Padingford

Padingford (/padingford / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Tramzigege County, Tefea County, within the Norwick Principality.

The name Padingford is derived from the Sylvin language, as Padingford was founded by Wyn Salter, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Padingford has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 16°C (60°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Padingford receives an average of 262 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Padingford covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1010 m (3313 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Padingford was founded durring the early 18th century in late summer of the year 1734, by Wyn Salter. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Padingford was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Padingford is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Padingford is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of broad cobblestone streets which form octogonal 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 has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences 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.

Right off the bat Padingford 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. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Padingford is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Padingford 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.

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

Padingford 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.

Padingford has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

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

Padingford 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. Padingford 's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Padingford 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.

Padingford 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 Padingford 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Padingford 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.

Padingford 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Padingford they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Padingford 's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Padingford every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Fly, Giant near Padingford are known to be quite timid.

Padingford 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Padingford Census Data: Year 2000

468 of Padingford 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 104 work as Craftsmen
• 39 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

919 of Padingford 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 104 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Padingford is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the a pair of glasses of Summoning, an a pair of glasses imbued with notable amounts of Summoning energies was created in Padingford by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History