the forefront of the 's mind. At least, one would hope so.

Right off the bat North Waltens 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. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

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

North Waltens 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.

North Waltens 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.

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

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

North Waltens 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

North Waltens 's chapel 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in North Waltens .

The Doppelrat near North Waltens are known to be more aggressive than normal.

North Waltens 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

North Waltens Census Data: Year 2000

345 of North Waltens 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

740 of North Waltens 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

North Waltens is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

The center of North Waltens 's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck North Waltens , causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. North Waltens lost 256 people, 289 livestock, and 33 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Grieving Rain.

History