Ardpine

Ardpine (/ardpine/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Small Town located in Hu̹zu̹be Adû Kingdom, Emada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Ardpine is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ardpine was founded by Mboīoī Së̋ 'Aura Belle' Gärmb Góoīnḱ Ermpfē Simon, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ardpine has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Ardpine receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ardpine covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 6796 m (-20653 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ardpine was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1527, by Mboīoī Së̋ 'Aura Belle' Gärmb Góoīnḱ Ermpfē Simon. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ardpine was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ardpine 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.

Ardpine is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt packed earth 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 is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. The town's bare minimum defences are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Ardpine is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ardpine 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.

Ardpine 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.

Ardpine 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.

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

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

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

Ardpine 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.

Ardpine 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

Ardpine'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 Ardpine the milk never sours.

The Herd Animal, Elk (Giant) near Ardpine are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ardpine's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves gestures to channel Illusion 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.

Ardpine Census Data: Year 2000

291 of Ardpine's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 60 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

623 of Ardpine's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 79 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

Ardpine is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Ardpine, where it was shared with all. A small order of knights was founded in 's honor, and bears his name to this day.

History