Jackborough

Jackborough (/jackborough/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in the Gumada Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Jackborough is derived from the Sylvin language, as Jackborough was founded by Bendek Childers, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Jackborough has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Jackborough receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Jackborough covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1866 m (6122 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jackborough was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1513, by Bendek Childers. The establishment of Jackborough was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Bendek Childers struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Jackborough as a prison colony.

Jackborough was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jackborough is no diffrent. The town'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.

Jackborough is is constructed arround a series of broad canals mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Jackborough's size could have. The town's well-designed, yet cheep 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 town.

Jackborough has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Jackborough’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Jackborough 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.

Jackborough 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.

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

Jackborough 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 Town. Jackborough's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Jackborough 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 Jackborough's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jackborough 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.

Jackborough 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

Jackborough's chapel 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.

In Jackborough hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Achaierai near Jackborough are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Jackborough's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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.

Jackborough Census Data: Year 2000

483 of Jackborough's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 109 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

943 of Jackborough's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 90 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Jackborough possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Jackborough was struck by unseasonably warm weather, causing a sweltering heat to smouther the land for 1 days. Jackborough lost 132 people and 352 livestock in the disaster.. The deadly heat is remembered by most as the Death's Flame.

History