Firley

Firley (/firley/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Stonesummer Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Firley is derived from the Sylvin language, as Firley was founded by Duneshaker Solifugids Bloomer, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Firley has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Firley receives an average of 234 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Firley covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2056 m (6745 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Firley was founded durring the early 10th century, by Duneshaker Solifugids Bloomer. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Firley was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Firley 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.

Firley is is constructed arround a series of restrictive split-log ties mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's somewhat suffishent are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Firley shows Firley is little more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Firley 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.

Firley 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.

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

Firley 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. Firley's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Firley 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 Firley's natural decorations nor waterways.

Firley 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.

Firley 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

Firley's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

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

The Bloodbrush near Firley are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Firley's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves orgies to channel Summoning energies of tier 3 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.

Firley Census Data: Year 2000

410 of Firley's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

886 of Firley's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 53 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Firley produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Firley is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Firley, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Firley lost 106 people, 376 livestock, and 29 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Death Rain.

History