Fort Bollo

Fort Bollo (/bollo/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Cosea Provence of the Hobben.

The name Fort Bollo is derived from the Sylvin language, as Fort Bollo was founded by Réń Vúrmër 'Ryan Chloe' Yä̂f̄sh Sër Vú̄boīy Shepard, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Fort Bollo has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Fort Bollo receives an average of 280 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Fort Bollo covers an area of nearly 165 km² (66 mi²), and an average elevation of 2434 m (7985 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fort Bollo was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1150, by Réń Vúrmër 'Ryan Chloe' Yä̂f̄sh Sër Vú̄boīy Shepard. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Réń Vúrmër 'Ryan Chloe' Yä̂f̄sh Sër Vú̄boīy Shepard.

Fort Bollo was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fort Bollo is no diffrent. The city'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.

Fort Bollo is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt paverstone streets which form hexical 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 fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Fort Bollo's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused fortifications 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 Fort Bollo makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in Fort Bollo’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The city seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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.

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

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

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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.

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

Fort Bollo has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

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

Fort Bollo 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.

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

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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 Fort Bollo's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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.

Fort Bollo 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

Fort Bollo's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is short in Fort Bollo.

The Blightspawn near Fort Bollo are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Fort Bollo's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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.

Fort Bollo Census Data: Year 2000

14940 of Fort Bollo's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 805 work in Agriculture
• 3483 work as Craftsmen
• 1198 work as Merchants
• 2226 work as Service Workers
• 1513 work as General Laborers
• 612 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2198 work as Civil Servants
• 1323 work in Cottage Industries
• 812 work as Artists
• 770 work in Produce Industries

21944 of Fort Bollo's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2354 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fort Bollo produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Fort Bollo was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Fort Bollo, which lost 261 people, 169 livestock, and 35 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Death's Day.

History