Wayress

Wayress (/wayress/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fō̂ǖër Dutchy, Liate County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Wayress is derived from the Sylvin language, as Wayress was founded by Ýaynú Ambrose, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Wayress has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Wayress receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Wayress covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3266 m (10715 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wayress was founded durring the late 11th century, by Ýaynú Ambrose. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Wayress was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wayress is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Wayress is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. The town's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Wayress has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Wayress’s streets. A look around Wayress has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Wayress long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Wayress 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.

Wayress 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.

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

Wayress has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Wayress 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. Wayress's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Wayress 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 Wayress's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wayress 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.

Wayress 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

Wayress's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Wayress rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Slithering Pit near Wayress are known to be quite timid.

Wayress's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Wayress Census Data: Year 2000

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

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 75 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 72 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

1000 of Wayress's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 29 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wayress 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.

Wayress is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

The the a chainmail hauberk of Illusion, an a chainmail hauberk imbued with great amounts of Illusion energies was created near Wayress by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History