Blueness

Blueness (/ˈblunəs/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Tukrivozaz̄a Parish, Emada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Blueness is derived from the Sylvin language, as Blueness was founded by Uirneth Estell, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Blueness has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°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 19°C (66°F). Blueness receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Blueness covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7602 m (-18008 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Blueness was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1121, by Uirneth Estell. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Blueness was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Blueness 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.

Blueness is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt gravel 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 town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Blueness's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Blueness hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Blueness 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.

Blueness 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.

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

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

Blueness 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.

Cultural Notes

Blueness's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Blueness.

The Bonewrought Willow near Blueness are known to be quite timid.

Blueness's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Summoning 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.

Blueness Census Data: Year 2000

383 of Blueness's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 86 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

848 of Blueness's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 25 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Blueness makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

Blueness's residents established a new industry (18676 % 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 ended a famine plaguing Blueness. One of Blueness's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History