Bluestoke

Bluestoke (/bluestoke/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fîfkbëno County, Yean County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Bluestoke is derived from the Sylvin language, as Bluestoke was founded by Druiznies Derick, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Bluestoke has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Bluestoke receives an average of 123 cm/y (48 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Bluestoke covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5684 m (18648 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bluestoke was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1208, by Druiznies Derick. The establishment of Bluestoke suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Bluestoke which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Bluestoke was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bluestoke is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Bluestoke is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt worn bedrock 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 the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Unfortuantly, these exceptionaly well made fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A quick look in any direction shows Bluestoke is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Bluestoke 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.

Bluestoke 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.

Bluestoke 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.

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

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

Bluestoke 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 Bluestoke's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bluestoke 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.

Bluestoke 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

Bluestoke's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Bluestoke snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Mercane near Bluestoke are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Bluestoke's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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.

Bluestoke Census Data: Year 2000

476 of Bluestoke's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 107 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 75 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

968 of Bluestoke's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 29 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Bluestoke is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

Bluestoke used to be much richer, but something happened in the last (6630 % 6)+1 years to crush its source of prosperity. Different factions of the community might be trying to grasp at the remaining dregs of wealth, others might try to restart the failed industry, and some might look for a new livelihood. Any group or entity thought responsible for the collapse is likely to be treated very harshly, and some locals might find profit in shifting the blame to their enemies.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Bluestoke, swallowing large sections of the community. Bluestoke lost 281 people, 313 livestock, and 76 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Woe Swallowing.

History