Dinnington

Dinnington (/dinnington / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Strongwater Dutchy, Luqian Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Dinnington is derived from the Sylvin language, as Dinnington was founded by Tsî Vail, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Dinnington has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Dinnington receives an average of 177 cm/y (69 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Dinnington covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2632 m (8635 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dinnington was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1310, by Tsî Vail. The establishment of Dinnington was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Tsî Vail struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Dinnington as a prison colony.

Dinnington was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dinnington 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.

Dinnington is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt flagstone streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Unfortuantly, these robustly designed timber walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Dinnington has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Dinnington ’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Dinnington 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.

Dinnington 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.

Dinnington 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.

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

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

Dinnington 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

Dinnington 's bank 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Dinnington .

The Begedhi, Seedling near Dinnington are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Dinnington 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Charm energies of tier 3 via oath swearing.

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.

Dinnington Census Data: Year 2000

372 of Dinnington 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

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

Points of Interest

POI

History

Dinnington 's residents established a new industry (6228 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Tarn Chouteau began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which was isolated to the area around Dinnington , which was swallowed by the fumes for several days. Dinnington lost 102 people, 332 livestock, and 84 buildings in the disaster, though it is of note the local plant life flourished after the disaster. The disaster is referred to as the Agony Wind.

History