Watforth

Watforth (/watforth / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Ājtisi̊shāv County, Kobian Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Watforth is derived from the Sylvin language, as Watforth was founded by Shtumgli Long, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Watforth has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Watforth receives an average of 281 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Watforth covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1178 m (3864 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Watforth was founded durring the late 11th century, by Shtumgli Long. The establishment of Watforth was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Shtumgli Long struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Watforth as a prison colony.

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

Watforth is is constructed arround a series of crampt worn bedrock mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these somewhat suffishent are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Even the most brief look arround Watforth has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Watforth , there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Watforth 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.

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

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

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

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

Watforth 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

Watforth 's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is inspired by the natural world, characterized by sinuous, sculptural, organic shapes, arches, curving lines, and sensual ornamentation. Common motifs included stylized versions of leaves, flowers, vines, insects, animals, and other natural elements. Decorative elements found on the inside and outside of buildings include intricate mosaic work, curved windows, and decorative trim work. .

In Watforth rainbows form quite often above the Small Town.

The Leopard Slug near Watforth are known to be quite timid.

Watforth 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 via singing.

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.

Watforth Census Data: Year 2000

279 of Watforth 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 58 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 45 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 12 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

652 of Watforth 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Watforth is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Watforth sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Watforth 's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a grimwar of Elven High Magic, an a grimwar imbued with great amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created near Watforth by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History