Ashvale

Ashvale (/ashvale/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Njæ̈ntislaw Hold, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Ashvale is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ashvale was founded by Tsêj Newey, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ashvale has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Ashvale receives an average of 142 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ashvale covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4908 m (16102 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ashvale was founded durring the early 10th century, by Tsêj Newey. The establishment of Ashvale suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Ashvale which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Ashvale was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ashvale 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.

Ashvale is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious paverstone streets which form a 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 is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Astonishigly, the frontieer-style defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Ashvale is like a look into a broken heart which long ago fell to corruption. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need… unless of course, they would be an easy target for some robbery. The town has truly fallen to evil.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Ashvale 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.

Ashvale 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.

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

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

Ashvale 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 Ashvale's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ashvale 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.

Ashvale 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Ashvale's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Ashvale.

The Wolf near Ashvale are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ashvale's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Ashvale Census Data: Year 2000

505 of Ashvale's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 113 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 88 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

977 of Ashvale's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 111 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

The the a helmet of Abjuration, an a helmet imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Ashvale by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History