Fort Kenn

Fort Kenn (/kɛn/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in Newmount Dutchy, Qiban Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Fort Kenn is derived from the Sylvin language, as Fort Kenn was founded by Dominic Heslop-Harrison, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Fort Kenn has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Fort Kenn receives an average of 137 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Fort Kenn covers an area of nearly 18 km² (7 mi²), and an average elevation of 2470 m (8103 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fort Kenn was founded durring the early 11th century, by Dominic Heslop-Harrison. The establishment of Fort Kenn was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Dominic Heslop-Harrison electing to pay people to resettle in Fort Kenn.

Fort Kenn was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fort Kenn is no diffrent. The city'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.

Fort Kenn is is constructed arround a series of broad baked earthen mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Unfortuantly, these timber-based walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Fort Kenn. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Fort Kenn 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 Kenn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fort Kenn 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 Kenn 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 Kenn 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

Fort Kenn's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Fort Kenn snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Vukodlak near Fort Kenn are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fort Kenn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via throat 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.

Fort Kenn Census Data: Year 2000

1597 of Fort Kenn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 88 work in Agriculture
• 350 work as Craftsmen
• 133 work as Merchants
• 242 work as Service Workers
• 168 work as General Laborers
• 63 work as Skilled Laborers
• 242 work as Civil Servants
• 141 work in Cottage Industries
• 85 work as Artists
• 85 work in Produce Industries

2528 of Fort Kenn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 310 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fort Kenn is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Fort Kenn's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Fort Kenn suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

The the a rowboat of Augury, an a rowboat imbued with notable amounts of Augury energies was created in Fort Kenn by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History