Amberette

Amberette (/ˈæmbə/ /ette/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Skvupokrtpdoqole Dutchy, Retford County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Amberette is derived from the Sylvin language, as Amberette was founded by Zrugru Brtheg̈ Foote, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Amberette 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). Amberette receives an average of 100 cm/y (39 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Amberette covers an area of nearly 269 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 10244 m (-9340 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Amberette was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1468, by Zrugru Brtheg̈ Foote. The establishment of Amberette was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zrugru Brtheg̈ Foote electing to pay people to resettle in Amberette.

Amberette was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Amberette is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Amberette is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of premissive flagstone streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The city sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Amberette's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. The city's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Amberette 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 Amberette’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

Amberette possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Amberette has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Amberette 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.

Amberette has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Amberette 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.

Amberette 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.

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

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

Amberette 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 Large City. Amberette's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Amberette possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Amberette has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Amberette has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Amberette 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 Amberette's natural decorations nor waterways.

Amberette has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Amberette 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.

Amberette 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.

Amberette is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Amberette's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Amberette every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Calpina near Amberette are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Amberette's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Amberette Census Data: Year 2000

24000 of Amberette's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1317 work in Agriculture
• 5288 work as Craftsmen
• 1982 work as Merchants
• 3641 work as Service Workers
• 2496 work as General Laborers
• 978 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3497 work as Civil Servants
• 2230 work in Cottage Industries
• 1307 work as Artists
• 1264 work in Produce Industries

37624 of Amberette's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1905 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Amberette's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

Amberette's residents established a new industry (5454 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Amberette's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History