Eastleton

Eastleton (/eastle / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Gû S̺àqusæ Kingdom, Emada County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Eastleton is derived from the Sylvin language, as Eastleton was founded by Zlêv Swinnerton, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Eastleton has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Eastleton receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Eastleton covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 9054 m (-13244 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eastleton was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1297, by Zlêv Swinnerton. The establishment of Eastleton was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zlêv Swinnerton struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eastleton as a prison colony.

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

Eastleton is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of broad packed earth 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 town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The minimaly adiquite 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.

A look around Eastleton is like a look into a broken heart which long ago fell to corruption. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need… unless of course, they would be an easy target for some robbery. The town has truly fallen to evil.

Civic Infrastructure

Eastleton 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.

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

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

Eastleton 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.

Eastleton 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.

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

Eastleton 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. Eastleton's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Eastleton's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Eastleton 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 Eastleton's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eastleton 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.

Eastleton 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Eastleton's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Eastleton.

The Lich Newt near Eastleton are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eastleton's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves ritual combat to channel Augury 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.

Eastleton Census Data: Year 2000

409 of Eastleton's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 69 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

855 of Eastleton's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 66 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Eastleton is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Eastleton's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History