Brainster

Brainster (/brainster / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Kekhkaviqi Zone, Bâyume Kâzæ County, within the Norwick Principality.

The name Brainster is derived from the Sylvin language, as Brainster was founded by Thrumli Paxton, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Brainster has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Brainster receives an average of 190 cm/y (74 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Brainster covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1658 m (5439 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Brainster was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1237, by Thrumli Paxton. The establishment of Brainster was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Thrumli Paxton electing to pay people to resettle in Brainster .

Brainster was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Brainster 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.

Brainster is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of spacious paverstone streets which form triangular 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 rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Brainster 's millitarily questionable fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

Right off the bat Brainster 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. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Brainster 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

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

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

Brainster 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.

Brainster has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Brainster 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.

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

Brainster 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 Brainster 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Brainster 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.

Brainster 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

Brainster 's town hall 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..

In Brainster the milk never sours.

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

Brainster 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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.

Brainster Census Data: Year 2000

494 of Brainster 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 110 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 78 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 74 work as Civil Servants
• 45 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

985 of Brainster 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 61 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Brainster has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History