Brauntham

Brauntham (/brauntham / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Beachholt Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Brauntham is derived from the Sylvin language, as Brauntham was founded by Tregadsî Shearman, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Brauntham has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Brauntham receives an average of 279 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Brauntham covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2362 m (7749 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Brauntham was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1390, by Tregadsî Shearman. The establishment of Brauntham was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Tregadsî Shearman electing to pay people to resettle in Brauntham .

Brauntham was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Brauntham is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Brauntham is buildings folow an organic layout of narrow carved bedrock streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The peasent-grade have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Brauntham is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

Brauntham possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

Brauntham 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.

Brauntham 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.

Brauntham 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.

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

Brauntham possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large Town. Brauntham 's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Brauntham 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 Brauntham 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Brauntham 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.

Brauntham 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

Brauntham 's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Brauntham .

The Udaeus near Brauntham are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Brauntham 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves orgies to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Brauntham Census Data: Year 2000

501 of Brauntham 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 112 work as Craftsmen
• 42 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 77 work as Civil Servants
• 48 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

1029 of Brauntham 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 31 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Brauntham produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

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

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Tëndën-rëvî Maquis was struck by a drought when Mere Samosir grew too small to continue feeding Waterway Blainwell, which reduced the available water supply nationwide, but was especially harsh in the area arround Brauntham . As the neighboring regions had no water so spare, Brauntham lost 139 people, and 303 livestock in the disaster.. The drought lasted for 5 weeks, which are remembered as the Ill Tides Thirst.

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