Wickhill

Wickhill (/wickhill / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Kiz̄ukhizeso County, Duytea Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Wickhill is derived from the Sylvin language, as Wickhill was founded by Ghrungla Distrol Guinness Griffin West, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Wickhill has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 2°C (35°F). Wickhill receives an average of 224 cm/y (88 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Wickhill covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2752 m (9028 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wickhill was founded durring the early 17th century in early fall of the year 1629, by Ghrungla Distrol Guinness Griffin West. The establishment of Wickhill suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Wickhill which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Wickhill was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wickhill 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.

Wickhill is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt cobblestone streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Wickhill 's failry decent fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A quick look in any direction shows Wickhill is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Wickhill has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Wickhill 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.

Wickhill 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.

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

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

Wickhill 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 Wickhill 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wickhill 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.

Wickhill 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

Wickhill 's garrison 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 Wickhill tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Amoeba Swarm near Wickhill are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Wickhill 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Wickhill Census Data: Year 2000

462 of Wickhill 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 101 work as Craftsmen
• 34 work as Merchants
• 76 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 67 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

879 of Wickhill 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 100 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wickhill is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Wickhill suffered the most. Wickhill lost 232 people, 311 livestock, and 49 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Heartache.

History