Knightschester

Knightschester (/naɪts/ /ˈʧɛstə/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Highwyn Dutchy, Kihul County, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Knightschester is derived from the Sylvin language, as Knightschester was founded by Emma Cartridge, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Knightschester 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). Knightschester receives an average of 205 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Knightschester covers an area of nearly 277 km² (110 mi²), and an average elevation of 1176 m (3858 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Knightschester was founded durring the early 9th century, by Emma Cartridge. 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 Emma Cartridge.

Knightschester was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Knightschester is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Knightschester is is constructed arround a series of restrictive packed earth mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The failry decent fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Knightschester shows Knightschester as a den of corruption. 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. The city has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Knightschester places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Knightschester 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.

Knightschester 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.

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

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

Knightschester 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.

Knightschester 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.

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

Knightschester has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Knightschester 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. Knightschester's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Knightschester 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.

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

Knightschester has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Knightschester 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 Knightschester's natural decorations nor waterways.

Knightschester 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.

Knightschester 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.

Knightschester 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.

Knightschester 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

While Knightschester has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Knightschester's town hall 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, autumn is long in Knightschester.

The Spider, Skull (Tiny) near Knightschester are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Knightschester's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Knightschester Census Data: Year 2000

24712 of Knightschester's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1350 work in Agriculture
• 5546 work as Craftsmen
• 2032 work as Merchants
• 3801 work as Service Workers
• 2470 work as General Laborers
• 1012 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3489 work as Civil Servants
• 2224 work in Cottage Industries
• 1360 work as Artists
• 1428 work in Produce Industries

38278 of Knightschester's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1948 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Knightschester was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Knightschester lost 165 people, 323 livestock, and 62 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 47, when members of Knightschester's militia enacted an operation to bring aid to another fighting force. The operation was complicated by a significant percentage of the militia choose to go abandon the operation and return home. The conflict ended with the defense of the strategic location against a siege, which ended in a stalemate for Knightschester's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Knightschester's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History