Demondale

Demondale (/ˈdiːmən/ /deɪl/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Courtcrest Dutchy, Dodbrid County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Demondale is derived from the Sylvin language, as Demondale was founded by Kthêbê Whiting, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Demondale 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 pleasant 21°C (69°F). Demondale receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Demondale covers an area of nearly 540 km² (216 mi²), and an average elevation of 4896 m (16062 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Demondale was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1195, by Kthêbê Whiting. The establishment of Demondale suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Demondale was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Demondale is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Demondale is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow flagstone 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 city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Demondale's cost-cutting-focused defences 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 city as needed.

Even the most brief look arround Demondale has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The city is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Demondale, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

Demondale possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Demondale has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Demondale has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Demondale 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.

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

Demondale has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Demondale 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.

Demondale 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.

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

Demondale has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Demondale 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 City. Demondale's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Demondale 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.

Demondale has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Demondale has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Demondale 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 Demondale's natural decorations nor waterways.

Demondale has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Demondale 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.

Demondale 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.

Demondale is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Demondale's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Demondale all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Human Juju Zombie near Demondale are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Demondale's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Demondale Census Data: Year 2000

47852 of Demondale's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2746 work in Agriculture
• 10755 work as Craftsmen
• 3805 work as Merchants
• 7378 work as Service Workers
• 4921 work as General Laborers
• 1957 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6663 work as Civil Servants
• 4404 work in Cottage Industries
• 2753 work as Artists
• 2470 work in Produce Industries

76448 of Demondale's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2536 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

Demondale is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Demondale. Demondale created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History