Telsea

Telsea (/telsea / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Snowbourne Dutchy, Hesan County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Telsea is derived from the Sylvin language, as Telsea was founded by Zesmesê Chisenhall, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Telsea has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Telsea receives an average of 144 cm/y (56 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Telsea covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3390 m (11122 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Telsea was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1394, by Zesmesê Chisenhall. The establishment of Telsea was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Telsea 's construction back out of the project. Zesmesê Chisenhall pushed on reguardles, and Telsea was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Telsea was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Telsea 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.

Telsea is buildings are arranged within a network of spacious baked earthen streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block 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. Telsea 's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The town's top tier civilian fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Telsea 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. A second look around Telsea makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Telsea 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.

Telsea 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.

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

Telsea has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

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

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

Telsea 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

Telsea 's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

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

Telsea 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Telsea Census Data: Year 2000

355 of Telsea 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 77 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

759 of Telsea 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 83 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Telsea is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History