Freewilde

Freewilde (/friː/ /waɪld/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Newfield Dutchy, Tindenor County, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Freewilde is derived from the Sylvin language, as Freewilde was founded by Keedduhl Gardner, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Freewilde has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Freewilde receives an average of 239 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Freewilde covers an area of nearly 262 km² (104 mi²), and an average elevation of 694 m (2276 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Freewilde was founded durring the late 11th century, by Keedduhl Gardner. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Freewilde was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Freewilde is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Freewilde is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt gravel 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 city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Freewilde weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The city's budget focused millitary grade defenses have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Freewilde has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Freewilde ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Freewilde is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Freewilde was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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.

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

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

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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.

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

Freewilde has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Freewilde 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. Freewilde's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

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

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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 Freewilde's natural decorations nor waterways.

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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.

Freewilde 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

Freewilde's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Freewilde the water is caffeinated.

The Shredskin near Freewilde are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Freewilde's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Freewilde Census Data: Year 2000

23585 of Freewilde's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1387 work in Agriculture
• 5234 work as Craftsmen
• 1914 work as Merchants
• 3666 work as Service Workers
• 2408 work as General Laborers
• 976 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3286 work as Civil Servants
• 2132 work in Cottage Industries
• 1334 work as Artists
• 1248 work in Produce Industries

34370 of Freewilde's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4362 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Freewilde is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

Freewilde used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Freewilde.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Ill Tides Peak, an iconic vista located neare Freewilde, proved to be volcanic when the peak erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Freewilde, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Freewilde lost 102 people, 296 livestock, and 24 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Ill Tides's Wrath.

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