Brightau

Brightau (/brightau/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in the Cosea Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Brightau is derived from the Sylvin language, as Brightau was founded by Ra̋sh Yä̂f̄sh 'Mystioned Kira' Yaw̄kīsh Cú̄kī Yaw̄kīsh Bigden, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Brightau has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°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 20°C (68°F). Brightau receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Brightau covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2464 m (8083 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Brightau was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1050, by Ra̋sh Yä̂f̄sh 'Mystioned Kira' Yaw̄kīsh Cú̄kī Yaw̄kīsh Bigden. The establishment of Brightau was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ra̋sh Yä̂f̄sh 'Mystioned Kira' Yaw̄kīsh Cú̄kī Yaw̄kīsh Bigden struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Brightau as a prison colony.

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

Brightau is buildings are located arround a single narrow baked earthen mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The robustly designed timber walls 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.

Brightau 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. Brightau ’s existence was once fed by scholarly pursuits. But the income once drawn in by the works of scribes and academics has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the town one can see abandoned schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Brightau 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.

Brightau 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.

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

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

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

Brightau 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

There’s a relatively new religion in Brightau which is rapidly gaining power. It might be a sectarian offshoot of a major faith, the unique product of a new prophet, or an outside faith backed by wealthy and powerful foreign supporters. Depending on the demands made on believers, the new faith may be a matter of concern only to the existing clergy, or it might be a major flashpoint for conflict in the community.

Brightau's mayor's house 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.

In Brightau the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Blightspawn near Brightau are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Brightau's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via throat singing.

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.

Brightau Census Data: Year 2000

391 of Brightau's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

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

Points of Interest

Brightau is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

The the a banner of Illusion, an a banner imbued with great amounts of Illusion energies was created near Bōk-hō Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History