Westmorlesbury

Westmorlesbury (/westmorlesbury / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Mûkâyû Chyu̹gæ County, Emada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Westmorlesbury is derived from the Sylvin language, as Westmorlesbury was founded by Hêlêm Withrow, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Westmorlesbury has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Westmorlesbury receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Westmorlesbury covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7498 m (-18349 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Westmorlesbury was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1458, by Hêlêm Withrow. The establishment of Westmorlesbury was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Westmorlesbury 's construction back out of the project. Hêlêm Withrow pushed on reguardles, and Westmorlesbury was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Westmorlesbury was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Westmorlesbury is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Westmorlesbury is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive gravel 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 sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Astonishigly, the timber-based walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Westmorlesbury is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

Westmorlesbury 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.

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

Westmorlesbury 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.

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

Westmorlesbury 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.

Westmorlesbury 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.

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

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

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

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

Westmorlesbury 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

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Westmorlesbury 's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Westmorlesbury sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Mercane near Westmorlesbury are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Westmorlesbury 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Abjuration 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.

Westmorlesbury Census Data: Year 2000

368 of Westmorlesbury 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 80 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

766 of Westmorlesbury 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Westmorlesbury possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from an attack. Westmorlesbury 's militia's elite squad is named after .

History