Rathpore

Rathpore (/rɑːθ/ /pɔː/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Fersá̋ōw Dutchy, Chisfieldia Earldom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Rathpore is derived from the Sylvin language, as Rathpore was founded by Khèsê Craven, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Rathpore has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Rathpore receives an average of 236 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Rathpore covers an area of nearly 273 km² (109 mi²), and an average elevation of 270 m (885 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Rathpore was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1250, by Khèsê Craven. The establishment of Rathpore suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Rathpore which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Rathpore was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Rathpore is no diffrent. The city'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.

Rathpore is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of premissive packed earth 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 city 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specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment.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 city is well defended against anything short of an army. Unfortuantly, these brittle defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Rathpore gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Rathpore brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Rathpore possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Rathpore has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Rathpore has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Rathpore 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.

Rathpore has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Rathpore 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.

Rathpore 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.

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

Rathpore has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Rathpore 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 Large City. Rathpore's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Rathpore's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Rathpore has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Rathpore has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Rathpore 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 Rathpore's natural decorations nor waterways.

Rathpore has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Rathpore 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.

Rathpore 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.

Rathpore is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

The law within Rathpore is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Rathpore's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Rathpore there is no wind.

The Hawk near Rathpore are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Rathpore's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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.

Rathpore Census Data: Year 2000

24210 of Rathpore's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1362 work in Agriculture
• 5379 work as Craftsmen
• 1917 work as Merchants
• 3608 work as Service Workers
• 2460 work as General Laborers
• 1013 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3617 work as Civil Servants
• 2177 work in Cottage Industries
• 1348 work as Artists
• 1329 work in Produce Industries

35796 of Rathpore's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4516 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Rathpore is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Rathpore was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Rathpore. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Rathpore lost 160 people, 119 livestock, and 42 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 101, when members of Rathpore's militia enacted an operation to break a siege of a particular fortification. The operation was complicated by enemy spies who revealed the militia's plan. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in victory for Rathpore's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Rathpore's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History