Stenchshaw

Stenchshaw (/stenchshaw/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Mapleland Dutchy, Quanada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Stenchshaw is derived from the Sylvin language, as Stenchshaw was founded by Knelmy Coppinger, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Stenchshaw has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Stenchshaw receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Stenchshaw covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3366 m (11043 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stenchshaw was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1138, by Knelmy Coppinger. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Knelmy Coppinger.

Stenchshaw was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stenchshaw 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.

Stenchshaw is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive flagstone 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 rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Stenchshaw 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Stenchshaw 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.

Stenchshaw 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.

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

Stenchshaw possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Stenchshaw 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

Stenchshaw's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Stenchshaw during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Ooze, Amber near Stenchshaw are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Stenchshaw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves performance art to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Stenchshaw Census Data: Year 2000

328 of Stenchshaw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 70 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

680 of Stenchshaw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 75 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Stenchshaw produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Stenchshaw's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Stenchshaw suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

POI

History

The the a stable of Truename Magic, an a stable imbued with potent amounts of Truename Magic energies was created near Stenchshaw by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History