Middlepeak

Middlepeak (/ˈmɪdl/ /piːk/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Windkeep Dutchy, Castfordia Landgrave, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Middlepeak is derived from the Sylvin language, as Middlepeak was founded by Zlkdsh Laster, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Middlepeak has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Middlepeak receives an average of 162 cm/y (63 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Middlepeak covers an area of nearly 456 km² (182 mi²), and an average elevation of 4574 m (15006 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Middlepeak was founded in time immemorial, reportedly some time durring the late 8th century, by Zlkdsh Laster. The establishment of Middlepeak was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zlkdsh Laster struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Middlepeak as a prison colony.

Middlepeak was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 8th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak is was constructed arround several narrow carved bedrock mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Middlepeak's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. Astonishigly, the budget oriented are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Middlepeak is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This city is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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.

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

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

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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.

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

Middlepeak has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Middlepeak 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. Middlepeak's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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 Middlepeak's natural decorations nor waterways.

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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.

Middlepeak 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

Middlepeak's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is recurring in Middlepeak.

The Mud Elemental, Small near Middlepeak are known to be quite timid.

Middlepeak's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via oath swearing.

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.

Middlepeak Census Data: Year 2000

40629 of Middlepeak's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2155 work in Agriculture
• 9213 work as Craftsmen
• 3216 work as Merchants
• 6045 work as Service Workers
• 4168 work as General Laborers
• 1691 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6086 work as Civil Servants
• 3664 work in Cottage Industries
• 2246 work as Artists
• 2145 work in Produce Industries

60092 of Middlepeak's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6429 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Middlepeak’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Middlepeak’s streets.

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History

The the an axe of Enchantment, an an axe imbued with potent amounts of Enchantment energies was created near Middlepeak by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History