Battlewych

Battlewych (/battlewych/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Tminkyizd Hold, Kobian Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Battlewych is derived from the Sylvin language, as Battlewych was founded by Jóchī Yä̌s 'Buzz Moon' Joú̄sh Sēy Ni̋nvé̄s Cowell, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Battlewych has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 3°C (37°F). Battlewych receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Battlewych covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 884 m (2900 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Battlewych was founded durring the late 13th century in summer of the year 1167, by Jóchī Yä̌s 'Buzz Moon' Joú̄sh Sēy Ni̋nvé̄s Cowell. The establishment of Battlewych suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Battlewych which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Battlewych was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Battlewych is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Battlewych is is constructed arround a semi-circular restrictive flagstone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. 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. Battlewych'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.

Battlewych has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Battlewych ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Even with that as it is, everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or much of both. The town should be gone, not dying. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Battlewych 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.

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

Battlewych 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.

Battlewych 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.

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

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

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

Battlewych 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.

Battlewych 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

While Battlewych might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Battlewych's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Battlewych there is no wind.

The Shredskin near Battlewych are known to be quite timid.

Battlewych's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Enchantment 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.

Battlewych Census Data: Year 2000

338 of Battlewych's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 74 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

697 of Battlewych's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 89 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Battlewych's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Battlewych, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Battlewych lost 257 people, 390 livestock, and 75 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Cursed Fates Rain.

History