Crookad

Crookad (/crookad/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Tyōrlët Kingdom, Damozajiu County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Crookad is derived from the Sylvin language, as Crookad was founded by Gadsî Noakes Chalkley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Crookad 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). Crookad receives an average of 244 cm/y (96 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Crookad covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7412 m (-18632 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Crookad was founded durring the early 11th century, by Gadsî Noakes Chalkley. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Crookad was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Crookad 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.

Crookad is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow baked earthen streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. 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. Crookad's peasent-grade are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Crookad has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the abundance of 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. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Crookad long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Crookad 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.

Crookad 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.

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

Crookad 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 Town. Crookad's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Crookad possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Crookad 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

Crookad's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Crookad rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Skin Stitcher near Crookad are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Crookad's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via 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.

Crookad Census Data: Year 2000

366 of Crookad's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

826 of Crookad's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 36 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Crookad is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Crookad's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a coat of plates of Mysticism, an a coat of plates imbued with notable amounts of Mysticism energies was created in Crewell by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History